June 13, 2023

This is TRT World’s Daily News Brief for Tuesday, June 13th. *) Trump to face criminal charges in US national-security documents case Donald Trump is set to face criminal charges of unlawfully keeping US national-security documents and lying to officials who tried to recover them. He arrived in Florida ahead of his court appearance on Tuesday as the first former US president to face a federal indictment. In total, there are 37 federal charges relating to sensitive files he kept at his Florida home. *) Ukraine claims recapture of three more settlements in southeast Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar has said that the country's forces made further advances in a counter-offensive launched last week. In a Telegram post, she said seven settlements had been liberated, including three not previously claimed in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region. Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed that the long-anticipated Ukrainian counter-offensive had started. *) Kenya mediates talks between Sudanese generals in effort to resolve crisis Kenya has taken the initiative to bring together Sudan’s warring generals to end the crisis plaguing the country, President William Ruto announced. Ruto announced that within two weeks, a humanitarian corridor will be established to streamline the distribution of aid. The move comes as the conflict between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has escalated, resulting in the loss of nearly a thousand lives. *) Turkish Cypriots have never been a minority: Türkiye's Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Türkiye will continue to protect the rights of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). During a visit to TRNC, he called on Greek Cypriots to stop what he calls their 'maximalist approach' towards a two-state solution for Cyprus. He said Türkiye will only return to the negotiating table if the republic is officially recognised. And finally… *) Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has died