🇷🇺📞🇻🇦 Putin had a phone conversation with Pope Leo XIV - the Kremlin

🔸 In his conversation with the Pope, at the request of Patriarch Kirill, Putin conveyed his wishes for success in pastoral service

🔸 The Pontiff expressed support for continuing the important dialogue between the two sister churches

🔸 Putin, in his conversation with the Pope, confirmed his interest in achieving peace in Ukraine through political and diplomatic means

🔸 The Russian president also expressed gratitude to the Pontiff for his willingness to assist in resolving the crisis

🔸 In his conversation with the Pope, Putin expressed hope that the Holy See would take a more active stance in supporting religious freedom in Ukraine

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🚨 Pakistan has lost 90,000 lives to terrorism over the past 10-15 years — H.E. Syed Tariq Fatemi, Special Assistant to Prime Minister of Pakistan, told Sputnik.

Pakistan is willing to work together with India against terrorism, he added.

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🚨 Pakistan RAPIDLY EXPANDING cooperation with Russia — H.E. Syed Tariq Fatemi, Special Assistant to Prime Minister of Pakistan, told Sputnik.

There’s a good chance 🇷🇺President Putin and 🇵🇰 PM Sharif will meet on the sidelines of the SCO summit in September.

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🇷🇺📞🇺🇸 Putin informed Trump that Ukraine attempted to disrupt the negotiations, but Moscow did not succumb to the provocations

Other statements by Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov:

🔸 Putin emphasized in the conversation that the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul were useful

🔸 The Kiev regime has essentially turned into a terrorist organization

🔸 The leaders did not discuss memoranda on resolving the Ukrainian conflict

🔸 The issue of a meeting between Putin and Zelensky "never stood on a practical level"

🔸 Trump informed Putin that the US had not been informed about plans to strike Russian airfields

🔸 Regarding "Russia's negotiations with terrorists": contacts through appropriate channels for resolution can be made

🔸 The leaders agreed to continue contacts on Ukraine, at the highest level and through other channels.

🔸 Trump stated that he would appreciate it if Russia worked with Iran as a party to the nuclear deal

🔸 Putin and Trump exchanged views on the prospects for restoring cooperation between the two countries, which has great potential

🔸 The presidents characterized their exchange of views as positive and productive

This was the fourth phone conversation between Putin and Trump in recent months, and it lasted 1 hour 10 minutes.

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🇾🇪 Houthis may have just deployed missile with MIRV capabilities against Israel 🇮🇱

Houthi-friendly social media channels suspect footage of projectiles flying in formation over Israel Tuesday night may have been attack featuring a new missile separating into multiple fragments before touchdown.

The claims come after statements to media by officials in Sanaa last week warning that the militia had developed missiles which, if intercepted, would separate and scatter into multiple blocs, overwhelming Israeli air defenses.

Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree confirmed late on Tuesday that the militia had launched a Palestine-2 hypersonic missile at Ben Gurion Airport, saying the attack forced a US military transport aircraft to abort a planned landing.

The IDF claimed the missile was safely intercepted mid-air.

Neither side has commented on whether the attack featured a MIRV-capable missile. 🤐🤐

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🇮🇱 Bye-bye Bibi? Netanyahu’s coalition on the brink of collapse as key partner plans to walk away

Haredi religious party Shas plans to support a motion to dissolve parliament over the lack of progress on a stalled draft exemption bill.

Holding 11 seats in Netanyahu’s Likud-led 67 seat coalition, a Shas exit from the government would deprive the PM of a majority in the 120-seat Knesset, triggering elections.

Netanyahu is set to meet Shas MK Ariel Atias Thursday to try to resolve the crisis.

If elections are called, they could result in a political crisis. From 2019-2022, Israel held five consecutive elections, leading to deadlock or fragile government four out of five times. Recent opinion polling suggests elections now would cause Likud to lose up to 1/3 of its 32 seats, with the combined opposition polling at 62-67, enough to form a majority.

JP reports that Haredi rabbis are instructing religious parties to quit the government over the stalled draft law, which would exempt most Haredi men from IDF service. The IDF has faced major problems enlisting Haredim. In April, just 205 joined up after 10k draft notices were sent out.

