🇺🇸 Deal ‘in principle’ made to raise US debt ceiling before default

Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) have reached a deal to raise the government’s debt ceiling limit ahead just days before the start of June when the US Treasury Department said the government was at risk of defaulting on its obligations.

McCarthy confirmed the news on Twitter, saying that he and Biden had come to an agreement that was “worthy of the American people.”

It has been reported the deal will limit non-defense-related spending to 2023 levels for two years and will increase the debt ceiling for a similar amount of time. The deal will prevent any more debt ceiling standoffs until after the 2024 Presidential election.

In delivered remarks, McCarthy said that there was still a lot of work to be done before the bill is ready to be presented to Congress for a vote. He said he expects the text of the bill to be completed and posted Sunday, with the House voting on it on Wednesday.

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🇷🇺 Putin says border guards to continue protecting Russia’s sovereignty territorial integrity

Vladimir Putin has congratulated veterans and current service members on Border Guards Day, which is celebrated on May 28:

💬 "You, the successors and heirs of the victors’ generation, of those who defeated Nazism, continue to discharge your duty with honour and dignity, solve challenging high-priority tasks to protect the state borders, carry out border control and protection of marine resources, make an important contribution to implementing international integration projects and development of cross-border cooperation, fight transnational crime and smuggling, and prevent diversions and terrorist attacks."

The Russian president thanked border guards for their service, particularly those participating in the special military operation in Ukraine.

💬 "... it is vitally important to ensure fast movement of both military and civil vehicles and cargoes, including food, humanitarian aid, and construction materials on their way to new constituent entities of the Russian Federation – the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions," Putin said.

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⚡️ Turkiye goes to vote in presidential election run-off

The first round two weeks ago saw Erdogan clinch 49.52% of the votes, and Kilicdaroglu 44.88%. To win the election, a candidate must receive a simple majority of the votes.

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#SputnikInfographic: 🇹🇷 Turkiye's presidential run-off 2023: Sizing up the candidates

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🇺🇸💰 Biden says budget agreement ‘represents compromise,’ ‘not everyone gets what they want’

The US president said that the deal reduces spending and protects critical programs for working people, as well as Congressional Democrats’ key priorities.

💬 "And, this agreement is good news for the American people, because it prevents what could have been a catastrophic default and would have led to an economic recession, retirement accounts devastated, and millions of jobs lost," Biden said.

He specified that the legislative text will be finalized "over the next day" and the agreement will then go to Congress. "I strongly urge both chambers to pass the agreement right away," Biden added.

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🇷🇺🛰 Kondor-FKA observation satellite successfully put into orbit, Roscosmos says

The Kondor-FKA satellite with special radar equipment will be able to conduct round-the-clock all-weather observation of the Earth's surface in medium and high resolutions.

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🇮🇷 Tehran slams ‘delusional’ claims by Ukraine’s Zelensky as 'anti-Iranian propaganda'

💬 “Delusional claims made by the Ukrainian president against the Islamic Republic of Iran are in line with the anti-Iranian propaganda and media war aimed at attracting as many arms and financial aid from Western countries as possible,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a statement carried by Iranian media.

Kanaani emphasized that the Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly urged finding a political solution to the Ukraine crisis. However, according to the spokesman, Ukraine, had "specific political goals and motives behind such accusations" and was "avoiding expert negotiations with the Iranian side to investigate the claims."

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Internet sickened as US senator says 'Russians dying' is ‘best money ever spent’

US Senator Lindsey Graham flew to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, after which he called on the Biden administration to ramp up support for the authorities in Kiev that are conducting an ongoing proxy war against Russia.

"Disgusting" and "sickening" were some of the responses on social media after footage was posted online showing Graham with Zelensky. Needless to say, users on social media were disgusted with the words of the American senator. Many commented that this was the "true face of American politics."

Others slammed the politician for being a "warmonger", and found such words coming from a sitting US senator very "concerning." Others wondered what the US response would be "if Russia was saying this about American citizens."

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❗️Russia’s FM Sergey Lavrov slammed plans to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighters as an unacceptable escalation, and noted that there are people in the West who understand this.

The recent remarks by Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about Ukraine unlikely to recapture lost territory is a step towards comprehending this reality on the ground, Lavrov pointed out.

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📹 ‘Mistake to think that Ukraine will prevail’: Russian Ambassador to UK tells British media

Speaking about the prolongation of the Ukrainian crisis by NATO countries, Kelin said that “sooner or later this escalation may get another dimension, which we do not need and do not want.”

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🇹🇷🗳Opposition leader Kilicdaroglu arrives to cast his ballot

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