RT News - November 3rd 2022 Late

Shelling of Donetsk by Kiev forces continue in civilian only areas. At least three civilians are wounded after Ukrainian forces shell the center of Donetsk city - that's according to local authorities. In Golaya Pristan (Kherson) an administration building was shelled, luckily no injuries but big damage.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's party spokesperson accuses the sitting PM of involvement in the assassination attempt of Khan who was shot during a protest march.

It's full steam ahead for the Turkiya energy hub as Pres. Erdogan announces some of the details and says "take examples from us".

Wikileaks served Mike Pompeo with a lawsuit - and caught it on camera. More details about the invalidity of the Julian Assange extradition case.

The United Nations Security Council has once again rejected requests from Russia to investigate US run biolabs in Ukraine.

Canada's PM Trudeau say "we have to intervene in Haiti" despite the Haitians protests of the past months calling for exactly the reverse. Catch up on previous post for history.

RT speaks to the former Vice-Chancellor of Austria on the main challenges Europe is facing because of massive anti-Russian sanctions.
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via RT website 3 Nov, 2022 12:31

Former Pakistani PM shot in ‘assassination attempt’

Imran Khan took a bullet to the leg while delivering a speech in Gujranwala

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot and injured as he spoke during a protest march outside the town of Gujranwala on Thursday. Khan, who was rushed to the hospital after the incident, has been attempting to mount a political comeback after being ousted from power in April.

As Khan spoke to his supporters from the back of a truck, a gunman in the crowd opened fire. According to multiple media reports, the former PM was either hit in the foot or the leg.

Khan was rushed to a hospital in Lahore, around 100 kilometers (60 miles) away. One of Khan’s aides, Raoof Hasan, told AFP that the former leader is in “stable condition.”

“This was an attempt to kill him, to assassinate him,” Hasan added. A suspect has been arrested, Pakistan’s Geo TV reported shortly afterwards.

Khan is a former cricketer who served as Pakistan’s prime minister from 2018 until his removal from office after a no-confidence motion in April this year. Khan built economic and diplomatic relations with Russia and China, and claimed that his removal was orchestrated by the US with the goal of installing a more compliant leader.

Khan was charged with terror-related offenses in August for threatening to take “action” against allegedly corrupt police officials, although a court in Islamabad later dropped the charges. Last month, the Election Commission of Pakistan barred Khan from running or serving as a member of parliament for five years, claiming that the ex-PM had failed to properly report gifts received while in office. Khan, who still leads the PTI party, insists he is being persecuted on political grounds.

Thursday’s shooting took place a week into a protest march led by Khan from Lahore to Islamabad. Stopping to hold rallies along the route, the PTI leader has been demanding fresh elections, buoyed by his party’s victories in six out of eight by-elections it contested last month.
https://www.rt.com/news/565872-former-pakistani-pm-shot-assasination-attempt/
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Via RT website 3 Nov, 2022 15:52

Russia warns UK of ‘dangerous consequences’

Moscow has summoned the UK envoy and cautioned London against training Ukrainian forces

Russia has summoned the British Ambassador to Moscow, Deborah Bronnert, over claims that the UK provided training to Ukrainian forces that attacked Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Crimea last week.

The Russian Foreign Ministry presented the diplomat with a “steadfast protest” and warned her that London’s hostile actions “could lead to unpredictable and dangerous consequences,” according to a statement published on the ministry’s website on Thursday.

“If acts of aggression that risk turning [Britain] into a direct party in the conflict continue, the British side will solely bear the responsibility for their negative consequences and the increase in tensions between our countries,” the ministry said.

The move came after the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that British instructors led the training of Ukrainian troops who carried out aerial and seaborne drone attacks on Russian ships in Sevastopol naval base in Crimea, on Saturday. A minesweeper was damaged in the raid.

A person familiar with the matter told RT on Thursday that a group of senior Ukrainian naval officers, including ship commanders and missile specialists, had completed a two-week training course at a UK base in September. While the course was officially designated as demining training, it focused on teaching Ukrainians how to use “modern British-made unmanned underwater vehicles,” the source said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that British personnel had been helping Ukraine train frogmen and underwater demolition experts in the Black Sea ports of Ochakov and Odessa. On Saturday, the British Defense Ministry denied the allegations.
https://www.rt.com/russia/565883-russia-summons-uk-ambassador/
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