🇺🇸🇻🇪 - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine visited Caracas, Venezuela, as well as the US Embassy. General Caine made his first trip to the country for bilateral discussions with the interim Government of Venezuela.

🇺🇸🇨🇺⚡️- Visa and Mastercard have begun to limit transactions for Cuba's central bank due to US sanctions, leading Cuba to suspend its services in the country.

🇺🇸🇨🇳 - "June 4th marks the 37th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party's order to it's army to attack thousands of peaceful demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square. The world remembers this day. Chinese students, workers, and other civilians who gather there were murdered for exercising their inherent rights and demanding democratic reforms and accountability for corruption. We remember their lives and pay tribute to their deeds. No amount of censorship can erase history. Those who sacrificed themselves to defend the inalienable rights of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly will one day be vindicated." - Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "President Trump has told aides privately that he would consider ending the ceasefire with Iran if Tehran kills American troops, U.S. officials said, insisting that the weekslong pause in airstrikes remains intact despite a steady stream of violent skirmishes.

The president’s reluctance to reignite the war suggests he might be willing to withstand smaller flare-ups for weeks—or even months—to avoid a broader conflict in the Middle East." - The Wall Street Journal.

🇰🇵 - Kim Jong Un told North Korean state media that he plans to "beef up our state’s nuclear forces at an exponential rate" and that they have doubled their capacity to produce weapons-grade nuclear material in the past five years.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - "As of June 3, CENTCOM forces have redirected 125 commercial vessels and disabled 6 to ensure compliance." - US Central Command.

❗️🇸🇾🇮🇱 Exclusive: Between January and April 2026, the Israeli military doubled the size of its largest military installation in southern Syria near Jubata al-Khashab in northern Quneitra. Serving as a hub for other military positions in the area, its expansion further indicates a long-term Israeli presence.

Source: Satellite Imagery

Approx: 33.23–33.24° N, 35.82–35.83° E

@Mena_Live

🇺🇸🇮🇱 - According to Israeli media, Israeli officials are having discussions with the United States to reduce the number of military aircraft at Ben Gurion Airport to increase the parking space needed for the July and August tourism peak.

Approximately 94 US Refuelers are parked at Ben Gurion and take up 2/3 of the airport's parking space.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - "The ceasefire with Lebanon is a serious mistake and the pipe dreams of advisors who are dragging the prime minister into incorrect decisions.

Hezbollah has not left the area south of the Litani, and the Lebanese army has no way to enforce its evacuation.

The state of Lebanon is a partner of Hezbollah. There are ministers in its government from Hezbollah, and relatives of Hezbollah members serve in the Lebanese army.

In practice, Hezbollah will only grow stronger, and instead of defeating it, Israel is coming to terms with its very existence.

The prime minister should have told President Trump: We love and appreciate you, but Israel is a sovereign and independent state, and it cannot come to terms with the strengthening of a terrorist organization and with its very existence on its border.

There are moments when one must know how to say "no" even to the president of the United States, and when we don't do so—we will meet Hezbollah next time when it is much stronger and more dangerous.

Although, to my regret, I was updated on the intentions in the framework of a restricted meeting at the prime minister's, and therefore I request to hold a discussion in the cabinet and a vote on the decision to cease the fire.

This is a serious mistake!!!" - Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israeli Minister of National Security.

🇨🇳🇳🇿 - China has banned four New Zealand Parliament members from visiting china, after they attended a meeting in Taiwan.

🇺🇸 - "The Dumocrats are at it again! They are trying to STEAL THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA PRIMARY, AND THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, PRIMARY, AWAY FROM TWO GREAT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. Here we go with the very late and massive numbers of MAIL IN BALLOTS

There’s BIG cheating by the Dumocrats in California. Votes are all tied up. May not be in for weeks. Under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. Why the vote counting DELAY??? President DJT" - President Trump via Truth Social.

🇺🇳🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "A UNIFIL peacekeeper died early this morning from critical injuries sustained when mortar shells struck his position near Marjayoun, southeastern Lebanon.
 
Two other peacekeepers, who also sustained injuries, are being treated at a medical facility in the UNIFIL base.
 
UNIFIL has launched an investigation to ascertain the exact circumstances that led to this tragic incident.
  
UNIFIL has detected an increasingly high number of trajectories and impacts in South Lebanon. The violence must end.
 
Deliberate attacks on peacekeepers are grave violations of international humanitarian law and of Security Council Resolution 1701, and may amount to war crimes." - United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.

🇫🇷⚡️- Sources tell Rerum Novarum that around 40 young French citizens across France were detained at 6AM at their familial homes this morning due to certain messages in private social media groups, including Telegram.

They were questioned for hours and accused of condoning sexist, racist and violent hate crimes before being eventually let go.

They will be judged later this year.

An arrested young man claimed they were not guilty of these crimes, but only of sharing right-wing memes.

🇫🇷- These arbitrary arrests are part of a broader crackdown from the French government as part of their policy to "sanction all extremist movements" within France. This policy was unofficially established by the Interior Minister L. Nunez following the assassination of 23 years old activist Quentin Deranque by Antifas in February.

While the government followed through on banning the largest Antifa group in the country, they have targeted multiple right-wing individuals and local groups, the latest being Patria Albiges, which was dissolved yesterday.

🇺🇸🇫🇷⚡️- Yesterday, the French police shut down a lecture near Paris featuring Jared Taylor, an American author and editor of the American Renaissance magazine. The event, part of Taylor's French tour, was hosted by the local French nationalist group Les Natifs.

The French Anti-Crime Brigade intervened in full gear, citing an alleged "threat to public order" to end the meeting.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- The War Powers Resolution has passed the House, but has yet to pass the Senate, which is required for this to take effect. After the resolution has passed the Senate, President Trump still also has the ability to veto the resolution; this veto can only be bypassed with a two-thirds majority in Congress, meaning they would require 290 of 435 House members (they currently have 218), AND 67 of 100 senators.

It's important to note that the War Powers Resolution limits the president from continuing military action for longer than 60 days without congressional approval, but does not prevent the President from starting military actions in situations of a "national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces." This would include "self-defence" strikes against Iran.

Trump and the administration have already publicly stated that the previous operation against Iran has ended because of the ceasefire, so from what Trump has publicly claimed, any new strikes would be a "new" war and not related to the previous one.

This obviously is all very grey area and lawyers trying to push the boundaries; assuming the war continues, this will be legally contested during and/or after a war, although little can be done to stop a war that has already started. It is unclear if the legal proceedings will start before or after the legal proceedings over why the Epstein Files still aren't released despite the full release being required on December 19, 2025