Headlines- JD Vance,vice president of the United States, has arrived in Switzerland for high-level talks with Iran, which will be mediated by Qatar and Pakistan.
- Iran’s IRGC claims the Strait of Hormuz is blocked over Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon that have killed at least 32 civilians since dawn..
- The US State Department said on Friday that the next round of talks between Israel and Lebanon will take place in Washington from June 23 to 25. This announcement came after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.
- Hezbollah fired more than fifty rockets on Israel through Saturday night, according to an Israel Defense Forces, targeting soldiers stationed in southern Lebanon.
- Two wagons plunged over the bridge and onto the street below when two freight trains crashed on a railway bridge in Germany overnight. One person was killed.
- Giorgia Meloni, the prime minister of Italy, and President Trump continued to spar on Saturday. Meloni had earlier stated that she was "stunned" by Mr. Trump's alleged statement to an Italian network that she had "wanted a picture with me so badly" at the G7 summit in France earlier in the week, and that he only agreed because he "felt sorry for her."
Tag: South African Gender Based Violence
June 25, 2020
South Africa Gender Based Violence
Violence against girls and women is South Africa’s “second pandemic,” President Cyril Ramaphosa says. The nation has one of the world’s highest rates of rape and murder, and several recent, especially brutal killings have enraged the nation. But activists say they need to see real change, not just words, from leaders, to protect victims