<div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">NATO, global leaders meet in emergency session at Bali G20&nbsp;</span></b><b style="font-size: 1rem;">As we’ve mentioned, leaders from the world’s 20 biggest economies are in Bali for the G20 summit and some of then are now huddled in a special session to discuss the Poland blast.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">US President Joe Biden convened the meeting and he was pictured sitting around a conference table with leaders from countries including Germany, Canada, Italy and France. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is also taking part although Japan is not a NATO member.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Officials have not said how long the meeting will last.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Biden said “no” when reporters asked whether he could share what he knows about the explosion. He did not comment when asked about possible Russian involvement.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">NATO allies offer support as Poland investigates blast</div><div style="text-align: justify;">UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in Bali for the G20 meeting, says he has spoken to the Polish president and will “coordinate” with NATO allies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said earlier that the UK was looking “urgently” into what had happened.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">European Council President Charles Michel has also been on Twitter to express his condolences to the families of the dead.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Shocked by the news of a missile or other ammunition having killed people on Polish territory,” he wrote.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">No concrete evidence on who fired missile: Duda</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Poland’s president has told reporters there is no concrete evidence – as yet – indicating who fired the missile.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“We do not have any conclusive evidence at the moment as to who launched this missile… it was most likely a Russian-made missile, but this is all still under investigation at the moment,” Duda said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More air defence support likely in wake of missile incident: Expert</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sam Ramani, an international security expert at RUSI in the UK, has told Al Jazeera he expects NATO will step up military aid for Ukraine – in particular air defence systems – in the wake of Tuesday night’s incident.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The US is likely to take the lead and the others will follow,” Ramani said. NATO countries are also likely to organise more military exercises and drills as a way of showing resolve, he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Noting Poland’s reluctance to point the finger at Russia, Ramani said it was “unlikely to push immediately for Article 5” and that it did not seem the incident “met the threshold” for action.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">NATO also requires unanimity on such a decision and countries such as Hungary remain close to Russia. Aljazeera</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>