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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
IN ALASKA THREE LATVIAN CLIMBERS FELL TO THEIR DEATHS ON MOUNT MCKINLEY.
FOUR CLIMBERS FROM A SEVEN-MEMBER EXPEDITION WERE 2,100 FEET BELOW THE 20,310 FOOT SUMMIT OF THE MOUNTAIN ON WEDNESDAY WHEN THEY SUFFERED A FALL.
A SURVIVOR RESCUED FROM A BASIN AT THE 17,200 FOOT LEVEL AND TAKEN BY AIR AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL...REUTERS-MIAMI HERALD
The top US general in Latin America met Cuba's military leadership today.
General Francis Donovan meeting the top Cuban officers near the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The meeting described as a way to address security issues along the perimeter of the base.
It comes amid increasing US economic pressure on Cuba and the US indictment of former Defense Minister and President Raul Castro...Huff Post USA
TWO KILLED AND TWO WOUNDED IN A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON A CAR IN RUSSIA'S BELGOROD REGION.
THE DRONE'S DETONATION TRIGGERED A FIRE...TASS RUSSIA
Three more killed in the latest US air attack on a boat linked to drug trafficking. The latest attack on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean...OSINTdefender "X"
PRESIDENT TRUMP TURNING AGAINST REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ENDORSING ONE OF HER OPPONENTS IN THE CONTEST FOR GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
MACE ONE OF A GROUP OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS WHO PUSHED FOR TOTAL RELEASE OF THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES AGAINST THE OPPOSITION OF MR. TRUMP.
TONIGHT CONGRESSWOMAN MACE RESPONDING EXPRESSING HER ADMIRATION FOR MR. TRUMP BUT ALSO STATING: "I WILL NOT CHANGE MY POSITIONS. I WILL NOT ABANDON MY PRINCIPLES"...Nancy Mace "X"
The messaging from the White House is that no 'final determination' has been made regarding any deal with Iran by President Trump.
Mr. Trump messaging some demands today prior to a White House meeting like Iran turning over enriched uranium.
Iran is also messaging the notion of no final agreement with the US on a deal...Times of Israel
A WARNING OF DANGEROUS MILITARY ACTIVITY TONIGHT IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ OFF THE NORTH COAST OF OMAN.
IT COMES FROM UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS.
Bulgaria's new nationalist Prime Minister Ramen Rudev announcing his government will limit the stays of US military aircraft in Bulgaria.
This is in response to the refusal of the United States to give Bulgarians the right to visa-free travel.
The new Bulgarian policy on US military aircraft stays set to take effect at the end of June...The Hill USA
A federal judge in Miami announcing an inquiry into the 10-billion-dollar lawsuit by President Trump against Trump Administration Internal Revenue Service.
District Judge Kathleen Williams acting after 35 former federal judges wrote to her raising questions about a 1.8 billion dollar 'anti-weaponization' fund agreed to outside the courtroom as a settlement of the suit.
She noted what she called 'grievous allegations' made by the former judges.
Another federal judge in Virginia ruling directly to shut down the fund today
Democrats have attacked the fund seeing it as a means of funding political supporters of Mr. Trump and supporting people involved in the events of January 6th at the US Capitol...
A FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE RULING AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S NAME BEING ADDED TO THE KENNEDY CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS.
THE JUDGE DECIDING THAT MR. TRUMP'S NAME NEEDS TO BE TAKEN DOWN IN TWO WEEKS.
THE RULING ALSO STATES THAT THE CENTER CANNOT BE CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS AS PLANNED BY THE BOARD CONTROLLED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
FOLLOWING THE RULING MR. TRUMP SAYING HE HAS NO INTEREST IN THE ACTIONS OF THE KENNEDY CENTER BOARD.
HE ALSO CRITICIZED THE JUDGE IN THE CASE AND DEMOCRATS SAYING HE WANTS THE KENNEDY CENTER UNDER THE CONTROL OF CONGRESS.
The "Wall Street Journal" reporting that the United Arab Emirates staged numerous air attacks on Iran in the early days of the Iran War before a ceasefire was proclaimed and even afterwards.
The UAE hit hard by Iran before the ceasefire and after as well.
It's been reported previously that Israel sent an air defense battery to the UAE during the conflict...OSINTdefender "X"
FIVE KILLED WHEN A BUS CRASHED INTO SIX VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 95 NORTH OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA EARLY THIS MORNING.
34 INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT, THREE SERIOUSLY.
THE BUS, TRAVELLING FROM NEW YORK TO CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA FAILED TO SLOW DOWN FOR A WORK ZONE BEFORE STRIKING THE VEHICLES ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES...WWBT RICHMOND (VIDEO EMBED)
"China will laugh in its face"
The opinion of space experts in Europe following last night's launch pad explosion at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base.
The "New Glenn Rocket" and its launch pad wiped out in the blast.
Both rocket and launch pad critical to the US effort to send astronauts back to the Moon by 2028.
