Fast and Factual LIVE: US and Russian Defence Chiefs Discuss Ukraine on Phone Call

Fast and Factual LIVE: US and Russian Defence Chiefs Discuss Ukraine on Phone Call

[Music] hello and welcome to fast and factual on first post where we get you the top 50 headlines from across the world I’m Allison lrange live from Durban South Africa Amica let’s begin in our top story South Korean military said that North Korea test fired what appeared to be a Hypersonic missile however the launch ended in a midair explosion as reported by Soul South Korea says the missile failed after traveling some 250 kilomet the launch came after pongyang again sent a batch of trash balloons toward the South Russian and US defense ministers held a phone call Andre bosov and his us counterpart Lloyd Austin spoke about Ukraine during the call moscow’s defense Ministry said that the conversation was initiated by the American side the Pentagon said it was Austin’s first call with his Russian counterpart Russia has banned 81 media Outlets from the EU in a tit foot that move Russia accuses these media of disseminating false information about its progress in the invasion of Ukraine this came after Brussels imposed bans on several Russian State media Outlets last month the EU said the Russian media Outlets were spreading propaganda about the war in Ukraine the international criminal court or the IC has issued arrest warrants for run russan top officials the court accused them of committing war crimes in Ukraine the accused include Russia’s Former Defense Minister Sergey shyu Russia’s Security Council said the icc’s warrant against shyu was insignificant Ukrainian prisoners of War returned home on the 25th of July now this was confirmed Ukrainian president vadir zinski had said and the Russian and Ukraine sides both swapped 90 soldiers in the latest of the several periodic exchanges the United Arab Emirates oversaw The Exchange as an intermediary and Taiwan reported that it has chased away Chinese Coast Guard vessels from Waters of one of its Islands it said four Chinese Coast Guard vessels entered restricted Waters close po to the kinman island the incident took place over two separate occasions on the 25th of June now taiwan’s Coast Guard claims to expel over 800 Chinese vessels since the January of 2024 that encroached on its territorial Waters and Israel Supreme Court has ruled Ultra Orthodox men be drafted for military service this Landmark order puts an end to decades long system where Ultra Orthodox men were historically Exempted from mandatory service this could potentially dismantle prime minister neto’s Coalition as Israel continues its war in Gaza Ultra author in India Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been appointed as the leader of the opposition in India’s lower house of parliament this will be rul Gandhi’s first constitutional post the decision comes after the members of the India Alliance block met at Congress president mikar Jun car’s residence in New Delhi it marks the first time a party is eligible for the prestigious Post in 10 [Music] years Kenyan President William Ruto says protests against his proposed tax hikes were hijacked he said they were infiltrated by organized criminals the demonstrations over the finance bill had been largely peaceful yesterday anti-tax protesters stormed the parliament in Nairobi and set parts of the building on fire the police resorted to firing live rounds that killed five people anasa has launched a new weather satellite into orbit now the satellite is named go ESU now it is capable of tracking weather events like thunderstorms wildfires and hurricanes satellite was launched using spacex’s Falcon heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and Peru has announced that it will stop labeling transgender identities as mentally ill it came as the country faced backlash from critics who called the law discriminatory Peru’s Health Ministry said transgender people will now be described as having gender discordance Brazil Supreme Court voted to decriminalize the possession of marijuana for personal use eight of the 11 judges said keeping small amounts of cannabis is an illicit act that such an act cannot be classified as a crime the Supreme Court doesn’t legalize marijuana in the country but eases the penalty for its possession and the UK’s ruling conservative party have pulled support from two candidates they are Craig Williams and Laura Saunders the two lawmakers are under investigation for alleged betting on the date of the general election they will participate in the poll’s representative conservative members but if elected they will become independent candidates depending on the investigation and in climate news now devastating wildfires have ravaged Brazil’s panel the world’s largest wetlands firefighters and civilians coordinated to control fire in the region a state of emergency has been declared in the state of matago doou for 6 months due to the fire data shows that at least 627,000 hectar of the panel have already burned the Northeast us may finally gate relief from sizzling heat in the coming days in contrast Heatwave conditions are likely to sore in southwest and Midsouth parts of the states now the temperatures could rise as high as 43° cus in central China floods have resulted in five deaths officials found the body of a person who went missing in the Hunan Province incessant rain has been predicted in central eastern and southern parts of the country until the 27th of June China has been reeling under severe weather condition I conditions for the last few months new research by a group of Citizen scientists has revealed that three quarters of the rivers in the United Kingdom are badly polluted scientists have identified sewage discharge as a major