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Trump vs Harris: How NATO’s stance on Russia could change?
“I believe Harris will actually be more aggressive, push NATO stronger, on strengthening NATO, to the amount that she can will probably strengthen the support to Ukraine and all conflicts around the world,” Earl Rasmussen, an international consultant and retired lieutenant colonel with over 20 years in the US Army, tells Sputnik.
“If there's any hope for resolving this [Ukraine], it's going to be through President Trump. Trump has a more of a mitigating factor within here,” the expert says.
Rasmussen, however, warns that previously Trump had likewise already talked about improving relations with Russia, but instead he applied “God knows how many sanctions" on Moscow, during which "tensions got worse.”
📹 Protesters interrupted Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu chanting "shame on you" as he spoke at a ceremony honoring civilians killed on October 7 and in the ensuing conflict
The protesters began shouting as he began to speak.
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Trump vs Harris: What’s for Ukraine after US presidential election?
The two US presidential candidates offer seemingly different approaches to the Ukraine conflict, Ian Proud, a former British diplomat who served as economic counsellor at the British Embassy in Moscow, tells Sputnik.
“Kamala Harris offers very much more of the same in terms of what the Biden administration has offered to this conflict. Which is unflinching support for the government in Kiev, no change in terms of their posture towards negotiations with Russia, which basically means no talks with Moscow,” Proud points out.
“She'll continue to support whatever Volodymyr Zelensky says he wants to do. But what she might not be able to do is provide him with the amount of money and the amount of weapons that he seeks. Then this causes the scope for friction between her government and the Ukrainian government,” the ex-UK diplomat says.
“That is a very significant difference from what Harris would offer, [and] whether he's able to deliver that - let's see,” the analyst says, pointing to Trump’s public statements that “he would not want to provide the unending financial resources to prop up the government in Kiev, which is gradually losing the war.”
Iranian officials will determine the form of response to the Israeli attack, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said.
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Ruined houses in Beirut's Dahieh district after Israeli strikes on Lebanon
Earlier, the Israel Defense Forces said they eliminated 70 members of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, and struck over 120 Hezbollah targets.
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Elon Musk accused Biden of lying
"I was in fact allowed to work in the US. The Biden puppet is lying," Musk wrote on X in response to Biden's words that he had come to the US on a student visa, but instead worked and thereby "violated the law."
"They know this, as they have all my records. Losing the election is making them desperate," Musk added.
🌏Georgia’s ruling party wins parliamentary elections
🌏‘Georgian Dream’ wins despite meddling attempts – Hungarian FM
🌏Iran reserves right to respond to Israeli attacks
🌏Kazakhstan joins BRICS as a partner
🌏Could Iran become BRICS’ new energy transit hub?
🌏What will happen if West bans export of Russian titanium and palladium?
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❗️Putin hopes West heard his signals on deep strikes into Russia
It's not whether they will allow it or not, Ukraine cannot use these weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, commenting on speculations of Ukraine striking deep inside Russia using Western long-range weapons.
Speaking of the actions of the Ukrainian armed forces, Putin said that everything that's happening now is committed by the hands of NATO officers.
The Russian Defense Ministry has thought about the responses to long-range strikes on the territory of Russia, and will offer various options, the president concluded.
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Iran reserves right to respond to Israel's attacks - country's mission to UN
"The Islamic Republic of Iran, in alignment with the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and international law, reserves its inherent right to legal and legitimate responses to these criminal attacks at the appropriate time," stated Iran's Permanent Representative Amir Saeed Iravani to the Swiss chair of the UN Security Council (UNSC), and its secretary general, Antonio Guterres.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan joins BRICS with a partner status
This is a big step, Kazakhstan's ambassador to Russia Dauren Abayev noted.
'We are ready to support all productive BRICS initiatives that meet our national interests,' he said.
🇬🇪 Opposition parties in Georgia say they will not recognize the results of parliamentary elections as the ruling party is in the lead
Three of those four opposition parties, which gain enough votes to enter the Georgian parliament according to preliminary results - the United National Movement, the Strong Georgia and the Coalition for Change - have refused to accept the preliminary results of Saturday's parliamentary elections in Georgia.
