Trump Blasts 'Fake' Report That He Knowingly Misled Lawyers Over Classified Docs Kept at Mar-a-Lago

Citing undisclosed sources, ABC News is exclusively reporting that controversial US Judge Beryl Howell wrote last week that prosecutors in the special counsel’s office made a "prima facie showing that the former president had committed criminal violations."

According to the media outlet, the determination into claims that former President Donald Trump knowingly misled his legal representatives about mishandled sensitive documents at his Florida residence would mean that "attorney-client privileges invoked by two of [Trump’s] lawyers could therefore be pierced."

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Over 850 People Detained in France at Protests Against Pension Reform - Interior Ministry

Over 850 protesters have been detained in France during demonstrations against recently-passed pension reform legislation, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Tuesday.

"Since Thursday, 855 people have been detained in France, including 729 in Paris. Some 843 people have been placed in custody," Darmanin told French media.

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⚡️ Britain's plans to transfer depleted uranium projectiles to Kiev are yet another reckless provocation by London, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova told Sputnik.

'Why Don't You Release Assange?': Mexican President Strikes Back at US Over Human Rights Report

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador dismissed a report by the US government on Tuesday accusing his administration of human rights violations as “lies.”

The State Department issued its annual report Monday on “Human Rights Practices.” The publication criticized the Lopez Obrador administration’s treatment of journalists and claimed that in Mexico, “impunity and extremely low rates of prosecution remained a problem for all crimes, including human rights abuses and corruption.”

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❗️ The Black Sea Fleet has repelled a marine drone attack in Sevastopol, the governor said.

According to the authorities, three objects that tried to penetrate the bay in Sevastopol were destroyed, the air defense eliminated the air targets.

⚡️ Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The use of depleted uranium shells is, in fact, a manifestation of genocide against the population against which such weapons are used.

Duke v. Heritage Foundation: Could Prince Harry’s Drug Use Affect His US Visa?

Prince Harry opened up about his illegal drug use in his memoir "Spare", admitting to using cocaine, cannabis, and magic mushrooms, later adding in an interview that cocaine was more of a “social thing” while mushrooms and cannabis were to help with his “trauma”.

The Heritage Fund, a conservative US think-tank, is calling for the release of Prince Harry’s US visa application so they can see whether or not he admitted to past drug use before moving into his $9.5 billion home in Santa Barbara, California.

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❗️ Russian diplomat on US congressmen's call for Biden to supply cluster munitions to Kiev: Moscow urges Washington not to follow path of escalation.

❗️Latest statements by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia:

▪️ Congressmen calling for the supply of cluster munitions to Kiev are not aware of the consequences for NATO

▪️ The United States, in fact, demonstrates every day the intention to follow the path of escalation; this is a very dangerous path.

▪️ The United States is actually directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine

▪️ Arms control issues were discussed during the meeting between Putin and Xi Jinping

▪️ The point in the statement of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China following the visit of Xi Jinping on the inadmissibility of nuclear war is a direct signal to the United States

▪️ Russia and China call on the US and NATO to follow the path of de-escalation and strengthen strategic stability

▪️ Washington is running into Moscow's retaliatory measures, intending to continue flying drones over the Black Sea.

▪️ Russia warns the US not to test the patience of Moscow; the security of the Russian Federation will be ensured by all available means

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TikTok ‘Has Never Shared’ US User Data With Chinese Government: App’s CEO

TikTok's chief executive Zi Chew will testify before Congress on Thursday that the Chinese-owned video app “has never shared, or received a request to share, US user data with the Chinese government,” according to the official’s written testimony, which has been posted by the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee.

Zi is also expected to add that TikTok's parent company ByteDance is not owned or controlled by any government or state entity.

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❗️ North Korea reportedly launched a cruise missile towards the Sea of Japan.

Ex-Lehman Exec Warns 50 More Bank Failures May Hit US If Structural Problems Not Fixed

Another 50 bank failures may engulf America if the US government does not take appropriate action to iron out structural issues, former Lehman Brothers executive Lawrence McDonald told Sputnik.

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❗️ Moscow: commission on biolabs concluded that US is ready to produce and use biological weapons outside its territory.