contributing factor according to a study published in the journal Frontiers and science protecting 1.2% of the world’s land could actually save plants sand animals that are predicted to become extinct researchers have identified over, 1600 such sites that should be conserved over the next 5 years it would cost approximately 263 billion dollars to acquire these areas in Indian meteorological Department uh which has issued a yellow warning for delh and Mumbai the department is also predicted monsoon in the states of utar Pradesh and urand in the coming days meanwhile the Heatwave alert has been issued for parts of Punjab chandigar and hariana and heavy rainfall lash parts of the Indian state of utar Pradesh the heavy downpour resulted in water logging in areas of the chandoli district like to moderate rainfall occurred at several other locations in eastern utar Pradesh and on to business news now Apple supplier foxcon has been accused of using discriminatory hiring practices at its iPhone assembly plant in India a report citing former HR Executives and employees of the firm claimed the Taiwanese company avoids hiring married women foxcon allegedly excludes married women citing their family responsibilities as a barrier firm has denied the allegations the European Union has accused Tech Giant Microsoft violating competition laws the breach is related to Microsoft linking its messaging and video app teams with its other products like Office 365 and Microsoft 365 the EU says that tying teams with other software gives Microsoft an unfair advantage over its Rivals the block has warned that Microsoft could face a hefty fine after 3 days of consecutive decline shares of chipmaker Nvidia have made a comeback nvidia’s share price Rose by nearly 7% on Tuesday in earlier trading sessions the chipmaker stocks had declined by almost 133% this led the company to lose about 430 billion do in Market [Music] valuations artificial intelligence startup open AI has postponed the roll out of a voice mode feature for its chatbot chat GPT now the feature is expected to give chat GPT realistic voice conversational abilities it was supposed to be launched for a small group of chat GPT users in late June however it has now been pushed to July due to some technical issues social media platform Reddit says it plans to update its website to block data scrapping now the new updates will decide which parts of the site are allowed to be copied now this comes after reports said that artificial intelligence startups were gathering content from Reddit without permission reddit’s content was reportedly being used to train AI models an American food delivery firm door Dash reportedly approached British rival deliver for a takeover bid last month however the bid was shortlived it ended after disagreements over deliver valuation this comes as the British food delivery firm has been struggling amid slow demand and Singaporean e-commerce firm shopy has uh admitted that it violated competition law in Indonesia The Firm was accused of favoring certain delivery services sharpi guided customers to those Services over others Indonesia’s antitrust Regulators said that Shafi has agreed to make changes to its business practices electric giant Tesla has recalled nearly 11,700 cyber trucks in the US the recall is due to issues with the electric pickups of windshield wipers and exterior trim an American Road Safety regulator has said that the issue with the windshield wipers could reduce visibility and increase the risk of a crash meanwhile Tesla’s rival rivan has secured a $5 billion investment from Volkswagen the German automaker plans to set up a joint venture with rivan EV maker says that the investment will also allow it to fund the development of its new car model the R2 SUVs and China has allowed the sale of weavi a weight loss drug from Danish farma giant noo Nordisk now the drug can be sold to people who have at least one weight related health issue weavi has been in high demand in the US and other countries recently Novo Nordisk announced a $1.4 billion investment plan to expand the manufacturing capacity for its weight loss drugs and moving to sports we start with crickets David Warner’s 15-year International career has come to an end Australia’s elimination from the T20 World Cup me his career Drew to a close in his final Innings Warner scored six runs against India David Warner has played 383 matches for Australia across all three formats of international cricket Afghanistan is bracing for a Stern South Africa test in the T20 World Cup semifinals the match will take place on the 26th of June at 8:30 p.m. local time at the Brian laa Cricket Academy the protus have reached semi seven semifinals at the men’s World Cup having lost all of them standing in their way is Afghanistan who despite being drawn into a tough group stage have turned the tide in their favor and grabbed a historic semi-final spot the co-creator of the Duckworth Lewis method in cricket Frank Duckworth has died at the age of 84 the DLS is used for calculating target scores in limited overs cricket matches affected by weather it was officially adopted by the international cricket Council in 1999 and still remains in use in football News Real Madrid Captain nacho has left the club after winning 26 Trophies the Spanish Defender joined the Madrid Youth Academy when he was just 10 years old he has made 364 appearances for the club nacho who’s featuring in the Euro 2024 for Spain is likely to join Saudi club alcadia and England have entered the last 16 of the UFA Euro 2024 they finished top of Group C despite being held to a drab goess stalemate by Slovenia despite topping the group fans were disappointed and booed the side off some of them even called the manager of the English football team