## Pentagon restricts Ukraine's use of US missiles against Russia, WSJ reports

Authored by yahoo.com

Trump had hoped to arrange a bilateral meeting between Putin and Zelenskiy, but that has also proven difficult.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told NBC on Friday that there was no agenda in place for a sitdown with Zelenskiy.

Neither Ukraine's presidential office nor the defence ministry immediately responded to Reuters' request for a comment outside business hours.

The White House and the Pentagon also did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

(Reporting by Bipasha Dey in Bengaluru and Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Writing by James Oliphant; Editing by Don Durfee and Diane Craft). »

### Trump mobilizing up to 1,700 National Guard troops in 19 states to widen law and order crackdown

Authored by the-independent.com

The Trump administration reportedly plans to mobilize up to 1,700 National Guard troops across 19 states in the coming weeks to support its immigration and anti-crime crackdowns, a dramatic expansion of the controversial operation that’s seen federal agents and Guard troops carrying out activities across Washington, D.C.

open image in gallery The Trump administration is reportedly expanding its crime crackdown by deploying up to 1,700 National Guard troops across 19 states in support of its immigration and crime crackdowns ( AFP via Getty Images ).

The Independent has contacted the reported states for comment, as well as the central National Guard leadership and the Department of Homeland Security. »

### Mississippi calls infant mortality rates ‘unacceptable’ in emergency declaration

Authored by denver7.com

The Mississippi State Department of Health has declared a public health emergency in response to a sharp rise in infant mortality across the state.

Officials said the leading causes of infant mortality include congenital malformations, preterm birth, low birth weight, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

The emergency declaration serves as a call to action, with the health department planning to implement several measures aimed at reducing infant mortality. »

### Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold

Authored by sciencedaily.com

Climate change and agricultural intensification have increasingly deprived honeybees of the floral diversity they need to thrive.

Increasingly, beekeepers are feeding artificial pollen substitutes to their bees due to insufficient natural pollen.

In the new study, the research team succeeded in engineering the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to produce a precise mixture of six key sterols that bees need. »

### Ukraine’s Zelenskyy rules out China as security guarantor in any peace deal

Authored by aljazeera.com

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ruled out the chance that China could serve as a security guarantor in the event of a future peace deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

First, China did not help us stop this war from the beginning,” Zelenskyy told reporters, according to a report by The Kyiv Post media outlet on Thursday.

In April, Zelenskyy accused China of supplying Russia with weapons and assisting in arms production, in the first direct accusation of its kind from the Ukrainian president. »

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