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The G7 leaders will meet for an online summit on December 13 to discuss the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East. They will also consider the possibility of introducing additional sanctions against Russia and North Korea.

The G7 leaders plan to hold an online meeting next week. They will discuss, in particular, Ukraine. This is reported by NHK, writes UNN.

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According to the publication, the online summit is scheduled to be held on December 13. On behalf of Japan, it will be attended by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. At the meeting, G7 leaders intend to "confirm their unity" on the eve of the inauguration of the new US President Donald Trump.

The main topics of the talks are expected to be the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East. It is also noted that the G7 leaders may discuss the possibility of introducing additional sanctions against Russia and North Korea. The G7 is currently chaired by Italy.

In addition, it is expected that next year, under the Canadian presidency, they will continue to cooperate on solving the problems facing the international community.

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Zelensky signed a law on obtaining a кредиту 50 billion loan from the G7. The funds do not need to be returned without reparations from the Russian Federation, and the return will be made at the expense of frozen Russian assets.

Russian forces launched attack drones on Ukraine on the evening of Thursday, 5 December, prompting a response from Ukrainian air defence units.

Source: Ukraine's Air Force; Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko

Quote from Klitschko: "Air defence units are responding [to Russian-launched aerial assets] in the Obolonskyi district of the capital. Stay in shelters!"

Details: The Ukrainian military issued a warning of UAVs flying towards the cities of Vyshhorod and Kyiv.

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13 children died from infection with intravenous feeding packages in Mexico. The cause was the multi-resistant bacterium Klebsiella oxytoca, found in four hospitals.

In Mexico, at least 13 children under the age of 14 have died from possible infection with intravenous feeding packages. Doctors were urged not to use victory packages. About this Associated Press, writes UNN.

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The federal Department of Health has ordered doctors across the country not to use intravenous bags manufactured by Productos Hospitalarios SA de CV. The agency reported that the children died from a blood infection. The exact source of the infection is still being investigated. Of the 19 patients, 13 died, and six more patients are being treated in hospitals.

The outbreak of infection was caused by the multi-resistant bacterium Klebsiella oxytoca (Klebsiella oxytoca). They were first discovered in November in three public hospitals and one private one in the state of Mexico, on the outskirts of Mexico City.

According to the publication, this was the latest public blow to Mexico's shaky and underfunded health system. Last week, the director of the country's main national cardiology institute said the hospital had no money to purchase the necessary materials, calling the situation "critical.

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Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, hopes that practical progress will be made in April 2025 towards the establishment of a special tribunal for Russia's crime of aggression against Ukraine.

Source: Berset at a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday, 5 December, as reported by European Pravda, citing Ukrinform news agency

Details: Berset expressed his hope that practical steps to initiate the work of the special tribunal could be taken by April next year.

He saw promising prospects for progress next year and emphasised the need for the broadest possible support from as many countries as possible.

The secretary general pledged that the Council of Europe is also ready to contribute to promoting the special tribunal, if necessary, in particular to develop an operational framework.

Berset concluded by expressing confidence in progress on this path, stating that while he could not provide further details at the moment, the process was ongoing and stressed that a step forward would be made.

Discussions about establishing a special tribunal to hold Russia accountable for the crime of aggression have been ongoing since 2022, but tangible progress on the matter has yet to be made.

The primary obstacle lies in differing approaches: Ukraine advocates for an international tribunal based on an international organisation, whereas key Western allies support a hybrid format, where the tribunal operates under Ukrainian law with backing from international partners.

Background: In November, the Coalition of States for the Establishment of a Special Tribunal agreed upon key parameters of the tribunal, specifically its jurisdiction, and developed a roadmap with "concrete next steps".

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UNESCO has included the traditional Japanese rice drink sake in the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The recognition is intended to revive the popularity of the drink in Japan, where it is now consumed mainly at ceremonies.

Japanese alcoholic rice drink sake is recognized as a cultural heritage of mankind. This is reported by The Guardian, writes UNN.

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Sake is made from rice, water, yeast and a special skin fungus that helps the drink ferment. The technology of making sake is more like making beer than vodka, but the drink is still called Rice vodka.

The Intangible Cultural Heritage includes not only the drink itself, but also the tradition of its preparation.

In Japan, they hope that global recognition will help restore the popularity of the drink. Now sake is used for ceremonial purposes, at weddings or special feasts. And in bars, Japanese people drink mostly wine, whiskey or beer.

Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said he was "delighted" with the worldwide recognition of traditional sake cooking.

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At the 19th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee, the Ukrainian Easter egg was included in the list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The application was submitted jointly with Estonia and approved in the capital of Paraguay.

The Czech initiative to raise funds for the purchase of drones for the Ukrainian military has raised more than CZK 203 million (over €8 million) to date.

Source: Skupina D, an organisation that organises a fundraiser called Drone Nemesis, on Thursday, as reported by European Pravda, citing Radio Prague International

Details: The organisation began fundraising two days before Christmas last year and raised 203.67 million crowns in almost a year.

