Tuesday morning news: June 3, 2025

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Colorado attack » The man accused of carrying out what the FBI is calling a terror attack in Colorado on Sunday is now facing numerous federal and state felony charges.

Those include 16 counts of attempted murder and a federal hate crime charge.

U.S. Attorney Bishop Grewell says the suspect is 45-year-old Egyptian national Mohamed Sabry Soliman.

GREWELL:  Mr. Soliman stated that he had been planning this attack for a year, and he acted because he hated what he called the Zionist group.

Soliman allegedly attacked a group of peaceful demonstrators who had gathered to raise awareness about Israeli hostages in Gaza.

FBI special agent Mark Michalek says it was clearly a targeted terror attack.

MICHALEK:  Witnesses are reporting that the subject used a makeshift flame thrower and threw an incendiary device into the crowd. The suspect was heard to yell free Palestine during the attack.

Local authorities say victims suffered injuries ranging from minor to very serious.

DHS officials say Soliman came to the United States in 2022 on a B2 visa and illegally overstayed that visa, which expired in 2023.

CO attack reaction » That attack in Boulder, Colorado has drawn swift condemnation from Washington to Israel. On Capitol Hill, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday:

SCHUMER:  It was an elderly group of people peacefully calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas, brutally attacked on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.

And Republican Sen. John Thune added …

THUNE:  There is no place for this kind of violence in our society, and we must forcefully condemn antisemitism and do everything we can to stand with and protect our Jewish neighbors.

Meantime, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon expressed gratitude for the solidarity, but he said more must be done to combat antisemitism in America.

DANON:  We appreciate the, the world's, the statements, the declarations, but now it's time for action.

The attack in Colorado came less than two weeks after two Israeli embassy staffers were gunned down in front of a Jewish museum in Washington.

Russia/Ukraine talks » Negotiators from Russia and Ukraine gathered in Istanbul again on Monday to resume peace talks, but not much to show for it so far.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters:

ZELENSKYY:  The starting point should be a ceasefire and humanitarian actions, the release of prisoners and the return of abducted children.

Both sides agreed to exchange the bodies of 6,000 fallen soldiers and seriously wounded troops:

ZELENSKYY: They exchanged documents and we are preparing a new release of prisoners of the war.

But aside from that, no real progress to report on Monday.

The Ukrainian delegation said Russia presented a memo outlining Russia’s terms for ending the war. Officials in Kyiv said they’ll need a week to review the document.

Ukraine has previously rejected many of Moscow’s demands in the past, such as giving up Ukrainian land now occupied by Russian forces, declaring neutrality, and abandoning NATO ambitions.

Ukraine drone strike » Meantime, Ukraine landed a serious blow against Russia’s strategic arsenal with a surprise drone attack. WORLD’s Benjamin Eicher has more.

BENJAMIN EICHER: President Zelenskyy described the covert operation as one for the “history books.”

Ukraine says it damaged or destroyed nearly a third of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet on Sunday.

And it reportedly did that with cheaply made drones carefully sneaked across the border over the span of 18 months. The drones were then launched at the same time from hidden trucks near the targeted airbases.

The attack encapsulates Ukraine’s wartime strategy. Outnumbered, outgunned, and dependent on Western partners, military commanders have sought innovative and cost-effective ways to land serious punches in the war.

For WORLD, I’m Benjamin Eicher.

ICE Boston arrests » Federal authorities say Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 14-hundred accused illegal immigrants in Massachusetts, including some accused of serious crimes.

The effort was dubbed "Operation Patriot", and US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Leah Foley said Monday:

FOLEY:  Those arrested included individuals who pumped deadly narcotics into our neighborhoods. Trafficked firearms for transnational criminal organizations, defrauded the government benefit programs, and in some cases preyed on vulnerable children.

Democrats in Boston have accused the Trump administration of sewing fear. But Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons fired back:

LYONS:  Boston's my hometown, and it really shocks me that officials all over Massachusetts would rather release sex offenders, fentanyl dealers, drug dealers, human traffickers, and child rapists back into the neighborhoods.

Democratic Governor Maura Healey is criticizing the operation after ICE agents arrested an 18-year-old high school student heading to volleyball practice over the weekend.

Starmer announces submarine production » The U.K. will manufacture new nuclear-powered attack submarines. And it plans to build an army ready to fight a war in Europe as part of a boost to military spending.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says going forward, “war-fighting readiness” will be the “central purpose” of British armed forces.

STARMER: When we are being directly threatened by states with advanced military forces, the most effective way to deter them is to be ready … and frankly, to show them that we're ready to deliver peace through strength.

The buildup is designed to send a message to Moscow.

It’s also meant to signal to Washington that the UK is stepping up and pulling its weight within the NATO alliance.

Starmer says U.K. defense spending will hit 2.5% of GDP by 2027 and will aim for 3% by 2034.

I'm Kent Covington.

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