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Members of the National Guard in front of the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, on June 8.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
National Guard deployed in Los Angeles amid protests against immigration raids
California National Guard arrived in Los Angeles on June 8, deployed by President Donald Trump after two days of protests by hundreds of demonstrators against immigration raids carried out as part of Mr Trump’s strict policy.
About a dozen National Guard members were seen in video footage on June 8 morning lining up at a federal building in downtown Los Angeles, where detainees from immigration raids on June 6 were taken, sparking protests that continued on June 7.
The complex is near Los Angeles City Hall, where another protest against the immigration raids is scheduled for June 8 afternoon. US Northern Command confirmed National Guard troops had started deploying and that some were already on the ground.
National Guard troops were also seen in Paramount in south-east Los Angeles near the Home Depot, the site of altercations between protestors and police on June 7.
Israel recovers body of Hamas commander Mohammed Sinwar in tunnel beneath Gaza hospital
The Israeli army said on June 8 it had retrieved the body of Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Sinwar in an underground tunnel beneath a hospital in southern Gaza, following a targeted operation in May.
Another senior Hamas leader, Mohammad Shabana, commander of the Rafah Brigade, was also found dead at the scene along with a number of other militants, who are still being identified, said IDF spokesperson, Brigadier-General Effie Defrin.
Israeli forces gave a small group of foreign reporters a tour of the tunnel that had been uncovered beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis, which Defrin said was a major command and control compound for Hamas.
Russia advances to east-central Ukrainian region amid row over dead soldiers
Russia said on June 8 its forces had advanced to the edge of the east-central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk amid a public row between Moscow and Kyiv over peace negotiations and the return of thousands of bodies of soldiers who fell in the war.
Despite talk of peace, the war is stepping up with Russian forces grabbing more territory in Ukraine and Kyiv unfurling high-profile drone and sabotage attacks on Russia's nuclear-capable bomber fleet and, according to Moscow, on railways.
Russia, which controls a little under one-fifth of Ukrainian territory, has taken more than 190 sq km of the Sumy region of north-eastern Ukraine in less than a month, according to pro-Ukrainian open source maps.
Colombia presidential candidate Miguel Uribe fighting for life after assassination attempt
PHOTO: AFP
Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay remains in a critical condition after an assassination attempt on June 7 that recalled the political violence that roiled the nation in the 1980s and 1990s.
The 39-year-old opposition senator is out of a “neurosurgical” operation and a procedure on his left thigh, but his condition remains extremely serious, according to a statement from La Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota, where he is being treated. It declined to give a prognosis.
Mr Uribe’s wife had said he was “fighting for his life” following the attack, which happened while he was campaigning in a Bogota neighbourhood on June 7. In a recording on June 8, she said “he came out well from the surgery,” according to AFP. He was shot twice in the head and once in the leg.
Prince of Clay arrives as Alcaraz battles from the brink to retain French Open
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Carlos Alcaraz battled from the brink to outlast top seed Jannik Sinner 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(10-2) in a French Open final for the ages on June 8 to retain his crown and cement his status as the Prince of Clay in Roland Garros’ post-Rafa Nadal era.
In a scintillating showdown between the torch-bearers of a new generation, the 22-year-old Alcaraz saved three match points in the fourth set to continue his dominance over Sinner with his fifth straight victory and end the Italian’s 20-match winning run at the majors.
Alcaraz showed his steely determination to win the epic in five hours and 29 minutes - the longest final at Roland Garros - and soaked up the roaring ovation from a thoroughly entertained Parisian crowd long used to Nadal’s reign during his run of 14 titles.
