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Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson won the election in the fourth district of Louisiana. He declared his desire to retain the post of speaker if the Republicans control the lower house.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson won the support of voters in the fourth district of Louisiana and was re-elected to the next House of Representatives.

This was reported by The Hill , UNN reports.

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According to the newspaper, Speaker Johnson won the election over Republican Joshua Morott. Morott actively advocated for the elimination of the Department of Education, the abolition of ObamaCare (the U.S. Health Care and Patient Protection Reform), and the cessation of foreign aid to prioritize domestic issues.

At the same time, Johnson said he wants to continue as speaker if the Republicans retain control of the lower house, but he did not announce his plans if the GOP is in the minority.

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As of 06:00 Kyiv time, Donald Trump is leading with 214 votes to Kamala Harris's 179. Each of the candidates received 52,120,662 votes.

Donald Trump said that a victory in Pennsylvania guarantees his overall victory in the election. He emphasized the importance of support in Philadelphia, which traditionally supports Democrats.

Former US President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that if he manages to win in Pennsylvania, he will "win the whole thing," CNN reports, UNN reports.

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"We're going to win Pennsylvania, we're going to win the whole thing," Trump said on Rich Zeoli's show on Philadelphia Talk Radio

"We're going to make this country more powerful than ever before, but you have to stay on track. And don't let them slow you down. You have an absolute legal right, and vote, because if we win Pennsylvania, if we win the good old Commonwealth, we win it all. We win it all," Trump said.

He noted that the "big question" is whether he can win more support in Philadelphia, which has been a Democratic stronghold.

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Donald Trump won to in the "disputed" state of North Carolina and received 16 electoral votes.

Donald Trump won North Carolina, receiving an additional 16 electoral votes. He now has 230 votes against Kamala Harris' 192, with 270 needed to win.

Donald Trump has won North Carolina and received 16 electoral votes. Writes UNN with reference to the Associated Press.

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Trump won North Carolina, which is considered a “swing” state. In total, he has 230 votes out of 270 needed.

Kamala Harris has 192 votes.

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Still as of 06:00 Kyiv time, Donald Trump had 214 votes and Kamala Harris 179.

The Nigerian authorities released 29 minors who faced the death penalty for allegedly participating in the protests. The children were held for more than two months until the president intervened.

Nigeria has released 29 minors who had been detained for more than two months and risked the death penalty for allegedly participating in protests against rising living costs. UNN writes with reference to the Associated Press.

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On Tuesday, the Nigerian authorities released 29 children who had been held for more than two months and faced the death penalty for participating in protests against the country's soaring cost of living. This happened after numerous calls for their release.

Ado Abdullahi, whose two sons were among the detained minors, said they had never participated in protests in their home state of Kano and were running errands when they were arrested and taken to Abuja.

The police just came and took them away,

– He said

Ikililu Sani, the father of one of the detainees, said that his son Habiba was arrested when he was picking up his motorcycle from a repair shop.

The children's detention was not reported until after the charges were filed, sparking outrage and raising concerns about the human rights situation in Africa's most populous country. Under pressure from activists, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered the children's release on Monday and ordered an investigation into the actions of law enforcement officials involved in the arrest and prosecution of the children.

Initially, the police justified their actions, but on Monday evening they announced the launch of an investigation into the ill-treatment of minors in custody.

Lawyers and activists have called on the Nigerian government to ensure the welfare of the children and provide them with support in education. Marshall Abubakar, one of the lawyers, noted that the release of the children is only "the first step in the right direction.

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On Sunday UNN reported that twenty-nine children could be sentenced to death in Nigeria after being accused of participating in protests on Friday.

Elon Musk plans to join Donald Trump at a private event in Mar-a-Lago to observe the election results. Earlier, Musk donated about $75 million to support Trump's election campaign.

Elon Musk plans to spend election night with US presidential candidate Donald Trump. This was reported by The New York Times, according to UNN.

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According to people familiar with Musk's schedule, he plans to attend several evening events at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, and will be part of a small group that will watch the election results with Trump.

Trump is organizing several events of varying levels of accessibility, including a dinner for a limited number of donors at Mar-a-Lago and an even smaller reception for those who will be with him all evening.

Later, Trump will address a wider audience, including other donors, at the Palm Beach Convention Center. The Trump and Musk teams have not yet commented.

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Earlier, the Financial Times reportedthat Elon Musk has allocated almost $75 million to support presidential candidate Donald Trump.

On the day of the US presidential election, there were reports of bomb threats from Russian email accounts. The FBI and U.S. intelligence are investigating the threats, although none of them have been confirmed.

On the day of the U.S. presidential election, several states reported allegedly mining of polling stations from Russian email domains. This was reported by CNN, according to UNN.

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The FBI said it was aware of bomb threats against polling stations in several states, “many of which appear to have originated from Russian email domains.” However, none of the threats have been recognized as credible so far.

The publication notes that US intelligence officials are checking an email account that used a Russian Internet domain as a potential source of implausible bomb threats on election day in Georgia.

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Russian influencers have disseminated a fake video with false accusations of election fraud in Arizona. The video is linked to the “troll factory” Pryzhyn and contains a fake interview with an alleged former assistant secretary of state.

