⛔️ Extremist Israeli Settlers Clash with Border Police in Occupied West Bank

Settlers hurled Molotov cocktails and rocks at border forces when they arrived to evacuate the illegal site.

However, Tel Aviv did legalize the largest swath of settlement land in decades this week.

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💥 A Week Since Sevastopol Attack: Fallout and Reactions

🕯 Devastating Impact on Civilians

Over 150 injured, four dead, including two children.
Unexploded cluster munitions found, increasing danger.

🇺🇸 Direct US Involvement Alleged

Russian Ministry of Defense attributes the attack to American ATACMS missiles.
Claims of American guidance and intelligence behind the strike.

🗣 International and Domestic Reactions

Russian officials warn of increased risks of direct confrontation.
Calls for strategic response to provocations and continued US involvement.

🗣 Statements from Key Figures

Sergei Ryabkov highlights the high risks of armed confrontation, including nuclear.
Robert Kennedy Jr. and Xavier Moreau criticize the attack as a deliberate escalation.

📹 Watch in this episode of Vesti Nedeli.

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❗️EXCLUSIVE: Bolivian natural resources could be at the root of the failed coup – President Arce

Bolivian President Luis Arce shared with Sputnik's correspondent that the forces behind the destabilizing actions are those interested in plundering Bolivia’s natural resources.

He called on public organizations to remain “vigilant” with regard to possible new attempts to overthrow the government.

“We should be vigilant, that is the lesson we should draw [out of the attempted coup],” he told a Sputnik correspondent at his official residence in La Paz.

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From theory to practice: What does the Russia-proposed new Eurasian security system embody?

The new Eurasian security system proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to be the focal point of discussion at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. Putin has underscored the importance of prioritizing security within the SCO, stating that a “decision was made to turn the SCO regional anti-terrorist structure into a universal center tasked with responding to the entire range of security threats.”

But what exactly does this new Eurasian security concept entail?

After floating the principles of the “Greater Eurasian Partnership” in late 2015, Putin reiterated and expanded on them during his annual address to the Federal Assembly in February 2024. During a meeting with key Russian diplomats in June, Putin emphasized the need to kickstart a comprehensive dialogue regarding bilateral and multilateral guarantees for collective Eurasian security.

The proposed roadmap includes:

🌏 Engaging in dialogue with “all potential participants.”

🌏 Creating a security architecture open to “all Eurasian countries that wish to participate,” including “European and NATO countries.”

🌏 Holding increased discussions on the issue with organizations operating in Eurasia, such as the Union State of Russia and Belarus, the CSTO, the EAEU, the CIS, and the SCO.

🌏 “Gradually phase out the military presence of external powers in the Eurasian region.”

🌏 Recognizing the importance of integrating the economy and social well-being into the Eurasian security framework.

🌏 Establishing alternatives to Western-controlled economic mechanisms, expanding the use of national currencies in settlements, and establishing independent payment systems.

🌏 Developing international transport corridors in Eurasia.

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🇷🇺 Ending the conflict with Ukraine through intermediaries is impossible, according to Putin, but Moscow welcomes the mediation itself.

Key statements from Putin after the SCO summit in Astana:

▪️ The leadership of Ukraine is in power illegally, and addressing the Verkhovna Rada under the current conditions is pointless.

▪️ Russia takes Trump's statements about the possibility of stopping the conflict in Ukraine seriously, but the Russian leader has not seen any concrete proposals from the former president.

▪️ Moscow will not agree to a ceasefire before the start of peace negotiations with Ukraine, hoping for positive reciprocal steps: it is crucial to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of this and improving their positions.

▪️ Regarding the potential deployment of intermediate and shorter-range missiles: if US systems appear somewhere, Russia may respond in kind.

▪️ The issue of creating a legal framework for international security and strategic stability is currently being addressed, and Russia has formulated its proposals.

▪️ Dialogue on strategic stability should primarily be conducted with the US, but there is nothing to discuss in this regard until the presidential elections there.

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🗣🇨🇳 The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries need to strengthen cooperation in the field of intelligence exchange - Xi Jinping during his speech at the SCO summit in Astana.

“It is important to enrich the mechanism of interaction in the field of security with additional means. The more funds, the stronger the security will be. It is necessary to increase the exchange of intelligence information and conduct joint operations, and it is necessary to jointly maintain regional security,” said the Chinese President.

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🇮🇷🛰 Iran developing satellite and space rocket technologies full throttle

Iran is about to launch its new Kowsar and Hodhod satellites, Iranian Space Agency (ISA) head Hossein Salariyeh stated on July 3. Several other spacecraft are slated for launch this year while a whopping 30 satellites are in the design and development stages, the ISA said.

Sputnik looked into the achievements, history and prospects of the Iranian space program.

▪️ In January, the Sorayya research satellite was launched into a space orbit of 750 km above the Earth’s surface.

▪️ In June, four new satellites were unveiled: The Tolou-3 high-resolution observation satellite, the Nahid-2 telecommunications satellite, the Kowsar sensing satellite and the Hodhod research satellite.

▪️ Early next year Iran is planning to inaugurate West Asia’s biggest spaceport – the Chabahar Space Center. Covering an area of 14,000 hectares, it will serve as Iran's primary hub for space missions.

Iran's interest in space exploration traces back to the middle of the 20th century. In 1998 Tehran signed agreements with Russia and China on space collaboration, while in 2009 Iran's domestic launcher Safir delivered the nation's first research and communications satellite Omid into orbit.

▪️ In 2013 Iran successfully launched two rockets carrying monkeys 120 km above the earth's surface. The missions lasted around 15 minutes, news agency IRNA reported.

▪️ Having temporarily suspended its space program in 2015, Iran successfully delivered its first military satellite, Nur-1, into an orbit of 425 km using the Qased rocket in 2020. Nur-2 was launched two years later into a 450-km orbit by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force.

▪️ In October 2023, Iran started the development the Sarir rocket to deliver satellites into geostationary orbit at an altitude of 35,786 km. The same year the IRGC launched its third military satellite Nur-3.

▪️ Late President Ebrahim Raisi reinvigorated Iran's space program, which saw over a dozen successful launches between 2021 and 2023.

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🗣🇺🇸🤡 Potentially the next U.S. president…

Lord only knows what she’s waffling about…

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NATO fears France could withdraw from the alliance's military command after Marine Le Pen's party election victory, Euractiv reports

The alliance's diplomats told the news site they were seriously concerned about the risk of the National Rally party forming the next French government if it wins a majority in the second round of legislative elections.

NATO’s eastern members are also "increasingly critical of the Alliance’s presence on Europe’s eastern flank", which could call continued military aid to Ukraine aid into question, Euractiv reported.

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😒🇺🇸🤡 The self-propelled Grandfather admitted he "screwed up" in the debate with Donald Trump.

“The fact is, I screwed up. I made a mistake.”

❗️Previously, the US President “leader of the free world” attributed failures at the debate to fatigue, insisting that trips to Europe had previously taken a lot of energy, and he “almost fell asleep” at the event.

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