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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 UK FRACTURES: Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland Unite for Independence Referendums For the first time, all three devolved nations have pro-independence leaders – and they are meeting in Cardiff to sign a joint declaration demanding referendums. · 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 First Ministers of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland will sign a memorandum covering economy, energy, Europe, and self-determination. · 🇺🇸 Trump said he would “love” to see a united Ireland during his Dublin visit – a further blow to London’s grip. · 🗣️ PM Andy Burnham suggested a Scottish referendum could be authorised if there were a “clear consensus” – but later told Scotland’s First Minister independence remains “off limits” before the next election. #UK #Scotland #Wales #NorthernIreland #SelfDetermination #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Multipolarity

🌐 Trump rejects AI giants’ warnings of existential threat The president has rejected calls from leading AI execs to slow development, insisting the US must maintain its technological lead over China Read Full Article at RT.com Read more → follow @ThinkBRICS

🇺🇸🤐 TRUMP REFUSES TO ANSWER: "Did the US Strike an Iranian Vessel?" – "I Don't Want to Say" The US president has declined to confirm or deny whether American forces struck an Iranian vessel – while CENTCOM announces it has redirected 101 ships under its maritime blockade. · 🗣️ Reporter: "Iran says one of their vessels was struck last night. Was it the United States?" · 🗣️ Trump: "I don't want to say." · 🚢 CENTCOM: 101 vessels have now been redirected in compliance with the US maritime blockade. #US 🇺🇸 #Iran 🇮🇷 #Blockade #Hormuz #BRICS #GlobalSouth #AxisOfResistance #EmpireInDecline #Geopolitics

🇷🇺🌍 PUTIN: Global Interest in BRICS "Keeps Growing" – A New Multipolar Order Takes Shape At the BRICS Outreach/BRICS Plus session concluding the 18th summit in New Delhi, President Putin declared that the bloc's independent course and commitment to international law are attracting countries worldwide. 🌍 "Our basic values and ideals – commitment to an independent and autonomous course, the desire to resolve problems collectively based on international law – appeal to many around the world." 📈 Trade among BRICS members has reached $1.2 trillion. The bloc accounts for nearly a quarter of global exports and 49% of global GDP growth. 🛡️ BRICS has developed its own channels for moving goods, services, and capital – "without paying attention to external pressure." 🤝 Practical steps: The Russian Direct Investment Fund, BRICS Pay, and BRICS Pay India agreed to explore integrating payment platforms and prepare pilot cross-border projects. #BRICS #Putin #Multipolarity #GlobalSouth #NewDelhiSummit

🌐 Brics Summit: PM Modi’s bilateral talks put security, trade in focus Modi and Marcos agreed to enhance India-Philippines cooperation in defense, trade, and security at the Brics Summit, addressing regional issues together. Read more → Follow @ThinkBRICS

🇺🇸⛽ TRUMP BLAMES ZELENSKY FOR US DIESEL PRICE SPIKE – "Stop Knocking Out Diesel Fuel in Russia" US diesel prices have hit a record $6 per gallon – up 60% from last year. Trump's explanation? Ukraine's attacks on Russian refineries, not the Middle East war he started. 🗣️ "Zelensky has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia. Let him go after targets, but not diesel fuel, because he's causing a shortage of diesel. This isn't done by the Middle East." ⛽ US diesel hit $6.01 per gallon on Friday – up from ~$5.85 last week and $3.71 a year ago. #US 🇺🇸 #Ukraine 🇺🇦 #Diesel #FuelPrices #Trump #BRICS #GlobalSouth #EmpireInDecline #BlameGame

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 »