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About 3,000 North Korean soldiers are now fighting alongside Russian troops, with thousands more still to come, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky[1] said."North Korean soldiers and officers are already on the territory of Russia, and they are already being used on our territory—3,000 North Korean soldiers," the Ukrainian president said during an appearance at a conference with Kyiv's Nordic backers in Reykjavik, Iceland. "We believe that the information from our intelligence is true, and soon they will have 12,000," he added, in remarks reported by Ukrainian media. "This should happen soon ...

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What’s driving the day in Brussels. By SARAH WHEATONwith ZOYA SHEFTALOVICHSend tips here | Tweet @NicholasVinocur @swheaton @EddyWax | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser[1][2][3][4][5]HOWDY. Playbook’s X feed is a split screen: “Fraud of this extent … is without precedent in Georgia,” says one post[6]. The tweet[7] immediately below: “Crowds are gathering at Georgia Tech ahead of Donald Trump’s 6 p.m. rally here tonight.” Is it any wonder Georgia is on my mind in this Tuesday morning’s Brussels Playbook?DRIVING THE DAY: GEORGIA ON THE EDGE        UNCERTAINTY ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones, missiles and bombs smashed into Kyiv and Kharkiv, Ukraine’s biggest cities, in nighttime attacks, killing four people and wounding 15 in a continuing aerial onslaught[1], authorities said Tuesday.Russia has bombarded civilian areas of Ukraine almost daily since its full-scale invasion[2] of its neighbor almost three years ago, causing thousands of casualties. The Russian army is also pushing hard against front-line defenses[3] in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine.In another worrying development for Kyiv officials, Western countries say North Korea has sent some 10,000 soldiers[4] ...

A new piece of music believed to be penned by Frédéric Chopin[1] has been discovered in the vault [2]of a New York museum[3] nearly 200 years after it was first written.The unknown waltz was found in the Morgan Library and Museum — which dates the music to between 1830 and 1835 — on a card bearing the Polish [4]composer's name, according to the New York Times[5].It was found by curator Robinson McClellan while he was cataloguing new collections, he told the newspaper. McClellan told the BBC [6]he was initially unsure ...

Philippine[1] Senator Imee Marcos has expressed hope that Manila can resolve the South China Sea[2] dispute through diplomacy by emulating the recent China-India border[3] agreement, but analysts argue her country’s limited leverage against Beijing’s military might makes a similar deal unlikely.“If India and China can agree on peace after decades of lethal encounters, then the Philippines and China can certainly work together to de-escalate tensions in the West Philippine Sea,” she told the Inquirer newspaper on Friday.The West Philippine Sea is Manila’s term for the parts of the South China ...

An early morning drone strike damaged a special forces university in the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov said[1] Tuesday, marking the first such attack on the region since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.“At 6:30 this morning, the roof of an empty building on the territory of the Russian Special Forces University caught fire in Gudermes as a result of an unmanned aerial attack,” Kadyrov said, referring to a town around 36 kilometers (22 miles) east of the capital Grozny.Images shared on social media showed fire and ...

North Korea has emerged as an increasingly valuable partner to the United States' leading adversaries, including Russia and Iran, as they engage in conflicts with nations backed by the U.S. and its allies.While often dismissed in the West as a backward and isolated power dependent on China, North Korea has amassed an expansive and increasingly advanced arsenal of weapons, and it has a history of aiding foreign partners caught up in conflicts abroad. Now, with North Korean arms and personnel appearing on the battlefield in Europe and recent overtures in ...

In Kryvyi Rih, Zelenskyy's hometown, the Russian army struck a residential district with a ballistic missile overnight, destroying a three-story building and damaging 20 more, including a hospital, local Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul said.“Unfortunately, 14 people were injured, and a 39-year-old man died of severe open brain injury. Ten people are in the city's hospitals, the condition of one 60-year-old patient is serious, he is in intensive care, and the others are in moderate condition,” Vilkul said in a statement.[1]Russian drones also targeted Kyiv, with the capital under attack for the ...

The EU's top diplomat yesterday slammed Hungary[1]'s Viktor Orban who travelled to Georgia to congratulate the pro-Russian ruling party following a hotly disputed election victory on Saturday.It comes amid wider fears that the Kremlin has sought to garner sway in Europe by lending support to favourable parties in countries that are already members of the EU or are seeking to join the bloc[2]. Josep Borrell said Orban - the current holder of the EU presidency and the Kremlin's closest European ally - 'does not represent the European Union[3]... the union's rotating ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui arrived in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok on Tuesday and will visit Moscow on Wednesday, Russian state media said.Choe arrived one day after NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to Russia to support its war with Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has not denied the presence of North Korean troops in the country.Russian state news agencies said it was not clear who Choe, who is visiting for the second time in six weeks, would meet in ...

