Moscow aims to end the impunity of the US and its allies, the Russian president has said | Moscow has had enough of the West’s impunity and hypocrisy and intends to ensure that there is justice in the world again, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Putin spoke to journalists, including many from Western outlets, at the end of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia on Thursday.

💬 “Is it just to lie to our faces that NATO will not expand, and then [expand] it?” Putin asked BBC’s Steve Rosenberg, in response to his inquiry. “Is it fair to carry out a coup d’etat, spitting on all principles of law, and funding a coup in Ukraine?” he added, referring to the 2014 Maidan ‘revolution’ backed by Washington. “Is this just? There is no justice here,” Putin said. “We want to change this. And we will.”

The Russian president also dismissed as “nonsense” the claims that Moscow was somehow behind “mayhem” on British streets. Whatever may be happening in the UK is the result of London’s own policies, Putin said.

■ Putin ‘doesn’t remember’ Trump missile threats (RT.com)
■ Everyone wants quick end to Ukraine conflict – Putin (RT.com)

Palestinian child mourns his father killed in the lsraeli air attacks on Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/b0sy7JlFzs

— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) October 10, 2024

■ At least 16 Palestinians were killed, including children, and 32 wounded in an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza’s Nuseirat camp, al-Awda hospital says.
■ Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least one person was killed and five wounded as Israel carried out at least 17 attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs overnight, levelling six buildings in raids that began without warning.
■ Gaza’s Government Media Office says more than 770 Palestinians have been killed and 1,000 wounded as the Israeli military attack on Jabalia and the siege of northern Gaza enter their 20th day.
■ In Gaza, at least 42,847 people have been killed and 100,544 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.

The Chinese president says Beijing and Moscow should further deepen economic ties while defending the UN-based global system | Beijing and Moscow should further deepen their already strong economic cooperation while defending global stability, Chinese President Xi Jinping said at talks with counterpart Vladimir Putin at the BRICS summit in Kazan on Tuesday. He also stressed that Sino-Russian ties have been steadily developing in recent years despite the turbulent geopolitical situation. ● BRICS country leaders were joined by those from aspiring member states for the group's 16th annual summit in the capital of Russia’s Tatarstan Republic. Russia holds the rotating chairmanship of the group this year. ● Commenting on relations with Moscow, Xi stated that “despite the chaotic and confused external situation, trade and cooperation in other spheres between the two countries are actively developing,” as evidenced by a number of large-scale joint projects. Chinese TV quoted the president as stressing the importance of further enhancing the bilateral economic partnership as part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, as well as the Eurasian Economic Union.

■ World ‘tired’ of US-led West – RT editor-in-chief (RT.com)
■ Xi advocates high quality development of greater BRICS cooperation (Global Times)
■ The five major goals empower 'Greater BRICS Cooperation' with focused strength (Global Times editorial)

According to the unnamed US and NATO officials and diplomats, Germany and the US top the list of those delaying Kyiv's admission to the bloc | Some NATO countries, including the US and Germany, are hesitant to meet Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's demands for an immediate invitation to join the alliance due to concerns about triggering a direct conflict with Russia, Politico reported, citing four unnamed US and NATO officials and diplomats. ● According to them, Germany and the US top the list of those delaying Kyiv's admission to the bloc. "Countries like Belgium, Slovenia or Spain hide behind the US and Germany. They are reluctant," Politico quoted an unnamed alliance official as saying. Hungary and Slovakia also oppose Ukraine's accession.

■ Inside Nato, fears are growing Putin is about to land a decisive blow in Ukraine (iNews)

Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah continues to repel Israeli aggression on Lebanese soil while hitting the regime’s targets deep inside the occupied territories. | In the latest operations, Hezbollah said on Tuesday that it hit six Israeli Merkava tanks in different locations south of the Arab country, using guided missiles. [...] Barrages of Hezbollah rockets also hit gatherings of Israeli soldiers in Aita Al-Shaab and Khallet Al-Asaker, within the Lebanese borders, and Kiryat Shmona and Manara settlements in occupied Palestine.

■ Israeli losses mount in Gaza as Resistance bombs gatherings, vehicles (Al Mayadeen)
■ Hezbollah kills +70 Israeli soldiers and destroys 28 tanks in Lebanon (Al Mayadeen)

Mark Curtis | Since the 1960s, Labour and Conservative governments have supported or acquiesced in several cases of genocide across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. | Many people in Britain I speak to struggle to understand how their government can acquiesce in, still less support, Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. ■ We see the killing, maiming and destruction on a daily or even hourly basis, in real time, knowing our government is complicit. It seems incomprehensible to many. ■ But it’s only hard to understand if one has little knowledge of Britain’s foreign policy in recent decades, or an overly rosy picture of just what Whitehall stands for in the world. ■ And if people do suffer from that historical ignorance, it is not their fault, but the fault of a media system that refuses to tell people the truth about our past as well as our present. ■ The reality is that, tragically, the UK establishment’s complicity in genocide is nothing new. There is a long history to Britain backing forces committing genocide – defined as an attempt to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.

NASA filmmaker Simon Holland recently made headlines after claiming that aliens exist and will be revealed next month in an announcement, causing him to also go viral across social media platforms. | According to The Mirror, the filmmaker who previously worked with big outlets including BBC, Nat Geo, and NASA told the British news agency that two groups of astronomers are going to reveal new evidence of civilization that humanity has never heard of before.