Gareth Southgate to resign and Argentina have entered the quarterfinals of the Copa America the defending Champions beat Chile 1 nil letara Martinez scored a goal in the 88th minute of the match that led through to the breakr through Argentina now leads group a with six [Music] points and Brazilian brandal Casio brandow owns the world’s largest football jersey t-shirts now the 41-year-old has a total of over 6,100 shirts since he started collecting them in 2000 his haul includes rare Pelle jerseys to uh even the iconic shirt signed by Ronaldo in the 1998 World Cup in April he was enlisted in the Guinness World [Music] Records American swimmer starts uh like Michael Phelps and Allison Schmidt slammed Olympics anti-doping programs their criticism arises from a case involving Chinese swimmers ahead of the Paris games other the swimmers had tested positive for a ban substance but were still allowed by the world anti-doping agency to compete phelp said anti-doping measures taken by why have fallen short and Ukraine’s National Olympics committee have unveiled uniforms for the Paris Olympics the jerseys are designed by a Polish brand 4f they feature a blend of wheat motifs and traditional embroidery now the uh collection was showcased by Ukrainian athletes in the capital Kev and the Indian Olympic Association or the ioa has doubled the daily allowance for those accompanying athletes every executive council member will get $300 for each of the five days that they are in Paris this is in contrast to the $150 US they had received during the Tokyo Olympics on the other hand the athletes will still get $50 per day in entertainment news 487 people have been sent invites to join the Academy of Motion Pictures arts and Sciences the list of new members includes names like Jessica Alber Lily Gladstone and rrr director s rajam muli the academy members include people who are actors directors and makeup artists and these new members will be eligible to vote for the 2025 Oscars Scarlet Johansson has all set to headline the next Jurassic world movie she had been trying since for a decade to become a part of the franchise Johansson calls the franchise lifechanging Godzilla director Gareth Edwards will Helm the movie and actors josephes and Natasha Melone have been cast for The Young Sherlock series findes will play the role of Sherlock’s father while meone will be Sherlock’s mother on screen the series will reportedly released by 2026 and actor Jonathan Jackson will be seen in the General Hospital series again he will reprise his role as lucky Spencer on the show Jackson originated the role in 1993 and worked on more than 300 episodes and the makers of the upcoming comedy action film Red One released its trailer the video shows Dwayne The Rock Johnson and Chris Evans joining hands to save Santa Claus the film has been helmed by Jumanji d director Jake Casten it will release on the 15th of November and DC’s Green Lantern comic series Lantern has been picked by HBO they will develop it into an eight episode show the story follows the adventures of two Intergalactic cops and the release date has not yet been announced the production of the film Freaky Friday began in Los Angeles the American fantasy comedy sequel film promises to bring more twists in his body swapping plotline the film features Jam Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in pivotal roles it initially released in 2003 and now the sequel will hit theaters in 2025 The Notebook star Janna rolands has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease her son and the film’s director Nick kazet has revealed it in an interview and he stated that his mother is in full Dimension Roland played the older version of the lead role Ali in the film now moving to the world of fashion Chanel took its Ure to an opera in Paris it held its latest fashion show at the Paris Pia Opera House the French luxury house to stayed an array of collections ranging from sparkly evening wear to volum silk Taffer capes and designer Georgio Armani tapped into pearls for his private coo fall 2024 collection the brand presented its hot coo fall 2024 collection in Paris along with pearls embellishments like sequins crystals and rhinestone embroideries were also used Alani is often Ted as a designer who creates Timeless pieces and that’s all in this episode of fast and factual thank you for watching stay tuned to first [Music] post on the Saturday the T20 World Cup Bard move across to the West IND new hello I’m Al GRE coming to you from in South Africa today we have a start with an report on India shifting nuclear the first time hello and welcome to First P America I’m Eric ham coming to you live from the nation’s capital of Washington DC

Fast and Factual LIVE: US and Russian Defence Chiefs Discuss Ukraine on Phone Call

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin held a phone call with his Russian counterpart Andrei Belousov, focusing on the Ukraine war. According to the Pentagon, Austin emphasised the importance of maintaining lines of communication amid ongoing escalations in the war. Meanwhile, Moscow stated that Defence Minister Andrei Belousov pointed to the danger of further escalation due to the ongoing US weapons supply to Ukraine. This marks the first conversation between top defence officials in the US and Russia in 15 months. The call comes after the Kremlin blamed the US for Ukraine’s strike in Crimea.

Also on the show:
– Russia, Ukraine Swap 90 Soldiers Each in Prisoner Swap
– North Korea’s Suspected Hypersonic Missile Test-fire Fails, Says South Korea
– ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Top Russian Officials
– Kenya’s Ruto Says Anti-tax Hike Protest “Hijacked” by “Organised Criminals”

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