“The elections have been stolen from the opposition,” Nika Gvaramia, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, said at a briefing.
Total of 2 060 412 people voted, which is 58.94%, according to the CEC's spokeswoman Natia Iosseliani.
Top 10 countries that have the most satellites in Earth’s orbit
The demise of the Intelsat-33e satellite earlier this month sparked concerns that its debris might pose a potential threat to the myriad of artificial satellites that sit in our planet’s orbit.
While the likelihood of such space disaster is up for debate, the fact remains that several thousand satellites currently orbit Earth.
What is the ranking of operational satellites by country?
As of 2023, the United States has the largest number of active artificial satellites, nearly 5,176 out of the total of about 7,560 satellites in orbit.
For comparison, the runner-up, the UK, only has 653 satellites while China with its 623 satellites ranks third.
The fourth place in this informal ranking belongs to Russia with 181 satellites and the fifth place goes to Japan and its 88 satellites.
Some 62 artificial satellites belong to India and 60 to Canada, who rank 6th and 7th respectively. Luxembourg has 57 satellites, France has 50 and Germany has 47.
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Could Iran become BRICS’ new energy transit hub?
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian proposed creating a new energy transit network where his county would play a key role at the recent BRICS Summit in Kazan.
With Iran already serving as a transit hub for the North-South and East-West transport corridors, Pezeshkian suggested that it could also serve as foundation for a new BRICS energy transit system.
Such new transit route would allow the parties involved not to rely on the sea route that starts at Russia’s Black Sea coast and passes through the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea all the way to India – a route that, as the Houthis have demonstrated over the past year, can be disrupted.
❗️Israeli officials confirm Israeli attack on Iran - state tv
“In response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel – right now the Israel Defense Forces is conducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran,” the statement read.
❗️Assassination attempt on Bolivian ex-president, Evo Morales
Morales posted a video on his Facebook account of his car being attacked by gunfire.
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2024 BRICS Summit showed collapsing Western hegemony – experts
The recent BRICS Summit in Russia’s Kazan showed that the group “has transformed from a limited bloc into a force with international political and financial clout,” Zakaria Hammoudan, the head of the Lebanese National Institute for Research and Statistics, tells Sputnik.
"BRICS is important because it creates a new multipolar world order, helping to weaken the hegemony of Western countries and traditional financial institutions such as the IMF [International Monetary Fund] and the World Bank," he points out.
“Despite attempts by America and Europe to isolate Russia through sanctions and other restrictive measures, the BRICS Summit in Kazan proved that Russia is not only not isolated, but is a real world leader along with China and other countries that form BRICS,” Lamesa emphasized.
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Israeli strikes damaged Iran's defense and missile production capabilities — Israeli Prime Minister
"On Saturday morning, the Israeli Air Force launched strikes against Iran. We have launched powerful strikes on Iran's defense and production capabilities, where missiles aimed at us were produced," Netanyahu said at a state ceremony on the commemoration of victims of the October 7 attack by the Palestinian Hamas movement.
Iran's Supreme Leader: Israeli strikes 'should neither be magnified nor downplayed'
In his first public comments since Israel’s airstrikes on Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that the Israeli regime is making miscalculations with regard to Iran, as Israel "should understand the strength, will and initiative of the Iranian nation."
Earlier, the Israel Defense Forces announced strikes on military installations in Iran as a response to attacks on the Jewish state on October 1.
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⚡️A truck rammed into a bus stop north of Tel Aviv, Israel
According to the Times of Israel, 16 people were injured in the incident in the Glilot area.
The Glilot area near Herzliya is home to the Mossad headquarters, along with several IDF intelligence units, the newspaper said.
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⚡️The Georgian Dream party gets 90 mandates out of 150, after counting more than 99% of votes from polling stations, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament announced.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze called the opposition's non-recognition of the election results a "hopeless attempt to justify itself."
Kobakhidze said that the government of Georgia would be approved, despite the actions of the opposition.
