⚡️🇺🇸The US Department of Defense had an unsuccessful test related to its hypersonic weapons development after a missile booster failed to work, a Pentagon spokesperson told Sputnik.

📸 Footage from the scene of the tragedy

⚡️ NATO defense ministers agree on first AI strategy

⚡️ Pentagon chief Austin reiterates US resolute commitment to NATO

🇷🇺 🇺🇸 Austin, at NATO, says we want predictability and stability with Russia

🇺🇿 Tashkent says no need to deploy US troops in Uzbekistan

What an evil irony of fate: Alec Baldwin, who accidentally shot his cinematographer dead, posted this on Twitter 4 years ago

🇲🇫🇺🇲 French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters at an EU briefing in Brussels that he was due to have a telephone conversation with US President Joe Biden on Friday.

Media expect the AUKUS scandal to be discussed between the two leaders.

⚡ Biden approves $976.1mln funding for Afghan refugees

❗ Actor Alec Baldwin says he is fully cooperating with police investigation into shooting

The full statement: "There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. I'm fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna," Baldwin said.

❗ U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to legality of Texas law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy

⚡ Judge sets Nov 4 date for hearing on Trump's executive privilege claim on Jan. 6 documents -CNN

Police closed the area near the UN headquarters in New York because of a suspicious object, and the movement of traffic is restricted, a Sputnik correspondent says

❗ The suspicious package turned out to be a box of flowers, police said

The police blocked off two blocks near the UN building due to the suspicious package, Sputnik’s correspondent says

❗ U.S. Vice President Harris to meet with Macron during visit to Paris in November - White House

White House: Biden expects to meet Macron at the end of October in Rome

🤔 A police officer outside the UN building told a Sputnik correspondent that "it seems like nothing is inside the suspicious box"

Kamala Harris' freudian slip?

“I drink… I eat and drink NO for breakfast.”