A South Korean delegation will visit Ukraine in the second part of the week to share information on North Korea's troops in Russia and discuss cooperation, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Oct. 28, the Yonhap news agency reported.Yoon's comments[1] come shortly after NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed[2] on Oct. 28 that North Korea[3] had sent troops to Russia[4] following a meeting with South Korean[5] defense and intelligence officials."I hope that under Secretary General Rutte's leadership, NATO will redouble efforts to monitor and block illegal exchanges between ...

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As the war enters its 977th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Tuesday, October 29, 2024:FightingAt least four people were killed in Russia’s overnight bombing of Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv[1], Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on the Telegram messaging app. Kharkiv lies about 30km (18 miles) from the Russian border and has been repeatedly targeted by Russian aerial attacks.An earlier attack on Kharkiv injured six people and destroyed much of the Derzhprom building, one of the most celebrated landmarks in the city, dating from the 1920s.Two ...

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A more stable government means Mr Trump would have far more scope to press ahead with his objectives, primarily on trade, Mr Ross said.Mr Trump kicked off a trade war with China in 2018[1] by imposing significant tariffs on imports. Now, he has proposed a blanket 10pc tariff on all imports and charges as high as 60pc on goods from China.The idea of free trade is “a myth”, Mr Ross said.“This wonderful, enchanting theory that as a country you would make and export what you do best, and you would import ...

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday its top diplomat is visiting Russia, in another sign of their deepening relations as rival South Korea and Western nations say the North has sent thousands of troops to support Russia’s war in Ukraine.North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said a delegation led by Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui departed for Russia on Monday, but didn’t specify the purpose of the visit. In a closed-door hearing at South Korea’s parliament, the South’s spy agency said Choe may be involved in ...

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Tuesday its top diplomat is visiting Russia, in another sign of their deepening relations as rival South Korea and Western nations say the North has sent thousands of troops to support Russia’s war in Ukraine.North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said a delegation led by Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui departed for Russia on Monday, but didn’t specify the purpose of the visit. In a closed-door hearing at South Korea’s parliament, the South’s spy agency said Choe may be involved in high-level ...

PENTAGON — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday that military cooperation between North Korea and Russia “poses a significant security threat to the international community.”The comments at a Cabinet meeting in Seoul followed Yoon saying Monday that the deployment of North Korean troops to the battlefield in Ukraine could happen “more quickly than anticipated,” according to South Korean intelligence assessments.The U.S. Defense Department said Monday that North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to train in Russia, more than tripling the previous estimate. "We believe that the DPRK has ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia took 196.1 square km of Ukrainian territory over the week of Oct. 20-27, making it the swiftest weekly advance for Russian forces this year, according to the Russian media group Agentstvo which analysed Ukrainian open source maps.The 2-1/2-year-old war in Ukraine is entering what Russian officials say is its most dangerous phase as Russian forces advance and the West ponders how the war will end.Russian forces, which President Vladimir Putin ordered into Ukraine in February 2022, advanced in September at their fastest rate since March 2022, ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and likely fight against Ukraine within “the next several weeks,” the Pentagon said Monday, in a move that Western leaders say will intensify the almost three-year war[1] and jolt relations in the Indo-Pacific region.[2]Some of the North Korean soldiers have already moved closer to Ukraine, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said, and were believed to be heading for the Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push back a Ukrainian incursion[3].Earlier Monday, NATO Secretary-General Mark ...

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Over the past few years, Russia-affiliated hackers have conducted attacks against critical American and European infrastructure networks and disrupted hospital operations across the US. The scope and boldness of these attacks have increased as Russia seeks to expand its war against Ukraine and its supporters on multiple fronts.In recent years, Russia has not only focused on waging cyber war on Western states but has attempted to infiltrate the heart of the internet[1] through open-source software. The heads of MI6 and the CIA made a joint statement[2] highlighting that Russian intelligence has been conducting a ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and likely fight against Ukraine within “the next several weeks,” the Pentagon said Monday, in a move that Western leaders say will intensify the almost three-year war[1] and jolt relations in the Indo-Pacific region.[2]Some of the North Korean soldiers have already moved closer to Ukraine, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said, and were believed to be heading for the Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push back a Ukrainian incursion[3].Earlier Monday, NATO Secretary-General Mark ...

A group of nearly 200 North Korean defectors living in South Korea[1] is pushing to deploy to Ukraine[2] so they can launch a psychological warfare campaign against their former comrades, now reportedly assembling in Russia[3].Drawing on their military backgrounds, this band of ex-soldiers – each with seven to 10 years of military experience – aim to leverage their insider knowledge of North Korea[4]’s military to disrupt and demoralise the troops sent to fight in Ukraine[5], exploiting their psychological vulnerabilities.“We are all military veterans who understand North Korea’s military culture and ...

