🇺🇳 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone
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❗️ Hamas's military wing said it was resisting a ground incursion by Israeli forces near Beit Hanoun in the northeastern Gaza Strip
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🇷🇺 Russian Akhmat special forces, which train UAV pilots from various units directly in special op zone, interviewed by Sputnik
The pilots are taught not only how to operate the drones, but also all the necessary engineering issues.
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The pilots are taught not only how to operate the drones, but also all the necessary engineering issues.
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🇺🇸🇱🇧 US State Department recommends American citizens leave Lebanon immediately amid unpredictable security situation
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❗️ Israel rejects the call for a ceasefire from the UN General Assembly and intends to destroy Hamas, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said
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🇺🇸 The days of White House reporters engaging in actual journalism by asking the president tough, unexpected questions appear to be a thing of the past, with Joe Biden spotted with a cheat sheet featuring the names and photos of reporters to call upon.
The naughty notecard, spotted by eagle-eyed internet users who watched Biden’s Wednesday press conference at the White House alongside Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, appears to show four names and photos Biden was meant to tap for questions.
Biden dutifully followed through, with all four names in the list, including White House correspondent Joey Garrison, PBS’s Laura Barron-Lopez, The Australian reporter Jeff Chambers and Australian Channel 10 politics editor Ashleigh Raper getting called upon to ask their questions, with the rest resigned to the role of glorified stenographers.
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The naughty notecard, spotted by eagle-eyed internet users who watched Biden’s Wednesday press conference at the White House alongside Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, appears to show four names and photos Biden was meant to tap for questions.
Biden dutifully followed through, with all four names in the list, including White House correspondent Joey Garrison, PBS’s Laura Barron-Lopez, The Australian reporter Jeff Chambers and Australian Channel 10 politics editor Ashleigh Raper getting called upon to ask their questions, with the rest resigned to the role of glorified stenographers.
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Media reports suggest that the US Navy's ambitious initiative to build 12 intercontinental ballistic missile submarines might exceed its budget by a hefty 20 percent, equivalent to $20 billion. This financial overrun poses a potential setback for the project at the heart of the Navy's modernization program.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in its latest Navy shipbuilding report released on Thursday, cites "current industry conditions" as the rationale for the updated $120 billion program estimate.
According to the budget office's assessment, the USS District of Columbia, the lead submarine in the class, is expected to carry a price tag of $17.5 billion — $1.7 billion above the Navy's calculations. The Navy's upcoming fleet of the remaining 11 submarines is estimated at an average of $9.2 billion each, according to CBO figures. This represents a significant $1.5 billion surge in cost per vessel compared to initial projections.
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in its latest Navy shipbuilding report released on Thursday, cites "current industry conditions" as the rationale for the updated $120 billion program estimate.
According to the budget office's assessment, the USS District of Columbia, the lead submarine in the class, is expected to carry a price tag of $17.5 billion — $1.7 billion above the Navy's calculations. The Navy's upcoming fleet of the remaining 11 submarines is estimated at an average of $9.2 billion each, according to CBO figures. This represents a significant $1.5 billion surge in cost per vessel compared to initial projections.
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🇺🇸🇨🇳 US President Joe Biden met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is currently in Washington DC, and discussed the bilateral relations and the importance of maintaining open lines of communication, the White House said in a press release.
"The President emphasized that both the United States and China need to manage competition in the relationship responsibly and maintain open lines of communication. He underscored that the United States and China must work together to address global challenges," the press release stressed.
During the meeting, Biden expressed his condolences on the passing of former Premier Li Keqiang who died from a heart attack on Thursday, the release added.
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"The President emphasized that both the United States and China need to manage competition in the relationship responsibly and maintain open lines of communication. He underscored that the United States and China must work together to address global challenges," the press release stressed.
During the meeting, Biden expressed his condolences on the passing of former Premier Li Keqiang who died from a heart attack on Thursday, the release added.
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In New York, a crowd of protesters against Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip gathered at the city's Grand Central Station.
The action was organized by members of the Jewish Voice for Peace movement. The protesters put up a banner saying “Palestinians should be free.”
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The action was organized by members of the Jewish Voice for Peace movement. The protesters put up a banner saying “Palestinians should be free.”
