📹 Footage shows the Russian Aerospace Forces' Su-34 aircraft successfully targeting the positions of Ukrainian militants in the special operation zone.

The figher-bombers' skilled crews conduct air patrol missions and provide crucial cover for units of the Russian army.

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❗EU's Michel Says Sees No Role for Hamas in Future Peace Conference on Middle East

The European Union sees no role for Palestinian movement Hamas in any future international peace conference on the Middle East, European Council President Charles Michel said on Friday.

"Hamas is a terrorist organization, that's why I don't see any role for Hamas in such an international conference in which the EU would participate," Michel told a press conference following the first day of the EU summit in Brussels when asked whether Hamas should be represented in a future peace conference on the Middle East.

🇺🇸🇫🇮 US Marine Corps combat logistics battalion will arrive in Finland in later October to train together with the Finnish troops for about two months, the Finnish Defense Forces said.

🗣 "Combat Logistics Battalion 6 of the US Marine Corps will arrive in Finland for about two months. From late October to early December, the battalion will undergo training together with the Uusimaa [Nyland] brigade. This cooperation is organized in continuation of last year's [drills], when a smaller unit of the same battalion trained together with the Uusimaa brigade in the fall," the statement read.

The unit, numbering about 250 servicemen, will be stationed with the Uusimaa brigade in the village of Dragsvik in northern Finland and drill at its military training areas, the Finnish military added. In late November, the battalion will participate in the Finnish Navy's annual exercise, Freezing Winds 23, focusing on land warfare, the statement read.

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❗China's former Premier Li Keqiang has died at the age of 68 following a heart attack, state media has confirmed

🇨🇳 China hopes US will observe nuclear testing moratorium

🗣 "China will closely monitor the US actions. We hope that the US will take more concrete actions to perform its duties in observing the nuclear testing moratorium," Wu said.

In early October, the US conducted an underground nuclear test in Nevada. It took place hours after the Russian lower house passed a bill to revoke the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

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⚡Pentagon confirms US conducted strikes in Syria in response to recent attacks against American troops

🇺🇸 The US must keep up with China in keenly pursuing the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, US Senator Chuck Schumer warned

🗣 "China is moving very fast here. They're investing lots of money and they're doing it in a different way - they don't have the same kind of values that we have, they're putting a lot of focus on facial recognition, on following people around," Schumer said at the AI summit hosted by an American news agency.

There is now a bipartisan consensus that the US federal government should be involved in the AI development efforts and that significant funding is required for that purpose, Schumer added.

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🇺🇸 Nearly 20 US soldiers diagnosed with ‘traumatic brain injuries’ in Iraq, Syria amid base attacks

The Pentagon detailed that 15 service members at the Al Tanf garrison in Syria and four troops at the Al Asad air base in Iraq suffered injuries from recent attacks, believed to be in response to the Palestine-Israel conflict.

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US forces had fired strikes against two facilities in Syria following earlier attacks against American and allied troops in Iraq and Syria, the US Department of Defense revealed

The US strikes were not related to the Palestine-Israel conflict, the department underscored.

Earlier in the day, the Pentagon confirmed that 21 US personnel suffered minor injuries from 16 attacks that began on October 17.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱 Israeli leadership yet to decide on possible ground operation in Gaza Strip

Some officials reportedly worry that the operation may lead to the IDF involvement in an intractable urban fighting in Gaza, while others fear a broader conflict, with Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah possibly becoming more active on the Israel-Lebanon border.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese FM Wang Yi have met in Washington and discussed a number of bilateral and global issues, including areas of difference and cooperation, the Department of State has said, adding that the two senior officials will continue their talks on Friday.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱 IDF ground forces conducted targeted raids in Gaza Strip and struck targets belonging to Hamas, including anti-tank missile launch sites, military command and control centers, and Hamas militants

The troops exited the area at the end of the activity, and no injuries were reported, the IDF added.

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🇷🇺🪖 Russian T-80 battle tanks in action in Krasny Liman direction

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🇺🇸🪖 Any new military aid packages for Ukraine and Israel will be considered separately in the House of Representatives, Speaker Mike Johnson underscored.

💬 “Our consensus among House Republicans is that we need to bifurcate those issues,” Johnson, the newly-elected 56th Speaker of the lower chamber of the US Congress, said.

Amid growing Republican skepticism over continuously funneling vast amounts of aid to the Kiev regime instead of resolving outstanding domestic issues plaguing America, Mike Johnson has also indicated there needs to be greater accountability regarding money spent on Ukraine.

💬 “We want accountability, and we want objectives that are clear from the White House,” said Johnson, adding:

The tussle over spending comes ahead of a looming November 17 government funding deadline, with Johnson already acknowledging that another stopgap spending measure will likely need to be passed.

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🇷🇺🪖 First battalion of former Ukrainian servicemen joins Russian Army

Volunteer battalion named after Bogdan Khmelnitsky has joined the Russian Kaskad operational combat tactical formation (OBTF); after taking the oath the servicemen will go to the front line, the battalion commander Andrei Tishchenko told Sputnik.

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🇮🇱 Israel considers allowing police to shoot citizens on sight if they block roads during a "multi-front war," Kan public broadcaster reported

Police will only need approval from a senior officer before opening fire under the proposed new rules, the report said.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱 Latest updates on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict:

▪️Israeli leadership yet to decide on possible ground operation in Gaza Strip

▪️IDF says military units left Gaza Strip after ground raids, no military personnel injured

▪️Pentagon confirmed that approximately 900 US troops have been deployed or are in process of deploying to the Middle East amid the conflict escalation in the Gaza Strip

▪️At least 27 journalists have been killed since the beginning of the Palestine-Israel conflict escalation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said

▪️The European Union “sees no role” for Palestinian movement Hamas in any future international peace conference on the Middle East, European Council President said

▪️Five people have been injured after a missile fell in the Egyptian town of Taba on the border with Israel, Egyptian media reported

▪️Ankara has extended invitations to the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Libya, Lebanon and Jordan to attend a rally in support of Palestine in Istanbul on October 28

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🇮🇷📹 Iran launches Ektedar 1402 (Power 2023) ground forces drills

The drills, which had been planned earlier, are aimed at “confronting possible threats” facing the Islamic Republic, an army spokesman said.

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