Ukrainian shelling kills five - Russia

Plus, our top photos from the month of May.

View in Browser Sign up for Reuters newsletters Daily Briefing Moscow claims Ukraine shelling killed five, the US House is set to vote on the debt ceiling suspension, and Unilever pivots to African suppliers as forex pressure mounts.   Plus, our best photos from the month of May.   By Kate Turton Today's Top News Destroyed vehicles following what was said to be Ukrainian forces' shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the town of Shebekino in this handout image released May 31, 2023.  Vyacheslav Gladkov via Telegram/Handout via REUTERS RUSSIA/UKRAINE Ukrainian shelling killed five people in a village in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine, Moscow-installed officials said, while a drone attack caused a fire at an oil refinery in southern Russia.  Washington is encouraging Kyiv by publicly ignoring the drone attack that struck several districts of Moscow, Russia's envoy to the United States said, after President Vladimir Putin blamed Ukraine for the strikes.  Reuters Special Report: The meat magnate who pushed Putin's agenda in Germany. ELSEWHERE Legislation brokered by President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy to lift the $31.4 trillion US debt ceiling and achieve new federal spending cuts passed an important hurdle, advancing to the full House of Representatives for debate and an expected vote on Wednesday. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stepped up his attacks on Republican rival Donald Trump as he kicked off his first campaign swing as a presidential candidate in Iowa. While DeSantis rarely alluded to Trump during remarks at an evening rally, he showed less restraint afterward when taking media questions. Former State Department and nuclear regulatory officials urged the US Energy Department to reconsider a plan to use bomb-grade uranium in a nuclear power experiment, saying that its use could encourage such tests in other countries. The Qatari Prime Minister held secret talks with the supreme leader of the Taliban this month on resolving tension with the international community, a source briefed on the meeting said. Listen to Reuters' Jonathan Landay unpack what it all means on the World News Podcast. US peacekeepers guarded a municipal hall in a northern Kosovo town as protestors held a Serbian flag outside, in an ethnically divided area where days of unrest have prompted NATO to send additional troops. Sudan's army suspended talks with a rival paramilitary force over a ceasefire and about enabling humanitarian access, a Sudanese diplomatic source said, raising fears of fresh bloodshed in the more than six-week-old conflict. Business & Markets Credit Suisse has scrapped plans to set up a locally incorporated bank in China to sidestep a potential regulatory conflict arising from its merger with UBS according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said the US and China need to have "real engagement", during his first visit to China since his 2021 comment about the bank outlasting China's ruling party sparked uproar. For the ambitious Chinese tech entrepreneur, expanding into the US just keeps getting harder. Amid escalating US-Sino trade tensions, some Chinese firms began setting up headquarters overseas. US retailer Target's decision to remove some LGBTQ-themed merchandise after customer backlash in its stores highlights the problem with companies' "rainbow capitalism," said Erik Carnell, a transgender designer whose products were pulled from its stores. Turkey's lira tumbled to a fresh record low against the dollar as President Tayyip Erdogan prepared to decide the shape of his new cabinet and the direction of economic policy after an election triumph. Unilever pivots to African suppliers as forex pressure mounts A farmer holds harvested cassava on a farm in Oyo, Nigeria May 18, 2023. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja Busari Kasali once lived with the fear that his cassava - a staple crop in his native Nigeria - would spoil before it got to market. Today, the 76-year-old says his main concern is keeping up with growing demand from consumer goods giant Unilever.   "Things have changed," Kasali said, as his workers loaded trucks with a bumper harvest of the starchy roots destined for processing into toothpaste. He said his earnings have nearly tripled in the past two years. Read more here: Unilever pivots to African suppliers as forex pressure mounts And finally... A vendor pushes his cycle with toys while looking for customers, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte From the coronation of Britain's King Charles and the Cannes Film Festival to the ongoing war in Ukraine, these are some the most memorable pictures of the past month.  Pictures of the month: May Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. 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Drones strike Moscow

As a fresh wave of Russian air attacks hit Ukraine.

