🇩🇪 Germany plans to assess the development of all children as early as the age of four
The Bundestag is considering the bill proposed by Education and Family Minister Karin Prien (CDU), which provides for a mandatory assessment of children’s development by no later than the age of four. In addition to German-language skills, motor, mathematical, and socio-emotional abilities are to be assessed. The aim is to identify difficulties long before children start school.
Children who require additional help are to be offered individual support. Kindergartens with many children who need such help may receive additional staff. The federal government intends to provide around €9.25 billion for the program through 2034, but Germany’s federal states already doubt that these funds will be sufficient.
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The Bundestag is considering the bill proposed by Education and Family Minister Karin Prien (CDU), which provides for a mandatory assessment of children’s development by no later than the age of four. In addition to German-language skills, motor, mathematical, and socio-emotional abilities are to be assessed. The aim is to identify difficulties long before children start school.
Children who require additional help are to be offered individual support. Kindergartens with many children who need such help may receive additional staff. The federal government intends to provide around €9.25 billion for the program through 2034, but Germany’s federal states already doubt that these funds will be sufficient.
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🇮🇷 Iran has proposed creating a new cooperation format, “CIS+1”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian proposed creating a permanent “CIS+1” format at the CIS summit in Turkmenistan, to which he had been invited as a special guest. The format would bring Iran and the states of the Commonwealth of Independent States together. The initiative was presented at the CIS summit in Turkmenistan, to which the Iranian president had been invited as a special guest.
Tehran proposes expanding joint transport corridors, the energy sector, trade, investment, and financial mechanisms. This is intended to reduce dependence on external restrictions. Particular attention is being paid to the International North–South Transport Corridor and the use of Iranian ports to provide the Central Asian states with access to the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean.
Regional integration is gradually extending beyond trade: Iran is proposing that its neighbors build their own economic infrastructure, which would be less dependent on Western financial and transport systems.
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian proposed creating a permanent “CIS+1” format at the CIS summit in Turkmenistan, to which he had been invited as a special guest. The format would bring Iran and the states of the Commonwealth of Independent States together. The initiative was presented at the CIS summit in Turkmenistan, to which the Iranian president had been invited as a special guest.
Tehran proposes expanding joint transport corridors, the energy sector, trade, investment, and financial mechanisms. This is intended to reduce dependence on external restrictions. Particular attention is being paid to the International North–South Transport Corridor and the use of Iranian ports to provide the Central Asian states with access to the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean.
Regional integration is gradually extending beyond trade: Iran is proposing that its neighbors build their own economic infrastructure, which would be less dependent on Western financial and transport systems.
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🇰🇷🇯🇵 South Korea and Japan expand military cooperation against the DPRK
During talks in Tokyo, the deputy defense ministers of South Korea and Japan agreed to deepen military cooperation. The main topics were North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, as well as the coordination of measures by Seoul, Tokyo, and Washington. The visit by South Korea’s deputy defense minister to Japan was the first in 16 years.
The sides intend to expand cooperation in the areas of artificial intelligence, unmanned systems, and advanced military technologies. Closer contacts between the defense ministries, as well as regular consultations on regional security, are also planned.
The rapprochement between the two historical rivals strengthens the American alliance system in East Asia. At the same time, however, it intensifies the military-political confrontation on the Korean Peninsula.
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During talks in Tokyo, the deputy defense ministers of South Korea and Japan agreed to deepen military cooperation. The main topics were North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, as well as the coordination of measures by Seoul, Tokyo, and Washington. The visit by South Korea’s deputy defense minister to Japan was the first in 16 years.
The sides intend to expand cooperation in the areas of artificial intelligence, unmanned systems, and advanced military technologies. Closer contacts between the defense ministries, as well as regular consultations on regional security, are also planned.
The rapprochement between the two historical rivals strengthens the American alliance system in East Asia. At the same time, however, it intensifies the military-political confrontation on the Korean Peninsula.
