International news from Friday, June 5th, 2026

The United Nations on Friday said it is doubling the amount of money it says it needs to help Lebanon meet surging humanitarian needs, as the war enters its fourth month.

China said on Friday President Xi Jinping would visit North Korea on a two-day trip from June 8, his first in nearly seven years as Beijing looks to reassert ties with Pyongyang, its only formal treaty ally.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has published an open letter to President Vladimir Putin on Thursday in which he proposed the two leaders meet to agree an end to more than four years of war, warning that Kyiv stood ready to fight on otherwise.

Russia and Uzbekistan have began the construction of a nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan on Thursday, the first of its kind in post-Soviet Central Asia, the Kremlin said, to help meet the growing regional demand for power.

US President Donald Trump has stated on Thursday that Washington did not need a deal with Iran to get enriched uranium from the country.