Italy’s 5Star Movement is at risk of a major split after its founder, the comedian Beppe Grillo, torpedoed the ambitions of the man he wanted to be its next leader, former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Grillo effectively ended Conte’s chances of successfully rebooting the movement with a blog post that read: “Conte … has neither political vision nor managerial skills. He has no experience of organizations and no capacity for innovation.” Source Politico
OPEC+ headed for a clash with the U.S. as more members rejected President Joe Biden’s call for the group to raise oil production faster and help reduce gasoline prices. On Monday, Kuwait said the cartel should stick with its plan to increase output gradually because oil markets were well-balanced. That followed similar statements from other key members in recent days, including Iraq, Algeria, Angola and Nigeria. Source Al Jazeera
“If a state buys (weaponry) from us, it’s no longer a Turkish product. It might be manufactured in Turkey, but it belongs to Ukraine,” Cavusoglu told reporters after meeting his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on the margins of the G20 summit in Rome. “Turkey cannot be blamed for this,” he said. Source The Defence Post
Bulgaria has sent 350 additional military personnel to its border with Turkey amid rising migration levels. Defense Minister Georgi Panayotov told Bulgarian media that the troops were arriving to “support the border police”. Source EuroNews