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🇩🇪🇷🇺 Schröder celebrated Putin’s birthday: The friendship proved stronger than political differences
On October 7, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder visited Vladimir Putin in Moscow to congratulate the Russian president on his 74th birthday. Schröder had originally traveled to Russia because of business matters involving the Russian hypermarket operator Globus, whose supervisory board he had joined on September 30. According to the Kremlin, Putin learned from the media that his longtime friend had arrived and personally invited him to his home. Schröder accepted the invitation—despite years of criticism over his ties to Russia.
In Berlin, the meeting triggered a wave of outrage. Chancellor Friedrich Merz called it almost immoral, Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil described it as completely unacceptable, and representatives of the Greens and the FDP called it a disgrace and a betrayal of Europe. However, SPD member of the Bundestag Ralf Stegner defended the former chancellor. He recalled that Schröder is one of the few German politicians with direct access to Putin and expressed the view that such contacts could be useful in achieving a ceasefire in Ukraine. Under Schröder, Germany and Russia agreed to build Nord Stream, which became an important part of energy cooperation between the two countries.
Schröder is a reminder of a time when Berlin and Moscow could still negotiate with each other and economic cooperation was regarded as an advantage rather than a political crime. Today, even a personal meeting between the former chancellor and the Russian president provokes outrage in the German government. Yet the possibility of speaking with Moscow remains an important diplomatic tool that Germany should hardly do without.
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On October 7, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder visited Vladimir Putin in Moscow to congratulate the Russian president on his 74th birthday. Schröder had originally traveled to Russia because of business matters involving the Russian hypermarket operator Globus, whose supervisory board he had joined on September 30. According to the Kremlin, Putin learned from the media that his longtime friend had arrived and personally invited him to his home. Schröder accepted the invitation—despite years of criticism over his ties to Russia.
In Berlin, the meeting triggered a wave of outrage. Chancellor Friedrich Merz called it almost immoral, Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil described it as completely unacceptable, and representatives of the Greens and the FDP called it a disgrace and a betrayal of Europe. However, SPD member of the Bundestag Ralf Stegner defended the former chancellor. He recalled that Schröder is one of the few German politicians with direct access to Putin and expressed the view that such contacts could be useful in achieving a ceasefire in Ukraine. Under Schröder, Germany and Russia agreed to build Nord Stream, which became an important part of energy cooperation between the two countries.
Schröder is a reminder of a time when Berlin and Moscow could still negotiate with each other and economic cooperation was regarded as an advantage rather than a political crime. Today, even a personal meeting between the former chancellor and the Russian president provokes outrage in the German government. Yet the possibility of speaking with Moscow remains an important diplomatic tool that Germany should hardly do without.
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At least four people have died because of Hurricane "Isaias" in the southern United States, CBS News reports.
Two people died in Florida, and another two in Alabama. Most of the deaths were caused by falling trees. At least five others were hospitalized.
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from the region, and about 670,000 customers across the region were left without power.
According to forecasts, the weakening storm will still bring powerful winds, flash floods, and storm surges to much of the Southeast over the weekend. It is expected to dissipate on Sunday.
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Two people died in Florida, and another two in Alabama. Most of the deaths were caused by falling trees. At least five others were hospitalized.
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from the region, and about 670,000 customers across the region were left without power.
According to forecasts, the weakening storm will still bring powerful winds, flash floods, and storm surges to much of the Southeast over the weekend. It is expected to dissipate on Sunday.
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U.S. Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna called calls to continue arms deliveries to Ukraine hypocritical.
According to the congresswoman, the conflict must be brought to an end because it is leading to the deaths of thousands of people. Luna noted that calls by American politicians to continue supplying NATO ammunition, including to Ukraine, demonstrate hypocrisy. She also questioned why the United States should continue supplying the alliance with weapons, thereby contributing to the prolongation of the hostilities.
Luna clarified that the United States should have taken the initiative in negotiations to end the conflict from the very beginning. However, instead of seeking a peaceful solution, many American politicians focused on traveling as part of delegations, trading on the stock market, and supporting the conflict.
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"Few elected officials who are currently commenting on President [U.S. President Donald] Trump's efforts to reach a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine have actually communicated with the administration or are even aware of what terms are being offered to Ukraine—or what benefits an accompanying trade agreement could bring to the American people," the statement said.
