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• Ground Forces: The Core of Russia's Military Sputnik 01 Oct 2023 -- October 1 is celebrated annually in Russia as the country's Ground Forces Day. First celebrated in 2006, the holiday commemorates the creation of the Streltsi regiments by Russian Tsar Ivan IV in 1550, considered the first regular army in Russian history.
• European Union prepares long-term security commitments for Ukraine: Eu foreign policy chief Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has promised sustained EU support for Ukraine amid the war with Russia.
• British training troops in Ukraine could be legitimate targets, warns Medvedev Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned that British soldiers training Ukrainian troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Russian forces along with German companies building Taurus missiles.
• UK PM Sunak Says Remarks on British Soldiers in Ukraine 'Misreporting' Sputnik 01 Oct 2023 -- UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday that British soldiers would not be sent to participate in the Ukraine conflict and that the training of the Ukrainian military by UK instructors on Ukraine's territory was currently out of the question.
• U.S.-Taiwan defense industry meet to be held Sunday to Tuesday CNA 01 Oct 2023 -- The annual US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference will take place in Virginia, United States, from Oct. 1-3 (Eastern Time), bringing together delegates from the Taiwanese and American governments, along with defense industry representatives, to discuss the future of bilateral defense cooperation, according to the organizers.
• Taiwan's First Domestic Submarine: Exploring Capabilities Sputnik 01 Oct 2023 -- The island will now carry out harbor acceptance tests on its first domestically-made military submarine, which is due to enter service next year. What are the vessel's characteristics and does Taiwanese administration plan to build more such submarines in the future? Sputnik finds out.
• Iran equips Sabalan destroyer with record number of cruise missiles: Navy chief Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani says his forces have managed to furnish the Sabalan destroyer with 12 anti-ship cruise missiles, breaking the record for the number of guided missiles installed on Iranian vessels.
• £4 Billion UK contracts progresses AUKUS submarine design UK MOD 01 Oct 2023 -- Next phase of next-generation nuclear-powered attack submarine is underway
• UK Signs $4.8Bln Deals to Develop Attack Submarines Under AUKUS Program Sputnik 01 Oct 2023 -- The United Kingdom has signed contracts worth 4 billion pounds ($4.8 billion) with leading British manufacturers to develop powerful attack submarines as part of the AUKUS program with Australia and the United States, UK Secretary of State for Defense Grant Shapps said on Sunday.
• Minister for the Armed Forces meets defence leaders and military chiefs in Central Asia and Mongolia UK MOD 01 Oct 2023 -- James Heappey meets counterparts in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia with talks focusing on cooperation on regional security.
• RAF Fighter jets deploy to Poland for joint exercises ahead of Warsaw Security Forum UK MOD 01 Oct 2023 -- Four RAF Typhoon jets have been deployed to Poland, to conduct exercises with aircraft from Spain, Poland, and Italy

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• Report: Area near Damascus targeted in fresh Israeli aggression Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- Israel carried out new aerial aggression near the Syrian capital city of Damascus after midnight on Sunday, according to reports by media outlets affiliated with anti-Damascus militant groups.
• Turkish Defense Ministry Says Conducted Air Strikes Against PKK in Northern Iraq Sputnik 01 Oct 2023 -- Turkiye has conducted air strikes against objects of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), banned in Turkiye, in northern Iraq after an attempted terrorist attack in Ankara, with 20 objects destroyed, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
• UN mission in Nagorno-Karabakh amid exodus of ethnic Armenians Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- A United Nations mission has arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh to deal with a mass exodus of ethnic Armenians who have been fleeing the region since the Azerbaijani army launched an operation in September to take full control of the enclave.
• Transportation of Nagorno-Karabakh Residents to Armenia Coming to End - Armenian Gov't Sputnik 01 Oct 2023 -- The transportation of those wishing to leave Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia is coming to its "logical conclusion," Armenian government spokeswoman Nazeli Baghdasaryan said on Sunday, adding that all those who wanted to leave the breakaway region after the recent escalation had already done it.
• UN Mission Arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh for First Time in 30 Years - Reports Sputnik 01 Oct 2023 -- Members of the UN mission on Sunday drove across the Aghdam road toward Nagorno-Karabakh's capital, Stepanakert, also known as Khankendi, for the first time in 30 years, the state-run Azerbaijani news agency reported.
• UN teams support burn victims amidst Karabakh crisis UN News 01 Oct 2023 -- UN World Health Organization (WHO) teams in Goris, Armenia, are tirelessly working to assist not only the vast numbers of refugees fleeing the Karabakh region but also to provide urgent medical support to individuals grappling with severe burn injuries resulting from a massive fuel depot explosion that occurred last week amidst the exodus.
• Pristina Says Evidence Shows Serbia Planned To Sieze Northern Kosovo After Attack RFE/RL 01 Oct 2023 -- Kosovo says its investigation into an attack last weekend in a northern Kosovar village has turned up evidence showing that Serbia intended to annex northern Kosovo and that the attackers prepared at Serbian Army bases.
• INTERVIEW: Battling fake news for peace and security in DR Congo UN News 01 Oct 2023 -- Misinformation poses a significant risk to UN peacekeeping operations. Allowed to fester, it not only damages the perception of a mission and creates confusion about the role of 'blue helmets', it can also put their lives in jeopardy.
• South Sudan Faces Growing Health and Hunger Crisis VOA 01 Oct 2023 -- The World Health Organization warns that soaring rates of severe malnutrition, acute hunger, and deteriorating health conditions are threatening the lives and well-being of millions of people in South Sudan with the situation set to worsen as the climate crisis kicks in.

