— 🇹🇷 NEW: Turkey has officially applied to join BRICS.

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— 🇮🇶/🇺🇸 NEW: Iraq’s Prime Minister Al-Sudani stated that ISIS no longer poses a threat to the country during a meeting with Major General Kevin C. Leahy, commander of the coalition forces against ISIS in Iraq.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: President Joe Biden said Netanyahu is not doing enough to secure the release of hostages. He also mentioned he is 'close' to presenting a final deal to the negotiators, and will speak with Netanyahu 'eventually.'

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Al-Qassam spokesman Abu Obaidah confirmed that following the massacre at the Nuseirat refugee camp on June 8, new instructions were issued to fighters guarding hostages regarding how to respond to Israeli military actions.

He warned that Netanyahu's insistence on 'military pressure' rather than concluding a deal will lead to the death of the remaining hostages.

Previously, he stated that in response to the inhumane torture and sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners, some privileges have been taken away from Israeli hostages.

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi announced that 'Starlink' systems have arrived in Israel and will be installed in local government offices, hospitals, and emergency centers in the north.

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— 🇷🇺/🇮🇷 NEW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov: “We will soon finalize a comprehensive partnership agreement between Russia and Iran.”

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— 🇷🇺/🇮🇷 NEW: Bloomberg reports that European officials believe shipments of ballistic missiles from Iran to Russia will begin within days.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Retired Israeli Major General Yitzhak Brik writes in Haaretz that the IDF lacks the forces to engage in a multi-front war in Gaza, the north, and the West Bank. He notes that the number of tunnels destroyed by the IDF amounts to 'just a few percent,' including those under the Philadelphi and 'Netzarim' corridors.

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— 🇹🇷/🇮🇱 NEW: Turkish media Anadolu Agency reports that Istanbul police have arrested the manager of Mossad's financial network in Turkey.

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Saraya Al-Quds snipe two Israeli soldiers in Gaza's Al-Zeitoun neighborhood.

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— 🇹🇷 NEW: Turkey was officially invited to attend this year's BRICS summit in October, after the country applied for membership in the bloc

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: This morning, following a call to action by Columbia University's Apartheid Divest group, around 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered at the university's entrance at 116th Street and Broadway to stage a protest on the first day of classes.

The demonstrators, urging students to join their ranks, chanted slogans such as "Don't cross the picket line" and "Palestine will free us all."

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Al-Qassam Brigades release the final message recorded by Israeli hostage Ori Danino before his death.

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— 🇺🇸 Our updated prediction of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

We will be releasing two more predictions, one in October and one 24 hours before Election Day.

Our most recent prediction sees former President Donald J. Trump narrowly winning the election, taking Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Arizona as crucial swing states, while Vice President Kamala Harris holds onto Nevada, Michigan and Georgia.

In past days, polls were influenced by the Democratic National Convention, its extensive media coverage and the excitement around Harris' new VP pick, Tim Walz. Our prediction disregards this temporary positive shift in sentiment for Harris, as the 'DNC bounce' slowly fades.

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— 🇮🇶/🇮🇱 NEW: The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announce that they targeted Haifa with drones a few hours ago.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 WATCH: Israeli podcast hosts Eytan Weinstein and Naor Meningher publicly advocate for ethnic cleansing, with Eytan saying, “If you gave me a button to erase Gaza, every single living being in Gaza would no longer be living tomorrow—I would press it in a second.”

He also adds that maybe only 20 people in all of Israel care about the suffering of Palestinian children.

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: Russia struck a training center in Potlava, Ukraine where NATO trainers were present in the center.

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