 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilization of Russian forces today. He said the move was necessary to protect the "territorial integrity" of areas of Ukraine under Russian occupation. More: - Putin's statement came during an official televised address in which he accused the West of "nuclear blackmail."
- He said the Russian military has "lots of weapons to reply" to alleged Western aggression and that the country is prepared to use "all the means at our disposal."
- The partial mobilization will entail the deployment of 300,000 reservists with military experience according to Sergei Shoigu, Russia's minister of defense.
- Putin said that he has ordered a boost in funding for weapons production in Russia.
- "I reiterate, we are talking about partial mobilization, that is, only citizens who are currently in the reserve will be subject to conscription, and above all, those who served in the armed forces have a certain military specialty and relevant experience," said Putin according to a translation by the Associated Press.
- Putin's address comes after Ukraine troops seized control of several areas in the east and south of the country.
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 Courtroom sketch of Judge Raymond Dearie. Reuters. Judge Raymond Dearie held his first public hearing on Tuesday as "special master" in the Mar-a-Lago investigation. Dearie demanded clarity from Donald Trump's lawyers concerning the former president's claims to have declassified documents taken from his Florida estate by the FBI. More: - Dearie was appointed as an independent arbiter to oversee the Justice Department's review of the thousands of documents seized by the FBI during a search of trump's Florida estate.
- Over 100 documents seized in the operation were labeled as classified.
- Trump has claimed that he verbally declassified the documents while serving as president.
- Dearie has asked Trump's lawyers to state if they intend to formally assert that the documents were declassified.
- "If the government gives me prima facie evidence that this is classified, and you decide not to advance a claim of declassification ... as far as I'm concerned that's the end of it," said Dearie.
- Dearie did not issue a ruling during the hearing.
Zoom Out: - The FBI searched Trump's Florida estate on Aug. 8 as part of an ongoing investigation into his possible mishandling of official documents.
- A federal court granted Trump's request for a third-party attorney known as a "special master" to oversee the review of the documents seized in the raid.
- The "special master" is authorized to exclude material from the investigation if he finds it to be protected by attorney-client privilege or executive privilege.
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 Migrants flown from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday. The lawsuit alleges that the migrants were victims of fraud committed by the Republican Governor and other Florida officials who ordered the flights. More: - The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Boston, states that the migrants were lured on board the aircraft with false promises of "work opportunities, schooling for the children and immigration assistance."
- Boston-based nonprofit legal aid group Lawyers for Civil Rights is involved in the lawsuit representing the migrants.
- "Defendants manipulated them, stripped them of their dignity, deprived them of their liberty, bodily autonomy, due process, and equal protection under law," wrote Oren Sellstrom, the litigation director for Lawyers for Civil Rights.
- A spokesperson for DeSantis described the lawsuit as "political theater" and said that "the transportation of the immigrants to Martha's Vineyard was done on a voluntary basis."
Zoom Out: - DeSantis has admitted to ordering two planes to transport 48 migrants from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts on Sept. 14.
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GOOD NEWS: 45 U.S. companies have pledged to offer 22,725 full-time positions to refugees in the next three years. The pledge was announced by Tent Partnership for Refugees, a U.S.-based non-profit that guides companies in establishing hiring and training programs for refugees. More: - Amazon has promised to employ 5,000 refugees over the next three years.
- Tyson Foods pledged to hire 2,500 refugees while Blackstone agreed to take on 1,500 in the U.S. and 2,000 worldwide.
- The refugees will earn over $900M per year in overall income from the hiring commitments while the companies will be able to fill "key" labor gaps according to Tent.
- “As refugee crises start to fade from the headlines, companies must recognize that hiring refugees is not only the right thing to do, but also the smart thing to do," said Tent founder Hamdi Ulukaya.
Zoom Out: - While the Biden administration planned to welcome up to 125,000 refugees in fiscal year 2022, fewer than 20,000 refugees were resettled in the U.S. in the first 11 months of the year.
- The White House has kept its refugee cap at 125,000 for fiscal year 2023.
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 Four regions in occupied Ukraine will hold referendums on joining Russia this week. Secretary-general of NATO Jens Stoltenberg has called the forthcoming votes as a "further escalation" of the conflict in Ukraine. More: - Referendums will be held in the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, two breakaway regions that have been governed by Russian-backed leaders since 2014.
- Votes will also take place in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson and parts of Zaporizhzhia province, both of which were taken during the Russian invasion this year.
- “The EU strongly condemns the planned illegal ‘referenda’, which go against the legal and democratically elected Ukrainian authorities, are in violation of Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity and in blatant breach of international law,” said Josep Borrell, the EU’s most senior diplomat.
Zoom Out: - Russia annexed Crimea after Russian-backed authorities conducted a referendum in 2014 that faced international condemnation.
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 A man in Tokyo ignited himself near the office of Japan's prime minister on Wednesday. The incident appears to have been a protest against the state funeral of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, which is set to take place next week. More: - The man set himself on fire after dousing his body in oil on a street in the Kasumigaseki government district in Toyko.
- He was conscious when confronted by authorities and was taken to hospital to be treated for burns over much of his body.
- The man, who is reportedly in his 70s, carried a note in which he wrote that he was "against" Abe's funeral.
- Authorities have not released the man's identity or given further details about his condition or motivation.
Zoom Out: - Abe was assassinated on July 8, 2022.
- Abe's funeral is expected to be attended by around 6,000 people, including foreign dignitaries such as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.
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