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👮‍♂️ 🇲🇪 🇷🇺 Montenegro detained Rybar founder Mikhail Zvinchuk and four associates in a dawn raid on the Bay of Kotor.

Police and the national security agency (ANB) picked up the pro-Russian military blogger, his wife/creative director Valeria, and three staff at the Mövenpick Hotel in Risan this morning, seizing drones, digital equipment, and documents.

Authorities say they’d been watching the group for days.

The stated concern is that Zvinchuk’s planned documentary on Montenegro’s new visa rules for Russians would frame EU integration as damaging the economy.

Rybar (~1.5M subscribers) says the team was in the country legally and expects release.

Russia’s foreign ministry says its embassy is looking into it.

Zvinchuk — a former Russian MoD press officer — is under both UK and EU sanctions, and the US has a $10M Rewards for Justice bounty tied to alleged election interference by Rybar staff.

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📢 🇪🇹 🇪🇷 Ethiopia says it must defend itself against Eritrea's 'all-out invasion'

Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of an “all-out invasion” and says it has no choice but to defend itself, alleging Eritrean forces advanced up to 60 km into the Tigray region, according to Reuters. Eritrea denies the reported incursion, accusing Ethiopia of seeking a pretext for war.

Ethiopia said an "all-out invasion" by Eritrean forces had left it with no option but to defend itself, in a letter to the UN ‌shared with Reuters on Friday, as blasts continued near the border between the two countries.

In response, Eritrea's information minister said his country had shown restraint since Ethiopia had declared a war of aggression against Eritrea by stating in 2023 it would acquire sovereign access to the sea.

Ethiopia lost its access to all coastline when Eritrea secured independence in ⁠1993. Addis Ababa argues that restoring sea access is an existential issue but has said it would be restored through peace and dialogue.

Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of supporting a rebel alliance in Ethiopia. Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos said in the letter that Eritrean forces had advanced up to 60 km (37 miles) into the country.

"The all-out invasion of parts of northern Ethiopia by Eritrea is a matter of public record,” the letter said. “It is a blatant act of aggression that engages Ethiopia’s inherent right to self-defence.”

Drone strikes, believed to have been carried out by Ethiopia’s military, targeted ⁠Eritrean forces on Wednesday and Thursday as they withdrew from positions near the northern Tigray town of Adigrat, about 30 km (19 miles) from the border with Eritrea, the US-based conflict monitor ACLED said.

Ethiopian government forces have continued to gain ground in ⁠Tigray in recent days and, in a sign of further consolidation, Ethiopian Airlines said it would resume flights to the regional capital Mekelle on October 11.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ethiopia-says-it-must-defend-itself-against-eritreas-all-out-invasion-2026-10-09/

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⚡️🏅🇺🇳🇿🇦 – 'Navi' Pillay, a South African judge on the International Criminal Court (ICC), has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

The 85-year-old woman is regarded as a pioneer of human rights and international law, with a career spanning from defending anti-apartheid activists like Nelson Mandela to more recently chairing the UN Comission that declared Israel responsible for genocide in Gaza.

She also worked on the ICC Tribunal of the Rwandan genocide and having a role in establishing sexual violence as a crime against humanity and prosecuting incitement to genocide.

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