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June 5 0400 UTC Brief
In U.S. news
A 63-year-old Oklahoma man has been charged with threatening to murder Senate Majority Leader John Thune and members of his family. Separately, House Republicans split from Donald Trump again and joined Democrats to approve Ukraine aid, with about 18 GOP lawmakers backing the measure. The party discipline remains, as ever, highly aspirational.
U.S. authorities are also moving to contain a confirmed case of New World screwworm in a South Texas calf. The parasite is rare, but it can destroy living tissue, so this one has drawn urgent attention from animal health officials.
Lawmakers are pressing the Pentagon after saying foreign adversaries bought commercial location data tied to U.S. troops, including personnel in the Middle East. They say personal devices were allowed in operational areas without geolocation being turned off, and that the department has not moved fast enough to close the gap.
In world news
Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French graphic novelist, filmmaker, and human rights activist best known for Persepolis, has died in Paris at 56. Her work turned a childhood under Iran’s Islamic Revolution into one of the defining books about resilience, repression, and freedom.
The World Meteorological Organization says there is an 80 percent chance El Niño forms before September and a 90 percent chance before November, warning of hotter global temperatures and more extreme weather. The agency says India could face more heat, China heavier rain, and agriculture across southeast Asia could take a hit.
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