(UPDATED WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S RESPONSE)
ROMANIA CONDEMNING THE CRASH OF A RUSSIAN DRONE ON ITS TERRITORY LAST NIGHT AS A SERIOUS VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.
TWO WOUNDED WHEN THE DRONE CRASHED ONTO THE ROOF OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING.
OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS AND OFFICIALS CONDEMNING RUSSIA OVER THE INCIDENT.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN SAYING 'RUSSIA'S WAR OF AGGRESSION HAS CROSSED YET ANOTHER LINE'...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar...
MEANWHILE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYING:
"this is most likely the case"
THAT A UKRAINIAN DRONE WENT OFF COURSE INTO ROMANIA...TASS RUSSIA
As of the middle of the day US President Donald Trump holding back on committing to a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran...
(THIS STORY UPDATED)
FORMER US ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI OFFERING TESTIMONY RELATED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND THE EPSTEIN FILES TO THE HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED COMMITTEE TAKING HER TESTIMONY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITHOUT ANY FILMING.
A TRANSCRIPT WILL BE RELEASED LATER.
BONDI NOTING THAT REDACTIONS IN THE FILES SAID TO BE ILLEGAL UNDER THE LAW ORDERING THE FILES RELEASE WERE DELEGATED TO THEN DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE.
BLANCHE IS NOW THE ACTING US ATTORNEY GENERAL.
DEMOCRATS NOTE MR. BLANCHE IS A FORMER PERSONAL LAWYER FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.
BONDI REFUSING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HER CONVERSATIONS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP CONCERNING EPSTEIN OR THE FILES...(NEWS AGENCIES)...
A Kenyan court ruling against a US government Ebola quarantine facility
The facility was set to begin operation at the Laikipia Air Base today.
The High Court in Nairobi will now hear arguments about the US quarantine facility next Tuesday (June 2nd)...The Hill USA
ALSO, IN KENYA EIGHT GIRLS ARRESTED ACCUSED OF ARSON IN A DEADLY BOARDING SCHOOL FIRE.
16 OF THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS KILLED IN THE BLAZE AND MORE THAN 70 OTHERS INJURED.
ONE KILLED, TWO WOUNDED IN UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACKS ON RUSSIA'S VOLGOGRAD REGION LAST NIGHT.
THERE ARE REPORTS OF DAMAGE WITH RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES SHOOTING DOWN 208 DRONES ATTACKING VARIOUS PARTS OF RUSSIA OVERNIGHT...TASS RUSSIA
The United States designating two criminal gangs in Brazil as 'terrorist organizations'.
This follows Brazilian opposition presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro's meeting with President Trump at the White House this week.
Bolsonaro sought the terrorist designation for the criminal groups.
Mexico's Chamber of Deputies approving a constitutional amendment to nullify elections in cases of foreign interference.
The vote 307-128 with one abstention.
Foreign interference defined as 'illicit financing, propaganda, the systematic dissemination of misinformation, digital manipulation and the intervention of foreign governments or agencies'.
Opposition lawmakers say the government overstated the problem in order to push through the amendment.
The Senate will also have to approve the amendment for it to become law...Reuters-Al Jazeera Qatar
THE PERSONAL SAVINGS RATE IN THE US REACHING ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN ALMOST FOUR YEARS.
THE 2.6 PERCENT RATE IN APRIL IS DOWN FROM 5.5 PERCENT IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR...THE HILL USA
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average 363.49 points or .72 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 55.15 points or .2 percent.
The price of oil closing in New York this evening at 87 dollars 76 cents a barrel down one dollar 14 cents or 1.28 percent...Marketwatch
THE EUROPEAN UNION TARGETING THE CHINESE COMPANY "JD.com".
IT'S RELATED TO A TAKEOVER BID BY THE CHINESE COMPANY OF THE GERMAN RETAIL COMPANY "CECONOMY".
THE CHINESE BID OF 2.2 BILLION EUROS (2.564 BILLION US DOLLARS) BROUGHT UNDER SUSPICION OVER THE NOTION THAT CHINA'S GOVERNENT SUBSIDIZED AND SUPPORTED THE TAKEOVER BID.
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROBE OF THE TAKEOVER COULD LAST UNTIL OCTOBER.
FOLLOWING THE PROBE THAT TAKEOVER BID COULD BE ACCEPTED, REJECTED OR BE MODIFIED BY THE COMMISSION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Israel cited as a perpetrator of sexual violence Russia also added to a list kept by the UN.
Israel is listed for using sexual violence against Palestinians, Russia listed for using sexual violence in the Ukraine War.
Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon breaking ties with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in retaliation...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
The United States will do 'everything possible' to bring former Cuban leader Raul Castro to the United States to face charges.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche telling Fox News the indictment of Castro was 'not for show'.
He faces charges of conspiring to kill Americans in the 1996 deadly shootdown of two planes carrying four Cuban exiles flying over waters between Florida and Cuba...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
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