While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, June 7, 2025
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US President Donald Trump (left) told NBC News he had no desire to repair his relationship with billionaire Elon Musk.
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Trump says Musk relationship over, issues warning
Donald Trump said on June 7 his relationship with his billionaire donor Elon Musk is over and warned there would be “serious consequences” if Mr Musk funds US Democrats running against Republicans who vote for the president’s sweeping tax and spending Bill.
In a telephone interview with NBC News, Mr Trump declined to say what those consequences would be, and went on to add that he had not had discussions about whether to investigate Mr Musk.
Asked if he thought his relationship with the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive officer was over, Mr Trump said, “I would assume so, yeah.”
“No,” Mr Trump told NBC, when asked if he had any desire to repair his relationship with Mr Musk.
Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv kill four, wound 60
Russia attacked the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv at night and in the evening with drones, missiles and guided bombs, killing at least four people and injuring more than 60, including a baby, local officials said on June 7.
One of Ukraine’s largest cities, Kharkiv is located just a few dozen kilometres from the Russian border and has been under constant Russian shelling during more than three years of war.
Dozens of explosions were heard in the city through the night and Russian troops were striking simultaneously with missiles, drones and guided aerial bombs. In the evening, Russian aircraft once again attacked Kharkiv with guided bombs, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called “another brutal murder”.
US fisherman charged with stabbing shark multiple times
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A charter fisherman in Florida was charged with animal cruelty after a video showed him stabbing a shark multiple times.
The fisherman, Zane Garrett, 26, of Stock Island in the Florida Keys, was arrested by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on June 5 and charged with the felony count.
Law enforcement officials received tips on May 23 about a man “repeatedly stabbing a shark on a fishing line before cutting the line and releasing the animal”, the agency said in a statement. It was unclear if the shark survived.
Coco Gauff says French Open title ‘one I really wanted’
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Coco Gauff said a maiden French Open trophy was “one I really wanted” after securing the title with victory over Aryna Sabalenka on June 7.
The 21-year-old secured a hard-fought 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-4 win over the world number one in difficult, windy conditions at Roland Garros.
“I felt like this is one I really wanted, because I do think this was one of the tournaments that when I was younger that I felt I had the best shot of winning,” said American star Gauff.
Thomas Tuchel unhappy with England team’s attitude
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England coach Thomas Tuchel criticised his team after they struggled to a 1-0 victory away to Andorra in a World Cup qualifier on June 7.
The German has won his first three matches in charge with no goals conceded but had it not been for Harry Kane’s 50th-minute goal his team would have faced humiliation against a side ranked 173rd in the world.
After collecting the three points that put England in command of Group K, Tuchel made no attempt to sugar coat a performance that was way below par.