US increases estimated number of North Korean troops sent to Russia amid fears Moscow’s war on Ukraine could expand.An estimated 10,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia to train and fight against Ukraine in “the next several weeks”, the Pentagon has announced, significantly increasing the estimated number of soldiers deployed by North Korea[1] and raising fears the war in Ukraine could widen as a result of Pyongyang’s military intervention.Some of the 10,000 North Korean troops deployed to eastern Russia for training – up from an initial US estimate ...

Editor's Note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Russia attacked Kharkiv's Osnovyanskyi district with a Grom-E1 hybrid missile overnight on Oct. 29, killing at least four people, local authorities reported. Four people — two women and two men — were killed in the attack, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said[1]. Their bodies were retrieved from the rubble of destroyed homes. The attack destroyed one house and damaged 19 others, along with four cars, the agency reported. Rescuers are searching[2] for other victims, including children, who may still be trapped ...

A controversial agreement to grant Ukrainian diplomats visa-free access to South Africa has sparked outrage within political circles.South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber, who is from a different party to the president, announced the deal on Sunday, terming Ukraine a "valued ally". But the presidency has criticised Schreiber for announcing the agreement without formal authorisation from President Cyril Ramaphosa. Critics see the deal as an affront to South Africa's long-standing relationship with Russia - though the country has remained neutral on the conflict in Ukraine.The African National Congress (ANC) ...

MOSCOW, Idaho (KLEW) — The Moscow police Department is warning of more scam callers who are impersonating law enforcement and courthouse officials.According to MPD, scammers will tell the potential victim they missed their appointment for jury selection. They will typically contact victims via phone or text messages that appear local.Scammers will then ask for money to disregard the issue via gift cards, or through apps like Zelle, Cashapp, or Bitcoin.Signs To Look Out For:- Law Enforcement will not call you and ask for money to resolve a warrant.- MPD will ...

WASHINGTON: North Korea has sent some 10,000 troops to train in Russia, Washington said Monday, tripling its estimate and prompting Nato as well as EU warnings of a dangerous expansion of the Ukraine war.Pyongyang -- with whom Moscow signed a mutual defense pact -- is already widely believed to be arming Russia for its invasion, but troops on the ground would mark a new escalation in the conflict. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned North Korea could "soon" have as many as 12,000 soldiers on Russian soil, while US President Joe ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and likely fight against Ukraine within “the next several weeks,” the Pentagon said Monday, in a move that Western leaders say will intensify the almost three-year war[1] and jolt relations in the Indo-Pacific region.[2]Some of the North Korean soldiers have already moved closer to Ukraine, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said, and were believed to be heading for the Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push back a Ukrainian incursion[3].Earlier Monday, NATO Secretary-General Mark ...

state department — Top diplomatic and military officials from the United States and South Korea are set to convene in Washington this Thursday as the two allies closely monitor and express concerns about North Korea's deployment of about 10,000 troops to Russia.Meanwhile, U.S. officials and analysts say that China could be displeased by Russia's growing influence over North Korea, and that if Beijing chose, it could restrict exports of materials that Pyongyang might use for munitions production.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will co-host South ...

Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin is the legislation’s chief advocate:It is important to protect people, primarily the younger generation, from having the ideology of childlessness imposed on them on the internet, in the media, in movies, and in advertising. We continue to form a unified legal framework for the protection of children, families, and traditional values.Volodin further accused the “child-free movement” of devaluing families through spreading a pernicious ideology promoting the “conscious refusal to have children.”Deputy Speaker Anna Kuznetsova went further, calling the legislation an integral element of Russia’s “national security ...

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store announced on Oct. 28 that Norway will provide Ukraine with a new 500-million-euro ($543 million) aid package, allocating over half for military assistance.Several Nordic countries[1], including Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden, have agreed to provide defense support to Ukraine, including weapons production, assistance in preparing for winter, shelter construction, and support for the victory plan. The Nordic countries have provided Ukraine with more than 20 billion euros ($21 billion) in military, financial, and humanitarian support since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022. ...

In the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, a Russian missile struck a three-storey residential building, killing one person and wounding at least 11. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, deplored the attack on his home town, as well as on Kharkiv, and called for renewed efforts to force Vladimir Putin to halt the war. In the southern Kherson region, a drone attack killed a medic, the regional governor said. Three people were killed in Kherson region on Sunday. The Russian army advanced 478 sq km into Ukrainian territory in October, a ...

Donald Trump escalated his personal insults against Kamala Harris at a Wednesday evening rally in Georgia as he faces growing scrutiny over reports of his praise of Hitler[1] and alleged sexual misconduct[2].“This woman is crazy,” the former president said at an event in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, hosted by Turning Point USA, a far-right youth group[3]. He said voters should stand up to the vice-president and tell her: “You’re the worst ever. There’s never been anybody like you. You can’t put two sentences together. The world is laughing at ...

