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North Korea fires more ballistic missiles after US military drills

North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Thursday after the United States redeployed an aircraft carrier near the Korean Peninsula in response to Pyongyang’s previous launch of a nuclear-capable missile over Japan.

France 24

UN Security Council splits, again, over North Korea missiles

Debate over how to handle a North Korean ballistic missile launch over Japanese territory has again split an already deeply fractured U.N. Security Council

The Independent UK

Committee forecasts at least 3% GDP uptick

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) has inched up its 2022 GDP forecast, expecting the economy to grow by at least 3%, driven by the gradual recovery of the tourism industry.

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OPEC cuts oil production to drive up prices, ASX ends steady after volatile day

As the ASX finishes where it started, Saudi Arabia and Russia are on a collision course with the West after major producers cut oil production to drive up prices. The move could further increase energy prices, plunge the global economy into recession, and help Russia in its war in Ukraine.

ABC News

Xi Jinping's radioactive friend outstays welcome

Vladimir Putin's ongoing failure in Ukraine has put his strategic alliance with Chinese President Xi Jinping to the test. With Mr Putin growing ever more desperate, Mr Xi must finally realise the scale of the threat that his "friendship without limits" with the Russian president poses to China's economic health,…

Bangkok Post

'Put Such A Bracelet On Putin': Former Russian Journalist Confirms Escape, Sends Kremlin A Message

Former Russian journalist, Marina Ovsyannikova, confirmed on Telegram Wednesday she had escaped pre-trial house arrest and fled to an undisclosed location.

Benzinga

North Korea launches another ballistic missile, Alex Jones declines defence in Sandy Hook trial, and Russian cosmonaut takes to space from US — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed. This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories.

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Russia ‘suffered heavy losses and evacuating wounded’ from Kherson and Luhansk, Ukraine claims

It is also claimed Vladimir Putin recruited more than 650 prisoners from a high-security jail

Evening Standard

Russia wants secret U.N. vote on move to condemn 'annexation' of Ukraine regions

Russia is lobbying for a secret ballot instead of a public vote when the 193-member U.N. General Assembly next week considers whether to condemn Moscow's move to annex four partially occupied regions in Ukraine after staging what it called referendums.

Reuters

Satellites spot Russian submarine believed to be armed with 'weapon of the apocalypse'

Nato had reportedly issued a warning after it lost track of the a 604ft, 30,000 tonne, nuclear-powered Belgorod, the world's largest operational submarine

Daily Mirror

Spain, Germany discuss energy crisis before EU summit

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hosted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, two days before a European Union summit to discuss Europe’s energy crisis derived from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Poland suggests hosting US nuclear weapons amid growing fears of Putin’s threats

Request is widely seen as symbolic, as moving nuclear warheads closer to Russia would make them less militarily useful

The Guardian - US

U.S. accuses China, Russia of enabling North Korea's Kim Jong Un

The United States accused China and Russia on Wednesday of enabling North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by protecting Pyongyang from attempts to strengthen U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.

Reuters

Fuel price-rise warning as oil cartel agrees to significantly slash global production

A major oil cartel has announced the biggest cut in production in years which could push up fuel prices around the world while bolstering Russia's war in

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France 24

OPEC+ to slash oil output, despite US lobbying

The group of oil producers known as OPEC+ say they will slash their daily output by 2 million barrels per day because of uncertainty in the global outlook. The decision has been slammed by the US, which had been lobbying for Saudi Arabia and other producers to pump more oil.…

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin will face coup from Russia's military elite to stop him from launching nukes

Despite threats from Russia's forces that the floundering Kremlin boss would turn to nuclear weapons in face of his struggling invasion, a source has told how Moscow's military elite wouldn't allow such a move

Al Jazeera

Ukraine takes swaths of territory, despite Russia’s mobilisation

In week 32 of the war, Kyiv makes more advances in the east and south while Moscow pulls back forces from Crimea.

France 24

‘My men deserve to return’: Ukraine seeks release of prisoners of war in Russia

A Ukrainian soldier whose unit participated in the successful mission to retake the eastern city of Lyman has another pressing goal: to secure the release of nine of his soldiers captured by the Russians in June. FRANCE 24’s Gwendoline Debono reports from Ukraine.

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Reuters

Russian bodies, shattered vehicles mark Moscow's loss of Ukrainian town

The bodies of two Russian soldiers lay bloating in trees on opposite sides of the road, close to the blasted hulks of the cars and the van in which Ukrainian army officers said the dead men’s unit was retreating into the eastern town of Lyman.

Daily Mirror

Russian who shared anti-war message on live TV confirms she's escaped arrest

In a written post, Russian rebel Marina Ovsyannikova said that she was freeing herself from the two-month house arrest that was imposed by a Moscow court in August

Los Angeles Times

In the Ukraine war, a shadowy key player emerges: Russia’s private army of mercenaries

BERLIN — As Russia suffers one devastating military setback after another in Ukraine, a key player in the conflict is stepping out of the shadows: the private army known as the Wagner Group.

Evening Standard

EU approves fresh sanctions on Russia after Putin annexes four regions of Ukraine

Russia’s declaration that four areas of occupied Ukraine are now its territory has been condemned by the international community

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Says Situation in Annexed Regions Will Be ‘Stabilized’

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would stabilize the situation in four Ukrainian regions it has claimed as its own territory, an indirect acknowledgment of the challenges it faces to assert its control. Russian forces have suffered significant losses in two of the four regions since Friday, when…

Daily Mirror

Desperate Vladimir Putin is 'out of moves' in Ukraine war, US army general warns

Former director and retired US army general David Petraeus warned Russia and Vladimir Putin can be unpredictable and still able to cause a massive amount of devastation

The Guardian - UK

Attempts to play down retreats in Ukraine no longer wash inside Russia

War’s supporters turn up criticism of Kremlin and military leaders as failures spill on to TV screens at home

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