Greek elections

Reportedly, Greeks are voting in elections on Sunday following May polls that failed to elect a majority. According to the report, there are 440,000 new young voters in Greece, and Greeks living abroad were eligible to vote from Saturday. Reportedly, Sunday’s vote comes days after hundreds of migrants died and went missing near southern Greece when an overcrowded vessel capsized and sank.

According to the report, the previously ruling conservative new democracy party who hold 158 of the 300 seats in the Greek parliament are focusing on boosting annual growth, foreign investment, tax cuts and migration. Reportedly, a metal barrier along the border with Turkey was extended to keep out asylum seekers.

According to the report, the leader of the left wing syriza party served as prime minister from 2015-2019 but became a target for blame, his party is focusing on defending the health service and the welfare state .

Head of Wagner to be sent to Belarus

According to a report, locals cheered as wagner group troops left the headquarters of the southern military district in the city of Rostov-on-Don on Saturday. Reportedly, in order to defuse rebellion the head of wagner will be sent to Belarus, and the criminal case against him will not go ahead. According to the report, the wagner boss said he cannot justify the war in Ukraine as Russia was not under threat. There has been an exchange of fire between wagner and Ukraine for eight years, and in May a video was released of him standing among the bloodied bodies of his troops who had been killed in Ukraine.

Wagner take over russian army headquarters

According to a report, the kremlin has accused the leader of the wagner military group of staging a coup. Reportedly, the leader of wagner said his troops who are patriots and have the support of the russian people took over a russian army headquarters in southern Russia without firing a single shot. According to the report, the russian president described the move as a stab in the back. Reportedly, uk intelligence said wagner are movig troops and equipment towards Russia.

Hezbollah set up outpost in contested territory

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.

Ukraine, the eu and nato

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.

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News Ukraine

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.

Deadly attack on school

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.

The british irish council

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.

Hamas in Israel

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.

Warsaw marches

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.