❗TASS News Roundup, November 5:

▪Russian President Vladimir Putin has received Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said

▪At a White House ceremony, US First Lady Melania Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin’s contribution to the ceasefire in Alyoshki and the successful humanitarian mission carried out there

▪The European Commission has not changed its stance on the Ukraine conflict settlement and intends to continue pumping the country with weapons, despite calls for the EU to be allowed into talks on Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said

▪Russian air defenses destroyed 1,029 Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours, the Russian defense ministry reported

▪Donald Trump said he intends to keep Pete Hegseth as US Secretary of War

▪The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is aware of reports regarding events in the village of Petropavlovskaya Borshchagovka near Kiev, but it does not comment on specific incidents, an official spokesman for the organization has told TASS

▪At least 1.6 million people took part in protests across France against rising prices and declining purchasing power, the CGT trade union reported

▪The full return of Russian athletes to all international competitions is a matter of time, the world wants to see true competition, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said

▪Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from the Portuguese national football team

▪The Trump memecoin ($TRUMP) has hit a new all-time low, dropping to $1.19 for the first time, according to CoinMarketCap data