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A Russian missile attack kills six in Zelenskiy's hometown, Trump faces charges in a Florida court in classified documents case, and how deception and inaction underpin UAE's thriving sex trafficking industry.

Plus, an amputee surfer is making waves in the sport.

By Kate Turton

Today's Top News

Police officers stand next to the bodies of people killed by a Russian missile strike in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine June 13, 2023. REUTERS/Andrii Dubchak

WAR IN UKRAINE

At least six people were killed in a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's hometown of Kryvyi Rih, officials said.
The United States is concerned that North Korea is planning to deliver more weapons to Russia, a State Department spokesperson said after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster strategic cooperation with Moscow.
Russia's Defence Ministry released video footage of what it said were German-made Leopard tanks and US-made Bradley Fighting Vehicles captured by Russian forces in a battle with Ukrainian troops.

ELSEWHERE

Former President Donald Trump arrived in Miami to face federal criminal charges, while a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found a vast majority of his fellow Republicans believe the case to be politically motivated.
Italy is preparing to bid farewell to former premier Silvio Berlusconi, a scandal-prone billionaire who dominated the country's politics, business and soccer world for at least three decades.
At least 14,000 people evacuated from around a volcano spewing lava and noxious gases in the central Philippines may remain displaced from their homes for months, authorities warned.
US asylum appointments at a dangerous Texas-Mexico border crossing can no longer be scheduled via an online app following reports that migrants face extortion in Mexico.

Business & Markets

Toyota will introduce high-performance, solid-state batteries and other technologies to improve the driving range and cut costs of future electric vehicles, the automaker said, a strategic pivot that sent its shares higher. Sign up for the Reuters Auto-file newsletter.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei gauge surged on Tuesday, closing over 33,000 for the first time in 33 years, led by technology shares on expectations of a flood of investment in chip-related companies.
India threatened to shut down Twitter in the country unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts critical of the handling of farmer protests, co-founder Jack Dorsey said, an accusation Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government called an "outright lie".
The pandemic sparked what seemed a massive reshuffling of who does what in the American workforce. Keeping track of that shifting landscape falls to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which every year details how many people do different types of jobs.
IKEA is training call center workers to become interior design advisers as the Swedish furniture giant aims to offer more home improvement services and hand run-of-the-mill customer queries to an artificial intelligence bot called Billie.
British wage growth soared and employment also jumped in the three months to April, raising expectations that the Bank of England will raise interest rates again, perhaps several times, to contain unrelenting inflationary pressures.

How torture, deception and inaction underpin UAE's thriving sex trafficking industry

At night, women in colorful wigs and low-cut dresses can be seen in front of buildings in the working-class Al Baraha neighborhood.

On a pleasure boat cruising Gulf waters near Dubai's glittering skyline, a Nigerian woman in a white dress and gold jewelry nodded and swayed as a gathering sang "Happy Birthday" to her. Videos of Christy Gold's 45th birthday party were posted in May last year on an Instagram account that showcases her glamorous lifestyle, months after Gold fled Nigeria, where she was facing sex trafficking charges.

Gold – whose name appears in court records as Christiana Jacob Uadiale – was a ringleader in a criminal network that lured African women to Dubai and forced them into prostitution.

Reporter Maggie Michael tells Reuters World News daily podcast about the women lured into sexual slavery in UAE.

Special Report: African women trafficked into the UAE are forced into debt and subjected to threats and violence

And Finally...

Sarah Almagro, 23, trains with her coach Javier Donoso, during the adaptive surfing Open LPA Surf City, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, June 11, 2023. REUTERS/Borja Suarez

When Sarah Almagro was 18 she suffered meningococcal meningitis and surgeons had to amputate both her hands and feet. Her dreams of becoming a surfer appeared to be dashed.

But only three years later, she took part in the World Para Surfing Championships in the United States and finished second.

Read more here: Amputee surfer making waves in the sport

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