The United States agrees to sell further elements of the air defense system to Poland. North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un traveled to Russia by private train. In turn, in the Pniówek mine, rescuers found the bodies of five of the seven miners who went missing after the disaster in April 2022. Here are five things worth knowing today.
1. The USA gives consent to the sale of an air defense system to Poland
Department of State USA has given consent to the sale to Poland of further elements of the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) which is part of air defense – informed the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA).
As reported by the agency, the Department of State has agreed to the potential sale to Poland of a package including, among others: 93 EOC (Engagement Operation Centers) command and control posts and 175 IFCN (Integrated Fire Control Network) radio lines. The value of the equipment was estimated at a maximum of USD 4 billion.
2. Action in the Pniówek mine
Rescuers found the bodies of five of the seven miners who went missing after the disaster in the Pniówek mine in April 2022. The transport of the bodies to the surface was successful, said Tomasz Siemieniec, spokesman for Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa, which owns the mine, in an evening statement.
Resumption of the rescue operation in the Pniówek mineJSW/Dawid Lach
It was decided that in order to reach the place where the two missing people are likely to be, an additional comma (one or two) will be drilled from the N-9 ramp to the N-6 wall. “Drilling the clearing and preparing for the next action may take about a month,” the spokesman estimated at the time.
3. Kim Jong Un went to Russia
The leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un left Pyongyang and traveled to Russia by private train, the North Korean news agency KCNA reported. According to the agency, Kim is accompanied by a delegation of senior government figures, including military commanders.
This was the first official confirmation from the North Korean side of earlier reports that Kim was on his way to meet with Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok.
4. Disastrous flood in Libya
Devastating but, above all, deadly floods have devastated Libya. Footage from residents of the eastern part of the country shows huge mudslides and entire districts flooded with water.
Damaged roads in the city of ShahhatReuters/Omar Jarhman
Ahmed Mismari, a spokesman for the Libyan National Army (LNA), which controls the eastern part of the country, told a televised news conference that the floods occurred after dams near Derna collapsed, “sweeping entire neighborhoods and residents into the sea.” According to him, there may be between five and six thousand people missing.
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5. Trump wants the judge disqualified
Former US president Donald Trump filed a motion to disqualify the federal judge in charge of his case in Washington, Tanya Chutkan, accusing her of bias, according to documents filed by Trump’s lawyers. The case concerns his attempts to reverse the results of his losses elections in 2020
“Judge Chutkan has suggested in other cases that President Trump should be prosecuted and imprisoned. Such statements, made before the official proceedings began and without due process, are fundamentally disqualifying,” Trump’s defense lawyer John Lauro said in the motion.
Main photo source: JSW/Dawid Lach