View in Browser Sign up for Reuters newsletters Daily Briefing Drones hit several buildings in Moscow while Russia launched another wave of flying bombs on Kyiv, NATO peacekeeping soldiers were injured in clashes with Serb protesters, and as life in China returns to normal, hawkers are hitting the streets.   Plus, deepfaking it: America's 2024 election collides with AI boom.   By Kate Turton   The Daily Briefing relaunched with a new design two months ago, and we are interested in hearing what you think about the new format. Please take seven minutes to share your feedback with us here.  Today's Top News A damaged multi-storey apartment block following a reported drone attack in Moscow, Russia, May 30, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov AROUND THE WORLD Drones hit several buildings in Moscow causing minor damage and forcing some people to evacuate their homes, Russian officials said. Moscow launched another wave of flying bombs on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killing one person. Here's all you need to know about the drone attacks on Moscow. Around 25 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters, while Serbia's president put the army on the highest level of combat alert. KFOR, the NATO-led peacekeeping mission to Kosovo, condemned the violence. US President Joe Biden said Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a call repeated Ankara's desire to buy F-16 fighter jets from the US. Biden told him Washington wanted Ankara to drop its objection to Sweden's joining NATO. India's monsoon rains advanced into some more parts of southwest Bay of Bengal after stalling for the past 11 days at a far-flung island, the weather department said. The monsoon, the lifeblood of the country's $3 trillion economy, delivers nearly 70% of the rain that India needs. There used to be one family in Fanna Hamit's compound, now there are 11 families struggling to get by selling roasted crickets after she took in relatives fleeing the conflict in Sudan. They are among 90,000 people who have escaped to Chad since fighting broke out in Sudan in mid-April. US NEWS "I actually like Ron DeSantis a lot," Hillary Clinton reveals in a surprise online endorsement video. "He's just the kind of guy this country needs, and I really mean that." Welcome to America's 2024 presidential race, where reality is up for grabs. Are the rapidly expanding capabilities of artificial intelligence on a collision course with politics? Reuters World News podcast looks into how AI could influence voters. A handful of hard-right Republican lawmakers said they would oppose a deal to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, in a sign that the bipartisan agreement could face a rocky path through Congress before the US runs out of money next week. Business & Markets Oil fell, giving up earlier gains, as concerns about the viability of the US debt ceiling pact cooled the market's risk-on sentiment and mixed messages from major producers clouded the supply outlook ahead of their meeting this weekend. A private jet used by Tesla CEO Elon Musk has arrived in Beijing, according to a Reuters witness. Musk is expected to meet senior Chinese officials and visit Tesla's Shanghai plant, sources have said, in what would be his first trip to China in three years. As life in China returns to normal after the pandemic, hawkers are hitting the streets. For decades, street stalls and hawkers - common elsewhere in Asia - have been banned or tightly regulated in many Chinese cities, with authorities seeing them as unsightly. Top US and European Union officials meet in Sweden to weigh how best to deal with China and cooperate on artificial intelligence and other future technology as well as EU complaints about Trump-era tariffs and US green subsidies. Bitcoin prices on the Australian arm of Binance, the world's largest crypto-currency exchange, were almost A$9,000 lower than prices on rival exchanges on Tuesday, in a sign customers were seeking to exit their positions quickly. Join us on Wednesday for a Reuters Newsmaker featuring Holly O'Neil, President of Retail Banking at Bank of America. US Finance Editor Lananh Nguyen will lead a discussion about the banking industry in its most tumultuous period since the 2008 financial crisis.   In Zimbabwe, female rugby team seeks to keep girls off the streets Members of the Zimbiru Rugby Academy Club, an all-female rugby team take part in a training session outside Harare, Zimbabwe, May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo Bridget Magasu is the first to arrive for the training session, clutching a rugby ball while she waits for other members of her all-female rugby team to arrive.   Usually a sport reserved for the affluent suburbs of Zimbabwe's major cities, rugby is making inroads in the countryside, where it offers a release from the woes of poverty, early marriage and unemployment which have blighted the southern Africa country for decades. Read more here: In Zimbabwe, female rugby team seeks to keep girls off the streets Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here.   Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. Reuters Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2023 Thomson Reuters. 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