[main] Update version to 53.0.0 and bring changelog (#21189)

## Which issue does this PR close?

- Part of #19692



## Rationale for this change

Let's get main to reflect changes on the 53 branch


## What changes are included in this PR?

Forward ports the following two PRs
- 23e7a19 / #20649 from
@comphead
- 28fc91a  / #20952 from @alamb

## Are these changes tested?
By CI

## Are there any user-facing changes?

New version / release notes

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Co-authored-by: Oleks V <comphead@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: alamb