🇮🇱⚡️- Israel has shut down the AP's live video feed of Gaza, where journalists are banned from entering.

Israel claims the feed was being used by Al Jazeera after the outlet was banned from Israel, as well as being used by Hamas for military planning.

Since the war began, international journalists have been under increased scrutiny by the Israel government for their coverage of the conflict and faced ever increasing restrictions on their activity, prompting condemnation from the United Nations and Press Freedom groups.

🇷🇺⚡- Russian authorities have arrested former Major General, Ivan Popov, under the charges of 'fraud'. The supposed fraud occurred during the construction of fortifications for Zaporozhye Oblast, prior to Ukraine's 2023 counteroffensive.

— 🇮🇷 NEW: Ex-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was one of the only people who did not wear a black shirt to the opening ceremony of the Assembly of Experts

While this could be a coincidence or forgetfulness, Ahmadinejad has been increasingly critical of the Islamic Republic in recent years, and went as far as to say he disavows the constitution and Khamenei himself.

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🇷🇺 - Popov was the architect of Russia's successful defense against Ukraine's counteroffensive. During this offensive, he criticized the Chief of Staff, Valery Gerasimov, for providing lack of counter-battery and ammunition.

Popov threatened to send President Putin a letter within 24 hours, if his soldiers didn't receive ammunition, and were not rotated out for rest. But before the 24 hours were even up, Popov was fired by then-Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu.

Popov left, with a goodbye to his soldiers, whom he referred to as 'Spartans', "We didn't get destroyed from the front [Ukraine], we got destroyed from behind [Gerasimov+Shoygu]".

Popov was then sent to Syria, to command a small outpost. Popov was also known for being an avid supporter of former Wagner Chief, Yevgeny Prighozin.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Project Veritas investigation of White House staffers reveal that Biden is refusing to go against Israel until after the election.

The staffer says that Biden and his team would be more willing to say "No" to Israel in a second term to not risk alienating important jewish donors for the election.

Congressional Democrat staffers as well as White House staffers have both put out statements condemning their bosses for their continued support for the Israeli war effort.

🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian state television has reported that candidates will be able to register on May 30th and campaign for president from June 12th until June 27th, and the extraordinary elections will be held on June 28th.

Ahmadinejad, despite being disqualified by the Assembly of Experts two times after his initial two-term tenure, has expressed an interest in running again in this year's elections, despite his previous disqualifications.

🇺🇸🦁⚡️- President Trump's legal team have finished their closing arguments in the New York trial.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have crossed the railway tracks West, into Andriivka's outskirts (Bakhmut direction). This comes immediately after Russian forces captured Klishchiivka.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️- Tucker Carlson has launched his own program on Russia 24, a Russian state-owned channel.

🇺🇲🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡- "The United States is ready to impose new sanctions against Chinese companies for helping the Russian Federation." – Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State.

🇺🇲🇷🇺⚡- Tucker Carlson's team has denied reports of launching its own TV show in Russia. The programming shown on 'Russia 24', are old episodes of his show with a Russian voiceover.

🇺🇸🦁⚡️- A document recently unsealed in the discovery of a Trump trial, it is revealed that the FBI was authorized to use deadly force when raiding Mar-A-Lago "when necessary."

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: The U.S. House of Representatives have proposed a new bill that would extend the same taxpayer benefits to Americans serving in the IDF as those serving in the U.S. military

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russia's conquest of the town of Kleshcheevka has caused a localized rout of Ukrainian forces in the Southern Bakhmut Sector.

🇮🇱🇵🇸⚡️- Fierce clashes in Rafah

🇳🇴🇮🇱⚡- "If the Hague issues an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Galant, then we will have to arrest them if they ever come to Norway." – Espen Barthe Eide, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway.

🇺🇲🇸🇦⚡- The United States is negotiating the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia.

🇺🇸🇵🇸⚡️- Executive Director of the American Arab Chamber of Commerce, Bilal Hammoud, alleges that Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a meeting with Arab American leaders, warned them "If Palestine becomes a state, there will be global starvation."

🇮🇱🇱🇧⚡- Israeli media predicts a war will break out in the North (Lebanon) by September.

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🇲🇿🇷🇼⚡- Almost 3,000 soldiers from Rwanda have been sent to Northern Mozambique, to help fight the resurgence of Islamic State (IS) in the area.