Russian influencers spread a fake video with false accusations of election fraud in Arizona. The video is linked to the “troll factory” Pryzhin and contains a fake interview with an alleged former assistant secretary of state.

Russian influencers have spread a fake video with alleged fraud in the US presidential election in Arizona. This was reported by CNN with reference to a statement by the National Intelligence Agency, cybersecurity and infrastructure security, UNN reports.

Russian influencers created and disseminated a video that falsely portrayed an interview with an individual who alleged election fraud in Arizona, which included the creation of fake absentee ballots and changes to voter rolls in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris

– the publication writes.

It is noted that the fake video is linked to the so-called "troll factory" of Eugene Pryzhizhyn, who has already tried to influence the 2016 US presidential election.

The video was posted on social network X by Mira Terada, a propagandist who claims to be an "international human rights activist" and head of the Foundation to Fight Repression. The video shows Terada conducting a fake interview with a so-called informant described as a "former aide" to Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes. According to the Deep Fake Detection Tool, the person, whose face is blurred and whose voice appears to be generated by AI, claims election fraud in Arizona.

Fontes said that these statements were false.

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Donald Trump and Melania arrived at the polling station in Palm Beach to vote. The former US president also made a statement after the voting procedure.

After votes in the election, Trump said he was confident of his victory.

Before an election night party, Vice President and now US presidential candidate Kamala Harris will spend the day mobilizing swing state voters with radio interviews before attending a family dinnershe called a tradition.

Netflix's Paris and Amsterdam offices are being searched on suspicion of tax fraud. The investigation in France has been going on since 2022, and the company has already had similar problems in Italy.

Investigators leading a tax fraud case have searched the offices of the American streaming giant Netflix as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud money laundering. This was reported by a Reuters source in the French judicial system, UNN reports.

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It is reported that in France, an investigation has been ongoing since 2022, led by a special unit for the prosecution of financial crimes.

On Tuesday, investigators specializing in financial crimes and corruption raided the company's offices in central Paris. Dutch authorities simultaneously searched the company's European headquarters in Amsterdam.

"The cooperation between the French and Dutch authorities has been going on for many months in this case," the source said.

A preliminary investigation in France does not involve criminal charges and does not necessarily lead to a trial.

The facts that led to the investigation are not fully understood. However, large technology companies offering their online services and subscriptions abroad often face difficulties in dealing with European tax authorities.

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The news site La Lettre reported that last year, the French subsidiary of Netflix became the subject of attention from the tax authorities due to underreporting of turnover, which, according to the media, contradicted the number of paid users in the country.

In 2022, Netflix agreed to settle a tax dispute with Italy by paying €55.8 million.

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The Victorie bloc claimed unequal voting conditions for diasporas in Europe and Russia. The opposition claims that Sandu's victory was achieved through fraud at European polling stations.

The Victorie opposition bloc said on its Telegram channel that Sandu's victory was achieved “thanks to fraud at European polling stations,” while there were fewer polling stations in Russia.

It is written by UNN with reference to the publication “Novaya Gazeta Evropa‘, as well as the TV channel Blocul Politic ’Victorie”.

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The Moldovan opposition bloc Victorie intends to protest the results of the second round of the presidential election in the country, pointing to violations identified by the opposition.

“Sandu achieved the desired result only thanks to fraud at European polling stations and massive violations… The Russian and Western diasporas voted in unequal conditions,” the politicians said in a statement.

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The opposition bloc added that only two polling stations were opened in Russia, “where the largest diaspora” of Moldovan citizens lives, and “dozens of them were opened in European countries, and many of them were empty.” “This injustice must be eliminated at the legislative level,” Blocul Politic's Victorie said.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin does not consider the Moldovan presidential election to be “either democratic or fair.” It is alleged that “hundreds of thousands of Moldovan citizens” were allegedly unable to vote in Russia. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the election results.

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An explosion occurred at the TÜPRAŞ plant in Izmit during a routine training exercise, shattering windows in neighboring houses. The fire that broke out after the explosion was quickly brought under control, and no one was injured.

After the explosion, white smoke rose over the facility and a fire broke out. It is also reported that the force of the explosion shattered windows in neighboring houses.

Writes UNN with reference to TGRT Haber.

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A massive explosion occurred at the TÜPRAŞ refinery in Izmit (Kocaeli, Turkey). After the explosion, smoke rose over the facility. It became known that the explosion caused windows to be smashed in neighboring houses. Many fire and medical teams were sent to the scene.

The first statement about the incident was made by the mayor of the capital's Kocaeli municipality, Tahir Buyukakin, who said: “We are aware that the exercise was planned earlier. This is a negative thing that happened during the exercises. Now everything is under control, there are no problems. Our citizens have nothing to worry about. We have not received any data on the number of wounded.

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The Disinformation Management Center (DMM) reported that the fire, which broke out during a routine training exercise at TÜPRAŞ's facilities in Izmit, was brought under control in a short time.

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In a statement posted on DMM's social media account, “The fire, which started during a routine exercise at TÜPRAŞ's facilities, was brought under control in a short time.

It is also reported that shares of TÜPRAŞ were temporarily closed for trading.

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