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The BRICS alliance opens new opportunities for strengthening economic ties between Moscow and Jakarta, Indonesian Trade Minister Budi Santoso said in an interview with Sputnik.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi called the 10-day power outage at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant a "serious" situation for nuclear safety.

Bolivia has called the incursion of US fighter jets into Venezuelan airspace a provocation threatening regional stability, the country's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

US President Donald Trump has stated that the declaration issued by Palestinian movement Hamas of readiness for lasting peace means Israel should stop bombing Gaza immediately to enable the release of hostages.

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a speech at the plenary session of the 22nd Valdai Discussion Club meeting, touching upon a range of pressing global issues.

The first results could be “widespread distrust of countries that commit what can be called a crime,” Jacques Sapir, veteran economist and director of studies at the Paris-based School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, told Sputnik.

The Cuban government has condemned the illegal incursion of US fighter jets into Venezuela’s airspace, calling the actions a threat to peace and stability in Latin America and the Caribbean, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla has said.

The SputnikPro project’s first module, focusing on the work of war correspondents, has been held for journalists from the Indonesian online outlet Senayan Post.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed hope for a breakthrough later in the day on reaching an agreement on extended funding for the US government, which had shut down at midnight amid a standoff between the Democrats and the Republicans.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech at the Valdai discussion club plenary session will be substantive, and this address is traditionally anticipated around the world, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.