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These are the key events on day 1,194 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here’s where things stand on Monday, June 2:

Fighting

• Ukraine said it destroyed Russian bombers worth $7bn at air bases as far away as Siberia in an attack that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Kyiv’s “longest-range operation”.
• Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari, reporting from Moscow, said the “simultaneous large-scale attack” was “launched from inside Russia” and targeted “Russian planes that have…

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Police say man arrested following calls to police about someone ‘setting people on fire’.

Police said a male suspect has been taken into custody after an attack that injured multiple people in Boulder, Colorado, in what the FBI director described as a “targeted terror attack”.

While stressing that the information was “very preliminary,” Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn said on Sunday that the man was apprehended following calls to the police…

The Israeli army has offered five conflicting stories to deny its role in the killing of 31 starving civilians and the injury of over 200 others at the US-Israeli aid distribution point in Rafah. The massacre, known as the Witkoff Massacre, has triggered global outrage.

Each version from the Israeli military has added confusion, not clarity. The attempt to avoid accountability has drawn criticism from human rights groups and international observers.

Narrative 1: “Nothing…

Opener scores 107 off 46 as Pakistan chase 197 with seven wickets in hand and 16 balls to spare for 3-0 series win.

A nerveless century from Mohammad Haris has led Pakistan’s chase of 197 runs to win the third T20 international cricket match against Bangladesh and complete a 3-0 series win in Lahore.

Having won the first two matches after choosing to bowl first, Pakistan asked the visitors to bat first in the third match on Sunday at Gaddafi Stadium in Pakistan’s eastern metropolis.

Given…

Lebanon reports nearly 3,000 Israeli truce violations as Tel Aviv continues military operations in the south.

A Lebanese national was killed on Sunday in an Israeli drone strike in south Lebanon, marking yet another breach of the ceasefire agreement between the two countries, according to Lebanese media reports.

The state-run National News Agency (NNA) said an Israeli drone…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Farage, who had publicly vowed to “take down” McCorry and “pound his face,” deactivated his social media accounts following the defeat.

Irish mixed martial artist Paddy McCorry delivered both a decisive victory and a political statement at Cage Warriors 189 in Rome, Italy.

The 27-year-old from Belfast dominated…