"The French election results showed that the “alliance of dishonour” between President Emmanuel Macron and the far left effectively blocked the populist National Rally from gaining a majority despite the Le Pen party having won the most votes.According to the French Interior Ministry, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) won the most votes of any party during Sunday’s second round of the snap legislative elections at over 8.7 million, good for 32.05 per cent of the vote. When combined with their electoral alliance partners from disputed Les Républicains president Eric Ciotti, who earned nearly 1.4 million, good for 5 per cent of the vote, that would take the right wing to over 10 million and 37.05 per cent of the vote.
In comparison, the far-left New Popular Front alliance of communists, socialists, and environmentalists led by radical leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon only received around seven million votes or around 25.7 per cent and Emmanuel Macron’s neo-liberal centrist coalition received 6.3 million votes or 23.15 per cent of the vote." ZH
"141 combat engagements took place on the front lines in Ukraine.
In the Kharkiv sector, the enemy continued its offensive. There were five combat engagements in the areas of Lyptsi, Starytsia, Hlyboke and Vovchansk.
In the Kupiansk sector, the number of attacks reached 13 over the past day. Ukrainian defense forces repelled all Russian assaults near Synkivka, Stepova Novoselivka, Pishchane and Stelmakhivka.In the Lyman sector, 16 enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of Nevske, Hrekivka, Makiivka, Terny and the Serebryansky forest.
In the Siversk sector, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled three assault attacks near Verkhniokamianske.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian troops thwarted five Russian attempts to break through the defensive lines in the areas of Kalynivka, Hryhorivka and Chasiv Yar.
In the Toretsk sector, the enemy launched nine unsuccessful attacks near Pivnichne and Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled 52 assault attacks in the areas of New York, Prohres, Vozdvyzhivka, Novooleksandrivka, Kalynove, Lozuvatka, Novoselivka Persha and Yasnobrodivka, where the invaders, with the support of aircraft, attempted to dislodge the Ukrainian forces from their positions.
In the Kurakhove sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled enemy attacks near Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka, Paraskoviivka and Kostiantynivka. The Russian army tried to break through the defensive lines 19 times.
In the Vremivka sector, the enemy carried out 10 attacks in the area of Vodiane, Kostiantynivka and Makarivka.
In the Orikhiv sector, five combat engagements took place in the areas of Mala Tokmachka and Robotyne.
In the Dnipro River sector, the invaders continued attempts to dislodge the Defense Forces units from their bridgeheads. Four Russian attacks were unsuccessful.
The operational situation in the Volyn and Polissia sectors remains unchanged. There have been no signs of enemy offensive groups forming." Ukrin
"Russian forces attacked rescuers in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as they responded to a fire caused by an earlier attack. An SES truck was dispatched to transport the personnel and remaining equipment, but the enemy launched another targeted attack, damaging the vehicle. The rescuers were finally evacuated on the next attempt.
According to the SES, Russian forces continued to attack Nikopol." NU
"Suspected spy bases linked to China are expanding in Cuba, per a US think tank.The Center for Strategic and International Studies found a new potential site near a US naval base.
Cuba's proximity to the US gives China an intelligence window that is unreachable from its own land." MS
"As a result of active operations, units of the Tsentr Battlegroup have liberated the village of Chigari in the Donetsk People's Republic and improved their tactical position. The Sever Battlegroup repelled five attacks by Ukrainian groups in the past day, with the enemy losing up to 175 soldiers." Sputnik