According to the congresswoman, the conflict must be brought to an end because it is leading to the deaths of thousands of people. Luna noted that calls by American politicians to continue supplying NATO ammunition, including to Ukraine, demonstrate hypocrisy. She also questioned why the United States should continue supplying the alliance with weapons, thereby contributing to the prolongation of the hostilities.
Luna clarified that the United States should have taken the initiative in negotiations to end the conflict from the very beginning. However, instead of seeking a peaceful solution, many American politicians focused on traveling as part of delegations, trading on the stock market, and supporting the conflict.
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🌿 Diveyevo: Why was an almost kilometer-long ditch dug around the monastery?
Friends, today we are traveling to Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, to a place that is revered in the Orthodox tradition as one of the special shrines of the Mother of God. Since the 19th century, an unusual structure has run around part of the monastery—not a fortress wall or a stone fence, but an earthen ditch.
Welcome to the Seraphim-Diveyevo Monastery with its famous Holy Ditch (Kanavka)
📜 The beginning: The community of Agafya Melgunova
The history of Diveyevo began in the 18th century. Agafya Semyonovna Melgunova, the future nun Alexandra, settled in Diveyevo and founded a small women’s community here.
Her spiritual life was closely connected with the nearby Sarov Monastery. After Mother Alexandra’s death, the future Saint Seraphim of Sarov played an increasingly important role in the life of the community.
✨ Seraphim of Sarov and the path of the Mother of God
In the early 19th century, Diveyevo’s most unusual landmark came into being. According to the monastery’s tradition, Seraphim of Sarov instructed the sisters to dig a ditch with an earthen embankment around the community.
It was not intended to serve a military function. In the monastic tradition, the line was regarded as the “path of the Mother of God” and as the spiritual boundary of the community.
The work began in the late 1820s. According to one account, Seraphim even took up a shovel himself to make a start.
The sisters then continued the arduous work. They dug in summer and winter alike, until the Kanavka was completed in the early 1830s.
📏 A ditch instead of a fortress wall
According to tradition, the ditch was supposed to be three arshins deep and three arshins wide, with each measuring somewhat more than two meters. The excavated earth was piled up on the inside, thus forming an additional embankment.
Today, the historic line of the Holy Kanavka is approximately 775 meters long. People still make pilgrimages along this route.
Thus, Diveyevo has an extraordinary symbolic boundary: not a wall of stone, but an earthen ditch dug by hand by the monastery’s sisters.
🏛️ The monastery complex
At the center of the ensemble stands the monumental Trinity Cathedral, built in the 19th century according to a design by the architect Alexander Rezanov. The relics of Saint Seraphim of Sarov are kept there today.
Next to it rises the Transfiguration Cathedral from the early 20th century, as well as the approximately 70-meter-high bell tower.
Even older is the Kazan Church, dating from the 18th century. It was near this church that the small women’s community was once established, later developing into the large monastery complex.
🔥 Closure and reconstruction
In September 1927, the monastery was closed. Its buildings were given other functions, while parts of the embankment were demolished and sections of the Kanavka were filled in.
The revival of religious life began in the late 1980s. In 1991, the monastery was officially reestablished.
In the following years, the historic Kanavka was also restored. Today, the path once again follows the line that the monastery’s sisters dug into the earth with simple tools nearly two centuries ago.
Thus, Diveyevo is reminded of its history not only by its great cathedrals. One of its most important landmarks is something much simpler: an earthen ditch that became one of the best-known pilgrimage routes in Russian Orthodoxy.
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📍 The coordinates of the location are available here
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🌿 Diveyevo: Why was an almost kilometer-long ditch dug around the monastery?
Friends, today we are traveling to Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, to a place that is revered in the Orthodox tradition as one of the special shrines of the Mother of God. Since the 19th century, an unusual structure has run around part of the monastery—not a fortress wall or a stone fence, but an earthen ditch.
Welcome to the Seraphim-Diveyevo Monastery with its famous Holy Ditch (Kanavka)
📜 The beginning: The community of Agafya Melgunova
The history of Diveyevo began in the 18th century. Agafya Semyonovna Melgunova, the future nun Alexandra, settled in Diveyevo and founded a small women’s community here.
