❗️‘When Georgia conditioned foreign political financing and banned LGBT propaganda, the EU said it no longer shared its European values’ – Sergey Lavrov on Europe’s response to reforms in Georgia
#Georgia #EU
Russian Navy frigate takes part in planned exercises — MoD
The frigate, Admiral Kasatonov, part of the Northern Fleet, successfully launched a Kalibr cruise missile during a planned combat training exercise.
The missile struck a coastal target at the Chizh training ground in Arkhangelsk region, located over 1,300 kilometers away in the Barents Sea.
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Thoughts and prayers to the Visegrad editorial team for this banger
News media is a tough gig sometimes…
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❗️King Charles and Camila arrive in Sydney ahead of their six-day tour Down Under
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❗️The expanded BRICS group represents 43% of the world's population — Cyril Ramaphosa
“The historic expansion of BRICS creates further opportunities to foster robust trade and development cooperation,” the South African president said.
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❗️The projected GDP growth rate of BRICS countries for 2024, at 4%, surpasses the global average of 3.2% — President Putin
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❗️President Putin takes part in BRICS Business Forum panel session
The BRICS Business Forum is dedicated to strengthening co-operation, sustainable economic development, and international trade, and comes ahead of the BRICS Summit next week.
Watch here.
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Viktor Orban calls Zelensky’s ‘victory plan’ a recipe for defeat
The Hungarian PM has thrown some shade over Kiev’s so-called "victory plan," claiming it's setting Ukraine up for failure.
In a radio interview, Orban declared the EU is already losing alongside Ukraine and that Hungary won't be playing any part in this "victory plan" business.
He's even suggesting that Western intel agencies are investigating if Ukraine is close to developing nuclear weapons, a claim previously made by Bild newspaper.
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❗️Dmitry Medvedev says Ukraine working towards a ‘dirty bomb’
Taking to his official Telegram channel, the ex-Russian president wrote: "Taking into account the seemingly senseless chatter around the creation of nuclear weapons by Bandera's Ukraine, one can only draw one sad conclusion: the Nazi regime is trying to create a ‘dirty bomb’.”
“It has all the possibilities for this: raw materials, technology, specialists. And any Soviet-era laboratory will do for the production of a low-power charge. The clock is ticking,” Medvedev continued.
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You had one job: Brand-new fire station burns down in Germany
You'd think a fire station would be pretty safe from, well, fires, but a brand-new one in Germany just got completely roasted, the AP reports.
The Stadtallendorf Station in Hesse went up in flames early Wednesday morning, causing millions of euros in damage and wiping out a bunch of emergency vehicles.
A Thursday investigation discovered, they didn't have a fire alarm system because experts thought it wasn't needed. Luckily, no one was hurt, but the fire's aftermath is sure to raise some (burnt) eyebrows.
Maybe these firefighters should work from home for a while… wait...
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Details: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in IDF operation in Rafah
The Israeli military confirmed he was one of three militants killed on Wednesday, but it took a day to verify his identity.
RT Middle East Bureau chief Maria Finoshina reports.
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German politician wants to ban arms to Ukraine
Sahra Wagenknecht is pushing to add a clause banning arms supplies to Ukraine into the coalition agreement of the parties that won in recent elections in eastern Germany, Der Spiegel reports.
She's also proposing to nix the deployment of new US missiles in Germany, and is all going down during negotiations between the Christian Democratic Union, the Social Democratic Party (led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz), and Wagenknecht's own "Union for Reason and Justice.”
It's a bold move, considering Scholz recently declared Germany would be the biggest arms supplier to Ukraine after the US (though they wouldn't be giving them those long-range Taurus missiles).
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❗️Kamala Harris skips Al Smith Dinner, opts for pre-recorded video with loaded messaging instead
The VP was unable to attend the benefit dinner, the first presidential candidate to skip it since Walter Mondale in 1984, opting instead to campaign in Wisconsin.
Harris posted a video featuring Molly Shannon as her "Saturday Night Live" character, Mary Katherine Gallagher, a Catholic schoolgirl sporting a plaid skirt and uniform blouse.
Do Kamala’s video vibes match the Republican’s live barbs?
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❗️Trump takes pot shots at President Biden
“Joe has almost disappeared from view. The only way he could be seen less is if he had a show on CNN.”
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❗️Trump pokes fun at Harris’s running mate Tim Walz
"I used to think Democrats were crazy for saying that men have periods. But then I met Tim Walz."
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Palestinian boy develops severe skin disease after Israeli prison release
A 15-year-old Palestinian boy released from Israeli prison suffers from severe medical neglect he faced during seven months of detention.
During this time, he contracted a horrific skin disease due to inhumane conditions and was repeatedly denied access to medical care. Here’s his story.
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BRICS has become a hope for Africa — DIA-UNISA Acting Executive Director
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❗️Russia and Iran to sign cooperation agreement post-BRICS Summit
While the document was initially set to be signed during the summit in Kazan, Russian President Putin and his Iranian counterpart Pezeshkian decided to finalize it during a separate visit, according to Tehran’s envoy to Moscow.
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❗️BRICS is not oriented against anyone — President Putin
“I would like to thank you for your participation, for coming to Moscow, I thank you for thinking about how we are needed to move forward… I wish you every success in your work,” the president told participants of the BRICS Business Forum.
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❗️Russia is open for business cooperation, and ‘I am confident in the implementation of BRICS’s potential’ — President Putin
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❗️The combined GDP of BRICS nations exceeds $60 trillion, and their collective share of global gross product surpasses that of the G7 and continues to grow — President Putin
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❗️Bangladeshi court issues arrest warrant for former PM who fled the country
Sheikh Hasina is accused of crimes against humanity in the crackdown on student protests earlier this year.
The order, issued by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), also targets 45 other individuals and demands their presence in court by November 18.
Hasina's Awami League Party was forced from power in August after weeks of unrest, which resulted in over 700 deaths, according to the interim government.
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❗️Russian FM Sergey Lavrov snapped with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan ahead of the 3rd Session of the Consultative Regional Platform in Istanbul
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❗️Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the BRICS summit in Kazan next week
During its BRICS presidency, Russia has stated that it will focus on promoting the entire range of partnerships and cooperation within the bloc.
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❗️The FSB arrested a Ukrainian citizen on charges of espionage for transmitting information about the location of Russian troops in the Kherson region to Kiev’s intelligence service — Federal Security Service
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Israel deploying booby-trapped robots in Gaza — Media
The use of military robots remains unregulated, and although there is no unified definition for Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, remotely detonated munitions are viewed as indiscriminate.
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Meta engineer reveals anti-Kamala content being suppressed — New James O’Keefe sting
In August, Mark Zuckerberg said he regretted bowing to US govt pressure to censor stories. Now he's back doing it again? Watch a senior engineer explain Meta's "Integrity” and “SWAT” teams.
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❗️Trump turns the roasting barrel on himself at the Al Smith Dinner
“I guess I just don’t see the point of taking shots at myself when other people have been shooting at me for a hell of a long time.”
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❗️Trump roasts Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer right to his face
“Chuck Schumer is here looking very glum, but look on the bright side, Chuck, considering how woke your party has become, if Kamala loses, you still have a chance to become the first woman president.”
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❗️Trump goes hard with the roasts at the Al Smith Dinner in New York
"There’s a group called ‘White Dudes for Harris’… but I’m not worried about them at all because their wives and their wives’ lovers are all voting for me,” the former president jested.
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