🇧🇷🚩🤝🇺🇦💥 — After pressure from several international leaders, Lula (PT) decides to hold a meeting with Zelensky; president of Brazil was reluctant and bothered by the presence of Ukrainian leader

🇬🇷🗳️— Ballots opened at 7:00 AM local time in Greek general elections.

🇬🇷🗳️— Mitsotakis, incumbent PM and leader of the New Democracy Greek party, after casting his vote:

— "Today, we are voting for our future, for more and better jobs, for a more efficient healthcare system, for a stronger country with an important role in Europe and protected borders."

🇬🇷🗳️— Tsipras, leader of the opposition and leader of the socialist Syriza party after casting his vote:

— "We must turn the page on four difficult years [...] and [pick a] fair government for a better future."

🇬🇷🗳️— Androulakis, leader of the PASOK-KINAL socialist party, second to Syriza, after casting his vote:

— "I call on everyone to support the effort we are making and I pledge that I will do everything necessary for a strong social state and sustainable development. [...] I call on them to turn their backs on toxicity."

🇬🇷🗳️— POLITICO poll ranks incumbent governing New Democracy at 36% ranking it at first place, with Syriza coming out second with 29% an KA at 10%, ranking it third.

So the Syriza is scoring less than it did in 2019.

🇬🇷— Tsipras on TikTok:

— "What's up bro? Heading to the polls today? [...] The others will go. The others always go. The time is now."

🇬🇷— Five arrested in Karditsa on allegations of electoral fraud and attempted voter buying.

197 IDs, passports and a bag with 114 closed envelopes, each containing a card of a candidate and five already completed ballots have been seized by Greek police. 6.000€ were also found in the possession of the individuals.

#Lebanon 🇱🇧: #Hezbollah fighters have recently conducted a military maneuver; which also shows several interesring pieces.

Some of the fighters can be seen with several 9K310 Igla-1 (SA-16 Gimlet) MANPADS fitted with 'TIS-S-60' thermal imaging sights made in #Iran 🇮🇷.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1660268184035794944

🇬🇷 Greek Legislative Election | Jointly-commissioned exit poll:

ND — Centre-right: 36–40%
SYRIZA — Left-wing: 25–29%
PASOK — Centre-left: 9.5–12.5%
KKE — Communist: 6–8%
EL — Right populist: 3.5–5.5%
MeRA25 — Left-wing: 2.5–4.5%
PE — Left populist: 2.2–4.2%

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⚡️🇪🇬🇴🇲 Sultan of Oman lands in Cairo International Airport to attend a meeting with the Egyptian President.

@mediterraneanman

⚡️🇪🇬 Earlier today someone tried to force his way into the Presidency Palace, the man has been shot dead, he had found with an AK, and his plates were wiped out, thus stating a clear intent.

I saw the video on one of my friends phone, and I also asked a guard who stated that it was true, the media is keeping quiet due to obvious reasons.

@mediterraneanman

🇬🇷 Greek Legislative Election | Jointly-commissioned exit poll (seats):

ND — Centre-right: 121
SYRIZA — Left-wing: 86
PASOK — Centre-left: 35
KKE — Communist: 22
EL — Right populist: 15
MeRA25 — Left-wing: 11
PE — Left populist: 10

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🇬🇷 - The center-right New Democracy party won in today's Greek elections, taking almost every electoral district in the country. Syriza, their leftist opponents, won one seat in the northeast; however, due to Greece's proportional representation system, they retained 86 seats in the country's legislature - New Democracy are on 121 out of 300, leaving them the largest party.
The nationalist Greek Solution party took 15 seats, while the Communist Party received 22.