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1. Trump verbally attacks judge, attorney general as fraud case against him begins in New York

   

   Donald Trump attacked New York's attorney general and the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial as it began on Monday, and a state lawyer accused the former president of generating more than $100 million US by lying about his real estate empire.

2. Republican Matt Gaetz moves to oust House Speaker, setting up potential showdown

   

   U.S. Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz filed a resolution late Monday to oust Kevin McCarthy, the Republican House Speaker, setting up a likely showdown vote in the U.S. House of Representatives in the days ahead.

3. As U.S. funding to Ukraine is cut, Europe and Kyiv put on a brave face

   

   EU foreign ministers convened in Kyiv for their first ever meeting outside the bloc on Monday, broadcasting their support after a pro-Russian candidate won an election in Slovakia and the U.S. Congress left Ukraine war aid out of its spending bill.

4. UN approves Kenyan-led multinational force to combat gang violence in Haiti

   

   The United Nations Security Council voted Monday to send a multinational force to Haiti led by Kenya to help combat violent gangs in the troubled Caribbean country.

5. Remember this botched Spanish fresco? An opera about it just hit the stage in Vegas

   

   Behold The Man, a musical opera, tells the story of Cecilia Giménez, an elderly church parishioner who inadvertently changed the course of her town's history