Day: July 2, 2024

The situation along the country’s borders with NATO and Ukraine is “very serious,” Alexander Lukashenko has warned

Western countries “can’t wait” to drag Belarus into their “military squabbles,”Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said, commenting on recent reports of Ukrainian and NATO forces massing along the borders of the country, which is a key Russian ally.

Lukashenko made the remarks during a meeting with Russia’s top MP, Vyacheslav Volodin. The chair of the lower chamber of the Russian parliament is visiting Minsk for the celebration of Belarusian Independence Day on July 3.

”I think you… see what is going on around Belarus. They just can’t wait to drag us into their military squabbles. [They are doing it] in order to make us stretch [our forces] along the border, to make us unable to put up resistance, and to escalate the situation to the point where the whole world will tremble,”Lukashenko said, as quoted by BELTA news agency.

Belarus Threatens Nuclear Response to Sovereignty Threat

🚨☢️ "You can be rest assured, Belarus will use nuclear weapons if a threat to our sovereignty arises."
🇧🇾 Belarus armed forces Chief of the General Staff Pavel Muraveiko.#Belarus #NuclearThreat #Sovereignty… pic.twitter.com/XlefYlJvKs

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Hurricane Beryl, now a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm, has set its sights on Jamaica’s shoreline after leaving at least one person dead and inflicting ruin across entire islands in the Caribbean on Monday.

Beryl is marching away from the Windward Islands with 165 mph winds after tearing through scores of homes in Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, where many are still without power or water. By Wednesday afternoon, the storm is forecast to hammer Jamaica with life-threatening winds and storm surge.

ALERT: Hurricane Beryl pummels Caribbean, strengthens to Category 5 https://t.co/NGSpKUQmFM pic.twitter.com/zVlbgPoo9L

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) July 2, 2024

Beryl is the earliest Category 5 storm in the Atlantic on record, according to the NHC and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 165 miles (265 kilometers) per hour as it headed towards Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the NHC said in its latest update from 0900 GMT.

NEW: Hurricane Beryl hurtling towards Jamaica as it strengthened into a record top-level Category 5 storm after sweeping across several islands in the southeastern Caribbeanhttps://t.co/XI1G1l8zv0

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) July 2, 2024

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