Georgia sees record amount of early voting - reportThe day is not over, but the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Georgia has seen a record amount of early voting on the first day polls have been open:More than 200,000 voters have cast ballots in Georgia during the first day of in-person early voting according to state elections officials, shattering the state's record. #gapol https://t.co/mrjIq41dx2[1][2]— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) October 15, 2024[3]This is not necessarily indicative of how the swing state, where many polls have shown Donald Trump with a narrow lead, will ...

This March 21, 2023, photo shows the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States. (PHOTO / XINHUA)BEIJING – China [1]expressed opposition on Friday to the sanctions imposed by the United States [2]on its enterprises for alleged support of Russia in the Ukraine crisis, urging Washington to immediately stop tarnishing and oppressing Beijing.The US on Thursday sanctioned two Chinese companies and a Russian affiliate involved in making and shipping "attack drones", the first US sanctions imposed on Chinese entities which Washington alleges are "directly developing and producing complete weapons ...

The sensitive movements of President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump could be easily trackable because of Secret Service agents[1] using the Strava fitness app, a French newspaper found Monday. Strava, which is used by 120 million people around the world, allows runners and cyclists to log and share their workouts online. Its ability to track the movements of users previously raised alarms at the Pentagon, over concerns that soldiers using the app would reveal the locations of secret US military bases[2]. A recent investigation by Le Monde[3] ...

The huge burden that the war lays on Russia’s economy lead to its overheating, but the Kremlin still has the resources to pursue the war. That’s according to a report by the The Washington Post.[1]The publication refers to Russian economists, including Vladislav Inozemtsev, a fellow at the Center of Analysis and Strategies in Europe (recognized as a "foreign agent" in Russia), who believe that Moscow is able to sustain the war against Ukraine for one to three years due to huge revenues off the sale of oil and ineffectiveness of ...

It’s one thing to discover, as we have, that North Korea is deploying troops to support Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. It’s quite another to decide what to do about it.It’s clearly a “significant escalation” of “Russia’s illegal war”, a breach of UN Security Council resolutions and a “dangerous expansion” of the fighting, as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said[1] on October 28.The British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin have both said[2] that the deployment (now said[3] by the US to number 10,000 men) ...

By Phil Stewart and Andrew GrayWASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The U.S. will not impose new limits on Ukraine's use of American weapons if North Korea joins Russia's war, the Pentagon said on Monday, as NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to the Kursk region in Russia.The North Korea deployment is fanning Western concerns that the 2-1/2-year conflict in Ukraine could widen, even as attention shifts to the Middle East.It could signal how Russia hopes to offset mounting battlefield losses and continue making slow, steady gains in eastern Ukraine."The deepening ...

Six Russian agencies and individuals accused of being part of a disinformation network face sanctions from the UK government.The so-called Doppelganger group had been linked earlier this year to spreading false rumours about the Princess of Wales.The Foreign Office warned of a "vast malign online network" intended to cause disruption and confusion, distributing fake news and undermining democracy.The Doppelganger group are accused of trying to incite division within countries supporting Ukraine in the war against Russia.In March this year the group had been claimed as amplifying a wave of rumours ...

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Donald Trump headlines a rally in Madison Square Garden after racist and crude remarks from his allies. Quarter Pounders are back on the menu at McDonald's after tests show patties were not the source of the E.coli outbreak. And highlights from Week 8 of the NFL. Here’s what to know today.Trump’s MSG rally overshadowed by his allies’ crude remarksJulia Demaree Nikhinson / APFormer President Donald Trump delivered his standard lines on topics from immigration to the economy at a packed rally in Madison Square Garden, but his remarks were overshadowed by ...

The presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris comes at a time of rising geopolitical tensions on multiple fronts. In the 12th report of an in-depth series, Orange Wang looks at Russia’s impact on the race and US-China relations.[1][2][3]Russia is one of the most divisive topics in the 2024 United States election[4], with many observers questioning whether Washington would continue to support Ukraine if Donald Trump wins.The Republican candidate has repeatedly claimed that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine[5] if he had still been in the White House and ...

The Pentagon says that North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to Russia, some of whom are heading for the front lines, and that the move has serious implications for the conflict and the rest of the European continent."We believe that the DPRK has sent around 10,000 soldiers in total to train in eastern Russia that will probably augment Russian forces near Ukraine over the next several weeks," Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters Monday, using the acronym for the repressive authoritarian state.The news comes just days after South Korean officials ...

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“What’s the point of a world without Russia in it?” asked a well-known politician, now a wanted war criminal, back in 2018. A less prominent Russian figure echoed this sentiment in 2024, though less threateningly, when he remarked, “The disintegration of Russia would be a catastrophe, not only for