⚡️ BREAKING: US Close to Offering Ukraine Security Pact – FT

The agreement - expected to be signed on sidelines of next month's G7 summit - lays out commitments on “long-term support, including military training, intelligence sharing and economic assistance,” the FT reports.

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💩Fecal Hell: Seine Still Too Dirty for Swimming – Just Two Months Before Paris Olympics

French authorities have been in a race against time to clean up the River Seine, which will host the swimming leg of the triathlon at the end of July, as well as the open-water swimming in August.

Higher than authorised levels – set by sports federations and European bathing standards – of e-coli and enterococci have been found in the latest tests by Surfrider, a water charity.

Heavy rainfall in May is likely to have contributed to what Surfrider called the “poor” water quality – which is known to overwhelm Paris’s over a century-old sewage system, leading to direct discharges of untreated effluent into the river.

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⚡️ New Footage Shows Streets of Rafah Like Ghost Town

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🔴 Israel Orders UNRWA to Vacate HQ in Occupied East Jerusalem Within 30 Days

UNRWA reportedly owe the Israeli Land Authority "a sum of $7.3mn - for operating on land belonging to Israel without consent for the last seven years." (TOI)

The move comes following a demand in February by Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf to evict UNRWA.

The measure against UNRWA is seen as being politically motivated, as Israeli officials, including Netanyahu, have for long sought to dismantle UNRWA from operating in the occupied Palestinian territories.

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⚠️ Further Layoffs Expected Thursday at Wall Street Journal’s US Newsroom - NYT

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🇨🇳 China Confirms it Will Not Attend Peace Conference in Switzerland for Ukraine Conflict

Beijing declined the invitation because the conditions for them to participate were not met, including the participation of both Russia and Ukraine. (Reuters)

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov suggested Thursday that China could arrange a peace conference in which Moscow and Kiev could participate.

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🇩🇪 NEW: Berlin authorizes Ukraine to use German-supplied weapons against military targets in Russia

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💸Chinese property giant Evergrande fined $576mn for 'fraudulent business practices’ - Regulator

"Between 2019 and 2020, Evergrande Real Estate falsely increased its revenue and profit by prematurely recognising revenue, resulting in the fraudulent issuance of bonds publicly offered on the exchange market," the China Securities Regulatory Commission said in a statement.

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🍎 Spain rejects planned ‘restrictions’ on consulate over Palestinian state recognition

“This morning we sent a ‘note verbale’ to the Israeli govt in which we reject any restriction on the normal activity of the Spanish consulate general in Jerusalem, as its status is guaranteed by international law,” Spanish FM Jose Manuel Albares said Friday.

Israel’s foreign ministry said Monday it had told the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem to stop offering consular services to Palestinians from June 1 over Madrid’s recognition of a Palestinian state.

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