📑Lula publishes open letter to Trump

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who earlier said Donald Trump has avoided dialogue with him, has published an essay in The New York Times addressed to the US president aiming to start an “open and frank dialogue.”

Lula wrote that he had carefully studied the Trump administration’s arguments for imposing 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods but called the move “political in nature” and lacking any economic justification.

“President Trump, we remain open to negotiating anything that can bring mutual benefits,” Lula said.

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📹Russian Bal coastal missile system strikes target in Arctic drills

As part of the Zapad-2025 strategic exercises, a division of the Northern Fleet’s Bal coastal defense system launched an Uran anti-ship cruise missile at a mock enemy naval group in the Arctic, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. Real-time monitoring showed the target was successfully hit.

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🚨TEAR GAS AT THE VUELTA A ESPAÑA FINALE

Pro-Palestinian protesters stormed the final stage of Spain's premier cycling race in Madrid, causing chaos and prompting police to fire tear gas.

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🗣 ‘Drone fall’ in Poland staged to push anti-Russian measures – analyst

👉 The recent drone affair in Poland was clearly a provocation orchestrated with Ukraine’s assistance, political analyst Petr Kolchin told Sputnik.

🟠 Ukraine has been able to create “media hype out of nothing” before, so a new hoax should be easy for the Ukrainian intelligence services, he suggested.

🟠 The provocation creates a new pretext to pile pressure on Russia and ramp up security measures in the EU, including increased defense spending, according to Kolchin.

🟠 US President Donald Trump’s reaction also highlights the schism within NATO: while he US tries to act as a peacemaker, Europe seems interested in prolonging the Ukrainian conflict, Kolchin noted.

🟠 Poland is reluctant to conduct a proper investigation of the incident, to avoid uncovering inconvenient facts that might undermine the anti-Russian narrative pushed by Brussels, the analyst suggested.

🟠 Kolchin compared the situation to Europe’s reaction to the Nord Stream bombing — another case EU member states do not seem keen to solve.

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🇬🇧Mass protests show Britons’ anger at Starmer – experts

The Unite the Kingdom protests in Britain reveal the level of discontent with issues like the massive debt burden and the UK’s “increasing involvement in Ukraine,” says Peter McIlvenna, co-founder and host of the Hearts of Oak podcast and Chief of Staff to Lord Pearson of Rannoch in the House of Lords.

“I think people are getting tired of Britain and Europe spending so much money, sending so much military to a faraway country that shouldn't really have a concern for us,” McIlvenna told Sputnik.

👉There is also anger at Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the “shutting down the free speech,” he added, noting that many people in Britain have been thrown in jail just “for comments online.”

“Keir Starmer is really facing a huge problem at the moment, he is doing very badly in the polls,” McIlvenna said. “If he had a general election he would be out he wouldn't be prime minister.”

🗣British Heritage Party leader David Kurten argues that a majority of Britons “have been attacked and antagonized” by Starmer’s government over their concerns about “rapid mass immigration” and its effect on crime.

❗️People with “legitimate concerns” over those issues are being “smeared as far-right, as racist” by the government and mainstream media sympathetic to it, “and people have just had enough,” he says.

“Most people just want to get on with their lives, bring up their families, go about their business without our way of life being undermined. That's not what happening at the moment,” notes Kurten.

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🔸 Mass protests show Britons’ anger at Starmer – experts

🔸 ‘Drone fall’ in Poland staged to push anti-Russian measures – analyst

🔸 Arab League chief: "Stop the criminal Israeli war machine"

🔸 Le Pen: Only elections can end French crisis

🔸 Utah Gov on Kirk’s killing: 'Suspect not cooperating'

🔸 West risks losing $285 bln if it confiscates Russian assets

🔸 Rubio visits Jerusalem for talks with Netanyahu amid regional tensions

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🪖💪 Uralvagonzavod builds new TOS-1A flamethrower on T-80 tank

The TOS-1A Solntsepyok flamethrower system has been upgraded to deliver greater range, improved accuracy, and enhanced automation, announced Alexander Potapov, CEO of Uralvagonzavod, Russia’s arms manufacturer and part of Rostec.

🗣 Potapov stressed the Solntsepyok is in extremely high demand, adding that “there is a real hunt for them,” which has led to new anti-drone protection being installed.

Uralvagonzavod continues to supply the Russian Army with T-72B3M, T-80BVM, and T-90M Proryv tanks, as well as the TOS-1A and other special equipment. Since the start of the special military operation, production and deliveries have multiplied, with over 200 design improvements introduced in three years to boost firepower, protection, and mobility.

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🇷🇺🔥 Russian FPV drone strikes Ukrainian ammo supply cart

🟠 Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned supply platform near Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk), the Russian Ministry of Defense said.

📄 According to the MoD, the operator of a fiber-optic FPV drone detected and intercepted the platform, which was delivering ammunition to Ukrainian positions. The drone struck the target directly, causing the unmanned cart to detonate.

📹 The published video captures the moment of the precise hit and explosion.

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🚨🇮🇶Iraqi PM calls for Islamic military alliance against Israel

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani urged Arab and Muslim nations to form a joint security force in response to Israel’s recent strikes in Gaza and Qatar.

🗣He said Tuesday’s Israeli attack on Doha, which killed Hamas members and a Qatari officer, was a “shocking breach of international law” and a threat to regional security.

