39 combat clashes on front lines today

"Thirty-nine combat engagements have been recorded on the front lines in Ukraine since the beginning of the day. Russian invaders carried out airstrikes from Shebekino and Belgorod in the direction of Lyptsi, Starytsia, Vovchansk, Vesele, Staryi Saltiv, Stepova Novoselivka,

Kupiansk, and Novoiehorivka in the Kharkiv region. Russian aircraft also struck the Serebrianskyi Forest in the Luhansk region, as wel as Novooleksandrivka, Illinka, Vodiane, Pivnichne, and Novoselivka Persha in the Donetsk region. In the Kharkiv sector, two Russian attacks were repelled near Vovchansk and Lyptsi.
In the Kupiansk sector, six assault operations are ongoing near Petropavlivka, Pishchane, Berestove and Nevske. The situation is under control.
In the Lyman sector, three enemy attacks are ongoing in the Serebrianskyi Forest. One combat clash near Terny was repelled.
On the Siversk axis, a battle is taking place in the Vyimka area.
In the Kramatorsk sector, since the beginning of the day, there have been four clashes outside Ivanivske and Klishchiivka. One enemy attack was repelled, and three more are ongoing.
Russian troops remain particularly active in the Pokrovsk sector." Ukrin

2 cargo ships caught fire after being hit by projectiles in suspected Houthi attacks off the coast of Yemen

"Two cargo ships sailing near Yemen caught fire after being hit by projectiles. The missiles are suspected to have been fired by Houthi rebels. Two cargo ships traveling off Yemen's southern port city of Aden caught fire after being hit by projectiles suspected to have been fired by Houthi rebels, UK maritime agencies reported." MS

Former Israeli Hostage Noa Argamani Held Captive in Al Jazeera Cameraman’s House

"In a shocking revelation, former Israeli hostage Noa Argamani was discovered being held in the home of an Al Jazeera cameraman in Gaza, roughly eight months after her abduction during the October 7 Hamas-led massacre in Israel, in the latest discovery of hostages found in locations tied to civilians and media personnel. Argamani is one of the most widely-recognized hostages, after she was filmed being abducted from the Supernova music festival during the Hamas massacre. NBC News reported that Argamani was likely abducted by ordinary Palestinian civilians — not Hamas — who joined the terrorists." Breitbart

UN chief sounds nuclear war alarm

"Antonio Guterres has warned that the risk of a catastrophic conflict is at the highest level since the USSR collapsed. “Humanity is on a knife’s edge,” Guterres said in a recorded speech presented on Friday at the annual Arms Control Association meeting in Washington. “The risk of a nuclear weapon being used has reached heights not seen since the Cold War.” RT

Right-Wing Tsunami: France "Stunned" After Macron Announces Snap Elections Following Crushing Defeat In European Parliament Vote

"Following a historic loss to Marine Le Pen’s right-wing party in European elections on Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron said he is dissolving the French parliament.

Macron said France will hold new elections on June 30 and July 7, a high-stakes maneuver that the WSJ said "stunned" the nation after projections based on early ballot counts came in for Sunday’s elections for the European Parliament. The projections showed National Rally garnering around 31% of the vote, twice the support for Macron’s Renew Party.
Results in France look as bad as had been forecast, per exit polls. Macon's party barely gets 2nd place - and less than half the 31.5% of the National Rally of Marine Le Pen." ZeroHedge

Modi is sworn in as India's prime minister for a rare third term

"India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in on Sunday for a third term after worse-than-expected election results left him reliant on coalition partners to govern. Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled outright for the past decade but failed to repeat its previous two landslide wins this time around, defying analysts’ expectations and exit polls.

He was instead forced into quick-fire talks with the 15-member coalition, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which guaranteed him the parliamentary numbers to govern." France24

Belgium’s Anti-Trump Prime Minister Resigns After Suffering Right Wing Election Victory

"Right wing parties gained ground in Sunday’s national elections in Belgium, largely at the expense of left wing and green parties, prompting the liberal coalition Prime Minister to fall on his sword and announce he will resign.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo will resign, he said, reflecting on the poor performance of his governing coalition in the country’s ‘Super Sunday’ election which saw residents vote for their new parliament as well as regional representatives, and for their new members of the European Parliament. While Belgium didn’t experience a landslide victory, the gaining of ground by a handful of right-wing parties and the cliff-edge collapse of the country’s two Green parties has been enough to shift the electoral picture in the country, making the present centrist-globalist coalition untenable. Anti-Russia hawk De Croo said on Sunday night: “For us it was a particularly difficult evening, we lost. From tomorrow, I will be a resigning Prime Minister. But the liberals [will be back].” De Croo will stay on as caretaker Prime Minister until a new government can be formed, which in Belgium can typically take an extremely long time, over a year in some previous elections." Breitbart

Israel's Gantz Quits Coalition Government, Charges Netanyahu With Making "Total Victory Impossible"

"Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz on Sunday announced that he is quitting Israel's emergency government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In a statement he blamed Netanyahu for making "total victory impossible" and further accused him of neglecting achieving the release of the remaining hostages. Gantz blasted Netanyahu and urged him to prioritize returning the hostages above his own "political survival". Netanyahu's coalition still holds a 64-member majority in the Knesset, and won't immediately fall apart, but this is expected to unleash destabilization toward an unclear outcome." ZH

Europe swings to the right — led by France

"Center-right and far-right parties are leading the way in the EU election.
Center-right and far-right parties are set to take the largest number of seats in Sunday’s European Union election in the most populous nations: Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Poland.

France led the rightward lurch with such a crushing victory for the far-right National Rally.
In Germany, the center-right is cruising to a comfortable victory, with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) coming second and beating Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Socialists into third place.
In Italy, Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing party secured the most support, projected to be about 28 percent.
The far-right is also expected to win in Hungary, and picked up five more seats in the Netherlands. The center-right was comfortably first in Greece and Bulgaria." Politico

Philippines Rejects ‘Absurd’ Beijing Demand Over South China Sea

"The Philippines said it will continue to maintain and supply its South China Sea outposts without seeking permission from any other nation, dismissing Beijing’s demand to do so as “absurd, nonsense and unacceptable.” Ano was responding to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning’s comment on Friday that the Philippines should notify Beijing in advance if it wants to deliver provisions or evacuate personnel from its grounded warship in the Second Thomas Shoal." MS