Daily Briefing: A missile stirs global confusion
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President Joe Biden and other G7 and NATO leaders met in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday amid questions involving a missile strike in Poland. Also in the news: Amid legal woes, Donald Trump has announced his intent to run for president in 2024. Michelle Obama has launched her new book.
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Let's go with Wednesday's headlines.
Missile strike in Poland wasn't on purpose, president says
Poland’s president says there is no evidence a missile that hit Poland near its border with Ukraine was an intentional attack. President Andrzej Duda said Wednesday that the landing of the Russian-made missile in a rural area, killing two people, was mostly likely an accident. He said “it was not an attack on Poland,” adding that Tuesday’s incident involved “most probably a Russian-made missile.” Duda said there was no proof to suggest the missile was fired by the Russian side. He added: “There is high probability that it was a missile used for anti-missile defense, meaning it was used by Ukraine’s defense forces.” Read more
Poland's president: The ultimate responsibility lies with Russia, which launched a barrage of missile attacks on Ukraine Tuesday.
NASA's mightiest rocket lifts
NASA launched its massive Artemis I moon rocket early Wednesday, bringing the United States a step closer to landing on the lunar surface for the first time in 50 years since the end of the Apollo program. The launch has been scrubbed and delayed four times this year — twice due to technical issues, once for a hurricane and once for a tropical storm. The Artemis I launch will send a new, empty capsule around the moon. This first test flight is expected to last for four- to six weeks and will end with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Read more
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Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced his bid for the 2024 presidential election, after losing the 2020 race for the White House to President Joe Biden. Ahead of his announcement from his Mar-a-Lago estate, Trump filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission saying he is running for president and setting up an account for fundraising. Read more
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Judge overturns Georgia 'heartbeat' law banning most abortions
A judge overturned Georgia’s ban on abortion starting around six weeks into a pregnancy, ruling Tuesday that it violated the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court precedent when it was enacted three years ago and was therefore void. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote that according to precedent, a law that was unconstitutional when it was passed remains unconstitutional. McBurney's ruling took effect immediately statewide. The ruling would not prevent the state legislature from passing a similar or even more restrictive ban under the new constitutional framework of Dobbs v. Jackson, the ruling earlier this year that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion. Read more
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