Israeli strikes pound Lebanon despite signs US and Iran are close to peace deal

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Some casualties after attacks on multiple locations in south and east of country on Sunday, state media reports

Israeli strikes have hit southern and eastern Lebanon, a day after 11 people were killed in a single raid on the south despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war and claims that the US and Iran are about to reach a peace deal.

Saturday’s strike in Sir al-Gharbiyeh “resulted in a massacre whose final toll is 11 dead including a child and six women, and nine wounded including four children and a woman,” Lebanon’s health ministry said.

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Republican hawks warn of ‘disastrous mistake’ as Trump nears deal with Iran

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Trump insists US won’t rush talks with Tehran after rebukes from Republicans, including Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham

Republican hawks have issued a rare rebuke of Donald Trump over his planned peace deal with Iran, describing it as a “disaster” and questioning why the US president launched the war in the first place.

Allies of Trump who strongly backed his controversial decision to order war on Iran alongside Israel urged him to “hold the line” this weekend, despite mounting economic costs and no sign of progress on many of the the initial objectives set out by his administration.

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Gunman who opened fire near White House was known to Secret Service

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Suspect who died after exchanging fire with agents had tried to enter the complex last summer, records show

A gunman who opened fire outside the White House on Saturday before he was shot by federal agents was already known to the US Secret Service, court records show.

The man, 21, was taken to a nearby hospital, before he was later pronounced dead. He had previously tried to enter the complex, according to an affidavit filed in DC superior court in 2025, following an arrest nearby.

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China launches Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 1 of 3 astronauts set for yearlong stay – AP News

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  1. China launches Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 1 of 3 astronauts set for yearlong stay  AP News
  2. China sends astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing  Reuters
  3. China launches Shenzhou 23 spacecraft carrying 3 astronauts, including 1 set to remain in space for a year  CBS News
  4. China launches three-crew spaceflight as part of lunar ambitions  The Guardian
  5. China is sending an astronaut to its space station for a full year — a national record — as Beijing races toward a 2030 crewed moon landing, two years behind NASA's target  Space Daily
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Russia hits Kyiv with hypersonic ballistic missile in ‘deranged’ attack

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Assault hits water facility, market, residential buildings and schools, killing at least four and injuring dozens

Russia used its powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile for a third time in Ukraine as part of a massive attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region that killed at least four people and injured about 100.

Russia hit the city of Bila Tserkva in the Kyiv region with the missile, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said. He described a heavy Russian assault that also hit a water supply facility, burned down a market and damaged dozens of residential buildings and several schools.

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US and Iran inch closer to peace deal as Trump faces criticism from GOP hawks

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American president says he is not rushing into a deal after proposed plan to end war prompts Republican backlash

Donald Trump defended himself against criticism from fellow Republicans on Sunday as he appeared on the verge of agreeing a deal with Iran to end the war.

As hawks in his party called the proposed agreement a disaster and questioned why the US president had launched the conflict in the first place, Trump claimed on social media that his deal would be “THE EXACT OPPOSITE” of the one agreed by Barack Obama, which Trump pulled out of in 2018.

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Holy Spirit opens doors of peace, truth and forgiveness, pope says – National Catholic Reporter

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  1. Holy Spirit opens doors of peace, truth and forgiveness, pope says  National Catholic Reporter
  2. Simply Believe – May 24, 2026  WELS
  3. Pope on Pentecost: The Paraclete enlightens minds and protects us  Vatican News
  4. Pentecost, the Church, and the 120 in the Upper Room  Catholic World Report
  5. Leo XIV at Pentecost: The Spirit Overcomes War With the Omnipotence of Love  National Catholic Register
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‘We’re concerned’: US-based prediction markets taking bets on Australian elections and Albanese’s word choices

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Regulators and gambling harm advocates have been closely watching the rise in popularity of Polymarket and Kalshi

US-based “prediction market” websites are taking tens of thousands of dollars in bets on Australian elections and even specific words the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says in parliament, with gambling harm advocates and the wagering lobby raising alarm.

Australian financial and media regulators said they were monitoring the explosion in popularity of platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, which operate financial exchanges where users buy “shares” in contracts on the outcome of events.

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