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Find out how a clinical career at VA is different from the private sector. Visit https://www.VAcareers.va.gov to explore careers that are All About Veterans.
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
Ever wondered what the hiring process is like at VA? Watch to learn more and visit https://www.VAcareers.va.gov to explore jobs that are All About Veterans.
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In episode 5, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Honorable Paul R. Lawrence, Ph.D., walks viewers through exactly what to do when you see someone on the street holding a sign asking for help. Next time you see that sign, call VA’s National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at 877-424-3838.
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Coming June 2025 to NASA+, YouTube, and other platforms, the original documentary film “Cosmic Dawn” takes you behind the scenes of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Relive the pitfalls and the triumphs of the world’s most powerful space telescope—from developing the idea of an impossible machine to watching with bated breath as it unfolded, hurtling through space a million miles away from Earth.
You’ve seen the universe through the eyes of Webb. Now discover how this technological marvel came about through the eyes of the scientists, engineers, and dreamers who made it possible.
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This information session was designed for potential applicants interested in applying to the competition for the preparation of special education, early intervention and related services personnel at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, and other Minority Serving Institutions. The assistance listing number is 84.325M. This competition falls under the Personal Development program, which is a discretionary grant program managed by the Office of Special Education Programs. This information session will provide you with information about applying for this grant opportunity that was posted in the Federal Register on May 27, 2025.
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
This information session was designed for potential applicants interested in applying to the competition for the preparation of special education and early intervention administrators. The assistance listing number is 84.325D. This competition falls under the personnel development to improve services and results for children with disabilities program, which is a discretionary grant program managed by the Office of Special Education Programs. The webinar will provide you with the information about applying for this grant opportunity that was posted in the Federal Register on Tuesday, May 27th, 2025.
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This information session was designed for potential applicants interested in applying to the competition for the interdisciplinary preparation of early intervention, special education and related services personnel serving children with high children with disabilities who have high intensity needs. The assistance listing number is 84.325K. This competition falls under the Personal Development program, which is a discretionary grant program managed by the Office of Special Education Programs. This information session will provide you with information about applying for this grant opportunity that was posted in the Federal Register on May 27, 2025.
Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
Senior Personnel Appointment
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Sudan
South Sudan
Libya
Bangladesh
Yemen
Human Rights/Climate
International Day
Programming Note
SENIOR PERSONNEL APPOINTMENT
The Secretary-General is appointing Major General Diodato Abagnara of Italy as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL. We expect him to take up his position on the 24th of June.
Major General Abagnara succeeds Lieutenant General Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz of Spain. The Secretary-General extends his sincere gratitude to Lieutenant General Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz for his dedication, for his leadership of UNIFIL during one of the mission’s most challenging periods.
Major General Abagnara brings to the position over 36 years of military service, including extensive leadership roles within the Italian Armed Forces.
Most recently, he served as Commander and Chair of the Military Technical Committee for Lebanon, where he oversaw multinational coordination efforts in support of the Lebanese Armed Forces.
OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
Tom Fletcher, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, today urged Israel to open all of the crossings into Gaza, let in lifesaving aid at scale from all directions, and lift the restrictions on what and how much aid we can bring in.
He noted that dozens of Gazans were declared dead at hospitals yesterday after Israeli forces said they had opened fire. Mr. Fletcher said this is the outcome of a series of deliberate choices that have systematically deprived two million people of the essentials they need to survive.
Meanwhile, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs tell us the latest figures indicate that in the past three weeks, more than 100,000 people were forced to flee in the governorates of North Gaza and Gaza.
UN partners working in health say that more medical facilities are suspending their operations.
On Monday, the remaining staff and patients at the Indonesian Hospital, in North Gaza, were evacuated.
As a result, not a single hospital remains functional in North Gaza.
Today in Gaza City, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator Suzanna Tkalec visited Al Ahli hospital, which has sustained multiple attacks since the beginning of the war. Ms. Tkalec heard from staff about the challenges they are facing every day. They stressed that preventable deaths are occurring due to shortages of critical supplies, including antibiotics. The Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator called for the protection of health facilities, the unrestricted flow of assistance into Gaza, and support for our work and our partners’ work to deliver at scale to alleviate the suffering of people.
Meanwhile, we and our partners continue to send supplies to Kerem Shalom crossing, where the Israeli authorities scan them before they can enter Gaza.
For today, we submitted over 130 pre-cleared truckloads for a second and final Israeli clearance, but only 50 of them – which were carrying flour – were approved to enter the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom crossing.
UN teams on the ground are also working hard to collect supplies from Kerem Shalom and bring them closer to the people who need them inside Gaza. But these attempts are facing major hurdles. Just yesterday, one attempt was denied access altogether and another one did manage to retrieve just over a dozen truckloads carrying flour. Overall, since the crossing reopened, we’ve been able to collect fewer than 400 truckloads, even though every day we have tried to coordinate access and secure safe routes through the Israeli-militarized zone in the south.
