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All you need to get your Sunday started, including Turkey’s new Cabinet staff, India completing rescue efforts after a major train crash that left hundreds dead, and Russian President Vladimir Putin “open” to achieving goals in Ukraine. Here is a summary of all the news. vehicles other than “military”.
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced Turkey’s new Cabinet on Saturday at the Çankaya Mansion in the capital Ankara, after being sworn in as president in the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
Erdogan appointed Cevdet Yılmaz as the new vice president and 17 more ministers took their place in the new Cabinet.
The death toll in a major train crash in India rose to 288, and rescuers ended the search for survivors.
According to officials, the accident occurred in the Balasore area of eastern Odisha state late Friday and a rescue operation involving the National Disaster Response Force, military and other agencies was carried out.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the crash site in Odisha and examined the relief efforts.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the West had left Russia no other way but the military in Ukraine.
Peskov said Russian President Vladimir Putin was “open” to achieving goals in Ukraine “by other means” besides military action.
“President Putin has been, and will be, open to all kinds of contacts to carry out our duties by means other than military operation. If (non-military means) were possible, that would be preferable,” he told Peskov TV. channel Rossiya 24.
The Ministry of National Defense said in a statement that preparations have begun for the transfer of troops to the Sultan Murat Barracks in the city of Prizren, in southern Kosovo, by Sunday or Monday.
In the statement made by the Ministry, “Within the framework of the latest developments in Kosovo, a commando battalion affiliated to our 65th Mechanized Infantry Brigade Command, which previously served in NATO Kosovo Forces, was assigned as a reserve force upon the request of NATO’s Allied Joint Force Command in Naples. ” In a statement.
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After Azerbaijan sent a note of protest to Tehran regarding a missing Azerbaijani student, it advised its citizens not to travel to Iran. The United States, South Korea, and Japan are attempting to operate a system that allows them to share real-time warning data about future missile launches by North Korea. decided. Korea.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Ukrainian armed forces are now ready to launch a counterattack against Russia.A mosque in the central German city of Duisburg has received a racist threatening letter.The EU suspends police operations in the region. called to take it. north, where ethnic Serbs protest.
SPORTS
Leipzig won the 2023 German Cup, beating Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0.
Christopher Nkunku scored the first goal in the 71st minute at the Berlin Olympic Stadium.
Dominik Szoboszlai’s second goal in the 85th minute brought Leipzig back-to-back Pokal cup victories.
Marco Asensio leaves Real Madrid
Spanish striker Marco Asensio has announced he will leave Real Madrid.
Los Merengues thanked the 27-year-old for seven seasons at the club.
“As Madridists, we will never forget his career and extraordinary behavior during all this time,” the Spanish powerhouse said. Real Madrid will always be his home and we wish him and his entire family the best of luck in this new chapter of his career.”
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
President Biden signs debt ceiling bill
Joe Biden signed the bill that aims to prevent a possible default crisis.
“I enacted a bipartisan budget agreement that prevented default for the first time while reducing the deficit, protecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and fulfilling our feared obligation to our veterans,” Biden said.
Russia opens the port of Tiksi in the Arctic to the entry of foreign ships
The Russian government has decided to open the port of Tiksi, located on the coast of the Laptev Sea in the north of Sakha, or the Arctic region of Yakutia, to the entry of foreign ships.
The Cabinet believes the port can handle 30 million tons of cargo per year.
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