Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz, is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time and a Russian strike kills five in Ukraine hours after a Trump-Putin phone call.

Bertrand Hauger guides you through the top news headlines for Thursday, June 5.

For today’s More Than A Minute feature, Pierre Haski focuses on escalating tensions between the U.S and China after Beijing blocked rare earth exports. His piece for French public radio France Inter was translated by Worldcrunch, and the English audio was produced with the help of automated voice technology.

And finally, today’s daily quiz question takes us Back to the Future.

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