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Added on the 22/07/2022 17:00:22 - Copyright : Euronews EN
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has been a staunch ally of President Donald Trump over the years. He's also inserted himself into the Georgia state election process, in an effort to investigate possible voter fraud. Nevertheless, Graham said on Wednesday said that President-elect Joe Biden should begin receiving intelligence briefings. To date, Biden has not received any briefings, as Trump refuses to concede and the GSA has refused to issue the necessary letter of ascertainment. Business Insider reports Graham has backed Trump's legal efforts, despite there being no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
Around 300 Bosnians are fighting alongside jihadists in Syria today. Many of them are believed to have been radicalised when Salafist preachers emerged in Bosnia during the 1992-1995 war. Today the tiny Balkan nation is facing an increasingly alarming security situation as the jihadists threaten to return home, calling for terror strikes in Bosnia, and elsewhere in Europe. FRANCE 24 reports from Bosnia.
The US State Department warned that China was capable of launching cyber attacks against critical infrastructure, including oil and gas pipelines and rail systems, after researchers discovered a Chinese hacking group had been spying on such networks. A multi-nation alert issued Wednesday revealed the Chinese cyber-espionage campaign had been aimed at military and government targets in the United States. For more in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, Marco Vicenzino, Director and Geopolitical Forecaster of the Global Strategy Project.
Several weather-related emergencies have been declared across Europe including Italy where fatal flooding has followed severe drought in some regions.
The US secretary of State is due to touch down in Israel from Egypt later this Monday. Anthony Blinken will be meeting the new right-wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestenian officials. He's expected to call on both sides to de-escalate tensions which have been on the risen in recent days. This following an Israeli raid at a refugee camp in Jenin last Thursday. FRANCE 24's Yuka Royer tells us more.