June 17, 2022: Trump pressed Pence to overturn election, Alabama, Julian Assange, Ukraine-EU, India

June 17, 2022: Trump pressed Pence to overturn election, Alabama shooting, Julian Assange, Ukraine-EU, India

1. Former President Donald Trump pressured his vice president, Mike Pence, to overturn his 2020 election defeat despite being told repeatedly it was illegal to do so, aides to Pence told the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

2. Three people were shot, two fatally, inside a suburban Alabama church, before a suspect was taken into custody, police said.

3. The wife of Julian Assange vowed to fight using every possible legal avenue after British Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the WikiLeaks' founder's extradition to the United States to face criminal charges.

4. The European Union gave its blessing for Ukraine and its neighbour Moldova to become candidates to join, in the most dramatic geopolitical shift to result from Russia's invasion.

5. Authorities imposed restrictions on gatherings in a satellite city of India's capital that is home to offices of several multinational firms, and one person was killed as protests against a new military recruitment process spread.

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