In this episode we discuss the following:

- Sudan, South Sudan discuss resumption of oil transportation -** June 1, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan and neighbouring South Sudan on Sunday discussed the resumption of the latter’s oil transportation through Sudan’s territory. The meeting took place between Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Chairman, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and South Sudan’s presidential advisor on security, Tut Gatluak. “South Sudan’s oil transportation line has been affected by the war in Sudan, and it is currently suspended due to the continued military operations at the areas alongside the line,” said Gatluak in a statement issued by the Sovereign Council. The statement said Gatluak also delivered a written message from South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on the development of bilateral ties between the two nations. Meanwhile, the Sudanese leader confirmed his readiness to provide all possible assistance to facilitate the flow of South Sudan’s oil through Sudanese territory. In March, the Sudanese government announced the suspension of South Sudan’s oil exports through Sudanese territories due to a fault in the transportation lines. The fault reportedly happened in an area controlled by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a group fighting the Sudanese army since April 2023. Proceeds from oil account for about 90 percent of the South Sudan’s revenue.

- A heavy war is currently taking place in the border regions between Israel and Lebanon. Israeli Channel 12: "Today witnessed sirens and gunfire throughout the north, intense missile barrages towards the Galilee, and tens of thousands of residents entered fortified places. The war routine in the north now also includes towns in Israel that have not been evacuated." Metulla Mayor David Azoulay: "We are losing entire communities. People cannot survive. There is no agriculture, no tourism, there is nothing here.More than 170 homes were hit in Metulla. Fires broke out in Nahariya following the launching of missiles and drones from Lebanon.

- Russia says United States will face fatal consequences if Ukraine attacks Russian territory with US weapons. Russia warns the U.S. against the potential "fatal consequences" of allowing Ukraine to deploy U.S.-supplied weapons against targets inside Russia. This statement was made on June 3, 2024, as tensions escalate over the conflict in Ukraine. The Kremlin on Monday said the U.S. could face "fatal consequences" if it ignores Moscow’s warnings that Ukraine should not use weapons provided by Washington to attack Russia.

- The largest manufacturer of semiconductors in the world warned that it would be impossible to move their fabrication plants out of Taiwan. As tensions escalate between Taiwan and China, industries that rely on the chips are increasingly concerned about what would happen to global supply if China chose to invade the country. Although TSMC can use a remote kill switch to disable the plants in such a scenario, that would slash the manufacturing supply by over 50%, leading to massive shortages in key industries.

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