The Turkish FM And His US Counterpart Discuss Possibility Of Shipping Grain From Ukrainian Ports Across Black Sea
Saturday 05 , August 2023 | Politics Istanbul / NINA / - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his American counterpart, Anthony Blinken, discussed regional files, including the initiative to ship grain from Ukrainian ports across the Black Sea.

Sources in the Turkish Foreign Ministry stated today that the two ministers discussed, in a phone call, developments in the South Caucasus region, and the path of normalization between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Fidan and Bliken also discussed the possibility of reviving the grain shipping initiative, security in the Black Sea, and the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

On July 17, Russia refused to extend the Ukrainian grain export agreement, and said that it would "extend it if the Russian part of it is implemented."

Russian President Vladimir Putin had accused Western countries of not fulfilling the terms of the deal, despite the efforts of the United Nations./ End https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?Key=1069045

U.S. Air Force Achieves Breakthrough With AI-Piloted Valkyrie, Paving The Way for Advanced Combat Abilities
Written By BlabberBuzz | Saturday, 05 August 2023 09:20 The U.S. Air Force has achieved a major milestone in military technology by successfully completing its first unmanned flight utilizing artificial intelligence (AI). The groundbreaking three-hour sortie was conducted by an XQ-58A Valkyrie aircraft, with AI algorithms programmed by the Air Force Research Lab. The flight took place on July 25 at the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The Air Force Research Laboratory collaborated with Kratos to develop the unmanned aircraft. The lab highlighted that the AI algorithms used for the flight were developed in-house and incorporated millions of hours of simulations. USAF Col. Tucker Hamilton, commander of the 96th Operations Group, emphasized the significance of the mission, stating that it demonstrated a multi-layer safety framework and showcased an AI/ML agent solving a tactically relevant challenge problem during airborne operations. This unmanned flight paves the way for the Air Force to develop AI/ML agents capable of executing modern air-to-air and air-to-surface skills, which can be quickly integrated into the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program. The XQ-58A Valkyrie, designed as a reusable unmanned aircraft, offers a cost-effective alternative to both manned and unmanned aircraft options, according to the Air Force Research Laboratory. The successful flight is the result of a four-year partnership between the Air Force, Skyborg Vanguard, and the Autonomous Aircraft Experimentation programs. The XQ-58A Valkyrie is launched via a rocket from a rail system and can be controlled from either an airborne fighter or a ground station. A computer system onboard the aircraft determines the flight path and adjusts the throttle settings in compliance with Air Force commands.

Parliamentary movement and political emphasis on the need for the oil and gas law to reach agreement between the various parties. Many political parties affirm their insistence on passing the oil and gas law in order to regulate the relationship between the center and the region in the oil file, as well as to ensure that each province receives its entitlements and to ensure a fair distribution of natural resources, at a time when those parties hinted at the need to move towards finding a consensual political formula before Proceeding with the legislation of this law, so that it does not benefit one party over the other, especially since the region has an opinion about the law and has previously sought to export oil through it to ensure that it obtains revenues, which may be a stumbling block in the negotiations between Baghdad and Erbil over the law.
A member of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Ali Al-Zubaidi, said in a press interview seen by Taqaddam, that “the government seeks to make the oil and gas law in the interest of all of Iraq and benefit everyone without benefiting one province over another, including the provinces of the Kurdistan region, as there are attempts by Kurdistan to impose Control of some of the lands of Kirkuk,” pointing out that “the region’s authorities took control of some oil wells in Kirkuk during the period of the terrorist ISIS and continued to obtain its wealth, despite its ownership of the federal government, and therefore the oil and gas law and in order to be completed and passed, it needs some time from In order to mature it politically and then proceed to put it to Parliament and vote on it.

On the other hand, the representative of the State of Law Coalition, Jassim Al-Alawi, said in a press interview seen by “Takadum” that “there is an urgent need to proceed with the oil and gas law, as there are many demands within Parliament to complete the law and put it before the House of Representatives for the purpose of discussing and enacting it.” “There are many moves towards approving the aforementioned law, due to its importance in distributing wealth equally among all Iraqis without granting privileges to one province over another, since the law, if it is put to a vote in parliament, will eliminate the differences and dire damages that threaten the political process, and therefore there is a move My grandfather is in parliament to put the oil and gas law to a vote in one of the parliament’s sessions. On the other hand, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Ahmed Al-Harki, confirmed in a press interview seen by “Taqdam” that “the meeting was held in the presence of the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia’ Al-Sudani, and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Oil, in addition to a delegation from the Ministry of Natural Resources from the regional government. Kurdistan comes among the important political and technical meetings, and these dialogues pave the way for the drafting of an important and good law that satisfies all parties.” State administration to pass the law. https://takadum--news-com.translate.goog/archives/177236?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

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