"Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) is reportedly gathering a group of Senate Democrats to demand that President Joe Biden withdraw from the 2024 presidential election.
Among the options under consideration is a meeting at the White House between senators and Biden. Even if some senators do not want Biden to drop out, advocates for the meeting argue they could use that forum to air candid concerns in person. Though no sitting Democratic senator has publicly called for Biden to step aside, they’ve privately shared mounting concerns with each other over the past week as they fight an already uphill battle to maintain the Senate majority." Breitbart
"At least six people were injured in the drone attack on Rostov Oblast and Krasnodar Krai overnight....UAVs attacked an electrical substation in the city of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai, the Russian Telegram channel Shot claimed. Debris from one of the drones damaged a three-story building. Electricity and water supply disappeared in some houses. Russian air defense shot down several drones in Primorsko-Akhtarsk." UB
"A militia attack on a gold mine in northeastern Congo killed six Chinese miners and two Congolese soldiers the latest assault as violence worsens in the resource-rich region. The attack targeted the village of Gambala and the nearby "Camp Blanquette" gold mine in the Ituri province.....the militiamen set homes ablaze and then attacked the mine, which is guarded by a competing armed group, the Zaire Militia." AN
"Russian troops continue to show considerable activity in the Toretsk direction.....there were more than 160 combat clashes, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine."In the Toretsk direction, Russians has become significantly more active - they has carried out 25 attacks, in particular, in the areas of the settlements of Dyliivka, Toretsk, Pivnichne and New York in Donetsk region," the message reads.
n the Kharkiv direction, Russia continued offensive actions with the support of aviation, a total of 15 combat clashes took place here in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk, Hlyboke and Lyptsi.
In the Kupiansk direction, the number of clashes per day was 8. The Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled Russian attacks in the areas of Synkivka in the Kharkiv region and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk region.
In the Lyman direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine prevented 32 Russian attacks in the areas of Hrekivka, Makiivka, Nevske in Luhansk region, Terny in Donetsk region, and Serebryanske forestry.
In the Siversk direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 3 Russian attacks in the Verkhniokamianske and Vyimka districts of the Donetsk region.
In the Kramatorsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 8 Russian attempts to break through Ukrainian defenses in the districts of Klishchiivka, Kalynivka, Ivanivske and Chasiv Yar of the Donetsk region." MS
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on former U.S. President DonaldTrump to disclose his purported plan to end the war in Ukraine, and Politico analyzes and reveals that Trump and Putin are discussing peace in Ukraine. Namely, as part of the "plan for Ukraine," Trump has talked with Putin "about how much occupied territory in Ukraine Russia can keep," or how much would satisfy Putin to "take" to end the war or at least freeze it. According to Politico, citing two national security experts, Donald Trump, as part of his "peace plan" to end the war in Ukraine, is negotiating with Vladimir Putin about "territorial issues." FW
"Hezbollah launched a big rocket and drone attack at Israel and threatened to hit new targets in retaliation for the killing of a top commander. Israeli jets broke the sound barrier over several areas of the country, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
Hezbollah said it launched more than 200 rockets and a swarm of drones at 10 Israeli military sites in retaliation for Israel's killing of Hezbollah commander Mohammed Nasser in the south on Wednesday. Nasser is one of the most senior Hezbollah commanders to be killed by Israel during the conflict." MS
"The year of record elections continues to serve up dramatic results, and on Thursday, a national exit poll in the UK general election indicated that Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives will crash out of office after 14 years after Keir Starmer’s Labour party was heading for a massive majority of about 170 seats. The poll on Thursday night suggested Starmer will become prime minister with 410 seats out of 650 in the House of Commons, while Sunak’s party is facing the worst result in its history, with just 131 seats.
But Labour’s victory was projected to be delivered on a smaller share of the vote than the 40% secured by leftwing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in his 2017 general election defeat — suggesting the public remains sceptical. According to the exit survey, the centrist Liberal Democrats was on course to win 61 seats, close to the 62-seat record set by the party in 2005. The Lib Dems are forecast to make big gains in the Tory “blue wall” of rich constituencies in the south of England. The Scottish National party was set to come behind Labour in Scotland with just 10 seats, according to the exit poll, putting a serious dent in the party’s dream of securing independence. Meanwhile, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK was projected to do better than expected with 13 seats, a result that would be a big breakthrough for his right-wing populist party." ZH
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