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US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky about strengthening Ukraine's aid defenses today.
Their almost 40-minute call followed last night's attack on Kiev reported on later in this summary...Barak Ravid "Axios" "X" (Link To Story)
MR. TRUMPNALSO SPEAKING WITH GERMAN CHANCELLOR FRIEDRICH MERZ ABOUT STRENGHTENING UKRAINE'S AIR DEFENSE.
TRUMP SAID TO HAVE MADE NO PROMISES BUT GERMANY HAS ALREADY TALKED ABOUT TRANSFERING PATRIOT AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS IT HAS PAID FOR TO UKRAINE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Israel supplying drinking water systems to Ukraine. That word from Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar.
Humanitarian assistance has been sent to Ukraine by Israel during the war but military assistance has been restricted...Israel National News
Russia is accused of using chemical weapons in the Ukraine War. German and Dutch intelligence agencies behind the accusation.
According to the spy agencies a chemical called chlorpicrin is being used by Russia in the war alongside tear gas.
Three deaths are being attributed to use of the chemical.
Last year the US during the Biden Administration made the chemical weapons use allegation against Russia.
These allegations are to be taken to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons based in the Netherlands.
During the Ukraine War Russia has cited the use of radioactive depleted uranium ammunition by Ukraine...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN 613 DEATHS NEAR THE US-ISRAELI AID OPERATIONS OF THE 'GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION' AS WELL AS UN AID FACILITIES.
NEWS REPORTS IN THE LAST WEEK SPEAK OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS OPENING FIRE ON PEOPLE SEEKING AID AS WELL AS US MILITARY CONTRACTORS ASSISTING THE 'GHF' GROUP....REUTERS-FRANCE 24
VICE-PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA'S STATE CONTROLLED PIPELINE COMPANY TRANSNEFT ANDREY BADALOV FOUND DEAD.
AUTHORITIES SAY IT IS AN APPARENT SUICIDE THE BODY FOUND 'AT THE BOTTOM OF A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING'. A FAREWELL NOTE LEFT AS WELL...TASS RUSSIA
(Updated) More than 40 people hurt in a tanker truck explosion at a gasoline station in Rome.
Firefighters arrived at the scene before the explosion after the tanker truck struck a gas line causing a leak.
Many first responders among those hurt.
The blast could be heard throughout the city...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN SOUTH KOREA AN APPARENT DEFECTION FROM THE NORTH LATE LAST NIGHT.
A NORTH KOREAN CIVILIAN CROSSING THE HEAVILY FORTIFIED FRONTIER BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY SOUTH KOREAN TROOPS...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
British politics a Muslim MP resigning from the Labor Party to help start a new one.
Zarah Sultana represents the Coventry South constituency in the House of Commons.
Sultana joining with former leftist Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in starting the new party.
She speaks of poverty and inequality in the UK that's only getting worse and a two-party system that's cutting off benefits to poor people.
The Labor Party suspended her over a vote opposing cuts to welfare benefits.
Sultana also saying that British political leaders like Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Reform UK chief Nigel Farage are smearing those who call out the Israeli war effort in Gaza as genocide labeling them as 'terrorists'...Zarah Sultana "X"
FOX NEWS REPORTING A SECRET WHITE HOUSE MEETING YESTERDAY BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER AND PRESIDENT TRUMP.
OTHER US OFFICIALS PRESENT AT THE MEETING WHICH DISCUSSED REDUCING TENSIONS IN THE REGION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN AS WELL AS AN END TO THE GAZA WAR.
A POSSIBLE NORMALIZING OF RELATIONS BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND ISRAEL SAID TO HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AS WELL.
THIS STORY REPORTED BY FOX NEWS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT SAUDI ARABIA SHOT DOWN IRANIAN DRONES HEADED FOR ISRAEL DURING THE ISRAEL-IRAN WAR LAST MONTH.
SAUDI HELICOPTERS AIRBORNE TAKING DOWN THE DRONES ON THE GROUNDS OF DEFENDING SAUDI AIRSPACE.
SAUDI ARABIA PUBLICLY EXPRESSING ITS OPPOSITION TO ISRAEL LAUNCHING THE FRIDAY JUNE 13TH ATTACKS ON IRAN THAT STARTED THE WAR...PRESS TV IRAN
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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