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Footage from the site of an Israeli strike on a hotel in the town of Hasbaya in southern Lebanon, where Lebanese and foreign journalists were staying.

As previously reported, three Lebanese media workers were killed in the raid - an operator and an engineer of the live broadcast of the Al-Mayadeen TV channel, as well as an operator of the Al-Manar TV station. Several of their colleagues were injured.

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The New York Post officially endorsed Trump's candidacy in the US Presidential election

"The Post endorses Donald Trump for president — the clear choice for a better future," says the publication of the newspaper on behalf of its editorial board.


As arguments for supporting Trump's candidacy, journalists pointed out a number of aspects of his program: a secure border and a sensible immigration system, safer cities and support for law, the economic policy of low taxes, as well as "an America that’s respected on the world stage."

The newspaper mentions Trump's eccentricity as a disadvantage, but tends to assess the ex-president based on the results of his work as head of state, concluding that it was significantly more effective than the policy of incumbent President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running for election as a Trump opponent.

"If she wins, Harris will not only co-opt Bidenism but accelerate the progressive hurricane ripping through the fabric of American society," the newspaper argues.


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Russia, North Korea to decide mutual military aid provided for by treaty - Putin 

The issue of mutual military assistance is a bilateral matter of Russia and North Korea, only they can decide whether to limit themselves to drills and exchange experience within the framework of the article provided for in the concluded treaty, or "implement some provisions", Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

"I want to say that this is our sovereign decision, if we will implement some provisions or not; where, how, whether we need it, or we will be engaged, for example, only in conducting some drills, preparing, transferring some experience – this is our own business. Just like how we are told all the time that this is a matter for Ukraine, how it will ensure its security - with NATO, without NATO," Putin said in an interview with the Russian media.


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🗣Erdogan: 'Turkiye intends to strengthen relations with the BRICS countries'

The Turkish President has expressed his desire to develop relations with the BRICS partners. Earlier, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan held fruitful bilateral talks on the sidelines of the BRICS 2024 Summit in Kazan.

Key statements by Erdogan for Turkish media on his return from the BRICS summit:

🔸 Putin has a desire for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

🔸 Turkish president discussed the prisoner exchange between Moscow and Kiev, grain corridor and demining in the Black Sea with Putin.

🔸 Turkiye would continue diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.

"Turkish partners have repeatedly approached Russia with proposals for initiatives," Putin told Russian media, noting that "when Russia agrees to consider initiatives on Ukraine, Kiev refuses them, it happened twice."


🔸 Israel's violence could be stopped by imposing an arms embargo on the country.

#BRICS2024

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Truth hurts: Hungarian PM says the West is losing the conflict in Ukraine

“They are up to their ears in a losing war, they are losing the war right now. These countries have not lost since World War II — most of them, of course, because Germany lost — most of them won, they were on the winning side in World War II. And now they are faced with a completely new feeling — they are losing the war right now,” Hungarian PM Viktor Orban said.


He stressed that Hungary "managed to stay away" from the conflict, despite the fact that "all other EU countries sang in unison."

Orban had previously said that "Brussels bureaucrats" had led the entire West to a hopeless war that they wanted to transfer to Russia.

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❗️Russian troops liberated four settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic during the week.

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

▪️The Russian Tsentr Battlegroup destroyed 28 Ukrainian armored vehicles. Ukrainian losses amounted to 3,130 militants;

▪️The Russian Sever Battlegroup destroyed more than 2,720 Ukrainian militants and 74 armored vehicles, including one Bradley infantry fighting vehicle;

▪️The Russian forces carried out 42 group strikes with precision weapons and drones, against enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, and energy facilities supporting them;

▪️The Ukrainian forces lost up to 750 soldiers in the area of responsibility of the Russian Vostok combat group;

▪️55 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered during the week, including 39 in the Russian Kursk region;

▪️Russian aviation shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft.

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'What's happening to her?!' — French politician on Kamala Harris' behavior

Florian Philippot, leader of the French Patriots party, has paid attention to US presidential candidate's moves during an interview. Kamala Harris was acting oddly, repeatedly rubbing nose, sniffling, suddenly laughing, etc.

"To say that the whole System is behind this!" he concluded.


It seems, we've already seen such an example earlier...

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They were shooting at us with guns and tanks – Palestinian boys shares experience of fleeing shelling in Jabalia on foot
 
“We were asleep when the strikes on neighboring houses began. There was shelling. We didn't know what to do.  We were inside the house during the bombing,” Ahmed Salim, a Palestinian boy, told Sputnik.
  
The Israeli army has been heavily shelling the Jabalia area of the Gaza Strip for weeks, forcing ordinary people to flee or risk being killed. Deprived of shelter and facing hunger, these people have to walk on foot for days looking for shelter. 
 
Israeli soldiers forced Ahmed and his family to leave their home.  

