U.S.-China talks in London. Trade envoys from the two countries are meeting in London today following a Thursday call between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Beijing said Saturday it had approved some permissions for exports of rare earth minerals, without giving details. The exports were the source of U.S. complaints following an interim trade deal on May 12.
Colombian politician shot. Opposition senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, who planned to run for president in next year’s election, was shot in the head at a Bogotá rally on Saturday. He survived an initial operation yesterday. Authorities arrested a fifteen-year-old boy following the shooting and are investigating the incident. Leaders of several countries in the region and beyond condemned the shooting and acts of political violence generally.
Rwanda to leave regional bloc. The country announced its exit from the Economic Community of Central African States after the group blocked it from taking a scheduled role as rotating chair. Members objected to Rwanda’s “aggression against the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),” the DRC president’s office said. Congo, the UN, and several Western countries accuse Rwanda of backing M23 rebels in the eastern Congo, which it denies.
India-UK security cooperation. The two countries agreed to step up joint counterterrorism work, United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Minister David Lammy said after meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Lammy is the highest-ranking Western official to visit both India and Pakistan following April’s terrorist attack in India-administered Kashmir and India’s subsequent hostilities with Pakistan.
Kazakhstan cabinet shakeup. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev replaced his defense and transportation ministers yesterday, but did not announce a reason for the reshuffle. Tokayev had criticized the outgoing transportation minister for delays in infrastructure projects. The outgoing defense minister was appointed in 2022 following protests over fuel prices.
Thailand-Cambodia border dispute. Both countries agreed to reduce their military presence along their shared border following the May 28 killing of a Cambodian soldier. The border skirmish last month prompted the countries to increase military enforcements. Thailand temporarily restricted access to its border over the weekend, while on June 6, Cambodia called for longstanding territorial disputes on the border to be taken up at the International Court of Justice. Both sides also held talks aiming to diffuse tensions.
U.S. National Guard at protests. Trump deployed two thousand National Guard members to Los Angeles yesterday following protests over immigration enforcement. The move went against the wishes of Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, who called it a “serious breach of state sovereignty.” The last time a president deployed the National Guard without the request of a state governor was in 1965, when then-President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops to Alabama to protect civil rights activists.
Wrongfully deported man returned. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was flown back to the United States Friday after being held in detention in El Salvador for nearly three months. The Trump administration previously acknowledged he was transferred to El Salvador in error but claimed they could not bring him back. The Department of Justice on Friday unsealed an accusation that Abrego Garcia participated in a yearslong migrant smuggling operation, which his lawyer called “preposterous”; Abrego Garcia remains in federal custody.
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