Russia will take back Kursk region territories still under Ukraine's control - Kremlin

"Our military is doing its job. They will do it. Control will be restored... The situation in those areas under the control of Ukrainian militants is, of course, extraordinary. This situation will be corrected in a timely manner," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated.

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📹 Guns for me, but not for thee? Ha-Ha-Harris laughs, telling school shooting victims, she owns firearms & would shoot intruders

Another totally cringe moment from Kamala Harris erupting into laughter at a meeting with families who were victims of a recent school shooting. They are still struggling with the pain and trauma from the horrific experience they had to endure.

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Kamala Harris suffers from "imposter syndrome", that's why she gives interviews so rarely – psychiatrist

The US Vice-President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, feels "anxious" under questioning, psychiatrist and body language expert Carol Lieberman told the New York Post, saying this may be the reason she rarely gives media interviews.

‘Imposter syndrome’ is a psychological condition, where a person lacks confidence in their competence and feels they don't deserve to succeed, Lieberman said, adding that Harris may be suffering from the condition.

The Democrat candidate's constant giggling, grimaces and wide arm movements are all signs of the anxiety felt by a person with the syndrome, Lieberman explained.

"Kamala was able to stifle her cackling" during the election debate against Donald Trump on September 10, but she "made up for it with bigger grimacing," the psychiatrist pointed out.

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❗️Ukraine lost up to 3,510 militants and 18 tanks, including Leopard tanks, in the Russian Sever Battlegroup's combat zone.

🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's weekly briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

◻️ The Russian Battlegroup Vostok hit 11 Ukrainian counterattacks and secured more advantageous positions during the week.

◻️ The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down three Ukrainian aircraft, while another was downed by air defense systems.

◻️ 53 Ukrainian militants surrendered on the frontlines.

◻️ The Ukrainian forces lost up to 355 militants in the Russian Dnepr Battlegroup's combat zone, and four field ammunition depots were destroyed.

◻️ The Russian Zapad Battlegroup struck 10 Ukrainian brigades, including the Azov special forces brigade (recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia).

◻️ Russian air defenses intercepted 7 ATACMS missiles, 12 Hammer bombs, 42 HIMARS shells, and 305 Ukrainian drones.

◻️ The Russian Battlegroup Sever continued its operation in the Kursk region, liberating two settlements.

◻️ The Zapad Battlegroup repelled 24 Ukrainian counterattacks over the week.

◻️ In the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), two settlements—Georgievka and Zhelannoe Pervoe—were liberated.

◻️ The Russian Yug Battlegroup repelled 14 Ukrainian counterattacks.

◻️ The Russian Battlegroup Tsentr struck 17 Ukrainian brigades, including the Lyut Assault Brigade.

◻️ The Russian Yug Battlegroup destroyed four Ukrainian electronic warfare and counter-battery stations.

◻️ The Russian Tsentr Battlegroup repelled 58 Ukrainian counterattacks, inflicting losses of up to 3,610 militants.

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📈 The exchange price of gold has again broken a historical record, topping $2,600 per troy ounce.

The price growth is connected to the fact that the US Federal Reserve on September 18 reduced the prime rate by 0.5 percentage points, to 4.75-5%, according to Bloomberg, which is the first rate cut since 2020.

Since the beginning of 2024, the precious metal has risen in price by more than 26%.

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Israel-Lebanon conflict on fire: Fatal pager attacks ignite full-fledged war?

The Israeli army and the Lebanon-based Shiite group Hezbollah have exchanged fire over the past 24 hours, following a series of deadly explosions from pagers and electronic devices that shook Lebanon earlier this week. Hezbollah lays the blame for the attacks on Israeli intelligence, although the Jewish state has not issued a direct statement on the situation.

What do we know about the latest escalation between Israel and Lebanon?

◾️Hezbollah has launched a missile attack targeting the settlements of Metula, Birya, Kela, Yoav, and Yarden in the Golan Heights, utilizing a barrage of Katyusha rockets.

◾️ This was preceded by a wave of airstrikes by the IDF against southern Lebanon in which, Israel claims, 100 rocket launchers belonging to Hezbollah were destroyed.

◾️Following Wednesday’s wave of lethal beeper explosions across Lebanon, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech, saying that Israel’s actions had crossed all red lines. He emphasized the need to acknowledge a "state of war."

◾️Just before Nasrallah's speech began, Hezbollah launched an attack on northern Israel. According to reports from the Lebanese press, the Shiite group fired over 40 missiles at the Golan Heights and Upper Galilee, including Burkan missiles. The assault resulted in a fire and left the northern Israeli town of Metula without electricity. The strikes reportedly targeted military bases and warehouses. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that 2 soldiers were killed, and 8 others were injured.

◾️For the record, the UNIFIL mission, stationed along the Israeli-Lebanese border to prevent any escalation between Israel and Hezbollah, has remained dead silent and unresponsive during this latest round of escalation.

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❗️Three killed and 17 wounded in Israeli strike on Beirut suburb – Lebanese health ministry

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‘If Israel starts a land operation in Lebanon, it will turn into a very severe conventional war’

“If a huge escalation [takes place] and Israel takes a decision to engage in a ground invasion, we may witness another form of regional war. This would be a very severe conventional war,” expanding not just through south Lebanon, but far off theaters in Yemen and Iraq, affecting trade and energy security, and even the upcoming US presidential elections.

“And of course, there would be more casualties. Infrastructure will be destroyed in both countries. This is not something that some international actors want,” Yeghia Tashjian, a Beirut-based political analyst and researcher at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut, told Sputnik.

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Hezbollah announced that it launched rockets at three Israeli command centers, including the intelligence headquarters responsible for orchestrating assassinations.

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The death toll from the Israeli strike on a southern suburb of Beirut has risen to eight, with 59 people injured, Al Jadeed reports, citing figures from the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

Social media users continue to post what they say are images of the aftermath of the attack.

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Head of Hezbollah's Special Operations Command, Aqil, the alleged target of the Israeli strike on Beirut, has reportedly died as a result of the attack. A video circulating online captures the moment of the raid on a building in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

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