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Progressive candidate Claudia Sheinbaum is on her way to becoming Mexico’s first female president, according to early election results that give her a clear lead. The trial against Hunter Biden begins today in the USA: the American president’s son is accused of illegal possession of weapons. Israel says it is ready for an agreement to get the hostages back, but with a truce only after the destruction of Hamas. Zelensky accuses China of helping Russia try to derail the June 15-16 peace summit in Switzerland
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June 3, 2024
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08:33
IDF intercepts Houthi missile headed towards Eilat
Tel Aviv, 3 June. (Adnkronos) – The Israeli Defense Forces have intercepted a missile headed towards Israel coming from the direction of the Red Sea. The ballistic missile, apparently launched by the Houthis, was aimed at the city of Eilat. The IDF claims that the missile was shot down thanks to the Arrow long-range air defense system.
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08:31
Seoul, agreement with Pyongyang stopped after sending the balloons
The South Korean National Security Council has decided to suspend the inter-Korean military agreement to reduce tensions with Pyongyang, signed in 2018, until “mutual trust” is restored in response to the massive dispatch of hot air balloons full of garbage and manure from North to South. Participants in the meeting “decided to present a proposal to suspend the full effectiveness of the September 19 military agreement until mutual trust between the two Koreas is restored,” he said in a statement the Presidential Office in Seoul.
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08:26
Netanyahu to Ben Gvir, peace agreement “is not irresponsible”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to a meeting following his threat to bring down the government over the new proposed hostage release and ceasefire agreement. Netanyahu – according to the Israel Hayom newspaper, which cites sources from the prime minister’s office – intends to show him the draft of the proposal which was made public by US President Joe Biden on Friday. According to this source, the draft does not contain a clause obliging Israel to end the fighting. Netanyahu intends to demonstrate to the minister that this is not an “irresponsible agreement”. Ben Gvir and fellow minister Bezalel Smotrich have said they will leave the coalition if the deal goes ahead. The ‘Times of Israel’ reports it.
