Morning news brief: Biden addresses Trump verdict; Pro-Palestinian protesters enter Brooklyn Museum; and more

In his first his remarks on Trump's verdict on Friday (May 31), the US President said, "The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed," and commended the 12 jurors in the cases for carefully deliberating and reaching a unanimous verdict.

In other news,the art museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn was stormed by hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters which led to its closure an hour early.

In his first statement since a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records, US President Joe Biden made an indirect swipe at the former president's attacks on the justice system.

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters marched to the Brooklyn Museum, on Friday (May 31) afternoon and set up tents in a bid to occupy the museum. They even unfurled a “Free Palestine” banner from the roof before the police stormed the place and began arresting the demonstrators.

The supporters of former US president Donald Trump, who was convicted on 34 felony counts in the New York Hush money case, have called for riots, revolution, and violent retribution.

After over 11 weeks of relentless campaigning by all political parties, the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections began on Saturday (June 1).

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