The leaders of the French far-right National Rally party, Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, said they would not tolerate that Russia “could hope to directly or indirectly dictate the policy of our country through intimidation, threats, destabilization or psychological pressure.” They issued this statement the day after French President Emmanuel Macron held a meeting at the Elysee Palace with leaders of political parties, which was dedicated to geopolitical threats.

The Russian side is responsible for 89% of cases On September 18, the UN published a report on cases of sexualized violence in Ukraine caused by military operations. It is based on interviews conducted by the monitoring mission from the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion until July 31, 2026. We talk about the main conclusions of the report. The text contains a description of torture. If this is difficult for you, do not read this material.

China opposes unilateral sanctions and hopes the US will “move towards” Beijing. This is how the Chinese Ministry of Commerce commented on Donald Trump’s decision to sign a law on new (“hellish”) sanctions against Russia, which provides for 100 percent duties on goods from countries that purchase Russian oil. The ministry statement said China also opposes secondary sanctions on countries dealing with third parties.

In the early presidential elections in partially recognized South Ossetia, the leader is Marat Kambolov, who holds the positions of head of government and acting. O. president. This was announced by the head of the Central Election Commission of South Ossetia, Emilia Gagieva, Interfax reports. After processing 99% of the protocols, Kambolov scores 85.12%. According to the Central Election Commission, the turnout was 73.2% - that’s more than 32 thousand voters.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, following a meeting with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mikhail Drapaty and Defense Minister Yevgeny Khmara, said that he had agreed on “new long-range operations in response to Russian strikes.” “We are preparing to expand our long-range capabilities,” Zelensky wrote in his Telegram channel. He did not provide any other details.

Emergence Illustration from the Emergence experiment In mid-September, the American AI startup Emergence presented the results of a large-scale experiment on how different AI models solve problems together. For the experiment, Emergence created eight closed spaces, each of which was “populated” with AI agents. Seven spaces had agents of specific brands: for example, the Grok space or the GPT space, and one had them all together.

But there are more parallels with modern times Beta Film “Babylon-Berlin”, season 5, 2026 The final season of the series “Babylon Berlin,” the highest-budget and most successful television project in Germany, premiered in Germany. “Medusa” tells how the last season turned out - and why the neo-noir detective story is increasingly looking like a series about current politics. Berlin, 1933. Adolf Hitler takes over as Reich Chancellor.

Google's Gemini artificial intelligence model independently hacked the systems of three companies while testing its cybersecurity capabilities. The company told BBC News about this. They noted that this is the first known case when Google's AI model performed such actions. “Gemini discovered publicly available information on the Internet and guessed credentials to access sites it believed were part of the test,” Google said.

1669th day. Trump signed a law on “hellish” sanctions against Russia. But no one knows how they will be used (and whether they will be) Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg/Getty Images Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters every day because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. Share with us your thoughts about the war. What feelings are you experiencing?

And does it happen that gray hair is not just an age-related problem, but a symptom? No, nothing. We just thought that we had never told you about gray hair. And there is something to tell! It’s difficult to say, but, apparently, this is influenced by a whole range of reasons. When you see gray hair, it means that the hair follicles (from which hair grows) are no longer producing melanin, the substance responsible for color.

Luxembourg International Airport (the only one in the country) on the evening of Friday, September 18, suspended operations for several hours due to the detection of “unauthorized unmanned vehicles.” This is reported on the airport website. The drones were found near the airport and directly above its territory. “The temporary suspension of flights was implemented as a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of passengers, crews, airport staff and aircraft,” the website said.

Politician Ilya Yashin said he refused a trip to Yerevan because he was warned about the “risks” associated with visiting Armenia. Yashin is now in the United States, from where he planned to go to Yerevan and come to the polling station on September 20 to participate “in the big anti-war line” and also to hold a meeting with anti-war Russians. “However, while I was in Washington, I was warned about certain risks associated with my trip to Armenia.

Alexander Kryazhev / RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Scanpix / LETA Election Commission in Novosibirsk This material is dedicated to the second day of voting. Read the most important information about how the first day of voting went here , and about the third day here . Yulia Kuznetsova, candidate for deputy from the Green Party, who went missing the day before, has been found. She wrote down a circle in which she said that her husband “had to provide” her with psychological help.

The US State Department has approved the possible sale of air defense equipment to Ukraine for $2.68 billion, the department said in a statement. The agreement provides for the purchase of air defense modernization equipment and related equipment. If the deal is concluded, Ukraine will finance the purchase from contributions transferred by European countries and funds from the US Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program allocated by the previous US administration.

The United States has entered into an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that gives the United States "continuing control over security and all other needs" in Greenland. President Donald Trump announced this. According to him, the United States “forever” has the right to “do whatever is necessary in Greenland” to ensure the safety and security of the island itself and the United States.