Sunday, June 8, 2025

Six In The Morning Sunday 8 June 2025

 National Guard In LA To Curb Immigration Protests

BBC News

Summary

In the US, opinions clash: Is Trump sowing chaos or de-escalating tensions?

On US breakfast shows this morning, politicians have been reacting to clashes in LA between protesters and immigration officials.

Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders tells CNN that Trump is "moving this country rapidly into authoritarianism" after involving the National Guard without the consent of California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Sanders says the decision shows Trump "thinks he has the right to do anything he wants".


Russia claims to have pushed into central Ukrainian region for first time

Subunits from the Russian military’s 90th tank division reached the border of Dnipropetrovsk with the Donetsk region, large parts of which are already under Russian occupation, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. After this, they continued into Dnipropetrovsk, the defense ministry claimed.

Russia claimed Sunday that its forces are for the first time pushing into the central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk, an area it has been trying to reach for months, in a move that could create new problems for Kyiv’s much-stretched forces.

Thousands protest in Madrid against Pedro Sánchez’s government

Ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ party has faced series of corruption allegations over past year

 in Madrid
Sun 8 Jun 2025 13.54 BST

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in central Madrid to protest against the government of Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and to demand an early general election, as his party, his administration and his family continue to be beset by a succession of corruption allegations.

Sunday’s protest, called by the opposition conservative People’s party (PP) under the slogan “mafia or democracy”, attracted between 45,000 and 50,000 people, according to the central government’s delegation to the region. Organisers put the attendance at 100,000.


Israel orders military to block aid flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg from reaching Gaza

Israel’s defence minister on Sunday ordered the military to stop an aid boat belonging to the international nonprofit organisation Freedom Flotilla Coalition and carrying climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and fellow activists from reaching the Gaza Strip. 

Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz on Sunday ordered the military to block an aid boat headed for Gaza with 12 activists on board, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg.

"I have instructed the military to prevent the Madleen flotilla from reaching Gaza," Israel Katz said in a statement from his office.

‘We do this to survive’: Harvesting opium poppies in Myanmar’s Shan State

Poppy cultivation and methamphetamine production has surged in Myanmar amid the country’s grinding civil war.


Tian Win Nang squats on the hard-packed earth, balancing a kilogramme (2.2 pounds) of chocolate-coloured raw opium in each hand like a human weighing scales.

“Each kilogramme is worth around $250,” said Tian Win Nang, wearing worn white flip-flops and a black T-shirt.

Iran extends ban on dog-walking for ‘public order, safety and health’

Many cities said to have imposed prohibition in recent days that echoes 2019 police directive in Tehran


Iran extends ban on dog-walking for ‘public order, safety and health’

Many cities said to have imposed prohibition in recent days that echoes 2019 police directive in Tehran

Iranian authorities have expanded a ban on walking dogs in public to many cities nationwide, citing public health, social order and safety concerns, domestic media have reported.

The ban, which echoes a 2019 police directive that barred walking dogs in Tehran, was expanded to Ilam city in the west on Sunday, according to reports.

At least 17 other cities have introduced similar bans in recent days, including Isfahan in the centre and Kerman in the south.


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