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BULLETIN 8 June 1 pm

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In this bulletin:

# Flood victims in Nelson Mandela Bay are being relocated to decent housing
# Eight suspects have been arrested in a Gauteng drug lab bust
# And, rugby: The Stormers know what to expect from Glasgow Warriors 

# Human Settlements minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has announced that flood victims in Nelson Mandela Bay are being moved from shelters to decent accommodation. Kubayi says this allows government to build temporary structures for relocation. The floods have affected over three-thousand people in the metro. She clarifies priority is being given to families with small children, mothers, the elderly and persons with disabilities:

# Police in Gauteng have arrested eight suspects in a laboratory in Alberton, Ekurhuleni, producing drugs worth millions of rands. Spokesperson Brenda Muridili says Johannesburg K9 members, accompanied by the National Counter Narcotics unit, executed a search warrant, finding large quantities of precursor chemicals, drug manufacturing equipment and drugs:

# Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen was attacked by a man in a Copenhagen square yesterday evening. Her office says the man has been arrested and the prime minister was escorted away by security. It added Frederiksen is shocked by the incident, but didn’t give further details. Copenhagen police and Denmark’s national security and intelligence service confirmed the incident but declined to elaborate. Danish Environment minister Magnus Heunicke said in a post on social media the attack shook all who are close to Frederiksen.

# Rugby: The Stormers know what to expect when they face Glasgow Warriors in Scotland today in the quarterfinals of the United Rugby Championship. Evan Roos has been ruled out with a concussion and the visitors have an all-new front row of Brok Harris, Joseph Dweba and Frans Malherbe. Director of Rugby John Dobson says his team is ready to take on their first away knock-out fixture in the competition:

# And, Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who snapped one of the most famous photographs taken in outer space, has died at the age of 90. A small plane he was flying crashed into water north of Seattle, Washington. Anders, who was a lunar module pilot, took the iconic Earthrise photograph during the 1968 mission. It shows the planet rising above the horizon from the barren lunar surface. Anders later described it as his most significant contribution to the space programme.

Stay tuned for more news………….