‘Fiscal worries mount’ and ‘Meghan in Guy Ritchie talks’ – BBC

  1. 'Fiscal worries mount' and 'Meghan in Guy Ritchie talks'  BBC
  2. Prince Harry, Elton John and Others Told to Pay Daily Mail Publisher $13 Million  The New York Times
  3. Spectacular defeat leaves Prince Harry’s golden lawyer tarnished  The Times
  4. Prince Harry and others ordered to pay millions over failed lawsuit  Reuters
  5. Prince Harry and six others face privacy case legal bill of up to £34.5m  BBC
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Guyana’s Rodrigues Birkett leads informal poll in race to be next UN leader – Al Jazeera

  1. Guyana’s Rodrigues Birkett leads informal poll in race to be next UN leader  Al Jazeera
  2. UN Secretary-General poll cuts the chaff  The Economist
  3. Who are the eight candidates running to succeed Antonio Guterres as UN chief?  France 24
  4. Guyanese ex-FM Birkett leads UN chief race; Costa Rica’s Grynspan falls to 2nd place  The Times of Israel
  5. UN candidate Baki vows focus on conflict prevention, UN renewal  Reuters
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‘Masha and the Bear’ promotes pro-Russian narratives disguised as children’s content – CCD chie – Ukrinform

  1. 'Masha and the Bear' promotes pro-Russian narratives disguised as children's content – CCD chie  Ukrinform
  2. 'Masha and the Bear': Ukraine sanctions Russian cartoon  DW.com
  3. Zelensky bans ‘Russian propaganda’ cartoon about girl and circus bear  The Times
  4. Ukraine Sanctions Five Russian Rusal Aluminum Enterprises  Kyiv Post
  5. New Ukrainian sanctions target multiple levels of Russia's war machine – sanctions commissioner  Ukrinform
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More than 750 U.S. service members wounded in Iran war – The Washington Post

  1. More than 750 U.S. service members wounded in Iran war  The Washington Post
  2. Pentagon says more than 750 US service members wounded in Iran war  The Hill
  3. Over 750 US troops have been wounded since the Iran war began, Pentagon says  AP News
  4. Pentagon adds 60 wounded to Iran war casualty count  stripes.com
  5. Defense Department Reveals How Many Americans Have Been Wounded in Iran War  Military.com
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Russian ‘double-tap’ strike on shopping centre in Ukraine kills 16 and wounds 130 – Reuters

  1. Russian 'double-tap' strike on shopping centre in Ukraine kills 16 and wounds 130  Reuters
  2. Russian strikes on Ukraine kill two, officials say, a day after deadly attack on mall  BBC
  3. Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy vows response to Russia’s deadly shopping centre attack  The Guardian
  4. At least 15 killed and over 100 wounded in Russian ‘double-tap’ strike on a Ukrainian shopping center  CNN
  5. Russian drones kill 14 people at a shopping mall in a central Ukrainian city, officials say  NBC News
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‘She’s not afraid of anyone’: the prison writings of one of Hong Kong’s last outspoken democracy activists – The Guardian

  1. ‘She’s not afraid of anyone’: the prison writings of one of Hong Kong’s last outspoken democracy activists  The Guardian
  2. Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil fell dark years ago. Now its organizers have been convicted  CNN
  3. Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists convicted in national security trial  BBC
  4. Former Hong Kong vigil organizer strives to mark Tiananmen crackdown despite convictions  AP News
  5. Opinion | The Brave Witness of Chow Hang-tung  WSJ
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Trump threatens $5bn lawsuit over liberal national guard policy report

A report released by thinktank Cap argues the deployment of the national guard failed to have a measurable impact on crime, despite costing billions

The Center for American Progress (Cap) received a letter from Donald Trump’s lawyer threatening a $5bn lawsuit unless the liberal research organization retracts a report criticizing the effectiveness of the president’s National Guard rollout.

The report released 13 July argues that the National Guard deployment in Washington DC, Memphis and Los Angeles failed to have a measurable impact on crime in these cities despite an estimated cost of $1.7bn. The report looks at the falling rate of crime in cities without a National Guard intervention and concludes that they are not statistically different from the rate of decrease in those that had the intervention, noting that violent crime began falling well before Trump took office in 2025.

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