🎁 The US State Department is investigating if officials within the administration of former US President Donald Trump stole G-7 gifts meant for foreign leaders.

At the 2020 G7 summit, US delegations were scheduled to present leather briefcases, pewter trays and marble boxes with the presidential seal or signatures of the first couple.

The event was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the gifts have gone missing.

⚡️ Users report YouTube is down

😳 A woman in California recieved $5 million from the city council for the death of her son, but spent the money providing firearms to a minor for the benefit of a street gang.

▪️ Christina Lopez received $4.9 million from the city for the death of her 16-year-old son, Isaiah Murrietta-Golding, who was killed in a 2017 chase.

▪️ With a portion of these funds, she bought weapons for her other son, a 14-year-old gang member.

▪️ Lopez became one of 14 people detained in a case against the criminal group, whose members shot and killed a man in July.

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⚡️US involvement in Afghanistan had led to tragedy, Putin says

COVID is raging out of control, our supply chains are crashing with little product in our stores, we were humiliated in Afghanistan, our Border is a complete disaster, gas prices and inflation are zooming upward—how’s Biden doing? Do you miss me yet?

🚢 ⛴ President Joe Biden has announced that the Port of LA will begin operating around the clock to make sure Americans can get the goods they need.

According to the POTUS, his administration is working 24/7 to move goods faster and strengthen supply chains.

UPDATE| Snapchat says the issue in which users were having problems with the app has been fixed

⚡️ URGENT | There should be a possibility to negotiate deal 'stronger' than JCPOA, US Special Envoy to Iran says

⚡️Blue Origin rocket carrying Star Trek’s Shatner lifts off

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⚡️🚀 Blue Origin's Spaceship Carrying 90-Year-Old US Actor of ‘Star Trek’ TV Series made successful touchdown in Texas.

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Sputnik goes live from Washington, DC where US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan are holding a press conference after a trilateral meeting.

WATCH LIVE | https://sputniknews.com/20211013/blinken-holds-press-conference-with-israeli-uae-foreign-ministers-after-talks-in-dc-1089889161.html

90-year-old 'Star Trek' actor William Shatner sets record as oldest human in space

https://youtu.be/m0QlG4MroQg

⚡️ Here are the most important statements US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made during the meeting in Washington, DC:

▪️ "Time is running short" regarding Iran returning to compliance with the nuclear deal

▪️ The US is watching Iran's comments and posture carefully and is prepared to turn to "other options" if Iran doesn't change course

▪️ Iran's responses to the US' willingness to return to the nuclear talks have not been "encouraging"

▪️ Washington has not seen willingness from Iran to engage in diplomacy for its return to the JCPOA

⚡️ URGENT | Blinken: US to press ahead with its plan to reopen Palestinian mission in Jerusalem

"We'll be moving forward with the process of opening a consulate as part of deepening of those ties with the Palestinians," Blinken said at the State Department.

⚡️ U.S. Assistant Attorney General For Civil Rights Kristen Clarke says the Justice Department is probing a Texas juvenile detention centre to find out if there's a "pattern or practice" of physical or sexual abuse.