内容摘要：Kim, however, has backed Yoon’s hardline approach, promising to secure “pre-emptive deterrence” through tools such as ballistic missiles and the redeployment of US tactical nuclear weapons. He has said he would also seek a path for the country to pursue nuclear armament by securing the right to reprocess nuclear fuel, a key step towards building atomic weapons.

Kim, however, has backed Yoon’s hardline approach, promising to secure “pre-emptive deterrence” through tools such as ballistic missiles and the redeployment of US tactical nuclear weapons. He has said he would also seek a path for the country to pursue nuclear armament by securing the right to reprocess nuclear fuel, a key step towards building atomic weapons.

When Al Jazeera called Restore:’s technical assistance line posing as a customer, a customer service representative said it sold genuine Apple items sourced from China and Dubai.“After the sanctions were imposed, suppliers found ways around and continued essentially uninterrupted shipments”, the customer service representative told Al Jazeera.

He speculated, without providing evidence, that producers were aware that their products continued to be sold in Russia but turned a blind eye to the practice.Smaller players, including individual sellers, are also involved in the supply of Apple products.Yandex.Market, where Zoya bought her Apple Watch, lists hundreds of iPhones being sold by numerous registered retailers, some of whom promise to deliver orders in as little as two hours.

Zoya bought her watch from a company called IDstore, which offers a wide variety of Apple goods, including computers, smartphones, watches and cables, for sale.IDstore was registered in November 2022 and has a single employee, according to Rusprofile, a website that aggregates data from official registries.

On WhatsApp, an IDstore representative told Al Jazeera that the company delivers goods to Russia from India, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and Europe, but declined to elaborate further.

Restore: did not reply to emailed requests for comment.Mumbai issues red alert as monsoon rains arrive 16 days early, causing flooding and disrupting daily life.

Heavy rains lashed Mumbai after the annual monsoon arrived in India’s financial capital nearly two weeks before schedule, according to weather forecasters.The downpours, which have brought relief from high temperatures and are welcomed by farmers for their crops, also wreak havoc in urban areas every year by flooding transport infrastructure. Typically, such monsoon rains are expected across the southwestern state of Maharashtra in early June.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of “extremely heavy rainfall” in Mumbai, while city authorities have issued a red alert in place until Tuesday.“All citizens are advised to stay indoors and avoid travel unless necessary,” the city authorities said in a statement, urging people to “kindly cooperate”.