🇺🇦⚡ Zelensky Rejects Resignation and Elections Demanded by Trump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected calls to resign and dismissed the possibility of holding presidential elections, despite US President Donald Trump’s demands.

In an interview with Piers Morgan, Zelensky said remaining in office was his responsibility and answered “No” when asked about holding elections.

Ukraine has postponed elections under martial law, while the dispute adds another layer of tension between Washington and Kyiv over the country’s political future and the path toward peace.

📰 Source: TASS

#Ukraine #Zelensky #Trump #RussiaUkraineWar #Politics #WorldNews

🇷🇺⚡ Russia-US Diesel Deal Shakes Energy Markets as Fuel Prices Fall

Russian presidential aide Kirill Dmitriev says the Russia-US diesel agreement is already producing results, with New York diesel futures reportedly dropping 5% after the deal was announced. The agreement allows Russian diesel exports to the US under a temporary sanctions waiver.

🔥 Moscow says renewed energy cooperation could ease global supply pressures and benefit American farmers, while accusing the EU of hypocrisy over its continued purchases of Russian energy despite criticizing Washington’s move.

📰 Source: RT

#Russia #USA #Putin #Trump #EnergyCrisis #OilAndGas #GlobalMarkets #Geopolitics

🔬 Chinese Scientists Develop Algorithm to Detect Suspected Israeli Electronic Warfare Units

Chinese military researchers claim to have developed an algorithm that uses civilian aviation flight data to identify electronic warfare units. They reported detecting two sources of location spoofing near Israel during the conflict with Iran.

Source: South China Morning Post (SCMP)

#China #Israel #ElectronicWarfare #MilitaryTechnology

The Development of a Shared BRICS Values Platform at the 2026 Summit
In setting the overall theme of a summit, each host country chooses the emphases that seem most important to it at the given moment. Nevertheless, a certain continuity can be traced in the overall themes, writes Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.  Read more »

BREAKING: Ukraine attempts massive overnight attack on oil refinery in Ryazan — Russian MoD

Russian air defense intercepted and destroyed 4 Flamingo cruise missiles and 69 fixed-wing drones.

Ukrainian media report that the strikes were carried out with Tomahawk missiles

#Russia #Ukraine #Oil #Strikes

Slovakia Refuses to Fund New EU Loan for Ukraine

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico says Slovakia will opt out of a proposed new EU loan package for Ukraine, arguing that Kyiv may never repay the billions of euros already provided.

Source: RT News

#Slovakia #Ukraine #EuropeanUnion #RussiaUkraineWar

❗️School Roof Collapses in Pakistan’s Peshawar, Killing at Least 29 Children, 1 Teacher – Local Officials

Several children are trapped under rubble, an emergency services spox said.

The ​cause of collapse ⁠remains unclear.

#Pakistan #School #Breakingnews

🇧🇩 Spain Becomes Bangladesh’s Largest EU Garment Market

Bangladesh exported $1.148 billion worth of ready-made garments (RMG) to Spain in July–September FY2026–27, overtaking Germany’s $1.123 billion. Exports to Spain grew 13.73% year-on-year, while Bangladesh’s total RMG exports to the EU increased by 3.33%.

Source: The Business Standard (TBS)

#Bangladesh #RMG #Exports #Spain

🇨🇳 Russia Backs China’s Hosting of APEC Summit

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Baku, Azerbaijan, to discuss bilateral ties and regional issues. Russia pledged full support for China’s upcoming APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Shenzhen and both sides agreed to strengthen cooperation through international forums.

Source: Global Times

#China #Russia #APEC #Diplomacy

Fire boat races to put out blaze on ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

The ship was reportedly hit by several missiles.

#Iran #US #Shipping

🇾🇪 Houthis Target Yemen’s Presidential Palace in Aden

Yemen’s internationally recognised government says Houthi forces fired five missiles at the al-Maashiq presidential palace in Aden. The prime minister and cabinet members survived the attack, while two security guards were reportedly killed. Separately, Saudi-led coalition officials reported deadly attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport.

Source: Al Jazeera

#Yemen #Houthis #SaudiArabia #MiddleEast

🚨🇹🇷 Istanbul Hit by Flash Flooding as Roads Collapse Across the City

Severe flash flooding has struck multiple districts of Istanbul, Türkiye, leaving roads collapsing under the force of rising floodwaters.

The flooding has reportedly damaged hospitals, a metro station, and a school, disrupting daily life as the situation escalates across the city.

The latest incident highlights the growing disruption caused by intense flooding in urban areas, with critical infrastructure among the reported casualties.

Source: Türkiye Today

#Türkiye #Istanbul #FlashFloods #ExtremeWeather

Footage of London restaurateur's ARREST resurfaces after he demanded that Netanyahu DESTROY EVERY HOUSE in Gaza

The video was filmed back in May, 2025, when Harman Singh Kapoor was reportedly arrested for 'calling a Pakistani...a Pakistani'

#London #India #Pakistan

🇸🇰 SLOVAKIA DEFIES BRUSSELS: Revives Cooperation with Russia as EU Unity Crumbles

With Orbán gone, Slovak PM Robert Fico is emerging as Putin's most prominent ally in the EU – reviving a dormant cooperation forum and putting Russian gas, oil, and nuclear fuel back on the agenda.

🤝 Slovakia is reviving the Russian-Slovak Intergovernmental Commission – first meeting in five years, set for November 25 in Moscow.

