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Donald Trump briefly admitted that Russia helped him "win" the 2016 presidential election.  During one of his early morning bathroom Twitter rants against the the special prosecutor's investigation into Russian influence over his campaign, Trump claimed his critics no longer talk about Kremlin meddling:  "Russia has disappeared because I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected.  It was a crime that didn't exist."  Later in the morning, reporters confronted Trump about his accidental admission, and he seemed to have changed his mind:  "No, Russia did not help me get elected," Trump said, "You know who got me elected?  I got me elected."  This comes a day after Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller made his one and only statement about the investigation, making clear that it was Congress' job to impeach Trump.

Julian Assange has been moved into a hospital ward at London's Belmarsh Prison, where he was detained for skipping bail and hiding in the Ecuadoran Embassy for seven years.  Assange was unable to attend a hearing in his fight to avoid extradition to the US over allegations he conspired to break into a Pentagon computer; the magistrate said he was "not well", and suggested his next hearing on 12 June would be held in the prison.  It's not clear what is ailing the founder of Wikileaks, and his supporters are claiming that he has been "isolated and gagged".

Hungarian police took into custody the captain of a tourist ferry boat that capsized in the Danube, killing at least seven South Korean tourists; another 21 are still missing.  Only seven are confirmed to have survived.  "I saw a big cruise ship approach us but didn't imagine it would crash into our boat" outside Hungary's Parliament, said a 31-year old woman who survived the sinking.  "The current was so fast and people were floating away but the rescue team did not come," she added.  Hungarian officials told their South Korean counterparts that more than 200 divers and medical staff are involved in the rescue and recovery efforts and that officials are planning to locate and hoist the ship.

A little girl is reportedly doing well after getting hit by a line drive when the Chicago Cubs played the Astros in Houston last night.  Cubs hitter Albert Almara, Jr. - a new father - was visibly shaken and eventually had to leave the game, although it is hardly his fault and incidents like this are very rare.  Major League Baseball says it will review its safety policy and will consider requiring stadiums to have netting all the way down the foul line.  

In a case that has shocked Iran, the former mayor of Tehran has been handed over to the criminal justice system after admitting he shot and killed his wife.  67-year old Mohammad Ali Najafi said he had "only" intended to threaten his 35-year old second wife Mitra Ostad, and turned himself over to authorities.  But a video of Mr. Najafi casually drinking tea with investigators hit a sore spot with the Iranian people, who've pointed out that they are frequently treated much more harshly by police for much less serious offenses.

As families buried victims of a prison melee in Brazil that left 55 people dead, authorities are admitting they knew that imminent trouble was brewing.  All four prisons were the killings took place are privatized, although critics say the state remains responsible for security inside the facilities and the company is in charge of nearly everything else, from food to maintenance, medical attention and utilities.  Brazil's penitentiary system holds some 726,000 inmates but has an official capacity of only 368,000.