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According to a report, hezbollah has set up an armed military post a few metres into Israeli territory. Reportedly, Israel has been in dialogue with the united nations interim force in Lebanon in an effort to convince the contingents to withdraw. According to reports, the area where the position is set up is along the contested u.n. blue line which, in an effort to get Israelis to withdraw from Lebanon demarks the borders between Israel, Lebanon and the Golan.

The u.n. have had a presence in the area since 1978. The Lebanese civil war which lasted until 1990 was a battle between christians who had conjoined with the Lebanese army and shi-ite forces. Israel were involved on the christian side, perhaps because of a palestinian insurgency on behalf of hezbollah.

Reportedly, hezbollah functions as a proxy of Iran and is significant in Lebanon as a shi-ite political party and militant group opposing western influences in the middle east.

According to a report, Ukraine has met two of the seven conditions required for the progression of their application to join the eu. Reportedly, the met conditions relate to the composition of two high level judicial bodies, and new legislation aligning the media to eu standards. According to the report, other conditions relate to corruption, money laundering and the oligarchy.

Reportedly, Ukraine applied for membership of the eu in February 2022 following the russian invasion but this may take some time, though the uk foreign secretary is supporting a plan to allow Ukraine a fast track to nato membership.

Former soviet countries and suzeraines may lack a personal sense of responsibility which has been termed sociopathic, that is a person leaves superiors to judge right from wrong and feels vindicated when complying with any wrong doing.

Reportedly, Ukraine have struck a bridge linking Crimea to the mainland according to the russian appointed governor of Kherson. According to a report, Ukraine are hoping to scrap tax relief and exemptions introduced as a result of the russian invasion in compliance with the international monetary fund programme, the move which will be voted on at the end of June or July would generate $271 million in government income during 2023. Reportedly, Ukraine say their taxes cannot cover their military expenditure.

According to a report, atleast 41 people including students have died in an attack on a school in Uganda. Reportedly, other students have been abducted and a dormitory was set on fire in the incident which police say was carried out by the allied defence forces. According to the report, the attack took place near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, 41 bodies have been recovered, some burned beyond recognition.

Reportedly, the adf have long opposed the rule of the ugandan president, a u.s. security ally. According to the report, the group was established in the 1990’s by some ugandans who argue they have been sidelined by policies brokered by the president, he has been in power since 1986.

Reportedly, in the past the adf have staged deadly attacks, including one on a school in 1998 which killed 80 students. It is not known wether the school had western credentials. According to the report, the results were a ugandan military assault which forced the adf into the democratic republic of Congo where many military groups operate and they made contact with islamic state. Reportedly, in 2021 the ugandan military launched air and artillery strikes in the drC against the group.

According to reports, the irish taoiseach was scheduled to attend the 39th british irish council summit on Thursday where he has spoken in favour of a return to Stormont. Reportedly, there were no representatives from northern Ireland because of the collapse of the power sharing institutions. The british irish council is one of two institutions founded by the Belfast agreement, the other being the north south ministerial council. The agreement has resulted in a demographic shift from northern Ireland to the south.

According to a report, hamas, a sunni muslim authority considers Israel to be the main front of jihad, though termed nationalist they may have a supercilious directive. Reportedly, an exchange of fire between Israel and hamas in May resulted in atleast 15 deaths including three hamas leaders.

According to reports, hamas who took over Gaza in 2007 and have a presence in Samaria were involved in palestinian residents of east Jerusalem being urged to boycott municipal elections. Reportedly, the majority of muslim residents of east Jerusalem lived there during the jordanian occupation and haven’t since voted in Israeli elections. According to a report, as israeli permanent residents they are allowed to vote in local but not national elections.

According to a report, marches through Warsaw marked the 34th anniversary of an end to communism. Reportedly, marchers were opposition parties joined by civic groups, lgbt and women’s rights groups. Reportedly, the protests followed a bill passed last week that will form a commission to investigate russian influence and collaboration since 2007.

According to the report, the commision will investigate russian influence on the internal security of Poland, including public figures and businesses that have ties to Moscow. Reportedly, according to the text the bill will apply to public officials or senior management who between 2007-22 under russian influence acted to the detriment of the interests of Poland.

According to reports, Recep Erdogan was sworn into office for his third term on Saturday following a second poll on May 28. Reportedly, his rival Kemal Kilicdaraglu had promised to put Turkey on a more democratic path and improve relations with the west.

According to a report, inflation in Turkey reached 85% in October following a terrible earthquake that killed 50,000 people, causing immense damage. Reportedly, according to the world bank the cost of earthquake damage will exceed $34 billion. A challenge will be a cost of living crisis.

According to a report, Kosovo has been urged to hold new elections in the north of the country which is predominantly habitated by serbs in order to deescalate tensions between albanians and serbs. Reportedly, serbs boycotted northern elections in April resulting in Albanians taking control of local councils. According to a report, the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia were invited to a european summit. Reportedly, the Serbian president accused the Kosovo leader of refusing to talk to him or enter into dialogue concerning what he described as sham elections in northern Kosovo. According to the report, a vice president of the serb party, Serb list said he would continue to support serbian citizens who are protesting until the Kosovo authorities meet their demands. being an end to mayors occupying municipalities by force, the establishment of special units and serbian protestors being released.

Kosovo has been annexed by the roman empire, the Bulgarian empire and became the centre of the medieval serbian state which brought eastern orthodox christianity. A later Ottoman empire resulted in the migration of albanians and the introduction of islam. The united nations security council resolution 1244 authorises an international, civil and military presence in the former Yugoslavia and resulted in the establishment of the United nations interim administration mission in Kosovo. There is still a u.n. presence today

According to reports, Patrick Kielty is scheduled to be the new host of the Late Late show. Patrick was born in northern Ireland and is the son of John Kielty who was shot dead by the Ulster defence Association. According to some sources Mr Kielty was to be a witness in a tv station’s defence of a libel action brought by a loyalist paramilitary figure for defamation.

Reportedly, Patrick is a comedian who began performing while at Queen’s university, Belfast. He went to St Patrick’s grammar school, Downpatrick and was encouraged to perform by a teacher who liked his impersonations. He is married to Cat Deeley, english tv presenter.