In Ashkelon, 182 buildings have been damaged by direct Hamas missile strikes since the conflict began, according to Israeli media

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🇮🇷 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian: The time for political solutions is running out and the possible expansion of the war on other fronts is approaching the inevitable stage

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🇮🇱 Netanyahu told the Israeli parliament that he considers Hamas a "new form of Nazism" and called on the world to unite against the threat.

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🇮🇱 Members of the Israeli Knesset (the parliament) had to evacuate due to an air raid warning, as Hamas had fired a salvo of rockets at Tel Aviv.

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❗️Key points of the Russian Defense Ministry briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️ In the direction of Donetsk, Russian forces repelled ten attacks by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian losses amounted to 460 servicemen, three tanks and two armored vehicles;

▪️ In the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Army repulsed one attack by Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian losses amounted to 55 servicemen and two armored vehicles;

▪️ In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces repelled ten attacks by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian losses amounted to 85 servicemen, two tanks and two armored vehicles;

▪️ Near Krasny Liman, the Russian Army repulsed two attacks by Ukrainian troops, including the banned Azov. Ukrainian losses amounted to 65 servicemen and two armored vehicles;

▪️ In the South Donetsk, Ukrainian losses amounted to 70 soldiers;

▪️ In the Kherson direction, as a result of a fire defeat, the Ukrainian troops lost up to 65 military personnel;

▪️ In the area of the city of Khmelnytsky and at the Starokonstantinov airfield in the Khmelnytsky region, rocket and artillery weapons depots and aviation fuel depots were hit by long-range strikes. A communications center was destroyed at the Mirgorod airfield in the Poltava region;

▪️The Russian Army shot down two MiG-29 fighters and one Su-25 attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.

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📹 "Come out, you ******!": a video from the body camera of one of the militants of the 3rd assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has appeared on the Internet.

This short video shows the heroic act of a Russian soldier. Instead of surrendering to the former Azov* fighters, the Russian soldier chose to throw a grenade at their feet, clearly showing that captivity in Ukraine is worse than death.

*Recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia.

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🇷🇴 Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said that the Moldovan language never existed. “It is an invention of the Russian Federation for Romanian citizens from the territory of Bessarabia,” he asserted.

So, what is Ukrainian language? 🤔

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had to wait several hours in Riyadh for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss the Israel-Hamas war with him

The negotiations were supposed to take place in the evening, but the prince arrived at the meeting only in the morning. At the gathering, Bin Salman spoke in favor of stopping the fighting and lifting the blockade of the Gaza Strip. Blinken, who seeks to win over the Saudi prince and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to Washington's position on the conflict, has encountered resistance, the newspaper notes.

Today, the top US diplomat returned to Israel, where he will meet with Netanyahu. US President Joe Biden may visit the Mideast country on Wednesday or Thursday, according to media.

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Israel's disproportionate strikes on Gaza are a war crime, UN commission says

The commission clarifies that this report was completed before the latest outbreak of violence and covers the period from May 2021 to August 2023.

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Reporter: “Can America afford another war at this time?”

Janet Yellen: “Absolutely”

❗️Reminder: The US Debt-to-GDP ratio is currently 120%, according to the most recent figures. That's higher than at the end of the World War II.

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📹 One of our readers pointed that out that when Netanyahu visited Kiev in 2019, he was greeted with chants of "Glory to Heroes," a battlecry made infamous by the Nazi-backed Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN). The group took active part in the Holocaust, killing thousands of Jews and Poles.

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🇩🇪📉 Germany unlikely to escape recession until 2024, according to economists

Heavily-industrialized Germany has been hit harder than other EU members by sanctions on Russian gas, oil and coal imports — imposed after Moscow launched its de-Nazification operation in Ukraine — and by the bombing of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines.

A survey of economists by a US-based news website found that most expected German gross domestic product (GDP) to fall into negative figures in the third and fourth quarters of the current financial year, after barely recovering from recession territory to zero growth in the second quarter over the summer.

"Economic growth will be weak for many years due to several structural problems," senior economist at the Handelsblatt Research Institute Dennis Huchzermeier said. "Consequently, the German economy will shrink this year." Huchzermeier further predicted that Germany would only achieve "lacklustre growth" in coming years.

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🇷🇺 President Putin in his first conversation with Netanyahu since the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict:

▪️Expressed condolences regarding the death of Israelis;

▪️Emphasized the strong rejection and condemnation of any actions of which civilians become victims;

▪️Brought up the key points of today’s contacts with the leaders of Palestine, Egypt, Iran and Syria;

▪️Confirmed Russia’s fundamental readiness to work in the interests of ending the conflict.

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🇮🇱🇵🇸 Latest updates on the Israel-Hamas conflict:

▪️In Ashkelon, 182 buildings have been damaged by direct Hamas missile strikes since the conflict began;

▪️Israeli strikes on Gaza alone killed over 50 civilians in the morning, most of them women and children;

▪️11 journalists were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza and 50 media buildings were destroyed;

▪️Netanyahu told the Israeli parliament that he considers Hamas a "new form of Nazism" and called on the world to unite against the threat.

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Why's the only available checkpoint to Gaza still closed?

Gaza's residents are in urgent need of humanitarian aid deliveries, but it is still impossible. The only available checkpoint to Gaza is closed, despite agreements on its opening today.

As the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip deepens, with food, fuel and water running short, humanitarian aid from several countries has been held up in Egypt pending a deal for its safe delivery to Gaza and the evacuation of some foreign passport holders through the Rafah border crossing. According to the UN, fuel reserves at all hospitals across the enclave are expected to last for about an additional 24 hours.

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🇷🇺 🌍 BRICS as 'Alternative Model' to Help Africa in Achieving Financial Sovereignty, Growth: Scholar

🗣 "When it comes to BRICS, it plays a significant role in ensuring the sovereignty of the African nations. First of all, this provides Africa with a diversification of trade partners," said Dr. Marida Nach, Lecturer in International Economics, Trade and Finance at Nelson Mandela University, in an interview with Sputnik Africa.

She added that the partnership with BRICS "will give a huge opportunity for African countries to actually trade and also give them access to a bigger and larger market."

The expert recalled that during the recent summit in South Africa, the alliance opened its doors for two more African nations, namely Egypt and Ethiopia. According to Nach, this expansion provides great opportunities in terms of trade not only for these two countries, but also for the entire continent.

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🇮🇳 Indian strategic affairs expert have rejected the statement by India’s Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan, who told a seminar that the “geopolitical importance of Russia will go down in times to come”.

🗯 “I see this argument as part of a broader push instigated by western powers to wean India away from Russia. These are political statements being made by military officers,” strategic affairs expert Pravin Sawhney told Sputnik India.

🇷🇺 Russia is and Will Remain a ‘Global Power’: Sawhney

“It (Russia) has single-handedly held off NATO in Ukraine. In fact, the NATO is now scrambling for options with the escalation of the Israel-Palestine conflict in the Middle-East," Sawhney stressed.

What’s Unique About Russia?

▪️ "Self-sufficient" in natural resources;

▪️ "Formidable military-industrial complex";

▪️ "Major energy exporter to the world".

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Roughly 1,200 people, including about 500 children, are under the rubble of houses destroyed by Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Health claims

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🇭🇺 Budapest does not intend to look for a new supplier of nuclear fuel for the Paks nuclear power plant and is satisfied with the cooperation with Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and nuclear fuel company TVEL, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an interview with Sputnik.

When other companies contact Hungary, the country holds negotiations with them, but they cannot have any influence on Budapest's decision-making, the minister said, adding that the country makes decisions independently, based on its interests.

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❗IDF launches strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon