Middle East & Iran
U.S. and Iran set for new talks in Qatar, Trump says. President Trump said discussions would take place Tuesday, after the U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes over the weekend. Iran did not confirm the talks but said consultations with Qatar were continuing. (NYT)
U.S.-Iran peace talks in question after weekend attacks in the Gulf. Iran and the U.S. traded attacks over the weekend, throwing into question technical talks set for this week to advance the interim deal agreed earlier this month. (NPR)
Vance vs Rubio: Is Team Trump divided on Iran and Lebanon? The White House denied a split between the two officials who have historically held diverging foreign policy positions. (Al Jazeera)
United Kingdom & Europe
Andy Burnham promises shift of power out of London. Burnham, who looks set to become prime minister next month, said he would set up a new operation in Manchester called “No. 10 North” to give more funding and control to local leaders. (NYT, Guardian)
France recorded 1,000 excess deaths during heat wave. First estimates from the national health agency listed hundreds more deaths per day compared with the daily death rate in previous months. (NYT)
Extreme heat continues in central and eastern Europe with temperatures of 38C expected across Germany, Poland, Czechia, Hungary and Serbia. (Guardian)
EU introduces €3 customs charge on small parcels to curb cheap Chinese imports. (Guardian)
France’s 2027 presidential election: can the far-right National Rally win without Le Pen? (France 24)
UK state threats bill could pull British journalists into terror prosecutions, experts warn. (Guardian)
Cambridgeshire police face questions over decision to hand a sexual assault case to the US military. (Guardian)
Ukraine & Russia
Ukraine’s diplomatic triumph over Belarus. President Zelenskyy demanded Lukashenko shut down drone relay stations installed by Russia “or we will.” (Al Jazeera)
Africa
Thousands of foreign nationals leave South Africa ahead of a June 30 “deadline.” (France 24)
Nigerians return home after fleeing xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Nigerians are returning home after a wave of xenophobic violence. (Al Jazeera)
Americas
Venezuela in ‘critical hours’ to find earthquake survivors as more search and rescue teams arrive. (Guardian)
Supreme Court nears end of its term with cases about Donald Trump’s power to be decided. (Guardian)
Mamdani says socialist allies offer ‘national message’ to US. (Guardian)
Trump officials to slash public input on fossil fuel drilling on federal lands. (Guardian)
Luigi Mangione to appear in federal court amid uncertainty over the state case. (Guardian)
Markets & Business
Comcast to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky. Comcast said it would spin off the media business it acquired 15 years ago into a separate company; the stock posted its best day in 18 years. (Guardian, MarketWatch)
Hormuz shipping recovery hits a bumpy patch after fresh attacks. The reopening of the crucial waterway faltered after Iran struck two ships. (Bloomberg)
Stock futures jump as tech shares gain and the U.S. and Iran agree to halt hostilities. Nasdaq 100 futures advanced more than 1% in premarket trade after tech stocks shed nearly 5% last week. (CNBC, Quartz)
Microsoft’s $570 billion rout sets up its worst month since 2000 as investors fret over the software giant’s position in an AI-driven world. (Bloomberg)
Samsung and SK Hynix building $520 billion in new chip plants in South Korea. Each company will build two new fabrication plants in the country’s southwest as AI demand strains existing capacity. (Quartz)
The AI boom is colliding with a new threat: severe weather. Heatwaves and severe weather are raising risks for AI data centers, from grid strain to higher insurance and repair costs. (CNBC)
Medicare starting to cover weight loss drugs for some seniors. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is launching a temporary pilot program running through the end of 2027. (Quartz)
Science & Technology
China conducts ground test of hypersonic ramjet that can change shape in flight. A hypersonic engine that reshapes its internal airflow channel operated continuously from Mach 1.8 to Mach 6 without failing, using graphite to keep superheated gases from escaping. (SCMP)
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