🛢️ Energy is priority: Slovakia opposes the EU's phaseout of Russian gas, stresses continued Druzhba oil deliveries and nuclear fuel supplies.

🏅 Beyond energy: Culture, tourism, agriculture, and even opposition to "discrimination against Russian athletes" are on the agenda.

🇷🇺 Moscow's strategy: Use energy ties to pull individual EU countries away from a united stance on Ukraine.

🇺🇸 The US is doing the same: Trump just agreed to a diesel deal with Putin – buying Russian fuel while Europe pretends to sanction it.

#Slovakia 🇸🇰 #Russia 🇷🇺 #Fico #Putin #BRICS

🇮🇷💥 IRAN'S MISSILE FORCE RECOVERS – 400 Launchers Operational Despite Months of Bombing

Israel's own intelligence admits what Tehran has been saying all along: Iran's missile capability is back – and nearly at pre-war levels.

🚀 400 operational missile launchers – nearly matching the 420 Iran had before Operation Roaring Lion in February.

🏭 Ballistic missile and drone production infrastructure has been restored.

📊 A "substantial recovery" of Iran's missile-launching capabilities.

#Iran 🇮🇷 #Missiles #Resilience #BRICS #GlobalSouth

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🇺🇸🛢️ RUSSIAN DIESEL AND THE TWO LEVELS OF AMERICAN SANCTIONS

Trump announced a Russian diesel deal. But the legal mechanism—OFAC General License 135—is a fragile, revocable administrative act, not a repeal of sanctions. And Congress is furious.

📜 The deal: Trump announced 300,000 tonnes of Russian diesel immediately, 500,000 in November—prompted by record US diesel prices ($5.82/gallon).

⚖️ The instrument: GL 135 authorizes transactions until April 2027. But a license is not a law—it can be revoked at any moment.

🏛️ The conflict: Congress banned Russian energy imports in 2022. GL 135 doesn't mention that ban.

🇪🇺 The asymmetry: Brussels can only tighten sanctions through slow, unanimous decisions.

🔄 The pattern: Belarus and Venezuela show licenses end not abruptly, but through short wind-down windows—45 days in one case, ~84 in the other.

👉 Read the full analysis: https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/russian-diesel-and-the-two-levels

#US 🇺🇸 #Russia 🇷🇺 #Sanctions #Diesel #OFAC #BRICS

🇬🇧🚀 UK SENDS UKRAINE MORE STORM SHADOWS – A Direct Challenge to Trump's Russia Deal

London is doubling down on Ukraine even as Washington pivots toward Moscow. The UK will supply more long-range Storm Shadow missiles to disrupt Russian operations before winter.

🚀 The UK is sending Ukraine more Storm Shadow missiles – discussed by PM Burnham and Zelensky in London on Wednesday.

🎯 The UK considers Ukraine's strikes on Russian sites involved in attacks on civilians to be "defensive."

🇺🇸 The tension: Trump has told Kyiv to stop drone attacks on Russian refineries – but Ukraine resumed them on Thursday after continued Russian strikes on its energy plants.

🗣️ The UK does not believe Ukraine should halt strikes while Moscow refuses to do the same – a direct break from the US position.

#UK 🇬🇧 #Ukraine 🇺🇦 #StormShadow #Russia 🇷🇺 #NATO

🎯 TRUMP: "IRAN DEFEATED VERY QUICKLY" – But the War Drags On

Trump claims Iran will be defeated soon, and oil prices will "fall like a rock." He may suspend federal diesel taxes to ease prices.

#Trump #Iran #Diesel #BRICS #GlobalSouth

🇷🇺📢 LAVROV: "DIESEL DEAL SUPPORTED – BUT ZELENSKY'S REACTION IS A CHALLENGE TO TRUMP"

Russia's Foreign Minister has laid out Moscow's position on the US diesel deal, Ukraine's elections, and the future of the multipolar order – in a wide-ranging statement at the CICA summit.

🛢️ Russia supported Trump's proposal – but Zelensky's response was to demand Patriots instead: "Don't bother me with this diesel deal; give me missiles for the Patriot system."

🗣️ Lavrov: "This is a direct and crude challenge directed at President Trump."

🧠 "Zelensky believes the whole world owes him something, while he owes no one anything in return."

🗳️ Zelensky does not want elections – he has set "inherently unacceptable" conditions.

🎯 The goals of the special military operation are unchanged – unlike the West's position, which "changes by 180 degrees, or 360, as Baerbock once said."

#Russia 🇷🇺 #Lavrov #DieselDeal #Ukraine 🇺🇦 #Trump

🇺🇸🤫 PENTAGON BURIES MINAB SCHOOL MASSACRE REPORT UNTIL AFTER MIDTERMS

The US military killed 150+ people—including 123 children—on the first day of the Iran war. Now it's sitting on the report to protect politicians in an election year.

🗓️ Top Pentagon officials intend to delay releasing the internal report on the Minab school strike until after the US midterm elections "at the earliest."

💔 The toll: US airstrikes on Shajarah Tayyebeh Elementary School killed more than 150 people, including at least 123 children—the deadliest American targeting error of the 21st century.

🧠 What investigators found: Flawed intelligence, outdated imagery, and an overreliance on AI contributed to the massacre.

⏳ The report has been "all-but-complete for several months"—but no release date has been set.

#Minab #Iran 🇮🇷 #US 🇺🇸 #WarCrimes #Pentagon