1. Britain, the United States and Australia announced the conclusion of a security pact in the Asia-Pacific region, which is seen as an attempt to counter China. Under the agreement, the United States will build nuclear submarines for Australia, while France lost a billion-dollar contract, recalled its ambassadors from the United States and Australia, and announced the need to revise NATO's goals.
2. On September 15, the Verkhovna Rada registered the draft Law on the State Budget for 2022. It, in particular, provides for an increase in budget revenues to UAH 1.219 trillion.
3. On Thursday, SpaceX Elon Musk in the Dragon capsule sent a commercial flight of four "amateur astronauts" into orbit. The spacecraft reached an altitude of 575 km, which is 150 km above the orbit of the ISS.
4. On Friday, September 17, the participants in the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Dushanbe admitted Iran to this organization as a full member. Previously, the SCO included 8 countries - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan.
5. In an interview with the British edition of The Independent, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said: "We do not believe the promises of the West." The site made this phrase in the title of an interview with the chief Ukrainian diplomat.
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