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BULLETIN 23 October 4 pm

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In this bulletin:

# President Cyril Ramaphosa urges BRICS to strengthen the UN Security Council reform and pushes for global peace
# The DA rejects Ramaphosa’s characterisation of Russia as a valuable ally
# And cricket: Bangladesh has an 81-run lead after day three of the Test against the Proteas

# President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for stronger global cooperation and reform of the United Nations Security Council at the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia. He urged BRICS nations to promote peace and development, while expressing support for Palestinian rights. Ramaphosa stated that the current structure fails to represent the global community’s interests and has been ineffective in maintaining international peace and security: 

Meanwhile, the DA says Ramaphosa’s remarks calling Russia a valuable ally could harm South Africa’s international relations and economic growth. The DA, part of the government of national unity, disagrees with aligning with an authoritarian regime like Russia, due to its involvement in a war in Ukraine. DA leader John Steenhuisen urged government to ensure consensus on foreign policy decisions to avoid jeopardising trade and international relations.

# Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber has confirmed the cancellation of documents belonging to Chidimma Adetshina’s mother. Schreiber told the SABC that Adetshina, now Miss Universe Nigeria, is not guilty of immigration violations, as she was an infant. Adetshina withdrew from the Miss SA pageant amid scrutiny over her citizenship. The minister says the matter is with the Hawks:

# Cricket: Bangladesh has an 81-run lead after the third day’s play of the first Test against South Africa in Mirpur. The hosts had a first-innings deficit of 202 runs, but Mehidy Hasan Miraz defied the visitors with an undefeated 87, while Jaker Ali contributed 58 and Mahmudal Hasan Joy 40. Bangladesh will resume their second innings on 283 for seven tomorrow after Kagiso Rabada claimed four scalps and Keshav Maharaj three.

# The financial indicators: The dollar trades at 17-rand-68-cents and the euro at 19-rand-4-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-91-cents and Bitcoin trades at 66-thousand-309-dollars-65-cents. Gold sells at two-thousand-748-dollars-7-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 74-dollars-74-cents a barrel.

# And finally: The flight instructor who trained actors in the 2022 Top Gun: Maverick movie has died in a small plane crash during an air show in New Mexico. Chuck Coleman was the only person on board the two-seat monoplane when it went down while performing aerobatics. Coleman was an engineer, aerobatic and test pilot with more than ten-thousand hours of flight time. As the instructor for actors in Top Gun, which stars Tom Cruise, he flew more than 100 flights to prepare the cast for flight in US Navy F-18 Hornets.

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