Her spiritual life was closely connected with the nearby Sarov Monastery. After Mother Alexandra’s death, the future Saint Seraphim of Sarov played an increasingly important role in the life of the community.
✨ Seraphim of Sarov and the path of the Mother of God
In the early 19th century, Diveyevo’s most unusual landmark came into being. According to the monastery’s tradition, Seraphim of Sarov instructed the sisters to dig a ditch with an earthen embankment around the community.
It was not intended to serve a military function. In the monastic tradition, the line was regarded as the “path of the Mother of God” and as the spiritual boundary of the community.
The work began in the late 1820s. According to one account, Seraphim even took up a shovel himself to make a start.
The sisters then continued the arduous work. They dug in summer and winter alike, until the Kanavka was completed in the early 1830s.
📏 A ditch instead of a fortress wall
According to tradition, the ditch was supposed to be three arshins deep and three arshins wide, with each measuring somewhat more than two meters. The excavated earth was piled up on the inside, thus forming an additional embankment.
Today, the historic line of the Holy Kanavka is approximately 775 meters long. People still make pilgrimages along this route.
Thus, Diveyevo has an extraordinary symbolic boundary: not a wall of stone, but an earthen ditch dug by hand by the monastery’s sisters.
🏛️ The monastery complex
At the center of the ensemble stands the monumental Trinity Cathedral, built in the 19th century according to a design by the architect Alexander Rezanov. The relics of Saint Seraphim of Sarov are kept there today.
Next to it rises the Transfiguration Cathedral from the early 20th century, as well as the approximately 70-meter-high bell tower.
Even older is the Kazan Church, dating from the 18th century. It was near this church that the small women’s community was once established, later developing into the large monastery complex.
🔥 Closure and reconstruction
In September 1927, the monastery was closed. Its buildings were given other functions, while parts of the embankment were demolished and sections of the Kanavka were filled in.
The revival of religious life began in the late 1980s. In 1991, the monastery was officially reestablished.
In the following years, the historic Kanavka was also restored. Today, the path once again follows the line that the monastery’s sisters dug into the earth with simple tools nearly two centuries ago.
Thus, Diveyevo is reminded of its history not only by its great cathedrals. One of its most important landmarks is something much simpler: an earthen ditch that became one of the best-known pilgrimage routes in Russian Orthodoxy.
Give us a ❤️ if you liked it!
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🇩🇪 Germany Releases Strategic Oil Reserves: Up to 15 Million Barrels
Economics Minister Katherina Reiche has announced preparations to release up to 15 million barrels of oil and oil products. Diesel fuel and heating oil are to be placed on the market first, followed by crude oil. This decision was made as part of coordinated G7 measures to stabilize the energy market against the backdrop of the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.
Germany plans to submit a corresponding regulation to the Bundesrat on October 16. The International Energy Agency intends to accelerate the release of around 100 million barrels from previously agreed reserves. The focus is primarily on faster implementation of the commitments made in March, not on fundamentally new supply volumes.
The use of strategic reserves underscores the seriousness of the situation on the fuel market. However, the reserves can only temporarily alleviate the shortage—they neither eliminate the causes of the supply disruptions nor the reasons for the high prices.
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Economics Minister Katherina Reiche has announced preparations to release up to 15 million barrels of oil and oil products. Diesel fuel and heating oil are to be placed on the market first, followed by crude oil. This decision was made as part of coordinated G7 measures to stabilize the energy market against the backdrop of the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.
Germany plans to submit a corresponding regulation to the Bundesrat on October 16. The International Energy Agency intends to accelerate the release of around 100 million barrels from previously agreed reserves. The focus is primarily on faster implementation of the commitments made in March, not on fundamentally new supply volumes.
The use of strategic reserves underscores the seriousness of the situation on the fuel market. However, the reserves can only temporarily alleviate the shortage—they neither eliminate the causes of the supply disruptions nor the reasons for the high prices.
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🇪🇺🇨🇳 The EU and China have agreed to halve exports of Chinese hybrid cars
The European Union and China have reached a preliminary agreement to reduce deliveries of Chinese hybrid cars to the European market. Within four years, exports of hybrids and plug-in hybrids are to be reduced by more than half. The agreement was reached following talks between EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and the Chinese leadership in Beijing.