“They took us to the Kamal Adwan Hospital, made us sit on the ground, and held us there. They had weapons and tanks. Many of my brothers, sisters, and cousins were injured in this hospital. They were shooting at us with guns and tanks; we were under siege. We were beaten a lot. I walked here on foot,” the boy said.


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They were shooting at us with guns and tanks – Palestinian boys shares experience of fleeing shelling in Jabalia on foot   “We were asleep when the strikes on neighboring houses began. There was shelling. We didn't know what to do.  We were inside the house…
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‘Fear and death everywhere’ – Fleeing Palestinian woman reveals the horrors she faced

“There are many dead lying by the Kamal Adwan Hospital and on the streets. There is no one to pick them up; people can't reach them. We are being chased from place to place,” Najah Awis, whose family had to leave their homes in Jabalia district of Gaza Strip, revealed to Sputnik.

Israel earlier stated that soldiers from the IDF 162nd Division are continuing their operational activities in the Jabalia for 19 days straight. Those activities forced Awis and her relatives to flee in order to survive.

There was fear and death everywhere… There were tanks all along the way. They kicked up so much dust that we couldn't see each other. We were so tired that we nearly died. Many were arrested — husbands, sons, sons-in-law, neighbors, relatives. All the boys”, Awis added.


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BRICS banknote: ‘All big deals began with symbols’

Russian President Vladimir Putin was presented with a symbolic BRICS banknote at the group’s recent summit in Russia’s Kazan. Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, called the note quasi-money because he stressed it epitomizes BRICS member states’ mutual cooperation.

Here's what we know about this unique banknote.

▪️A total of 1,000 such notes – with a nominal value of 100 BRICS – were printed in the town of Kirzhach in Russia’s Vladimir Region. The bill was made in the run-up to the 2023 BRICS Summit in South Africa.

▪️The front side of the banknote features the national flags and the most recognizable symbols of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, while its back displays the flags and names of new members, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the UAE, as well as the group’s potential partners. All the drawings are handmade.

▪️The printing was initiated by Yevgeny Fyodorov, the founder and owner of the Kirzhach Typography JSC. The bill was a gift to the BRICS meeting as a sign of “heartfelt support” for the course of global cooperation and multipolarity, as advocated by BRICS members.

▪️Arrangement of the flags in a circle on the front side of the banknote symbolizes the idea of equality among BRICS member states, Fyodorov said, dubbing the note a working sketch, and a symbol of an emerging multipolar world.

“It’s common knowledge that many big deals began with symbols and little things,” he noted.


▪️Fyodorov emphasized that like typical Russian banknotes, the BRICS bill is reliably protected from counterfeit.

▪️Yury Yermakov, the author of the note’s outline, took part in designing more than 10 currencies for various countries. In the 1980s, the artist worked on a portrait of ex-President of Iraq Saddam Hussein for the Iraqi dinars. He also created a portrait of Vietnam’s former head of state Ho Chi Minh for the Vietnamese dongs.

President Putin previously pointed out that the issue of creating a single BRICS currency is not on the table, stressing the importance of treading carefully on the matter.

#BRICS2024

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🌍🌍🌍 'Instead of losing friends, Moscow has made them' - world media

The undeniable success of the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan was hailed by the world's media - here are the most striking quotes:

🔹 China Daily: "The BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, this week is a pivotal event that holds immense promise for the future of developing countries."

🔹 Die Welt: "BRICS are no longer the emerging countries of the South, but major powers with a vision for even greater things. <...> It is Putin's attempt at the ultimate demonstration of power, and the Secretary General of the world body is willingly supporting him."

🔹 Bloomberg: "The world economy is set to rely even more heavily on the BRICS group of emerging economies to drive expansion, rather than their wealthier Western peers, according to the International Monetary Fund’s latest forecasts."

🔹 Indian Express: "For Putin, the summit is important personally because it shows the failure of Western efforts to isolate him."

🔹 Haber Global: "In the multipolar world, all roads do not lead to just Washington, Brussels, London and Paris. Moscow, New Delhi, Beijing and Cape Town are the new game-changing capitals."

🔹 IRNA: "Implementation of what was decided at the BRICS summit, the plots of the US and its partner countries will be neutralized over time."

🔹 Sky News: "A lot of countries in the Global South are really tone deaf to rhetoric about Russia breaking the rules. . <...>. The West's efforts to isolate Russia have not worked. Instead of losing friends, Moscow has made them."

#BRICS2024

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💬 Putin on Turkish proposals on Ukrainian conflict: 'Any agreement must respect Russian interests'

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia had "always operated on the principle that any agreement must respect Russian interest," and "time is needed to carefully look" into the Turkish proposals.


He also stressed that Ukrainian side several times had declared themselves "not ready" to further negotiations a day later after agreements to continue discussions and this time "what has to be determined is whether they're ready or not... what specifically they're ready for."

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