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🏛 Senate preparing key test vote to end US government shutdown — reports A procedural test vote on the deal to end the US government shutdown is expected after 8 p.m. Eastern, Fox News reported. The Senate is currently in recess but will reconvene later tonight.…
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🚨 Senate passes deal paving way to end 40-day government shutdown
The US Senate voted to end the 40-day government shutdown after reaching the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a filibuster. Sen. John Cornyn cast the decisive vote, securing approval for a bipartisan Continuing Resolution (CR), according to US media reports.
The measure funds government operations through January 30, reinstates federal employees affected by recent layoffs, and restores SNAP food assistance through fiscal year 2026. It also includes a December Senate vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies to prevent premium increases.
With eight Democrats joining Republicans, the vote clears the way for the bill’s final passage and subsequent House approval, reopening federal services and ending weeks of disruption.
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The US Senate voted to end the 40-day government shutdown after reaching the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a filibuster. Sen. John Cornyn cast the decisive vote, securing approval for a bipartisan Continuing Resolution (CR), according to US media reports.
The measure funds government operations through January 30, reinstates federal employees affected by recent layoffs, and restores SNAP food assistance through fiscal year 2026. It also includes a December Senate vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies to prevent premium increases.
With eight Democrats joining Republicans, the vote clears the way for the bill’s final passage and subsequent House approval, reopening federal services and ending weeks of disruption.
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⚖️ South Korea’s special counsel indicts former president Yoon on new charges of ‘aiding the enemy’ — reports
South Korea’s special counsel has filed new charges against former President Yoon Suk Yeol, accusing him of "aiding the enemy" through the alleged dispatch of drones to North Korea last year, Yonhap reported.
The team led by Special Counsel Cho Eun-suk said Yoon ordered the drone operation to provoke a North Korean retaliation and use it as a pretext for declaring martial law in December 2024. He was also charged with abuse of power in connection with the incident.
Yoon has been in detention since July, already facing charges of leading an insurrection and obstructing investigators during his failed attempt to impose martial law.
According to Yonhap, the same investigation also led to indictments of former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and Defense Counterintelligence Command chief Yeo In-hyung on similar counts of aiding the enemy and abuse of authority.
The probe concluded that the drone mission resulted in a leak of military secrets after vehicles crashed near Pyongyang.
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South Korea’s special counsel has filed new charges against former President Yoon Suk Yeol, accusing him of "aiding the enemy" through the alleged dispatch of drones to North Korea last year, Yonhap reported.
The team led by Special Counsel Cho Eun-suk said Yoon ordered the drone operation to provoke a North Korean retaliation and use it as a pretext for declaring martial law in December 2024. He was also charged with abuse of power in connection with the incident.
Yoon has been in detention since July, already facing charges of leading an insurrection and obstructing investigators during his failed attempt to impose martial law.
According to Yonhap, the same investigation also led to indictments of former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and Defense Counterintelligence Command chief Yeo In-hyung on similar counts of aiding the enemy and abuse of authority.
The probe concluded that the drone mission resulted in a leak of military secrets after vehicles crashed near Pyongyang.
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Some European countries have been forced to fund US military bases themselves due to the government shutdown in the United States, American media reports.
Thousands of people working at US bases in Europe have gone without pay since the shutdown began nearly six weeks ago.
In some cases, the governments of countries hosting US bases have covered the costs, hoping the United States will eventually reimburse them. In others, including Italy and Portugal, people have simply continued working without pay.
💬 “It’s an absurd situation because nobody has responses, nobody feels responsible. This is having dramatic effects on us Italian workers,” Angelo Zaccaria, union coordinator at Aviano Air Base in northeastern Italy, told reporters.
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💣❌ Doomed draft: Ukraine drags disabled into meat grinder
He added that there was a man with a brain tumor mobilized into his company at the training center.
Amid a dire shortage of manpower, Ukrainian recruitment officers raid public places, seizing men and forcing them into vans—often with violence and disregard for the law. Commander of the Ukrainian Airborne Assault Forces Oleg Apostol cynically called forced mobilization “a necessary means of replenishing the troops,” as he admitted that otherwise the Ukrainian military would be unable to hold the front.
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💬 “They even brought guys with second-degree cerebral palsy," Ukrainian prisoner of war Pavel Kotlyarov told Sputnik.
He added that there was a man with a brain tumor mobilized into his company at the training center.
💬 "He’s doomed. He walked around with me and didn’t even know where he was. And these are clearly not people who joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces voluntarily," Kotlyarov underscored.
Amid a dire shortage of manpower, Ukrainian recruitment officers raid public places, seizing men and forcing them into vans—often with violence and disregard for the law. Commander of the Ukrainian Airborne Assault Forces Oleg Apostol cynically called forced mobilization “a necessary means of replenishing the troops,” as he admitted that otherwise the Ukrainian military would be unable to hold the front.