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🔸 Putin, Trump hold phone call

🔸 Scott Ritter: Trump needs to decide whether he supports Russia or terrorism

🔸 Ukraine’s rail & bridge attacks were the textbook definition of terrorism: analyst

🔸 Chance of Zelensky getting his trilateral summit ‘zero’ after triple terror targeting Russia: analyst

🔸 Why the West is TERRIFIED of full-fledged Russia-North Korea alliance

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💵 S&P Global declares Ukraine in DEFAULT on its GDP warrants

The company revised its issue rating on Ukraine's GDP-linked securities to "D" from "CC." Ukraine failed to make a $665 million payment to holders on June 2.

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🚨 UK will have trouble scraping together promised 100k drones for Ukraine, but expect more terror: defense analyst

London will have a hard time delivering on the UAVs by its April 2026 deadline, and will likely seek support from abroad, including other European countries, or stretch out the delivery timeframe, says 20-year US Army vet Lt. Col. (ret.) Earl Rasmussen.

The UK lacks the MIC bite to back up its bark, but that doesn’t mean Russia should underestimate its aggressive intent, Rasmussen stressed, pointing to London's sabotage of peace talks in 2022, and the likelihood of "very intimate" MI6 involvement in recent Ukrainian terror attacks on Russia, including attacks targeting the nuclear triad.

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💥 Musk declares war on the Big Beautiful Bill

"Bankrupting America is NOT ok! KILL the BILL," Elon Musk wrote on X.

In December 2024, he called on GOP congressmen to reject the stopgap spending bill, which nearly caused a government shutdown.

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❌ US rejects ceasefire in Gaza at the UN

The US vetoed the UN Security Council's draft resolution, which called for an "unconditional and permanent" ceasefire in Gaza.

According to the US Ambassador to the UN, the draft resolution would "undermine diplomatic efforts" to reach a ceasefire.

The other 14 members voted in favor of the document.

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🚨 Pentagon diverts Ukraine aid

The US has redirected critical missile components intended for Ukraine to the US Air Force in the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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❗️ TRUMP IMPOSES A TRAVEL BAN ON 12 NATIONS

The proclamation restricts entry for individuals from Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen, Burma, and other countries to "protect the nation from foreign terrorists and other threats to national security and public safety."

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🔥 Trump goes after Biden's autopen

The US president issued an order to his aides and the US Attorney General for an investigation into whether there was a deliberate effort by Joe Biden's staff to hide information on his health for the purpose of passing certain executive actions on his behalf without his knowledge.

"The combined nature of Biden’s documented cognitive decline and the repeated use of an autopen raises serious concerns about the legitimacy of his actions," the White House memo reads.

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💸 Beautiful for military industry, ugly for Americans — US Senator exposes Trump's bill

Senator Rand Paul says the math doesn't add up with Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill."

"It is a vehicle for increasing spending for the military... They are asking for too much money," he told CBS News.

He added that enough Republican senators oppose the bill to block it in the Senate.

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🔥 Trump has a particular animosity toward Zelensky, referring to him as a "BAD GUY" behind closed doors for bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war, according to the NYT, citing the president's advisers.

The report added that Trump is inclined to be more respectful of Russian President Vladimir Putin, although he sometimes expresses disappointment.

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🇷🇺🇰🇵 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pledged his "UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT" for Russia during his meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Shoigu in Pyongyang.

Kim Jong-un also wished Russia "eternal victory, prosperity, and happiness," reports KCNA.

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✍️ Biden fights back on Trump's autopen accusations:

"Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn't is ridiculous and false," US media reported, citing the former president.

Does anyone believe his words at this point?

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💥 FROM HOSPITALS TO BOMBS: The EU frees up billions of euros in COVID funds for defense spending

The European Commission granted EU members the right to repurpose cash from their Resilience and Recovery Facility (up to €335 billion) for defense projects.

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🚨 EPSTEIN SUICIDE CONFIRMED — BONGINO

The FBI has VIDEO EVIDENCE indicating that Epstein died by suicide, the bureau's deputy director told Fox News.

Case CLOSED?

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