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Al-Sisi targets $12bn Egypt-India trade, urges Iran to halt regional escalation Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said Egypt aims to increase bilateral trade with India to $12bn and attract more Indian investment in manufacturing, technology, clean energy, and the automotive industry, while separately urging Iran to help halt regional escalation and attacks on Arab states. Al-Sisi made the remarks during meetings and events on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS summit in New Delhi, where he met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian...  Read more »

🌐 BRICS to be leader in nuclear power generation — Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev drew attention to the rapid growth in energy consumption in the association’s member states Read more→ Follow @ThinkBRICS

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸 MOSCOW SIGNALS OCTOBER TIMELINE FOR TRILATERAL TALKS Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Russia, Ukraine and the US could return to the negotiating table in October – but the fundamentals remain unresolved. 🗣️ Moscow "does not rule out" trilateral talks resuming. 📅 "We're specifically talking about the foreseeable future. That is, presumably of course, October." 🤝 The Kremlin hopes for a "restart of negotiations between three parties – Russia, Ukraine, and America." 🕊️ The trilateral format was last used in Geneva in February – following two earlier rounds in Abu Dhabi. ⏸️ Talks stalled when Washington shifted focus to its war on Iran. ✈️ The announcement follows shuttle diplomacy by Witkoff and Kushner – who met Putin in Moscow, then Zelensky in Kiev. ☎️ Putin and Trump also discussed the format by phone this week. #Russia 🇷🇺 #Ukraine 🇺🇦 #US 🇺🇸 #Diplomacy #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Geopolitics

🌐 'Put past behind us': Iran, UAE's bonhomie ahead of key meeting with Gulf states over Hormuz The meeting was held even as Iran and the UAE set aside their differences over the West Asia conflict to facilitate a joint declaration at the Brics Summit. Read more → Follow @ThinkBRICS

BRICS Summit Calls for Sweeping Global Reforms, Rejects Unilateral Tariffs On Saturday, the 18th BRICS Summit underway in India adopted the New Delhi Declaration, launching a direct challenge to the current global political and financial order. Representing nearly half of the world’s population, member nations called for a structural overhaul of the United Nations, a historical push for female leadership at the global body, and an immediate end to trade protectionism. Demanding comprehensive structural reforms to the UN Security Council to amplify the voice of the Glo...  Read more »

How can 'greater BRICS' achieve high-quality development? Editor's Notes: Cai Tongjuan is a research fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN. As the 2026 BRICS Summit unfolds in India, cooperation among the "greater BRICS" is entering a new stage. The expansion of BRICS has added not only more members, but also larger markets, richer resources, deeper industrial complementarities and greater strategic dep...  Read more »

What does BRICS mean for ordinary people? Editor's note: CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offering a Chinese perspective on the latest global events. Every year, BRICS leaders gather for their annual summit, where declarations are issued and agreements are reached. But for ordinary people, what does BRICS actually mean? How does it affect our daily lives, and where is it headed? (If you want to contribut...  Read more »

Ethiopia interested in accelerating nuclear energy development — Rosatom chief Ethiopia is interested in accelerating the development of its own nuclear energy sector, Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom State Corporation, told Vesti on 12 September. “[Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed] is very keen to accelerate work on developing nuclear energy in Ethiopia,” he said. Likhachev said Ethiopia and Russia already have preliminary agr...  Read more »

Don’t leave nations stuck between debts and the people, Anwar tells summit Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim addressing the BRICS summit meeting in New Delhi today. (PMO pic)NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called for a fairer global financing system, saying no country should be forced to choose between repaying its debts and meeting its obligations to its people. “Many developing countries were facing debt distress or were at serious risk of it, with some spending more on interest payments than on educating their young or caring for the sick," he said at the sum...  Read more »