🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Kremlin says the conflict in Ukraine is of "existential" matter for Russia

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- An Israeli drone operating over Beirut, Lebanon.

🇮🇩🇸🇬⚡- Indonesia and Singapore hold joint naval exercises off the coast of Batam Island, Indonesia.

🇪🇺🇨🇳⚡- "China urges the European Union to stop provoking trouble in the South China Sea," - Reuters.

🇺🇸⚡- Peace talks have reportedly failed, with a possible phone call between President Trump and Elon Musk now unlikely.

🇷🇺🇲🇱⚡- BREAKING: The Wagner Group announces it will be 'withdrawing' from Mali after a successful three and a half years, where large swathes of the central Kidal region and northern Mali were recaptured.

The military company will be replaced by the Russian Defense Ministry-run 'Africa Corps'.

🇷🇺🇲🇱 - In other words, no-one is leaving - the Wagner Group will just be wearing a new patch, one that represents the Russian Defense Ministry.

🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇷⚡- "After years of good cooperation with the IAEA, resulting in a resolution which shut down malign claims of a "possible military dimension" (PMD) to Iran's peaceful nuclear program, my country is once again accused of "non-compliance".

Instead of engaging in good faith, the E3 [the UK, Germany and France] is opting for malign action against Iran at the IAEA Board of Governors. When the E3 engaged in the same foul conduct back in 2005, the outcome in many ways was the true birth of uranium enrichment in Iran. Has the E3 truly learned nothing in the past two decades?

Falsely accusing Iran of violating safeguards, based on shoddy and politicized reporting, is clearly designed to produce a crisis.

Mark my words as Europe ponders another major strategic mistake: Iran will react strongly against any violation of its rights. Blame lies solely and fully with irresponsible actors who stop at nothing to gain relevance," - Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister, blasts the E3 nations.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇺🇳⚡- IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi says he is optimistic about indirect talks between Iran and the United States. Grossi also says Iran's nuclear capabilities can not be "destroyed by military attacks" as most "sensitive sites are half a mile underground and difficult to access".

🇺🇦⚡- Two cars exploded, likely due to IEDs, one in Dnepr city, the other in Odessa, Ukraine. Possible assassination attempts.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- Following the Trump-Xi phonecall, the US and China have agreed to restart trade talks, which will be held on June 9, in London.

🇺🇸⚡️- "Elon has totally lost it." - Donald Trump, US President.

🇨🇦🇮🇳⚡️- BREAKING: Despite ongoing diplomatic spat, Canadian PM Mark Carney has formally invited Indian PM Modi to the G7 Leaders summit in Alberta Canada.

🇷🇸 🇮🇱 Vučić: I am the only one in Europe who trades military ammunition with Israel. If someone asks me about Bibi, I will always say positive things.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- The Israeli Shin Bet has carried out another complex overnight operation rescuing the dead body of a Thai worker, who was taken hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- A Russian Su-35 was downed in the Kursk region. Ukraine claims it shot it down, while Russian sources believe it was friendly-fire.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli forces cross into Lebanese territory to make an arrest. The suspect arrested is a local sheep herder.