- Confused about Biden's Israel weapons policy? Here's what you should know. POLITICO
- US sending Israel $1 billion in military aid, Biden administration tells Congress The Times of Israel
- Bibi's rant: Israel isn't a "vassal state" of the U.S. Axios
- Biden administration advances potential $1 billion weapons sale to Israel NBC News
- Opinion | Biden's Israel Arms Embargo Starts to Crack The Wall Street Journal
Egypt warns Israel of ‘dire repercussions’ over Rafah operation in Gaza – CNN
- Egypt warns Israel of ‘dire repercussions’ over Rafah operation in Gaza CNN
- Israeli delegation visits Cairo in bid to mend growing rift over capture of Rafah Crossing The Times of Israel
- Israel war live updates: Egypt says Israel to blame for Gaza crisis USA TODAY
- Egypt-Israel relations in a deep valley, but not for the first time - analysis The Jerusalem Post
- Israel's Rafah Offensive Strains 45 Years of Peace With Egypt The Wall Street Journal
Far-right activists mistake commercial truck for Gaza aid convoy, attack driver – The Times of Israel
- Far-right activists mistake commercial truck for Gaza aid convoy, attack driver The Times of Israel
- Protesters in Israel arrested after attacking Gaza aid trucks ABC News
- See Israeli protesters ransack aid headed for Gaza CNN
- Israeli’s tearful plea decrying Gaza aid convoy attacks Al Jazeera English
- Israeli activists attack Gaza aid convoy, drawing U.S. condemnation and highlighting risk to aid work CBS News
Biden should have pardoned Trump on federal charges, Mitt Romney says
Republican senator tells MSNBC that ‘frankly, the country doesn’t want to have to go through prosecuting a former president’
Joe Biden should have pardoned Donald Trump on all federal criminal charges the moment they were announced, the Utah senator and former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said.
“Had I been President Biden,” Romney said, “when the justice department brought out indictments, I would have immediately pardoned him. I’d have pardoned President Trump.”
Continue reading...BTK serial killer investigation: new clue unlocks missing 16-year-old girl’s name
After receiving a word puzzle, Oklahoma police say they’re closer to identifying another victim of murderer Dennis Rader
A newly re-examined word puzzle sent to a Kansas City TV station in 2004 could strengthen leads in a cold-case investigation into the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl in Oklahoma and link it to the convicted serial killer Dennis Rader, nicknamed BTK for “bind, torture, kill”.
At a news conference on Tuesday, Osage county sheriff Eddie Virden said he had received a package from a woman in April containing a crossword puzzle Rader allegedly used to taunt investigators.
Continue reading...US interior department staffer is first Jewish Biden appointee to resign over war in Gaza
Lily Greenberg Call, special assistant to chief of staff, accused the president of using Jewish people to justify US policy in the conflict
An interior department staffer on Wednesday became the first Jewish political appointee to publicly resign in protest of US support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
Lily Greenberg Call, a special assistant to the chief of staff in the interior department, accused Joe Biden of using Jewish people to justify US policy in the conflict.
Continue reading...What does Georgia’s foreign influence bill mean for its bid to join the EU?
Protesters took to the streets in Tblisi after Georgia's Parliament approved 'foreign agents' law.
Another Biden administration staffer resigns over US stance on Gaza war
Lily Greenberg Call says she cannot 'in good conscience' represent the US gov't, condemns 'disastrous' Gaza policy.
Deputy PM says attack on Slovakian PM was ‘politically motivated’ – as it happened
This blog has now closed. You can read all our coverage on the attack on Robert Fico here
Salome Zourabichvili, Georgia’s president, said she spoke with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
After a delay, the EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, and the neighborhood commissioner, Olivér Várhelyi, issued a statement on Georgia.
The adoption of this law negatively impacts Georgia’s progress on the EU path. The choice on the way forward is in Georgia’s hands. We urge the Georgian authorities to withdraw the law, uphold their commitment to the EU path and advance the necessary reforms detailed in the 9 steps.
Continue reading...Biden campaign accuses Trump of ‘playing games with debates’ – as it happened
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In a letter to Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, top Donald Trump advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said the former president had accepted their invitation to participate in two debates, while demanding further face offs between the two candidates.
“Today is a good day for America’s voters, now that Joe Biden has FINALLY accepted President Trump’s debate challenge. President Trump and our campaign have been requesting this for months with a consistent message: ANY TIME! ANYWHERE! ANY PLACE!” Wiles and LaCivita write.
We believe there should be more than just two opportunities for the American people to hear more from the candidates themselves. With the soaring inflation of Bidenomics costing America’s hardworking families at the grocery store and at the gas pump, with our border being totally overrun, with chaos at home, chaos across the world, chaos on our college campuses, we should have one debate per month.
Therefore, we propose a debate in June, a debate in July, a debate in August, and a debate in September, in addition to the Vice Presidential debate. Additional dates will allow voters to have maximum exposure to the records and future visions of each candidate.
