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Saturday June 29th, 2024 morning edition

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The bloggers couldn’t agree whether one or more elements of the system such as its missiles, a launcher an associated radar were hit.

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The Ukrainian milblogger “Military News claimed on X that the whole complex worth $600 million was destroyed in the attack, as did NOELREPORTS citing a claim by Ukraine’s TIVAZ artillery formation.

The Ukrainian Telegram channels Tsapilenko-Ukraine Fights and Bayraktar also made reference to reports that the system was destroyed but the latter said confirmation was still awaited.

It is noted that the Armed Forces destroyed the new Russian S-500 air defence system.

It suggested this could possibly be related to the S-500 attack as it occurred near locations where an S-400 system had previously been destroyed.

Satellite image taken on June 28 shared by the Crimean Wind monitoring group showing a fire at the Dzhankoy airfield in occupied Crimea. »

Steve Bannon must report to prison by Monday after Supreme Court rejects last-minute appeal

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WASHINGTON — Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon must report to prison by Monday after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute bid to stave off his four-month sentence for defying subpoenas from the House Jan. 6 committee.

Nichols then ordered Bannon to report to prison by July 1, saying there was no basis to continue to delay the sentence.

An appeals court then rejected Bannon’s appeal of the decision, leaving only the Supreme Court to help him avoid incarceration. »

Taylor Swift Covers a Year’s Worth of Meals With Donation to Local U.K. Food Bank on Eras Tour Route

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Taylor Swift is working to leave the cities on her Eras Tour route a little better than she found them.

“It’s the most incredible gift,” Rich Jones, chief executive of St. Andrew’s Community Network, told The Guardian in an interview published Tuesday (June 25).

“Because of rising prices, rising need and falling donations, we’ve been having to subsidize our food ourselves for a long while.”. »

We Just Witnessed the Biggest Supreme Court Power Grab Since 1803

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Politics / We Just Witnessed the Biggest Supreme Court Power Grab Since 1803 The court has given itself nearly unlimited power over the administrative state, putting everything from environmental protections to workers’ rights at risk.

In so doing, the court gave itself nearly unlimited power over the administrative state and its regulatory agencies.

In that case, the Supreme Court picked the president instead of letting Florida recount the votes of its people. »