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• Beijing launched a high-tech aircraft carrier that was designed and built in China in a major military milestone. 
• Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has invited him to visit Kyiv.
• The Turkish defense minister said Sweden and Finland provided political, financial and military support to terror groups in a move that threatened not only Türkiye but NATO.
• The PKK terror group's actions in Sweden show how lax Swedish laws and authorities are in fighting terrorism, according to Türkiye's foreign minister.
• British Home Secretary Priti Patel signed an order to extradite WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US.
• The British Home Office's decision on Assange is "not the end of the road," said the WikiLeaks co-founder's legal team and his wife.
• The Al Jazeera network published a photograph of a bullet it said killed its correspondent in Palestine, Shireen Abu Akleh, while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank.
• The European Commission recommended candidate status for Ukraine.
• Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit Türkiye on June 22, the Turkish president announced.
• The Swedish prime minister said an agreement signed with independent deputy Amineh Kakabaveh, who is a supporter of the YPG/PKK terror organization, will soon expire.
• Ukraine will introduce a visa regime for Russian citizens as of July 1, according to the country's president.
• Russia is not concerned that Ukraine could get the status of a European Union candidate “because the EU is not a military organization,” according to President Vladimir Putin.
• Sweden has taken steps for posts on social media that picture the YPG/PKK terror organization’s so-called flag and its convicted ringleader, Abdullah Ocalan, that were projected onto buildings in Stockholm, according to the Foreign Ministry.