Crooked Joe Biden is the WORST debater I have ever faced - He can’t put two sentences together! Crooked is also the WORST President in the history of the United States, by far. It’s time for a debate so that he can explain to the American People his highly destructive Open Border Policy, new and ridiculous EV Mandates, the allowance of Crushing Inflation, High Taxes, and his really WEAK Foreign Policy, which is allowing the World to “Catch on Fire.” I am Ready and Willing to Debate Crooked Joe at the two proposed times in June and September. I would strongly recommend more than two debates and, for excitement purposes, a very large venue, although Biden is supposedly afraid of crowds - That’s only because he doesn’t get them. Just tell me when, I’ll be there. “Let’s get ready to Rumble!!!”
Continue reading...Wildfires spread across western Canada
Over 130 fires are burning in western Canada, putting thousands of people under orders to evacuate.
UK to introduce new offence of causing death or injury by dangerous cycling
Law change not ‘anti-cycling’ says Iain Duncan Smith, who brought the amendment to the criminal justice bill
A new offence of causing death or serious injury by dangerous, careless or inconsiderate cycling is to be introduced.
The law will be changed after a deal was reached between the government and the former Conservative leader, Iain Duncan Smith, whose amendment to the criminal justice bill was backed by 37 fellow Tory backbenchers.
Continue reading...World reacts to Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico being shot
World leaders decry attack against Fico, who was shot several times and is in 'life-threatening condition'.
U.S. offers aid as Zelensky drops foreign trip due to Russian advance – The Washington Post
- U.S. offers aid as Zelensky drops foreign trip due to Russian advance The Washington Post
- Zelenskyy pleads for more support amid one of Russia's largest offensives of the war PBS NewsHour
- Zelensky cancels foreign trips as Russia attacks north-east Ukraine BBC
- Zelenskiy postpones travel abroad as Russian troops enter Ukraine border town Reuters
- Ukraine Fights to Hold Off Fierce Russian Assaults in Northeast The New York Times
Hearing delayed for US woman accused of killing husband before writing book on grief
Kouri Richins, 33, charged in Utah with murder over death of Eric Richins, who prosecutors say was fatally poisoned with fentanyl
A Utah judge on Wednesday postponed a hearing to determine if prosecutors have enough evidence to proceed to trial in the case of a woman charged with fatally poisoning her husband before she published a children’s book about coping with grief.
Judge Richard Mrazik delayed the hearing until 18-20 June after prosecutors said they would need three days to present their evidence against Kouri Richins, whose lawyer says she is innocent.
Continue reading...Ukraine says it has no reserves as Putin amasses half-million troops for summer offensive: report – New York Post
- Ukraine says it has no reserves as Putin amasses half-million troops for summer offensive: report New York Post
- Russia exploiting Ukraine manpower shortage to break through: war expert Business Insider
- Putin says advance of Russian forces in Ukraine is going to plan Reuters
- Putin calls for big increase in armaments production Yahoo! Voices
- Russia amasses over half a million troops at Ukrainian border The Times of India
Slovakia PM Robert Fico out of ‘life-threatening situation’ after being shot
Suspect in custody after shooting attack on populist prime minister as deputy prime minister says Fico ‘will survive’ assassination attempt
Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, has undergone hours of surgery after being shot in an assassination attempt that prompted warnings across Europe of rising political violence.
Late on Wednesday the deputy prime minister, Tomáš Taraba, told the BBC he believed the operation had gone well. “I guess in the end he will survive,” Taraba said, adding: “He’s not in a life-threatening situation at this moment.”
Continue reading...Israel war cabinet split looms as defence minister demands post-war Gaza plan
Yoav Gallant, who Benjamin Netanyahu tried to fire in 2023, says he will not allow Israeli rule of Gaza
A long-festering split at the heart of Israel’s war cabinet has burst into the open with the defence minister, Yoav Gallant, challenging the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to come up with plans for the “day after” the war in Gaza, and saying he would not permit any solution where Israeli military or civil governance were in the territory.
Gallant’s comments, immediately backed by his fellow minister Benny Gantz, plunged Israel’s leadership into a highly public row, in the midst of the Gaza conflict, calling into question Gallant’s future in the Israeli government and Netanyahu’s fractious coalition.
Continue reading...Israel escalates attacks as aid agencies warn Gaza on brink of catastrophe
Israel intensifies assaults in north and central Gaza as aid groups warn crisis in Rafah 'defies imagination'.
UK free school meal allowances too low for healthy lunches, study finds
Researchers also find lack of fresh fruit and vegetables in schools and say portion sizes sometimes not enough
Free school meal allowances are not enough for students from lower-income backgrounds to buy healthy school lunches, research suggests.
The study, presented at the European Congress of Obesity (ECO), involved 42 pupils aged between 11 and 15 at seven schools across the UK.
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