September 9, 2022

*) Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, dies at 96 Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, has died. She was 96. Buckingham Palace announced her death in a short statement, triggering 10 days of national mourning and an outpouring of tributes to her long life and reign. Britain's King Charles III will address a nation in mourning on Friday. *) Türkiye nabs senior Daesh member in blow to terror group One of the most senior executives of the Daesh terrorist group has been captured by Turkish security forces, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced. The president said that the police and Turkish intelligence carried out an important operation against Daesh and captured Bashar Hattab Ghazal al Sumaidai, code-named Abu Zeyd and Master Zeyd. Erdogan told reporters, "After Baghdadi and Qardash, he is one of the most important leaders of Daesh". *) Russia, US pull no punches over arms support for Ukraine at UN Russia's UN ambassador has called for a meeting to discuss threats to peace caused by foreign governments supplying arms and military goods to Ukraine. The ambassador said that the Russian army consistently is destroying not only the old weaponry of Soviet models, but also the modern NATO weapons". US deputy ambassador called Moscow's role "as the sole aggressor in what is an unnecessary and brutal war, for which the world is paying a collective price." *) EU countries mull emergency solution to soaring energy bills European Union countries' energy ministers will meet to search for solutions from a long list of possible measures to shield citizens from sky-high energy prices. The basis for the talks is a set of proposals made by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Among the proposals are a price cap on Russian gas, a windfall levy on non-gas power plants and emergency credit lines for power firms. And finally… *) US changes names of places with derogatory term