One of its initiators, Jan Veverka, noted that approximately 12,000 drones have been sent to Ukraine, with another 3,000 awaiting shipment. The original goal was to raise CZK 100 million (about €4 million).

The organisation also introduced a new project to raise money to buy 100 tonnes of plastic explosives and other engineering and pyrotechnic equipment.

The new project, named Spravedlivá odplata (Just Retribution), aims to raise funds to purchase 100 tonnes of plastic explosives. Representatives of the organisation state that the explosives will be acquired gradually, in batches of five tonnes, with each batch, including transportation, costing approximately CZK 10 million (€398,000).

According to Milan Mikulecký, a representative of the organisation, the explosives can be used not only in combat but also for mine clearance.

The honorary chairman of the organisation is the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, Karel Řehka, whose involvement in the project was previously criticised by Defence Minister Jana Černochová. Since June, the organisation has been under inspection by Czech Defence Ministry inspectors. In November, the Czech military informed Deník N that the preliminary results of the inspection contained no critical comments.

Background:

• Earlier this year, Slovak citizens dissatisfied with the failure of Robert Fico's government to support Ukraine with weapons raised €4 million to buy shells for Ukraine.
• The Slovak prime minister, moreover, disdained the collection.

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In Tbilisi, police detained a Ukrainian citizen during anti-government protests, seizing pepper spray and a phone. The detainee faces up to 9 years in prison on suspicion of organizing group violence.

On the evening of December 5, police detained a Ukrainian citizen in Tbilisi as part of an investigation into protest actions. This was reported by the Georgian opposition TV channel Rustavi 2, writes UNN.

Law enforcement officers explained to the detainee that he was in custody in open criminal proceedings regarding the organization of group violence, leadership, participation in it and committing a criminal act at a public invitation.,

– reports the publication.

The detainee was taken to the police station. Pepper spray and a mobile phone were seized from his backpack.

The items have already been sealed and are likely to be sent for examination. The attacker faces a sentence of up to 9 years in prison.,

– writes Rustavi 2.

Anti-government protests continue in Tbilisi for the eighth day in a row. According to echo of the Caucasus, the protesters blocked Rustaveli Avenue.

Protests are also taking place in other major cities of Georgia, in particular in Kutaisi, law enforcement officers detained a 14-year-old child. At the time of his arrest, he was unconscious.

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President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili declared the invalidity of the parliamentary elections on October 26 due to mass violations.

after the official results of the elections, in which the ruling Georgian Dream party won an absolute majority of seats in parliament, protests began.

Protests in Georgia continue amid a political crisis caused by the decision of the government's Georgian Dream Party to suspend the process of European integration.

Pro-Russian videos appeared on Ukrainian TV channels on 5 December due to a hacker attack targeting several telecom providers.

Source: reporters from the Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne in Kyiv

Details: One of the providers stated that they would resolve the signal issue by around 21:00, reporting unauthorised interference that disrupted the operation of cable television.

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The Trump administration is in talks with the Bahamas, Panama and other countries to accept deported migrants. The plan could affect hundreds of thousands of people who will be sent to countries without ties to their culture.

The administration of newly elected US President Donald Trump, which will start working after Trump's inauguration in January, is preparing a list of countries to which it could deport migrants if their home countries refuse to accept them.

This is reported by NBS News, reports UNN.

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The new Trump administration is preparing a list of countries where it can deport migrants if their home countries refuse to accept them

– the publication writes.

These countries include, but are not limited to, the Turks and Caicos Islands, The Bahamas, Panama, and Grenada. Sources of the publication note that the Trump team has already contacted these countries to work out an agreement under which they will agree to accept flights for deportation from the United States.

These plans could mean that thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of migrants will be permanently displaced to countries where they know neither the people nor the language, and have nothing to do with culture. It is unclear whether migrants will be allowed to legally stay to work and live in the countries where they are being deported. It is also unknown what pressure – economic or diplomatic-The Trump administration is applying to countries to force them to agree, or what pressure may be applied after the inauguration of newly elected President Donald Trump in January

– adds the publication.

The publication recalls that in 2019, during Trump's first term, he sent migrants to Guatemala as part of an agreement with this country to accept people from other countries seeking asylum in the United States.

According to this policy, asylum seekers who recently crossed the United States were put on a plane to Guatemala, not knowing where they were going. This practice continued until early 2020, albeit on a relatively small scale, and was discontinued during the pandemic.

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Canadian officials have announced preparations for a possible increase in the flow of migrants from the United States.After the announcement of Trump's victory, search queries for moving to Canada increased tenfold.

Russian troops carried out a missile attack on Voznesensk in Mykolaiv Oblast on the evening of 5 December, killing a man.

Source: Vitalii Kim, Head of Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration

Quote from Kim: "Unfortunately, a man was killed in the evening missile attack on Voznesensk."

Details: Around 16:00 on 5 December, the Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces had launched missiles towards Mykolaiv Oblast.

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