And that denied attempt to access Kerem Shalom was one of the six access denials our teams faced just yesterday across the Gaza Strip, out of a total of 13 attempts. These denials prevented our teams from carrying out interventions as critical as trucking water to those who need it.
Another of yesterday’s six denied access attempts was to retrieve fuel, which is so urgently needed. OCHA warns that without immediate access to fuel that is already inside Gaza but located in hard-to-reach areas that are either militarized or subject to displacement orders, more critical services will have to suspend operations soon.
And as you know, this afternoon at 4 p.m., the members of the Security Council of the United Nations will meet not far from here to discuss the situation in Gaza.
Full highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=04%20June%202025
On this year’s International Day of UN Peacekeepers, we honoured those who gave their lives in the service of peace and recognized the vital contributions of all peacekeepers serving around the world and in UN Headquarters.
Two outstanding female peacekeepers were recognized on #PKDay for their impactful contribution to United Nations Peacekeeping.
Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana was awarded UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year. She has played a key role in supporting the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) and responding to community needs. Her advocacy campaigns on gender-based violence and child marriage have had a lasting impact.
Superintendent Zainab Gbla of Sierra Leone received the Woman Police Officer of the Year award. Also serving with UNISFA, she launched a school outreach initiative, established a mentorship programme for girls, and created income-generating projects to empower women in the community. #WomenInPeacekeeping
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
Dr. Matthew Messa, a Navy Veteran and former corpsman, now serves as an emergency physician at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center. His path from the Persian Gulf to medical school was shaped by grit, a love for service, and a personal journey through trauma and healing. After nearly leaving medicine, VA care helped him rediscover his purpose—both as a doctor and a Veteran. Today, he proudly provides care to those who, like him, once wore the uniform.
To learn more about eligibility for VA health care and to enroll, visit https://www.va.gov/health-care/how-to-apply/.
The Regional Director for the World Food Program (WFP) in Latin America and the Caribbean, Lola Castro, today (3 Jun) said WFP in Haiti is facing the start of the hurricane season “with an empty warehouse where we have no stocks for assisting any emergency.”
Castro, talking to reporters in New York via Video Teleconference, said, “at this moment half of the population of Haiti are facing hunger or some kind of emergency levels of hunger. And this is 5.7 million people. And Haiti also is one of the five countries on the world that we have catastrophic levels of hunger. In fact, in the displaced camps of port au Prince, we have around 8,500 people who are really suffering without food, water, sanitation, and it is really traumatic to have this in this Western hemisphere.”
She said, “around 14,000 people that have been recently displaced from Kenscoff,” a commune where “people used to come and sell their food into the city.”
The humanitarian official said, “now they are basically receiving food assistance because their houses have been burned, their livelihoods are being destroyed,” adding that “the conflict is really disrupting the food systems and the supply chains that we have in Port au Prince and Haiti itself.”
She noted that “6,000 women and girls have reported some type of gender-based violence, which is really not acceptable,” stressing that Port-au-Prince “is probably one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman or girl now.”
Castro said, WFP, “despite all the violence, displacement and collapse” is still working in Haiti, reaching “over 1.3 million people this year until March.”
She said, “the situation that we’re facing now is quite dramatic, because when we are looking at our stocks dwindling and disappearing and we have only stocks to assist any emergency, or any new displacement, or anybody facing IPC 4 up to July.”
As the hurricane season approaches, she said, “we have no cash neither to go and buy locally if it was possible in some areas, or to do a rapid humanitarian response. We are very concerned that a single storm can put hundreds of thousands of people in Haiti again into humanitarian catastrophe and hunger.”
Source: United States of America – The White House (video statements)
“This Big Beautiful Bill is a perfect example of promises made and promises kept by President Trump in the campaign. He’s doing exactly what he said he was gonna do.” –Georgia State Rep. John Lahood
“I really think this delivers for the state of Georgia, for people in Georgia. It’s a pro-worker bill.” –Georgia State Rep. Chas Cannon
Source: United States of America – Department of State (video statements)
Secretary of State Marco A. Rubio meets with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan at the Department of State, on June 4, 2025.
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Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
Lord Black of Brentwood asks an urgent question in the Lords chamber on action being taken to secure the release from prison in Egypt of British citizen Alaa Abd el-Fattah, in light of the condition of his mother, Laila Soueif, who is at risk of death as a result of her ongoing hunger strike in protest at her son’s detention.
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Young ocean advocates are challenging world leaders at the UN Ocean Conference: choose between sink or swim. With threats like acidification, plastic pollution and species destruction, there’s no time to waste. The crisis facing our ocean demands immediate action and meaningful youth participation. UNOC3 is our crucial moment to save our ocean. Learn more: http://sdgs.un.org/conferences/ocean2025.
Press Conference by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, former Foreign Minister of Pakistan, accompanied by a high-level parliamentary delegation, on recent developments in South Asia.
Source: United States of America – Federal Government Departments (video statements)
Watch ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons discuss immigration enforcement in the wake of the horrific antisemitic attack in Colorado by an Egyptian national who overstayed his U.S. visa.