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Israel has expanded its invasion of Lebanon with its deepest incursion of ground forces
in the country in 26 years.
“It also intensified air strikes in southern Lebanon, where it has damaged a hospital that's”
according to Lebanon's health ministry. And Piers, Jane Raff, has more. "Israeli forces have been closing in on the city of Nabatea and southern Lebanon while Israel continues strikes in the ancient city of Tire." Lebanon's health ministry said 13 health workers were wounded in an attack close to Tire's Hiram Hospital, which was also significantly
damaged. The melting group has Bola claimed attacks on Israeli tanks and troops within Lebanon, and launched rockets into northern Israel. Israeli forces to control of a strategic crusader, Erika Castle, with fused cross-southern Lebanon, raising these really flag above the stone walls.
France is called for an emergency UN Security Council session to discuss the invasion. Jane Raff and Piers News Beirut. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky says he is pleading with President Trump and Congress to boost the production of air defense missiles and send them to his country.
“Zelensky told CBS's face the nation yesterday that because of the Iran war, the U.S.”
stock of air defense missiles is dwindling, and Ukraine is facing shortages after a recent massive Russian attack. "It was 90 missiles and more than 600 uranium drops, so it was very difficult to destroy it. We use all up the weapon, what we have, what we produce, and of course we use until ballistic missile.
This is the biggest deficit for us." Zelensky says he's told U.S. officials that ballistic missiles are Russia's last major battlefield advantage, and that Ukraine needs interceptors to stop them. With rising gas prices, an unpopular war in Iran, and affordability concerns top of mind, voters say they are unhappy with Republican leadership, and Piers Stephen Fowler
has this report on the party's effort to explain why they should stay in power. "There's roughly five months to go until the November General Election, and the GOP message is mixed at best. At a campaign event in Iowa last month, Vice President Vans said the election is actually not any specific question of public policy."
But voters disagree. Polls show Americans have sowered on multiple Trump administration policies, at a cabinet meeting last week. President Trump touted policies like a prescription drug savings program as proof his administration was working, but in a defense of the Iran war, he also said, "I don't care about
“them in terms of the next set of midterm primaries Tuesday include key races in Iowa and”
California, Stephen Vowler, and Pian use." Congress returns to Washington today. Republicans are pushing funding for immigration enforcement, and Democrats are focused on President Trump's fund for people he says have been victimized by the government. This is NPR."
A right-wing lawyer, who was promised a security crackdown won the most votes in Columbia's first-round presidential election Sunday, but because no candidate received more than half of the ballots, the top two vote getters will meet in a run-off later this month. John Otis has more.
"A bilardo de les spraya, a right-wing defense attorney who has never held elected office,
one nearly 44 percent of the votes, according to official results. Coming in second, with about 41 percent, was Iván Sapira, a left-wing senator, and protégé of outgoing president Gustavo Petro. A mid-assurge in guerrilla violence, kidnapping, and extortion, de les spraya, says he will launch a military offensive and build ten so-called mega-prisons.
By contrast, Sapira supports peace negotiations with the rebels. The two will meet in a run-off election on June 21st. For NPR News, I'm John Otis in Bogota, Columbia." Businesses have started receiving refunds after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Trump improperly imposed some tariffs on imported goods.
The Trump administration says it will appeal a federal judge's order, making all companies that paid the duties eligible for refunds, not just the ones that filed lawsuits. U.S. customs and border protections as the first refunds reached bank accounts of applicants
on May 12th, and that it had accepted applications worth $85 billion for processing
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