Astronomical intrigue: NASA's Webb telescope reveals Saturn's new look

NASA's Webb Space Telescope has revealed Saturn’s awe-inspiring realm of dark elegance - an unusual dark silhouette, dramatically offset by its brilliantly luminescent icy rings - in a photo.

This phenomenon presents Saturn as a dark sphere in the boundless universe, while the planet's icy rings shine magnificently. At the same time, the image also captured three of Saturn's numerous moons, further adding to its celestial charm.

Scientists anticipate discovering new ring structures and possibly faint moons hidden in Saturn's vicinity.

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🇫🇷Macron postpones visit to Germany amid unrest in France

French President Emmanuel Macron has informed German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier that he will not be able to visit Berlin as scheduled next week due to unrest continuing in France, the German Presidency said on Saturday.

The visit will be rescheduled as soon as possible, the German president's office added.

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🇦🇫🇺🇸 State Department review blames Biden for Afghan withdrawal debacle

The report indicated that the Biden administration’s nod on accelerating the evacuation of Afghans who had assisted US and NATO forces over the course of the 20-year occupation of the country helped trigger a domino effect which ultimately led to the Western-backed government’s disintegration.

The accelerated withdrawal of US troops which began in April 2021, after Biden gave the go-ahead to proceed with Trump’s promised exit, had "serious consequences for the viability of the Afghan government and its security," the report said, noting that "during both administrations there was insufficient senior-level consideration of worst-case scenarios and how quickly those might follow."

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Russian forces destroy Starlink communication station near Artemovsk

The Russian Defense Ministry told Sputnik that Russian troops have repelled an attack by a Ukrainian assault group near the village of Berkhovka in the Artemovsk area.

Russian artillery also destroyed a Ukrainian control center for unmanned aerial vehicles together with a Leleka-100 drone, a communication center and a pickup truck with an infantry group.

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Ukraine preparing for second stage of counteroffensive in Zaporozhye region

Ukrainian forces are currently trying to confuse Russian intelligence and hide their presence, so along the entire line of contact on the Zaporozhye front, they are constantly maneuvering and transferring troops, a senior official of the regional administration told Sputnik.

The official added the Ukrainian troops have conducted the maximum number of attempts at reconnaissance in combat, offensive options, breakthroughs, studying our reaction and interaction of units, plus regular shelling of our rear in order to hit infrastructure facilities.

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🇺🇸 Biden’s actions and policies push the world to the brink of a nuclear war, Tulsi Gabbard says

💬 “To protect our loved ones, to protect our children, to protect our world, we have to - regardless of our political party - stand up to these cowardly, war-mongering politicians who exist in both parties now,” the former congresswoman and Iraq War veteran emphasized.

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🇫🇷📹 Vincent Jeanbrun, mayor of the southern Paris suburb of L'Haÿ-les-Roses, said that there was an assassination attempt on his family.

Jeanbrun said that his wife and one of his children were injured while fleeing from unknown assailants, who rammed his house with a car and then torched the vehicle.

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🇨🇴 Two military aircraft collide while training in Colombia

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🇸🇩🇷🇺 Sudan Supports UN Reform, Highlights Russia's Role: Senior Sudanese Official

Russia is spearheading UN reform, a process to forge an "inclusive" institution that Sudan backs, Malik Agar, deputy chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council, told Sputnik Africa in an exclusive interview

💬 "Russia was leading the reformation of the UN," Agar said. "And I believe most of the countries [...] support the expansion of the UN and reform of the UN."

Currently, as the senior official noted, the inclusion of some regions in the work of the UN Security Council "is not visible."

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🇫🇷 Protests in France ignite two other European countries

🇨🇭Swiss police have detained seven people, including six minors, during riots in the city of Lausanne after more than 100 rioters attacked shops and police officers, according to local media. The unrest was sparked by calls on social media to take to the streets as protests continue in neighboring France.

🇧🇪 In Belgium's capital Brussels, protests began on 30 June and proceeded quite peacefully, with police monitoring suspicious activity on the streets. Belgian protesters reportedly named social media as the reason for taking to the streets “like in France".

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🇮🇱 Israel to purchase 25 Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft in $3 billion deal, IDF says

The purchase will expand the Israeli Air Force's F-35 fleet to 75 aircraft. The deal will be financed by American aid funds, the ministry added.

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📹 Russian Airborne Forces reconnaissance group destroys Ukrainian tank and electronic warfare station in Kherson direction using Lancet drone

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Driving the Distance: Russian Woman Embarks on Epic Global Journey With Loyal Canine Companion

🗣Sputnik spoke to an extraordinary person, a Russian traveler Irina Sidorenko who drove through 80 countries in her Hyundai Elantra with a pet dog🐶

She shared her insight into her experiences🗺, how she managed to accomplish such a feat single-handedly and what were some of the highlights of her long journey.

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❗️Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️In the Donetsk direction, Russian forces destroyed over 360 Ukrainian troops, six tanks, eight armored combat vehicles, a US-made M119 towed gun, one Polish Krab self-propelled howitzer, one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, as well as several ammunition depots;

▪️In the South Donetsk direction, the actions of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were thwarted;

▪️In the Kupyansk direction, Russian forces destroyed up to 40 Ukrainian troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one D-20 howitzer, as well as two ammunition deports. The actions of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were thwarted;

▪️In the Krasny Liman direction, the actions of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were thwarted. Russian forces neutralized up to 95 Ukrainian personnel, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, an armored combat vehicle, and two D-20 howitzers;

▪️The actions of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were thwarted close to the Vremevsky salient;

▪️In the Zaporozhye direction, a fuel storage was hit. Russian forces neutralized up to 150 Ukrainian personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armored fighting vehiclesm as well as one FH70 howitzer;

▪️In the Kherson direction, Russian troops neutralized up to 20 Ukrainian soldiers and two US-made M777 artillery systems;

▪️In the Kharkov region, military equipment delivered from the central and western regions of Ukraine was hit at unloading points at railway stations as well as control points;

▪️Russian air defenses shot down one Su-27 aircraft, two Storm Shadow cruise missiles, four HIMARS rockets, one HARM anti-radar missile as well as 14 unmanned aerial vehicles in the DPR and LPR.

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🇫🇷 Throwback to 2016: Trump says “France is no longer France”, referring to the controversial European ‘open borders’ policy

Meanwhile, French right-wing politician and head of the Reconquete party Eric Zemmour labeled the recent French riots as the start of a civil war, calling the violence an “ethnic war” and “racial war” as Macron scrambles to restore order.

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🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron will meet with PM Elisabeth Borne and several other ministers on Sunday evening to discuss the violent protests in the country, French TV reported.

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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Warmonger-in-сhief Pence urges Biden to 'cease' pursuit of nuclear deal with Iran as 'ill-founded & dangerous'

Speaking at the summit in Paris, Mike Pence claimed that the “Iranian regime has never been weaker than it is today” in the wake of the protest movement that erupted in September 2022.

Trump’s former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also said that any new nuclear deal with Tehran would be a “calamity for the Iranian people and the world.”

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