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🇩🇿 🇵🇸 In Geneva, Algeria draws attention to the destruction of the Palestinian people's heritage The delegation of this North African country drew attention to the illegal confiscation of the resources of the Palestinian people and the systematic destruction of their tangible and intangible heritage as a result of illegal Israeli practices. These remarks were made at a diplomatic conference to draft an international legal instrument on intellectual property, held in Geneva. According to Algeria, the establishment of such an instrument would provide better protection for forms of creativity and innovation related to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. Subscribe to @sputnik_africa 🔸 TikTok | Sputnik Africa |  Boost us on Telegram 🔸

🇺🇸 US destroyer leaves the Red Sea for home as Houthis threaten escalation beyond their enemy's imagination The USS Carney escorted commercial vessels in an attempt to shield them from Houthi strikes, and itself became targeted repeatedly by drones and missiles. Beginning in January, the destroyer began firing its cruise missiles at targets inside Yemen in a desperate bid to weaken the Houthis’ strike potential. Yemen's Houthi rebels vowed last November to attack any ships associated with Israel until the country halts its military actions in Gaza. The Yemeni movement effectively blocked commercial navigation in the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The militia promised to end its campaign if Israel halts its military incursion into Gaza.

"We can target things that the enemy hasn’t thought of and can’t imagine, things that neither the Yemeni people nor the people of the [Arab and Muslim World] can imagine," the Houthi military spokesman warned. "By God’s will and strength, we will reach the fifth and sixth stages [of anti-Israeli operations, ed.] if the enemy continues its aggression on Gaza."

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🇷🇺 🇪🇬 🇵🇸 Russia and Egypt reject Israel's military operation in Rafah, says the Russian Foreign Ministry The situation in the Gaza Strip was discussed during a meeting between the Russian president's special envoy for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, and Egypt's ambassador to Moscow, Nazih el-Nagari.

"During the conversation, the main attention was paid to the situation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone. Both sides reiterated the need to intensify international efforts for an early ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the establishment of sustainable humanitarian aid to the population of the enclave," the ministry said.

The ministry added: "It was noted that the establishment of an independent state of Palestine on the basis of a two-state formula in accordance with the universally recognized international legal basis for the settlement is the only way to achieve lasting peace." The statement also noted that during the meeting, the sides "stressed the unacceptability of the Israeli military operation in the densely populated Palestinian city of Rafah, located in the south of the Gaza Strip." Subscribe to @sputnik_africa 🔸 TikTok | Sputnik Africa |  Boost us on Telegram 🔸

🇲🇱 Western countries will increase pressure on Mali after the National Reconciliation Dialogue recommended extending the country's transition period, a Malian parliamentarian tells Sputnik Niger and Burkina Faso may also face similar pressure as the Sahel countries reject the configuration of the map of the region that the West wants to realize, Aliou Tounkara added. The West, acting through France, will try to bring back the old regime, he said, noting that such methods of influence have lost their effectiveness. On Friday, the National Dialogue in Mali concluded its work with recommendations to extend the transitional period from two to five years and to nominate the country's current interim president, Assimi Goita, as a candidate for the head of state election when it is held. Subscribe to @sputnik_africa 🔸 TikTok | Sputnik Africa |  Boost us on Telegram 🔸

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🇷🇺 🇺🇬 "I'll be here until the end," a student from Uganda, living in the Russian city of Belgorod, tells how he helped at the site of the partial collapse of a residential building during a Ukrainian strike John Kalyesubula, a student at Belgorod State University, said that he helped clean up the debris, adding that he would not leave the city despite frequent Ukrainian attacks on Belgorod.

"It was bad there because there was no building. Part of the building was there, and the other part wasn't. But it was good that a lot of people were there; [they] were helping: people from the army, volunteers, everyone was there together and was helping," Kalyesubula said.

On May 12, a fragment of the enemy's downed Tochka-U projectile severely damaged a residential building in Belgorod, killing at least 17 people and injuring about 27 others, according to the local authorities. Subscribe to @sputnik_africa 🔸 TikTok | Sputnik Africa |  Boost us on Telegram 🔸

Scott Ritter: The Russians advance and Ukrainians can't stop them

"As the Russians advance, they're finding out that there's very little effective resistance on the part of the Ukrainians. Indeed, the Ukrainians seem to have been taken by surprise by this Russian offensive effort," said Ritter.

He also added that Ukrainians "are now in a panic, pulling forces off of other parts of the front lines," noting Ukrainian army has "no choice", but to send troops to Kharkov even at a price of losing other sites. Boost us! | Subscribe to @geopolitics_live