Xi, Modi and Putin set to meet for SCO summit: What’s on the agenda?
The two-day summit aims to promote a vision of a multipolar world and mutual trade ties amid Trump’s unilateralism.

The two-day summit aims to promote a vision of a multipolar world and mutual trade ties amid Trump’s unilateralism.



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Video shows the moment a Russian attack hit a parking lot near Ukraine’s capital.
Foreign ministry warns against ‘terrorism’ of firing long-range British cruise missiles at targets in Russia.

Ukrainian drones have again targeted the Russian online shopping giant Wildberries.
Attacks spark fires at Lukoil’s NORSI refinery and a Wildberries hub as Kyiv claims 16 targets hit across Russia.
Russia’s biggest online retailer, Wildberries, has once again been attacked in a drone strike by Ukraine.
Ukraine hits Moscow’s Afipsky oil refinery and Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

UK PM Andy Burnham visited Kyiv on his first foreign trip, pledging to give cruise missile designs to Ukraine.
Military recruitment efforts are reportedly more aggressive as Russia prepares for a winter offensive in Ukraine.
Russia says UK decision to share missile blueprints with Ukraine is evidence of direct military involvement in the war.

Zelenskyy rejects call from sacked minister for wartime elections.