| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Monday, June 13, 2022 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. Russian artillery pounds Sievierodonetsk, a gun-reform deal is reached in the U.S. Senate, and major crypto lender Celsius freezes withdrawals
| | | | | Today's biggest stories  A Ukrainian serviceman inside a tank at a position in Donetsk region, Ukraine June 11, 2022 RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR Russian forces swarmed into the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk and pounded a zone where hundreds of civilians were sheltering, a Ukrainian official said - a scene that mirrored Moscow's brutal capture of Mariupol last month.
Ukraine has issued increasingly urgent calls for more Western weapons to help defend Sievierodonetsk, which Kyiv says could hold the key to the outcome of the battle for control of the eastern Donbas region and the future course of the war.
Is it better to engage with Russian President Vladimir Putin or to isolate him? Should Kyiv make concessions to end the war, or would that embolden the Kremlin? Are ramped up sanctions on Russia worth the collateral damage? Ukraine's allies are divided over the endgame.
A former British soldier has been killed fighting for Ukraine in the city of Sievierodonetsk, his family said on social media, and a senior Ukrainian official praised him as a "true hero".
The leader of the Russian-backed separatist Donetsk region of Ukraine said there was no reason to pardon two British nationals who were sentenced to death last week after being captured while fighting for Ukraine.
The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, has filed an appeal against a Moscow court decision demanding that it remove information related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, arguing that people have a right to know the facts of the war.
Here's what you need to know about the conflict right now |  Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in the 'March for Our Lives' against gun violence in Washington, D.C., June 11, 2022
U.S.
In a potential breakthrough toward the first significant new U.S. gun law in decades, a bipartisan group of senators announced an agreement on a framework for a firearms safety bill with enough Republican support to advance in the narrowly divided Senate. Here's what's in and what's out of the Senate's gun-safety plan.
The second hearing of the congressional committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol will focus on former President Donald Trump's insistence that his 2020 election defeat was the result of widespread fraud, an unfounded allegation known as the 'Big Lie'.
Thirty-one members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front are expected to appear in an Idaho court for an arraignment following their weekend arrest on suspicion of plotting to violently disrupt an LGBTQ pride event.
Planned Parenthood and other abortion rights groups are expanding a network of staff to guide patients through what is expected to become an increasingly complex and expensive process to obtain abortions across much of the United States.
Michael Avenatti, the twice-convicted lawyer who represented porn actress Stormy Daniels in her legal battles against Trump, offered to plead guilty to "multiple" criminal charges he still faces in California.
WORLD
Authorities in China's capital Beijing raced to contain a COVID-19 outbreak traced to a raucous 24-hour bar known for cheap liquor and big crowds, with millions facing mandatory testing and thousands under targeted lockdowns.
Leaders of prominent Islamic groups and mosques in India appealed to fellow Muslims to suspend plans for protests against derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammad made by two members of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party.
Britain will set out plans today to override some of the post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland, changes that will inflame tensions with the European Union but were dubbed mere "bureaucratic simplifications" by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
President Emmanuel Macron could lose his outright majority in France's parliament and the ability to push through his economic reform agenda with a free hand after a strong showing by a new left-wing alliance in the first round of voting.
Brazilian police said search teams have discovered belongings of missing British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira who went missing in the Amazon rainforest a week ago. The two men were on a reporting trip in the remote jungle area near the border with Peru and Colombia. | | | | | | | | | | | Video of the day  Russia opens rebranded McDonald's restaurants It might look and smell like McDonald's but now it's Vkusno & Tochka. The golden arches are gone, the Filet-O-Fish is simply a fish burger. The Big Mac has left Russia. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
