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Donald Trump is to make his first appearance today in federal court in Miami after being charged with 37 criminal counts related to his handling of classified documents after leaving the presidency.
It will be the former president’s second arraignment this year: he was arraigned in Manhattan in April on separate criminal charges related to his hush money payments to the adult film star Stormy Daniels.
What to expect: Though Trump’s initial appearance will most likely be brief – he will be formally presented with the criminal charges against him so he can enter a plea – police in Miami have said they are ready to handle any protests outside the courthouse.
“Make no mistake about it, we’re taking this event extremely seriously, and there’s a potential for things to take a turn for the worse,” said the city’s police chief, Manuel Morales.
Trump heads to court with the backing of Republican voters: 80% of likely Republican voters think Trump should remain eligible for re-election to the presidency even if he is convicted.
Unaccompanied children are crossing the Chad border to flee fighting in Sudan
Humanitarian workers say “more and more” children are arriving alone in Chad to escape the fighting between rival military factions in Sudan.
“At the beginning we weren’t seeing a lot of unaccompanied or separated children, because the children were moving with their families,” said Jacques Boyer, the country director for the UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) in Chad. “But now for three weeks this population has been escaping the fighting and the bombing, [and] there are more and more unaccompanied children.”
Ukraine: death toll rises, as forces retake 90 sq km of Donetsk
A Russian missile strike on a five-storey building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has killed at least six civilians, according to officials.
Meanwhile, 41 people are still missing in the floods caused by the collapse of the Kakhovka dam, with the death toll now standing at 10.
This comes as Ukrainian forces make significant headway in Donetsk, retaking 90 sq km of territory in the last week and liberating seven settlements, according to Ukraine’s defence ministry.
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In other news …
Hundreds of families are mourning in Peru amid the country’s worst epidemic of dengue, a mosquito-borne virus, on record. Peru has 137,539 dengue cases and has registered at least 223 deaths, according to data released on Saturday.
The Biden administration has stopped taking mobile phone app appointments to admit asylum seekers at the Texas border after advocates warned that migrants using the app were being targeted for extortion.
SpaceX has hired a 14-year-old who is about to graduate from Santa Clara University, the youngest due to graduate in the school’s 172-year history.
The California governor, Gavin Newsom, was interviewed last night by Fox News’ Sean Hannity over immigration, Joe Biden and the economy. The interview has fuelled speculation over Newsom’s presidential aspirations, though he maintains that he does not plan to run in 2024.
Wes Anderson has said the misconduct allegations against Bill Murray will not affect their working relationship, describing the actor as “part of my family”.
Stat of the day: suicide is the second-leading cause of death among people age 15 to 24 in the US
Bernie Sanders is sounding the alarm over a mental health crisis in the country – one that has been exacerbated by the isolation, fears and uncertainties of the pandemic – that has been especially devastating for young people.
“Our young people today face challenges that no generation in modern history has ever been forced to deal with,” Sanders writes.
Don’t miss this: ‘They’re caving to bullies’
Pride is usually a busy time for LGBTQ+ influencers, but amid an assault on LGBTQ+ rights, they’ve noticed that brands are seeking fewer partnerships or have smaller budgets for the Pride campaigns.
“Moments like this really showcase the depth of commitment brands have to inclusive marketing,” said Sonia Thompson, an inclusive brand coach and strategist. “The brands that are the most afraid of backlash are the ones that were going at Pride on a pretty superficial level.”
… or this: Graham Norton on drag
Graham Norton spoke to the Guardian about hosting the second season of Queen of the Universe, a drag queen singing competition – a show with Great British Bake Off levels of niceness, multiplied by a thousand. “Every now and again, there’s a little bit of grit in the oyster and it makes for great telly,” Norton said.“It makes me so uncomfortable.”
He continued: “I think the grit in the oyster is often the world around the drag performers. There’s so much grit out there; let’s just be nice shiny oysters in here.”
Climate check: a historic climate trial
Sixteen plaintiffs between the ages of five and 22 from around Montana are suing the state, accusing state officials of violating their constitutional right to a healthy environment by enacting pro-fossil fuel policies.
The country’s first-ever trial in a constitutional climate lawsuit kicked off yesterday, with some of the plaintiffs testifying before a packed courtroom in Helena.
Rikki Held, the 22-year-old named plaintiff in the lawsuit, testified about the impacts of the climate crisis – wildfires, drought, flooding and extreme weather – on her family’s ranch outside Broadus. “It’s just stressful ’cause that’s my life and my home is there,” she said with tears in her eyes.
Last Thing: Yo-Yo Ma as a street busker
In part of his five-year bid to connect cultures and people across the world, world famous Yo-Yo Ma took to the streets of Nairobi, bringing classical music directly to the people.
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