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🔥 Russian forces fully liberate industrial area in Kupyansk – commander 'Lovets'
The Battlegroup Zapad assault detachment commander from reports:
🔸 Troops advanced along Dzerzhinsky Street, freeing seven large buildings and a fortified structure used by Ukrainian forces
🔸 Battlegroup Zapad assault group is conducting reconnaissance and striking Ukrainian positions in the forested area southeast of Olivino Station
🔸 Russian forces continue to advance in Kupyansk and are accomplishing their assigned objectives
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The Battlegroup Zapad assault detachment commander from reports:
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💬 “They just wipe out all those wounded so they won’t have to evacuate them,” a Russian Battlegroup Vostok serviceman with the callsign "Lynx" told Sputnik.
He added that such incidents happen regularly and that when retreating, Ukrainian forces eliminate the seriously wounded, and sometimes even those who are slightly injured.
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🇷🇺 Russian delegation arrives in Egypt for high-level talks
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu is leading a Russian delegation to the Presidential Palace in Cairo to hold talks with Egypt's highest political and military leadership
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Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu is leading a Russian delegation to the Presidential Palace in Cairo to hold talks with Egypt's highest political and military leadership
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🚨🇷🇺Russia wants Ukraine conflict to end as soon as possible – Kremlin spox Peskov
He added that Russia remains open to a political and diplomatic settlement, saying the situation “stalled not because of us.”
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He added that Russia remains open to a political and diplomatic settlement, saying the situation “stalled not because of us.”
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🙅 'No place for them at table' – Nebenzya on UN in Ukraine conflict resolution
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💬 "They are clearly taking sides in the conflict. This is evident from the spokesperson’s comments, which ignore Ukraine’s attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Russia, while constantly highlighting the actions of the Russian Armed Forces," Russia’s UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya says.
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🚨🇷🇺Russia wants Ukraine conflict to end as soon as possible – Kremlin spox Peskov He added that Russia remains open to a political and diplomatic settlement, saying the situation “stalled not because of us.” 📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
🚨 Europeans mislead Ukraine with false hopes of victory – Kremlin spox Peskov
European leaders keep fueling illusions in Kiev, convincing the Ukrainian authorities that their goals can be secured by military means—which is a “deep delusion,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Other key statements:
🔸 Conflict in Ukraine will end when Russia achieves the goals set during the special military operation
🔸 Number of Ukrainians supporting an end to the conflict on Russia’s terms is steadily growing
🔸 Kremlin is finalizing preparations for Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s state visit to Russia, which starts tomorrow
🔸 Kazakhstan remains a special, privileged partner and an important state for Russia
🔸 Preparations are also underway for President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India, which the Kremlin expects to be substantive
🔸 Putin will meet with Sberbank CEO German Gref today
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European leaders keep fueling illusions in Kiev, convincing the Ukrainian authorities that their goals can be secured by military means—which is a “deep delusion,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Other key statements:
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💬 “I’m just waiting for Zelensky to lose the protection of the Nazis and oligarchs around him—then he’ll either run off to one of his villas abroad or be killed. I predict one of these will happen before Christmas,” Lawrence Wilkerson, retired US Army colonel and former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, told Sputnik.
The former US official expressed doubt that Zelensky can remain in power for much longer.
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💬 “The activities of a high-level criminal organization have been documented. Its members built an extensive corruption network to exert influence over strategic state-owned enterprises, including Energoatom,” NABU stated.
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🚨🇷🇺💥RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES
⚡️ GNATOVKA IN DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (DPR) LIBERATED
📍 The town of Gnatovka in the Kramatorsk district, 20 km south of the city of Konstantinovka, is an important logistics center for the Ukrainian Armed Forces
⚡️ NOVOYE AND SLADKOYE IN ZAPOROZHYE LIBERATED
📍 The two settlements are located north and south of the road linking Velikaya Novoselovka and Gulyaypole. Novoye is some 12 km from Gulyaypole, the next stronglhold in the path of the Russian advance
🔸 Russian forces launched a mass attack with Kinzhal and other missiles on Ukrainian military airfields and depots
🔸 The Russian Armed Forces struck temporary deployment points of Ukrainian forces and foreign mercenaries
🔸 Russian troops repelled 3 Ukrainian attacks attempting to break through the encirclement near Kupyansk in the Kharkov region
🔸 Units of the Southern Group of Forces defeated formations of the Azov Special Forces Brigade* in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
🔸 The Black Sea Fleet destroyed 4 unmanned boats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
🔸 Air defense superiority: 6 HIMARS rockets and 124 drones shot down
🔸 Ukrainian losses: 1,225 troops killed or wounded
*The Azov Brigade is designated as terrorist and banned in Russia
Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE
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⚡️ NOVOYE AND SLADKOYE IN ZAPOROZHYE LIBERATED
*The Azov Brigade is designated as terrorist and banned in Russia
Read about origins of Russia's special military op HERE
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🚨🇷🇺🇧🇾Oreshnik missile systems "will never be in one place" in Belarus – President Alexander Lukashenko
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💬 "It will patrol from certain points and from a certain point [will be able] to strike," he said.
