Ukraine and Russia working on new prisoner exchange, Zelensky says after Istanbul peace talks
Summary
Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky says he expects more prisoners of war will be exchanged with Russia following today's round of peace talks in Istanbul
Speaking after a Nato meeting in Vilnius, he reiterates support for a new set of sanctions to pressure President Vladimir Putin into agreeing to a ceasefire
The head of the Ukrainian delegation confirms Russia has now handed over a memorandum outlining its negotiations demands, saying a potential meeting between Zelensky and Putin has also been discussed
Russia says they've agreed to return the remains of 6,000 soldiers and offered a two to three day ceasefire on certain parts of the frontline to facilitate the collection of the bodies
Today's talks are unlikely to yield a breakthrough but Russia and Ukraine both want to avoid straining their ties with the White House, writes the BBC's Liza Fokht from Istanbul
Russia and Ukraine remain far apart after second round of talks
Hugo Bachega
Reporting from Istanbul
After a second round of peace talks, Russia and Ukraine remain far apart.
They have agreed to release prisoners of war who are seriously ill and those under the age of twenty-five, but that seems to have been the only achievement.
Speaking in Istanbul, Ukraine’s defence minister said the key points could only be resolved at face-to-face talks between President Zelensky and President Putin, and suggested that such a meeting should happen by the end of the month.
Orbán and Le Pen cheer Karol Nawrocki’s election as Polish president
Far-right leaders congratulate nationalist candidate as result deals blow to Donald Tusk’s pro-EU agenda
Mon 2 Jun 2025 11.54 BST
Far-right leaders in Europe have welcomed the victory of the nationalist opposition candidate, Karol Nawrocki, in Poland’s presidential elections, a result that deals a huge blow to the centre-right prime minister Donald Tusk’s reform and pro-EU agenda.
Nawrocki, a conservative historian and former amateur boxer, won Sunday’s election with 50.89% of the vote, final figures showed on Monday, ahead of his rival, Rafał Trzaskowski, the liberal Warsaw mayor and an ally of Tusk, who secured 49.11%.
Militants attack Mali army camp in Timbuktu, sources say
An army camp in the centre of Timbuktu came under attack Monday as suspected jihadist militants launched an assault involving gunfire and a vehicle packed with explosives, military sources and local officials said. The assault marks the latest in a series of attacks in Mali, where Islamist violence has persisted since 2012.
An army camp in the Malian city of Timbuktu on Monday was under attack by "terrorists" and heavy gunfire was heard, military and local officials and residents told AFP.
Junta-ruled Mali has been gripped since 2012 by violence from jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group as well as community and criminal groups.
"We are dealing with terrorists attacking Timbuktu. We are fighting back," a military source said.
Same circuit board used in two bullet train decouplings
By AYATERU HOSOZAWA/ Staff Writer
June 2, 2025 at 16:13 JST
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has revealed that two recent decouplings of Tohoku Shinkansen mid-journey involved different Komachi trains that used the same electrical circuit board, which may have triggered the malfunctions.
Following the first decoupling in September, JR East determined that a small metal fragment left over from the manufacturing process may have caused a false unlocking signal by entering the coupler’s control switch.
In response, company engineers inspected all 96 train units capable of coupled operations and cleared any metal fragments. They also removed parts behind the control switch for modifications to prevent a recurrence.
How protests over designer handbags threw Mongolia into political crisis
Mongolia has been thrown into fresh political crisis with protesters calling for the resignation of the country’s prime minister over his family’s lavish displays of wealth.
For two weeks, young Mongolians have taken to the streets of the capital putting pressure on Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai who will face a vote of confidence in his government on Monday.
Democratic Mongolia is a landlocked nation of just 3.5 million people sandwiched between authoritarian giants China and Russia, and the latest political crisis has put renewed scrutiny on the stability of the country’s democracy.
Secret Syrian intelligence files show missing US journalist was imprisoned by Assad regime
Top secret intelligence files uncovered by the BBC confirm for the first time that missing American journalist Austin Tice was imprisoned by the regime of the now-deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Former Syrian officials have also confirmed Mr Tice's detention to the BBC.
The US government has previously stated that it believed he had been held by the Syrian government, but the Assad regime continuously denied this, and nothing was known about the details of his detention.
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