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🇺🇸🇨🇳Washington and Beijing have confirmed their readiness to work out a meeting between Biden and Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in November in San Francisco, a senior US official said.
Biden and Xi plan to discuss “strategic intentions” on relations between the United States and China, the White House added.
Biden and Xi plan to discuss “strategic intentions” on relations between the United States and China, the White House added.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺 John Kirby’s projection of new Russian tactical gains in Ukraine marks a shift in the thinking of the US establishment, which has grown weary of the unwinnable proxy war in Eastern Europe as a new conflict escalates in the Middle East, CIA veteran Philip Giraldi told Sputnik.
💬 "John Kirby's comments reflect the fact that even though the White House continues to promise support of Ukraine 'until we win' there is a growing appreciation that the war is not winnable by Kiev in any conventional sense and also that support for the Ukrainians is waning both in Europe and the US," the former CIA field officer said.
Per Giraldi, the Middle East theater is more important for Washington in many respects: US bases have increasingly been targeted by militias in Syria and Iraq since the beginning of the Gaza war; what's more, Israel is an old American ally and the US establishment has long relied on Jewish campaign donations and media support, the CIA veteran underscored.
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💬 "John Kirby's comments reflect the fact that even though the White House continues to promise support of Ukraine 'until we win' there is a growing appreciation that the war is not winnable by Kiev in any conventional sense and also that support for the Ukrainians is waning both in Europe and the US," the former CIA field officer said.
Per Giraldi, the Middle East theater is more important for Washington in many respects: US bases have increasingly been targeted by militias in Syria and Iraq since the beginning of the Gaza war; what's more, Israel is an old American ally and the US establishment has long relied on Jewish campaign donations and media support, the CIA veteran underscored.
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🇺🇸🇨🇳 The US national security adviser and the Chinese foreign minister discussed relations between the two countries, the conflict in the Middle East, Russia and Taiwan - White House
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📰 🚫 Media bias is a serious problem as it blurs the reality and truth. Based on a vox pop involving African students in Moscow, it is clear that western media portrays Africa as corrupt, degrading and desolate. #AfroVerdict host sits down with an independent…
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❗️ The Maine mass shooting suspect was found dead following a dayslong manhunt, state officials confirmed late Friday.
Maine Governor Janet Mills detailed during a Friday news conference that the suspected shooter is "no longer a threat," adding that she informed US President Joe Biden and the state's congressional delegation of the development.
Maine Governor Janet Mills detailed during a Friday news conference that the suspected shooter is "no longer a threat," adding that she informed US President Joe Biden and the state's congressional delegation of the development.
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🇮🇷🇮🇱 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Friday that Israel's security and political systems had been "totally collapsed" and that the only thing still functioning in the country was its "war machine."
Meanwhile, the heads of Middle Eastern countries and groups supporting Palestine have much more serious plans than what was previously observed, Amir Abdollahian said. The top Iranian diplomat told American media he had met with a number of regional leaders as well as with "the leaders of the resistance in Lebanon and also the Palestinian groups."
"What I gathered from the plans that they have – they have their finger on the trigger. You know, much more powerful and deeper than what you've witnessed," the minister said.
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Meanwhile, the heads of Middle Eastern countries and groups supporting Palestine have much more serious plans than what was previously observed, Amir Abdollahian said. The top Iranian diplomat told American media he had met with a number of regional leaders as well as with "the leaders of the resistance in Lebanon and also the Palestinian groups."
"What I gathered from the plans that they have – they have their finger on the trigger. You know, much more powerful and deeper than what you've witnessed," the minister said.
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US forces have been attacked 20 times throughout Iraq and Syria since October 17, Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said in a statement.
"Between Oct. 17-27, US and Coalition Forces have been attacked at least 14 separate times in Iraq and six separate times in Syria by a mix of one-way attack drones and rockets, for a total of 20 attacks to date," Ryder said.
Ryder said that most of the attacks were disrupted by defensive actions and failed to reach their targets.
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"Between Oct. 17-27, US and Coalition Forces have been attacked at least 14 separate times in Iraq and six separate times in Syria by a mix of one-way attack drones and rockets, for a total of 20 attacks to date," Ryder said.
Ryder said that most of the attacks were disrupted by defensive actions and failed to reach their targets.
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