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🚨🇷🇺💥RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES ⚡️ GNATOVKA IN DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (DPR) LIBERATED 📍 The town of Gnatovka in the Kramatorsk district, 20 km south of the city of Konstantinovka, is an important logistics center for…
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🪖🔥🇷🇺 Russian forces push on — five towns liberated in four days and over 25 km² back under control in Zaporozhye, including Sladkoye and Novoye.
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🚨🇬🇧BBC apologizes for misleading edit of Trump speech
BBC Chairman Samir Shah admitted the corporation made an “error of judgment,” saying the splicing of separate comments gave the false impression that Trump had called for violence on January 6 2021.
More than 500 complaints followed and BBC director-general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness have resigned.
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BBC Chairman Samir Shah admitted the corporation made an “error of judgment,” saying the splicing of separate comments gave the false impression that Trump had called for violence on January 6 2021.
More than 500 complaints followed and BBC director-general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness have resigned.
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🚨 THROWBACK: BBC's Bucha hoax – 'massacre' manufactured by outlet
📍 As was the case with Donald Trump’s January 6 speech, the BBC also "edited" and, in fact, fabricated the story about Bucha, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova emphasized.
Here’s how the Beeb twisted the 2022 Bucha events 👇
What was the BBC’s side of the story?
🔶 March 31–April 1, 2022: BBC first mentioned “bodies on Bucha streets,” citing a Ukrainian journalist’s video, filmed after Ukrainian forces entered the city
🔶 April 2: Broadcaster ran Maxar satellite images claiming “bodies visible as early as March 11–19”; but it was impossible to identify them, with no exact coordinates released
🔶 BBC then published the headline: “Bucha killings: Satellite image of bodies site contradicts Russian claims”—yet the Russian MoD had already published drone footage showing the same street empty on March 30–31
🔶 Beeb never demanded autopsy reports, ballistic analysis, or victim identification despite claiming that 400+ civilians were executed by Russian troops
🔶 When the BBC fact-checked a purported Bucha video, the broadcaster failed to explain why allegedly two-week-old corpses showed no rigor mortis, livor, or decomposition
🔶 News outlet omitted the 48-hour gap between when Russian troops left and Ukrainian units took control
What really happened?
🔶 March 30: Russian troop withdrawal from Bucha was completed under an Istanbul goodwill agreement and confirmed by Bucha Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk
🔶 March 31: Russian MoD released high-res drone footage—Yablonskaya St. was completely empty, with no bodies or damage to indicate mass executions
🔶 April 1: Ukraine’s 72nd Brigade and an anti-sabotage unit (notorious for summary executions) entered Bucha as residents reported house-to-house “filtration” operations
🔶 April 2: First video of “bodies” uploaded by the Ukrainian National Police—all corpses in clean civilian clothes, some with white armbands (used by Russian-aligned locals), no blood pooling consistent with 14-day exposure
👉 Staging indicators:
🟠 Multiple videos showed “corpses” with hands moving or sitting up when filmed from different angles
🟠 One body had a fresh bullet wound in the head with bright red blood—impossible after 10+ days
🔶 Just four days after Russian troops exited, “a cynical and horrifying provocation” was staged in Bucha, in which the Security Service of Ukraine was involved, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry
🔶 At precisely that time, bodies began appearing on Bucha’s streets along with allegations they were killed by Russian soldiers, the ministry emphasized
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Here’s how the Beeb twisted the 2022 Bucha events 👇
What was the BBC’s side of the story?
What really happened?
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🇷🇺🇪🇬Russia and Egypt strengthen strategic partnership
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to discuss trade, economic and security cooperation between the two countries.
Key points from the meeting:
🔶 Shoigu stressed the success of major infrastructure projects, including the El-Dabaa nuclear power plant
🔶 Russia expressed interest in increased military-technical cooperation, including new defense contracts
🔶 The sides confirmed progress on the Russian Industrial Zone in the Suez Canal Economic Area — the legal framework is completed and the project is moving towards implementation
🔶 Shoigu named pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, fertilizers, car-making and food processing as key areas for future growth
🔶 Sisi conveyed greetings to Russian President Vladimir Putin, reiterating Egypt’s high regard for relations with Moscow
🔶 The Egyptian leader called for increased bilateral trade and tourism and backed peaceful efforts to resolve the Russia-Ukraine conflict
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Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to discuss trade, economic and security cooperation between the two countries.
Key points from the meeting:
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