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Moscow warned of a massive attack on Kyiv. And it delivered.

US watching Iran's World Cup delegation for IRGC links, Rubio says US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers on Tuesday that the US would not let Iranians with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) "embed" themselves in the country's delegation to take part in the soccer World Cup that begins this month. The Iranian team will play matches in the United States but will be based in Mexico for the tournament. Despite the war that the US and Israel launched against Iran i
ROME, June 2 (Reuters) - MSC, the world's largest shipping group, said on Tuesday its Sariska V vessel was struck by two projectiles while in Iraq's Umm Qasr port on Monday, adding that all crew members were safe and unharmed. The company said Iran's Revolutionary Guard had claimed responsibility. MSC described the incident as an unprovoked attack on a neutral commercial carrier with no affiliation to the United States or Israel.
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They went to war together against Iran, but Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu's relationship is under strain after the US president reportedly called the Israeli premier "crazy." Trump unleashed a profane tirade over the phone at Netanyahu over Israel's threats to bomb the Lebanese capital Beirut, fearing it would undermine talks with Tehran, the Axios news outlet and ABC News reported.

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Senate estimates told it was a ‘joint idea’ to rework the nuclear submarine deal. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then Krishani Dhanji will be your guide. Australia’s preference was always to receive secondhand nuclear powered submarines under the Aukus deal, the defence secretary told Senate estimates last night. More coming up. Contin
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Qaani threatened that if the US or Israel did escalate militarily in Gaza and Lebanon, new fronts could open, and traffic in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait could mirror the situation in the Strait of Hormuz

However, US Secretary of State emphasized that Iran has military equipment of "Chinese origin"
Iran's IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported on Monday that the Islamic regime had called for talks with the US to cease over Israeli military action in Lebanon.

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European Commissioner for Defense Andrius Kubilius also called for faster integration of the Ukrainian army and military industry into the European defense and industrial environment

According to the ministry, the provocative anti-Russian rhetoric of British officials indicates the unrelenting attitude of the leadership of the United Kingdom to continue a tough systemic confrontation with Russia

Sens. Kaine and Paul say that the military’s targeting criteria don’t include the presence of drugs or arms.
June 2 (Reuters) - The United States issued new Iran-related sanctions on Tuesday, targeting individuals and crypto exchanges, a notice on the Treasury Department website showed. The U.S. sanctioned four Iranian nationals and four Iran-based digital asset exchangesNobitex, Bitpin, Ramzinex and Wallex, the Treasury said. Foreign financial institutions and individuals may also be sanctioned if they engage in certain transactions with the four firms, the department added. (Reporting by Bhargav Ach
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US sanctions Iran's largest crypto exchange over IRGC links The United States announced sanctions on Nobitex, Iran’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange on Tuesday, accusing it of enabling the Iranian government and blacklisted state institutions to circumvent Western sanctions. The new sanctions follow a Reuters investigation published on 1 May, which showed how Nobitex had become a central node in a parallel financial system used to process hundreds of millions of dollars for Iran’s central

The European Union has moved forward with a vast overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and ink controversial deals to build detention centers abroad. Rights groups have criticized it, comparing the new regulations to the Trump administration's aggressive immigration policies. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Camille Le Coz, Director of the Migration Policy Institute of Europe, says that the way the policy has been framed in the EU law "is to make it compatible with
Serhii Kyslytsia, First Deputy Head of the Office of the President, stated that Kyiv is counting on the Drone Deal being finalized as soon as possible, as it will mark a significant step forward in bilateral cooperation with Italy.

What will Israel and Lebanon discuss in Washington, as Hezbollah and Israel continue to battle in south Lebanon.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on Tuesday inaugurated a memorial in Paris honouring the victims of the 1994 genocide. Unveiling the installation on the banks of the Seine, Macron said the monument marked "the culmination of a long and patient quest for truth" in confronting France's failure to heed warnings of the impending massacres more than 30 years ago.

The US military established a naval blockade of Iran on April 13
Trump: It was very nice having Flávio Bolsonaro in the Oval Office of the White House — A smart young man who loves his Country, Brazil, very much!

The federal government on Tuesday decided to extend the operating hours of shops, markets, restaurants and other commercial outlets as part of its ongoing austerity measures, citing longer daylight hours and rising summer temperatures. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Committee for Monitoring and Implementation of Austerity Measures, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. The government had announced unprecedented austerity measures on March 9 in the wake of t

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said “significant irritants” remained in the US-China relationship but that Washington and Beijing needed to keep talking to stop flashpoints from erupting. At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rubio said both countries – the world’s two largest economies and most powerful militaries – must communicate to “de-escalate potential points of conflict that could lead to something broader”. “The Chinese government and the US government have to..

A military delegation led by Belarusian Defense Minister Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin held a series of talks and visited one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex

US claims world’s 10th-biggest economy engages in ‘unreasonable’ trade practices that ‘restrict US commerce’ Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The Trump administration proposed 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil, charging that the world’s 10th-biggest economy engages in trade practices that are “unreasonable’’ and that “burden or restrict US commerce”. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he received the decision “with indignation”. The Brazil president also blamed the decision by th

The plan provides for the gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanese territory

Politicians who attended march seek to distance themselves from Smotrich, reflecting difficulty facing pro-Israel Democrats as voter support for country falls US politics live – latest updates Several prominent New York Democrats who participated in the city’s annual Israel Day parade on Sunday have condemned the participation of Bezalel Smotrich, the far-right Israeli finance minister and a leading figure in the Israeli settler movement, in the event. Smotrich was among several Israeli lawmak
The terrorist, identified as Yousef Ayesh Awad Ramadan, was a deputy commander of a Hamas Nukhba terrorist cell who infiltrated Israel during the October 7th attacks.

BANNU: At least 20 people, including women and children, were injured after powerful winds and a severe storm swept across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district on Tuesday, causing the roofs and walls of houses, shops and other structures to collapse. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) had earlier said in an advisory that dust storms and thunderstorms were expected in the upper parts of the country from June 2 to June 5. According to Rescue 1122 Bannu, multiple reports emerged of structu

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Israel continued to strike southern Lebanon on Tuesday as Iran-backed Hezbollah attacked its troops there despite an apparent Washington-brokered de-escalation deal and a fourth round of US-hosted talks between Lebanon and Israel. FRANCE 24's Jerusalem correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky explains that "on the Israeli side we have simply no acknowledgment of this deal", adding that seeing Trump acknowledge Hezbollah "has been an utter humiliation" for Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ukraine is actively working with the European Union to prepare the 21st package of sanctions against Russia and hopes that its proposals will be taken into account.

Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk faces Russia's Mirra Andreeva in semifinal after beating Elina Svitolina at Roland Garros.

Israeli fire kills four people in Gaza, medics say Israeli fire killed at least four Palestinians in separate incidents across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Gaza health officials said. Medics said at least one person was killed and four were wounded when an Israeli air strike hit a vehicle east of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. The blast left the vehicle a mangled skeleton. Another strike earlier in the day killed one person and wounded another in the nearby Zawayda town, they added

Prime minister under pressure to show his campaigns against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran have brought results as he faces elections with his political survival at risk If there is to be a peace deal between United States and Iran, it will have to go through a familiar obstacle: Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have become a sticking point in the talks for a potential opening of the strait of Hormuz – once again testing the volatile alliance between Donald Trump and Netany

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