In return, Beijing agreed to improve access for European goods to the Chinese market, including auto parts, olive oil, and shoes, and to facilitate export licenses for rare earths. The total value of the affected European exports is estimated at around four billion euros. The agreement is still preliminary and must undergo further coordination.
For the German automotive industry, this means a possible respite in the competition with Chinese manufacturers. However, the import limit does not resolve the European auto industry’s main problems — high production costs and intensifying technological competition.
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The European Union and China have reached a preliminary agreement to reduce deliveries of Chinese hybrid cars to the European market. Within four years, exports of hybrids and plug-in hybrids are to be reduced by more than half. The agreement was reached following talks between EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and the Chinese leadership in Beijing.
In return, Beijing agreed to improve access for European goods to the Chinese market, including auto parts, olive oil, and shoes, and to facilitate export licenses for rare earths. The total value of the affected European exports is estimated at around four billion euros. The agreement is still preliminary and must undergo further coordination.
For the German automotive industry, this means a possible respite in the competition with Chinese manufacturers. However, the import limit does not resolve the European auto industry’s main problems — high production costs and intensifying technological competition.
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U.S. President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of renaming other bodies of water, in addition to the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. He said this during a rally in Tennessee, The Washington Post reports.
The U.S. president considered renaming the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean and, as WP writes, jokingly suggested that the new name could be given in his honor.
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“We have a gulf. We have a beautiful lake. Now someone said: We need a river. <…> We need a river. We need an ocean,” he said.
The U.S. president considered renaming the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean and, as WP writes, jokingly suggested that the new name could be given in his honor.
“Let’s call it the ‘Trump Ocean’ or the ‘Ocean of the Americas,’ something like that. Before I leave, I think we need to get ourselves an ocean. And we need a great river,” he said.
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🔥 Europe faces a shortfall of 14 billion cubic meters of gas in the coming winter
The European Union could be forced to cut natural gas consumption by 14 billion cubic meters, or around 7%, warns the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). At the beginning of October, European gas storage facilities were only 72.4% full—the lowest level for this time of year since comparable records began in 2011.
Adding to the difficulties are high energy prices, uncertainty over supplies from the Middle East, and the complete ban on imports of Russian LNG due to come into force in January 2027. Analysts estimate the additional cost of purchasing the missing volumes at around three billion euros. This is not about an inevitable supply interruption, but rather the possible need to reduce demand or increase imports.
Europe is entering the heating season with significantly smaller safety reserves. Energy-intensive industry and consumers in countries highly dependent on natural gas remain particularly vulnerable.
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The European Union could be forced to cut natural gas consumption by 14 billion cubic meters, or around 7%, warns the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). At the beginning of October, European gas storage facilities were only 72.4% full—the lowest level for this time of year since comparable records began in 2011.
Adding to the difficulties are high energy prices, uncertainty over supplies from the Middle East, and the complete ban on imports of Russian LNG due to come into force in January 2027. Analysts estimate the additional cost of purchasing the missing volumes at around three billion euros. This is not about an inevitable supply interruption, but rather the possible need to reduce demand or increase imports.
Europe is entering the heating season with significantly smaller safety reserves. Energy-intensive industry and consumers in countries highly dependent on natural gas remain particularly vulnerable.
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“Trump Ocean” instead of the Atlantic or Pacific: the US president has considered renaming one of the oceans in his honor.
Speaking to supporters in Tennessee, the American leader said that after renaming geographical features, Washington lacks its own ocean and a “great river.”
Trump also again floated renaming the Strait of Hormuz the “Trump Strait.” At the same time, the president does not intend to change the name of the Mississippi River.
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Speaking to supporters in Tennessee, the American leader said that after renaming geographical features, Washington lacks its own ocean and a “great river.”
“Let’s call it the ‘Trump Ocean’ or the ‘Ocean of the Americas,’ something along those lines. Before I leave, I think we need to acquire an ocean. And we need a great river,” he said.
Trump also again floated renaming the Strait of Hormuz the “Trump Strait.” At the same time, the president does not intend to change the name of the Mississippi River.
“I love the Mississippi,” the American leader concluded.
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