News Reports

• People are not blind in seeing US' empire of lies: Chinese FM refuting State Department's China report Global Times 01 Oct 2023 -- Refuting the US Department of State's malicious report claiming that China has invested billions of dollars spreading disinformation globally, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the report itself is disinformation, and people of the world are not blind in seeing the US' ugly attempts that have proven time and again that it is an "empire of lies" through and through.
• U.S. is "empire of lies" through and through: FM spokesperson People's Daily 01 Oct 2023 -- Facts have proven time and again that the United States is an "empire of lies" through and through, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Saturday.
• Congratulations to President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping President of Russia 01 Oct 2023 -- Vladimir Putin congratulated President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping on the 74th anniversary of the founding of the republic.
• South Korea, Japan Aim to Stabilize China Relations Despite US Partnership VOA 01 Oct 2023 -- Efforts to resume diplomatic engagement between South Korea, Japan and China, including announcement of a possible visit to Seoul by Chinese leader Xi Jinping and an agreement to resume a trilateral leaders' summit, reflect China's attempt to counter Washington's curbs on the export of advanced technologies, analysts told VOA last week.
• TPP's presidential nominee Ko Wen-je departs on visit to U.S. CNA 01 Oct 2023 -- Taiwan People's Party (TPP) Chairman and 2024 presidential candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) departed Sunday morning for a four-day, technology-oriented visit to the United States.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Oct. 1, 2023 ROC MND 01 Oct 2023
• Press Statement of Im Chon Il, Vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of DPRK KCNA 01 Oct 2023 -- Im Chon Il, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, issued the following press statement on Sunday:
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Greetings to President Xi Jinping KCNA 01 Oct 2023 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a message of greeting to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and president of the People's Republic of China (PRC), on Sunday.
• Press Statement of DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesman KCNA 01 Oct 2023 -- A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK issued the following press statement on Sunday:
• North Korea: NATO and US' Asian Allies are 'Cancer Tumor' Sputnik 01 Oct 2023 -- North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Im Chon Il slammed NATO as an instigator of the Ukrainian crisis in a statement published by the state-run news agency.
• Any geopolitical change in region fuels instability, crisis: Iran security chief Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Akbar Ahmadian says any change in the geopolitics of the region will cause insecurity and instability and escalate crisis.
• Iran-Iraq security pact appropriate road map to eliminate destabilizing factors: Security chief Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- Iran's security chief urges "full and precise" implementation of a security agreement with Iraq that entails the complete disarmament and re-location of anti-Iran terrorist groups operating in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
• Iraq's national security advisor in Tehran to advance border security pact Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- A security delegation from Iraq headed by the national security advisor has arrived in Tehran to discuss the terms of a security agreement that entails the complete disarmament and re-location of anti-Iran terrorist groups operating in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
• Massive rallies against Israeli regime's policies drag into 39th straight week Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators have held massive protests across the occupied territories for the 39th straight week against the hardline Israeli cabinet's policies, including its so-called judicial overhaul scheme.
• Terrorists will never succeed in destroying Turkey's peace: Erdogan Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated that Turkey will continue its fight against terrorism, saying the terrorists who attempt to disrupt peace and security in the country will never succeed.
• 'Terrorist attack' targets heart of Ankara: Turkey's minister Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- Turkey's interior minister says an explosion near Turkey's parliament in Ankara was a "terrorist attack" that left two police officers injured.
• Two Policemen Injured After Attempted Terror Attack in Turkiye's Ankara Sputnik 01 Oct 2023 -- An explosion occurred near the building of the Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs in the center of Ankara on Sunday. An investigation has been launched by the General Prosecutor Office.
• "Türkiye deserves a future-looking constitution that expands the horizon of our country and society" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 01 Oct 2023 -- Speaking at the opening session of the 2nd Legislative Year of the 28th Term of the GNAT, President Erdoğan said: "Türkiye deserves a future-looking constitution that sheds light to and expands the horizon of our country and society, not one that lags behind. This noble nation, which defied the death-spewing weapons of the coup plotters on the night of July 15, deserves to crown its struggle for democracy with a civilian constitution."
• Former PM opposed to Ukraine military aid wins Slovak elections Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- A populist party that wants to stop military aid to Ukraine and is critical of the EU and NATO has won Slovakia's election, results have showed.
• Slovakia's Populist, Pro-Russian Ex-PM To Receive Mandate To Form Government RFE/RL 01 Oct 2023 -- The president of Slovakia says she will give a mandate to form a new government to the winner of the country's parliamentary elections, signaling former Prime Minister Robert Fico and his SMER-SSD can begin putting together a coalition government in the central European country.
• Slovak Opposition Party Smer Wins Parliamentary Elections Gaining 23.6% Sputnik 01 Oct 2023 -- The opposition Direction - Social Democracy party (Smer), led by former Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, won the parliamentary elections with 23.58% of the vote, data from the Slovak Statistical Office showed on Sunday.
• Hundreds of thousands join anti-government rally in Poland's capital Press TV 01 Oct 2023 -- Hundreds of thousands of people have joined an anti-government rally in Poland's capital city ahead of general elections that may decide the country's future in the European Union.
• Anti-Democratic Actions in Guatemala US Dept. of State 01 Oct 2023 -- The United States is gravely concerned with continued efforts to undermine Guatemala's peaceful transition of power to President-elect Arévalo.
• Maldives Election Results US Dept. of State 01 Oct 2023 -- The United States congratulates President-Elect Mohamed Muizzu on his win in the September 30 election in Maldives.
• NGOs Call for Action After Killing of Bangladesh Union Activist VOA 01 Oct 2023 -- Human Rights Watch and global workers' rights organizations have intensified a call for action after the June killing of Bangladeshi union activist Shahidul Islam, urging the government to thoroughly investigate the death.