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Trump removed his National Security Adviser

President Trump announced yesterday that he was removing the National Security Adviser, Michael Waltz, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio as a temporary alternative to him. He was The first major reform of the senior White House assistantsAnd the type of move that he wanted to avoid in his second term.

Waltz has been on the thin ice since he organized a group chat on the application signal to discuss a sensitive military operation in Yemen and included a journalist in a way. Trump nominated the Values ​​to be an American ambassador to the United Nations

But even before leakage of group chat, most Trump consultants looked at the fact that Waltz was very hawk to work for a president who was keen to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran and normalize relations with Russia.

Rubio will occupy both positions at the present time, something that no other official has done at one time since Henry Kissinger held the titles under his administration Nixon and Ford.

What next: The selection of the following national security adviser will be important, at a moment when the president’s leading assistants differed sharply about how to deal with China, Russia and Iran.

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Here is what is in the Ukrainian -American mineral deal

The United States and Ukraine signed a deal late on Wednesday, allowing the United States to receive future revenues from natural resources in Ukraine. Ukraine hopes to clarify the way for US support to continue.

The agreement, which was published in public, did not mention the security guarantees, which Kyiv wanted. Under this deal, US military aid must be matched in the future with the wealth of Ukraine resources. The deal also seems to keep the door open to Ukraine to finally join the European Union This is what we know.

What next: The lawmakers said yesterday that the Ukraine Parliament still has the agreement, which is likely to occur in the next two weeks.

analysis: It is not clear how the deal will work in practice. It can bring indescribable money to a joint investment fund, but the resources will Take years to extract profits and give them.

Work to calm Indo -Pakistani tensions

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio on Wednesday Speak separately with Pakistan Prime Minister and Indian Foreign Minister With the rise in tensions after a terrorist attack last week in Kashmir, 26 people were killed. Rubio said that the United States is committed to “cooperation with India against terrorism”, but he urged the two countries, both of whom nuclear powers, to work together. The United Nations offered to mediate.

Pakistan has claimed that it has “reliable intelligence” that India plans to attack, and promised a strong response. India has not commented on any such plans.

Kashmir: A tourist on the compressed line of the attack photos. Watch the video and Read more about the region.

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• Tennis: Tyra Grant, a rising star who has so far played for the United States, has decided To represent ItalyWhich is a citizen.

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Earlier this year, the diver of the 2000 -pound sacrifice of the baby’s gray whale was found in the water off San Diego. Just a few weeks later, disappeared. Where did he go?

Long live souls: Ted Kochiv, a Canadian director whose films included “First Blood” with Sylpster Stallone and “Weekend at Bernie’s”. He died in 94.

Screen stars are up to the highest honor in Broadway

The nominations of the Tony Award were announced yesterday, as Broadway celebrated an extraordinary stars season. George Clooney, Mia Faru, Sarah Snok and Sadi Sadi chose both nominations.

But many of the old women did not enter the game-including Deenzel Washington and Jake Gylenhaal, who were closed to “Othello”. The winners will be announced on June 8. Read about the choicesand Snubs and surprises.