| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Tuesday, June 7, 2022 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. Proud Boys leader Tarrio is charged with sedition, the European Union deals Apple a blow, and the early birds are betting bitcoin's bottoming out
| | | | | Today's biggest stories  A man walks in the rubble of a house following a military strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, June 7, 2022 RUSSIA AND UKRAINE AT WAR Ukrainian troops were engaged in fierce street fighting with Russian soldiers in the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, while other towns were under constant shelling, as the Kremlin pushed for control of the eastern Donbas region.
Sievierodonetsk has become the main target of the Russian offensive in the Donbas, comprising Luhansk and Donetsk provinces, as the invasion grinds on in a war of attrition that has seen cities laid waste by artillery barrages.
The bodies of some Ukrainian fighters killed defending the city of Mariupol from Russian forces at a vast steel works have been handed over to Kyiv, the families of Ukraine's Azov unit of the national guard said.
Russia's defense minister said the Ukrainian ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol, seized by Russian forces, have been de-mined and are ready to resume grain shipments. Agricultural exports from southern Ukraine have been blocked since Russia invaded.
A U.S. court issued warrants for the seizure of two luxury planes owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich while a Fiji court has ruled a Russian-owned superyacht be removed from the Pacific island nation by the United States amid legal wrangling over its seizure.
Here's what you need to know about the conflict right now |  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses his cabinet in Downing Street, London, June 7, 2022
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to shore up his leadership by setting out a raft of new policies to ministers after he narrowly survived a confidence vote that revealed the scale of the threat to his position. We look at what's ahead for Johnson.
Foreign tourists visiting Japan will be required to wear masks, take out private medical insurance and be chaperoned throughout their stay, the government said, as it plans a gradual opening from two years of COVID-19 restrictions.
South Korea and the United States staged a joint air power demonstration during a visit by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, who said there would be a strong and clear response if North Korea were to conduct a nuclear test.
The White House excluded Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas this week, prompting Mexico's president to make good on a threat to skip the event because all countries in the Western Hemisphere were not invited.
The South African government said it was taken aback by Ryanair's decision to force UK-bound travelers holding the country's passport to take a test in Afrikaans language to prove nationality, calling the move a "backward profiling system".
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A former member of Donald Trump's cabinet will attempt a return to the U.S. Congress in Montana and California Democrats concerned about crime may oust one of their own as voters head to the polls in midterm primary elections in seven states.
State police in Michigan have obtained warrants to seize voting equipment and election-related records in at least three towns and one county in the past six weeks, police records show, widening the largest known investigation into unauthorized attempts by Trump allies to access voting systems.
A judge blocked a Louisiana Republican redistricting map that created only one majority-Black congressional district in the state, ordering the state legislature to redraw the map with a second such district within the next two weeks.
The former leader of the right-wing group the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, and four associates were charged with seditious conspiracy for their role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump's supporters.
A Philadelphia school teacher, an Arizona teenager and a Chicago police officer were among hundreds of people struck down by bullets over the weekend, part of a relentless wave of shootings that has pushed gun violence to the forefront of U.S. politics.
|  CEO Tim Cook takes a selfie with a man during Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, June 6, 2022 BUSINESS Apple will have to change the connector on its iPhones sold in Europe by 2024 as EU countries and EU lawmakers agreed to a single mobile charging port for mobile phones, tablets and cameras.
Elon Musk warned Twitter that he might walk away from his $44 billion deal to acquire the social media company if it fails to provide the data on spam and fake accounts that he seeks.
Boardroom tensions at Japan's Toshiba erupted into a public row as two of its external directors traded criticism over governance and the nomination of hedge fund executives to the conglomerate's board.
Bearish investors are ramping up bets against meme stocks GameStop and AMC Entertainment, spotlighting how short sellers have grown bolder during a broader market selloff that has pummeled risky post-pandemic favorites once beloved by retail traders.
As the crypto winter creeps into June, the first signs of a thaw are emerging. Some investors are now betting that bitcoin is bottoming out, judging by the money heading into listed cryptocurrency funds, which represent just a slice of the market yet are popular among institutional and retail players alike.
The family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie 'Top Gun' sued Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over this year's blockbuster sequel 'Top Gun: Maverick'. According to a complaint filed in Los Angeles federal court, the Paramount Global unit failed to reacquire the rights to Ehud Yonay's 1983 article. | | | | | | | | | | | Video of the day  Yemenis preserve craft of dagger-making Craftsmen preserving thousands of years of culture have adapted how they make the daggers. Instead of traditional rhino horn, they now use deer, caribou or buffalo horn. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