"The opposition does not have the resources to interfere with the work of the first session of the Parliament of the new convocation of Georgia," the prime minister added.
China vows "countermeasures" after US $2bln arms sale to Taiwan
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has condemned and opposed the sale of weapons to Taiwan, in addition to lodging solemn representations with the US. Beijing has called on Washington to stop dangerous actions that undermine peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
"China will take resolute countermeasures and take all measures necessary to firmly defend national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
‘Georgian Dream’ wins despite meddling attempts – Hungarian FM
The people of Georgia expressed their will in the elections, despite attempts to interfere from outside, as a result of which the ruling patriotic party Georgian Dream won by a large margin, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on social media.
"Despite attempts to interfere, the people of Georgia made it clear what they want. The patriotic ruling party, which supports the family, won the elections with an overwhelming advantage. Bravo, congratulations!" Szijjarto wrote.
🇬🇪 Georgian Central Election Commission: ‘Georgian Dream’ wins the election with 55.3% of the vote
The official result was published after counting data from more than 54% of polling stations.
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🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israel’s Desperate Dance: Warnings, Limitations, and the Shadows of Iranian Retribution
Israel launches an airstrike on Iran, but not without warning Tehran in advance. When did “targeted precision” become a code for “please, don’t hit back too hard”? The Israeli playbook seems to have shifted from unchecked aggression to hesitant provocations, masked as “Days of Repentance.” Repentance indeed, of the realization that Iran today isn’t the Iran of yesterday.
In a move that reads more like a desperate attempt to contain the resurgent beast they’ve prodded for years, Israel reaches out through diplomatic channels, whispering to Iran: “Here’s where we’ll hit… but please, don’t make us regret it.” It’s an unprecedented admission of vulnerability cloaked in hubris. The message is clear: Israel’s long-feared confrontation with Iran is no longer about projecting unbridled power; it’s about managing the blowback of a foe that has fortified itself while the multipolar world looks on.
In an era where BRICS reshapes global power structures, Iran stands emboldened and fortified, no longer the isolated target of Western ambition. As Kazan’s summit showcased the expanding influence of BRICS, Israel finds itself in treacherous waters, clinging to remnants of fading Western dominance. Israel’s “strategic restraint” and backchannel warnings aren’t gestures of diplomacy but signs of an empire’s diminishing nerve, aware of the consequences of testing Iran’s newfound might. From the inevitable defeat in Ukraine to the humiliation in Afghanistan, and now to Israel’s precarious position, we’re witnessing a slow-motion collapse. Israel’s frantic attempts at projecting control reflect the unraveling of an entire hegemonic order, unable to adjust to a world where its threats echo hollow in the face of true, rising powers.
The ironies are hard to ignore. Israel’s strikes come with a media blitz, “reporting” every bit of damage control and “limitation.” They talk of hitting “missile manufacturing facilities,” yet avoid critical infrastructure or any targets that might genuinely provoke Iran’s ire. The result? A hollow operation where the real aim seems to be saving face rather than escalating for victory. After all, the last thing Bibi can afford is the nightmare of an all-out response from Iran, Hezbollah, and the wider Axis of Resistance with a quiet nod of approval from Russia-China.
Israel’s actions are more than mere military theater, they’re the anxious flailing of an empire-in-retreat, terrified of what happens when those it once subdued begin to push back with a power that can’t be snuffed out by a single airstrike.
- Gerry Nolan
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Titanium and palladium: Why banning Russian exports is not a good idea
The United States and its allies seem keen to continue giving the world a master class on shooting oneself in the foot economically by mulling even more anti-Russian sanctions that could hurt Western economies further.
The Biden administration has called upon other so-called G7 states to consider imposing sanctions on Russian titanium and palladium exports, Bloomberg claims, citing a “person familiar with the matter.”
If a ban on Russian exports of these two metals gets implemented, it would likely cause their respective prices to surge, thus having a detrimental effect on the industries that use these metals.
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⚡️ Several explosions heard in Iranian capital - reports
Fars News Agency said that multiple explosions were heard in the Iranian capital.
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