We have the latest details in the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine this Monday. 🇺🇦🇷🇺

We have the latest details in the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine this Sunday. 🇺🇦🇷🇺

We truly have a lot to cover on #TheUpdate this Tuesday. There's been terror on the subway in Brooklyn. At least 16 people have been either shot or injured by gunfire and shrapnel after a lone gunman in a reflective vest and possibly a gas mask threw smoke bombs on a N express train and began shooting. A manhunt for the suspect is now underway. The suspect was described as a black male, 5'5, weighing 175-180 pounds. 🚇🔫

Meanwhile, Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin has been arrested in a federal corruption investigation. The U.S Attorney's office said that Benjamin was arrested on charges of bribery, honest services wire fraud, and falsification of records. 🗽⚖️

In the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine, the besieged port city of Mariupol has yielded up even more horrors after six weeks if pummeling but Russian troops. The mayor there said that more than 10,000 civilians have died there, their corpses "carpeted through the streets." 🇺🇦🇷🇺

The National Urban League has released its report on the State Of Black America, and its findings are definitely not good. This year's equality index shows that Black people still get only about 74% percent of the pie that white people enjoy. And generations of humans have been fooled by the commonly accepted G-spot theory, according to new research released by leading sexual health experts. And in a new editorial, co-signed by the three top editors of the Sexual Medicine Reviews journal, it suggests that we refer to it as a G-zone- part of the five "erotic zones" inside the vagina, they write. 👅💦

On #TheUpdate this Monday, Slovakia says that it can't confirm that air defense systems it's provided to Ukraine have been destroyed by the Russian armed forces. Meanwhile, The World Bank says that Ukraine's economy will shrink by over 45% this year because of the invasion, which has shit down half of the country's businesses, choked off imports and exports, and damaged a vast amount of critical infrastructure. 🇸🇰🇺🇦🇷🇺

Locally, the COVID battle is hitting close to home as Mayor Adams has tested positive for it. A spokesperson said in a statement that Adams woke up with a raspy voice Sunday. He took a PCR test that came back positive.

In the Bronx, Jeremiah Ryan has been charged in the fatal shooting of a teenage girl who was just walking home from school when she was hit by a stray bullet during a street dispute.

There's a new type of blood test that checks for signs of cancer in healthy people that's now hit the market. One company is promoting it for $949.

And she's definitely not faking it. An Estonian yoga teacher has learned how to orgasm "almost instantly" without any stimulation. 🧘🏽‍♂️👅💦

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

The latest details in the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. The Ukrainian prosecutor general's office says approximately 67 bodies were buried in a mass grave near a church in Bucha, a northern Kyiv suburb where journalists and returning Ukrainians discovered scores of bodies on streets and elsewhere after a Russian troops withdrew. Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said that 18 bodies had been located so far, with 16 with bullet wounds and two with bullet and shrapnel wounds. Two were women and the rest were men. 🇺🇦🇷🇺

We'll tell you about experts being set to travel to Ukraine to identify the war's dead, and how celebrities are going online to voice support for Ukraine. 🇺🇦

On #TheUpdate this Friday, the European Union has returned its ambassador to Ukraine to the capital, Kyiv, in a move that underscores the improved security situation there and the 27-nation bloc's commitment to the beleaguered country. Meanwhile, the United Nations says that prices for worle food commodities like grains and vegetable oils have reached their highest levels ever because of the war. 🇺🇦🇷🇺🇪🇺🇺🇳🌾

Locally, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg says that the criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and his business practices is continuing despite a recent shakeup in the probe'e leadership. Amazon is planning to file objections to the union election on Staten Island that resulted in the first successful U.S organizing effort in the company's history.

In Washington, it's a moment 46 days and more than 46 years in the making. President Biden will celebrate the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first black woman to reach the Supreme Court, marking the pinnacle of her legal career and bringing the President's political story full circle. And one psychologist has shared a handy trick that may help you combat intrusive thoughts. The mental health expert, Dr. Julie Smith, took to TikTok to break down how the mind works when it comes to avoiding certain thoughts. 💭👅💦

We have the latest details (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. European Union nations have approved new sanctions against Russia, including an EU embargo on coal imports in the wake of evidence if torture and killings emerging from war zones outside Kyiv. The ban on coal imports will be the first EU sanctions targeting Russia's lucrative energy industry over the war, according to an official on the condition on anonymity because the official announcement had not yet been made. 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺

We'll explain what happens now that Russia is not a "most favored nation", and Pink Floyd members are reuniting to records a song for Ukraine. 🎶