Sudani stressed that the Islamic world has “numerous levers” to deter Israel, warning that aggression “will not stop at Qatar.”

👉His remarks came ahead of the Arab-Islamic emergency summit in Doha on Sept 15–16, amid Israeli strikes on Qatar, where leaders are expected to discuss activating the long-proposed joint Arab military force.

Iranian Supreme National Security Council chairman Ali Larijani has also called on Islamic nations to create a “joint operations room” against Israel.

❗️Egypt, meanwhile, is pushing for a NATO-style Arab military force for rapid defense in case of attacks, with Cairo seeking regional backing for the plan ahead of the summit.

The Israeli strike on Doha hit a residential compound where Hamas politburo members were meeting to discuss a US proposal to end the Gaza war, which has already claimed more than 64,800 Palestinian lives since October 2023.

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🇷🇺⛴ Russian navy tests hypersonic Zircon missile on target in Barents Sea

✅ During the Zapad-2025 strategic exercises, the frigate Admiral Golovko successfully launched a Zircon hypersonic missile at a simulated enemy naval target in the Barents Sea, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

👉 Real-time monitoring confirmed the target was destroyed by a direct hit. The strike was part of a broader Northern Fleet operation involving diverse forces against a mock adversary.

📄 The MoD added that the drills also practiced defending coastal facilities and garrisons, and commanding mixed force groupings, including the integrated use of precision, advanced, and modern weapons systems.

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🗣 Ex-UK envoy: Trump’s visit ‘guarantees emperor status’

🔶 US President Donald Trump is unlikely to delay his September 17–19 visit to the UK despite mass protests, former UK ambassador to Syria Peter Ford told Sputnik. Ford said the trip is “bound to guarantee him quasi-emperor status” and global attention.

🔶 The protests, led by right-wing activist Tommy Robinson under the banner “Unite the Kingdom,” drew thousands in London, with demonstrators waving English and Union Jack flags, chanting against PM Keir Starmer, and denouncing migration policy and limits on free speech.

🔶 Robinson claimed over 3 million people took part, calling it a “celebration of free speech” and “just the beginning.” Many carried portraits of slain US conservative activist Charlie Kirk and shouted his name.

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🗣 London rally highlights anger over migration and free speech limits – expert

👉 Britain is headed for a “right-wing upheaval” as both the Conservative and Labour parties fail to address uncontrolled migration, British political analyst Adriel Kasonta told Sputnik.

📍 Kasonta said neither major party enjoys public trust on immigration and their failures have allowed “troublemakers and opportunists” to play on public anger, especially among those who oppose spending money on refugees while neglecting citizens’ needs.

🔶 He noted that Prime Minsiter Keir Starmer may try to appease the right-wing without damaging his reputation, but warned that Nigel Farage and his Reform Party stand to gain most from the shift. But the key question is whether Farage can go beyond pointing out problems and offer real solutions.

🔶 Kasonta’s remarks followed right-wing activist Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally in London, where protesters marched from Russell Square to Whitehall carrying English and Union Jack flags, chanting slogans against Starmer and denouncing migration policy and limits on free speech.

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🇷🇺 Russian Pacific fleet repels simulated drone boat and saboteur attacks in Kamchatka

🔸 Russian Pacific Fleet Grachonok-class anti-sabotage boats and Ka-29 helicopters repelled mock attacks by enemy sea drones and underwater saboteurs during exercises.

🔸 To neutralize divers, crews used the DP-65 remote-controlled anti-saboteur grenade launcher system.

🔸 Working jointly with a Ka-29 helicopter, the boats also destroyed small fast-moving surface targets.

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🗣👉 'That is not the 'deal'—Trump slams Europe's call for US sanctions on Russia

💬 He said that NATO must match US efforts by stopping oil purchases from Russia.

"I'm willing to do sanctions, but they're going to have to toughen up their sanctions commensurate with what I'm doing," Trump added.

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🔥🇷🇺 Against all odds: Russian soldier pulls off incredible feat against Ukrainian saboteurs

👉 A soldier with the callsign ‘Spartan’ engaged a four-man Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group near Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), capturing two of them personally, while reinforcements finished off the rest.

✅ The account was given by an officer of the 33rd Regiment, 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, callsign ‘Sensenti,’ of the Tsentr Battlegroup of forces.

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🔥🇷🇺 Strategic reach: Tu-22M3s patrol the Arctic

👉 As part of the Zapad-2025 exercises, Russian strategic Tu-22M3 bombers conducted a four-hour patrol flight over the Barents Sea.

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👉 Russia dismisses Romania’s ‘baseless & contrived’ drone protest

Not a single concrete or convincing answer was provided to any of the questions regarding the identification of the drone allegedly violating Romanian airspace, Russian Ambassador to Bucharest Oleg Lipayev stated on Telegram.

📍 The Romanian Ministry of Defense “detected another UFO in the sky over the country on September 13 and quickly announced that it was a Russian drone,” noted Russia’s Embassy in Bucharest.

Accordingly, on September 14, the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Russian ambassador to express a “strong protest.”

💬 “In the absence of objective confirmation of the aircraft’s national affiliation, the Romanian protest was dismissed as baseless and contrived,” noted the Russian embassy.

According to Lipayev, all facts have indicated that this was a deliberate provocation by Ukraine.

Fearing inevitable military defeat and accountability for its crime, the Zelensky regime is desperately trying to drag other European countries into a dangerous military escalation against Russia, added the embassy.

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