WATCH PRESS TV NEWS HEADLINES

Here is a brief look at Press TV newsroom's headlines from 18:00 GMT, June 26, to 08:00 GMT, June 27, 2017.

US's ‘haphazard’ strikes in Syria

Syrians, who have been wounded in US-led coalition attacks in Raqqah, say the city’s residents come under haphazard airstrikes. The US and its allies have been bombarding what they call Daesh positions inside Syria since 2014. The coalition has repeatedly been accused of targeting and killing civilians in the war-hit nation. It has also been largely incapable of fulfilling its declared aim of eliminating Daesh. The Pentagon has admitted that hundreds of civilians have been killed in US airstrikes in Syria over the past three years. However, monitoring groups say the death toll is far beyond such figures.

Bickering over healthcare in US

The Congressional Budget Office says more than 22 million Americans would lose their health insurance over the next decade under the healthcare bill drafted by Senate Republicans. The CBO report also said that insurance losses were expected to grow beyond 22 million due to deep cuts to the Medicaid insurance program for the poor and disabled. Minutes after the report's release, three republican senators threatened to oppose a vote on the proposal this week. The bill will fail if just three of the 52 Republican senators oppose it. President Donald Trump has been pressing Republicans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act since he took office. Republicans view Obamacare as costly government intrusion and say that individual insurance markets are collapsing.

Temer charged with corruption

Brazilian president has officially been charged with financial corruption. The country’s top federal prosecutor formally charged the Michel Temer with accepting bribes. He delivered the charge to the Supreme Court. Under Brazilian law, the lower house of Congress must now vote on whether to allow the tribunal to try the sitting president. Lawmakers within Temer’s coalition are confident they have the votes to block the two-third majority required to proceed with a trial. This is the first formal accusation in a series of graft allegations against the president.

Gaza under attack

The Israeli warplanes struck positions of Qassam brigades in the center and the Badr center in west of Gaza Strip. The jets also hit locations in Khan Yunis and Rafah in south of Gaza Strip. The Israeli army claims the air raids are in response to a rocket fired from Gaza late Monday that caused no casualties. The Israeli army also shelled farm fields in east of Gaza. The Israeli military frequently bombs the Gaza Strip, with civilians being the main target of such attacks.

FARC disarmament

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, have formally completed the disarmament process as part of an agreement to end decades of bloody clashes with the government. According to a United Nations statement, the entirety of the FARC's registered individual arms was handed over to the monitors. The UN cited that only some that were exempted for transitional security at demobilization camps remained. The event put an end to Latin America's longest-running armed conflict following the signing of a peace accord between the Colombian government and the rebels in November 2016. The clashes, which began in 1964, had left more than 250 thousand people dead and displaced millions.

Saudi hate-mongering

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on Europe to promote dialog in the Persian Gulf region amid a stand-off between Saudi Arabia and its allies and Qatar. The top Iranian diplomat made the call in an address to the think tank known as the European Council on Foreign Relations. Zarif said accusing others, including Iran and Qatar, of backing terror is a tactic Saudis and their allies are using. The foreign minister said this is an attempt to escape accountability and distract attention from Riyadh’s failure to address the fundamental demands of their own people. Zarif also slammed the US policy, saying Washington has made buying or not buying its arms as a measure to decide who backs terror.

Nigeria bombings

At least nine people are killed in a series of explosions in northeast of Nigeria. Thirteen others were wounded in the blasts which took place in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria’s Borno state. According to local officials, seven suicide bombers were involved in the blasts that hit a University and a residential area. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing but they all bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram Takfiri terrorists. This is the third string of attacks to hit Maiduguri in as many weeks. They have left around 30 people dead. Meanwhile, eight soldiers died in clashes with Boko Haram militants in neighboring Chad. A high-ranking Chadian officer says army troops killed 162 militants in the fighting which happened on five Lake Chad islands.

Trump's travel ban revived

The US Supreme Court has revived parts of President Donald Trump’s travel ban on six Muslim-majority countries. The high court narrowed down the scope of a ruling by the lower court that had blocked trump’s executive order. It also agreed to hear the president’s appeals in the cases. While the legal battle continues, the administration will be allowed to immediately put parts of the travel ban into effect. The court also partly allowed a 120-day ban on all refugees entering the country to go into effect. President Trump has welcomed the ruling, calling it a win for national security. Trump’s travel ban has become one of his most controversial policies. Opponents describe Trump’s order as illegal and racist while the administration maintains that it’s necessary for the US national security.

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