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As Joe Biden arrived in Uvalde, Texas today the Justice Department announced a federal probe into the law enforcement response to the attack on an elementary school there that killed 19 students and two teachers last Tuesday.
This federal probe is at the request of the Mayor of Uvalde.
Texas state authorities already committed to probing the law enforcement response to the attack...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC 7 SAN FRANCISCO
AT LEAST 44 DEAD FOLLOWING LANDSLIDES AND FLOODING IN BRAZIL...BBC VIDEO STORY
FLAG DAY MARCH IN ISRAEL, CLASHES WITH PALESTINIANS
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THIS EVENING IN THE EAST JERUSALEM NEIGHBORHOOD OF SHEIKH JARRAH FIGHTING BETWEEN JEWS WHO ENTERED THE PALESTINIAN AREA AND LOCAL RESIDENTS...YNET NEWS ISRAEL
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ISRAELIS MARCHING IN A FLAG PARADE IN JERUSALEM TODAY.THAT WENT THROUGH THE CITY'S MUSLIM QUARTER. THERE WERE CLASHES WITH PALESTINIANS SURROUNDING THE EVENT...TIMES OF ISRAEL
EARLIER THOUSANDS OF ISRAELIS WERE WAVING FLAGS ON JERSUALEM DAY AT THE TEMPLE MOUNT ...TIMES OF ISRAEL
China's push underway in the South Pacific this weekend with a deal announced between China and Samoa involving "greater collaboration".
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is on an eight-nation tour of the region.
China has already cut a deal with the Solomon Islands. Australia and its western allies including the United States expressing their concern over the increasing ties between Beijing and South Pacific nations...THE GUARDIAN UK
POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS IN SRI LANKA OUTSIDE PRESIDENT'S HOME
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Police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of students advancing on the president's home today.
The protesters took down iron barricades near President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence...AFP FRANCE-AL ARABIYA SAUDI ARABIA
Also in Sri Lanka the economically distressed nation is taking in Russian oil this weekend seeking to restart its only oil refinery.
Sri Lanka is also seeking additional imports of Russian oil and coal along with diesel fuel and gasoline...AFP FRANCE-FRANCE 24
RUSSIA TEST-FIRING A ZIRCON HYPERSONIC CRUISE MISSILE THIS WEEKEND.
IT'S BEEN CALLED A SUCCESS THE MISSILE REACHING SPEEDS OF MACH 9.
THE TEST CONDUCTED IN RUSSIA'S NORTHWEST FIRING FROM THE BARENTS SEA TO A TARGET IN THE WHITE SEA...UPI
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAY IN COLOMBIA-FIRST ROUND VOTING
LEFTIST WILL FACE POPULIST IN SECOND ROUND
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Today the first round of voting in Colombia's Presidential Election.
The candidate of the "Left" Gustavo Petro favored in today's voting several decades ago Petro associated with left-wing extremism in the country.
His two principal opponents are Federico Gutierrez who is running as a "Centrist" and Rodolfo Hernandez called a "Populist" and compared to President Donald Trump in the United States.
A runoff will be held on June 19th between the top two candidates tonight the results show Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernandez as the top two finishers...
RUSSIA UKRAINE DRAMA
This weekend Russian President Vladimir Putin warned French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz about increasing arms supplies to Ukraine.
Putin commenting during a three-way phone call saying more arms will lead to further destabilization...AL JAZEERA QATAR
In other news...
Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, arrested for DUI late Saturday night in Napa County, California.
Two charges filed against Mr. Pelosi driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a blood alcohol content of .08 or higher...
Both charges considered misdemeanors. Bail set at five thousand dollars...TMZ...
Fox News reporting Pelosi was booked into jail just after 4 am local time and released this morning at 7:26 am local time.
FANS CLASHED WITH RIOT POLICE ON THE SOCCER PITCH AT A FRENCH STADIUM THIS AFTERNOON.
THE SAINT- ETIENNE TEAM LOSINGTO BE KNOCKED INTO A SECOND LEAGUE THEN FANS CAME OUT ONTO THE FIELD IGNITING FIRES WITH FLARES.
POLICE USED TEAR GAS ON THE CROWD...FRANCE 24...
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The British Culture Minister is calling for an investigation into the incidents outside and near a French stadium Saturday night...BBC NEWS
Earlier the British soccer club Liverpool called for an investigation into what happened outside the Stade de Paris just outside Paris.
That's where Liverpool faced the Spanish team Real Madrid in a Champions League final.
Liverpool says there were 'unacceptable issues' involving the club's fans.
Liverpool fans with tickets kept from entering the stadium.
French officials led by Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin say fake tickets were being used in some cases to enter the stadium.
French police making 105 arrests as fans with tickets entered the stadium climbing over fences. Riot police using tear gas and charging fans who got inside.
Another incident occurred when a bar owner had police clear his establishment in the Liverpool Fan Zone near the stadium.
Reaction from French opposition political figures to the Saturday night incidents the National Rally's Marine Le Pen saying it was a failure of the government to deal with "scum" and on the Left Jean-Luc Melenchon said the incidents were an embarrassment to France ahead of the 2024 Olympics in Paris...(BBC News, BFM-TV France)
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