- Poland’s Tusk Warns of ‘Strategic Mistake’ in Spat with Ukraine Bloomberg.com
- Zelensky returns Poland’s highest honor amid escalating row over nationalist wartime unit CNN
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- Ukraine war briefing: Dispute over second world war army unit threatens to divide Poland and Ukraine The Guardian
- Zelensky returns highest Polish honour after award stripped BBC
Colombia elections take place as Abelardo de la Espriella leads polls
Colombians are voting in an election where senator Ivan Cepeda is racing against Abelardo de la Espriella.
Japan fans celebrate 4-0 World Cup win in Tokyo
Fans gathered at Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing after Japan beat Tunisia 4-0 in a World Cup group-stage match.
Ramiro Valdes, one of Cuba’s last living revolutionary figures, dies at 94
Valdes was close ally of Castro brothers and helped found Cuba's notorious intelligence apparatus.
First round of US-Iran talks ends with encouraging progress, mediators say
The US-Iran talks began on Sunday in Switzerland, after last week's agreement, which includes a commitment to reach a final deal within 60 days.
Trump faces fresh bipartisan criticism on Iran deal as Vance hails peace talks
Objections comes as Trump threatens to renew attacks on Iran if it doesn’t rein in its proxy in Lebanon
US political figures from left and right voiced fresh objections on Sunday to Donald Trump’s provisional deal with Iran – even as the US president made new threats while Vice-President JD Vance hailed progress during the first round of direct peace talks in Switzerland.
Negotiations in Lucerne between the US and Iran have already run into difficulties, after Trump wrote on Truth Social that “Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble. “If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!”
Continue reading...Europe heatwave scorches cities and wildlife
Europe heatwave scorches cities and wildlife
Lamine Yamal scores first World Cup goal as Spain thrash Saudi Arabia
Yamal makes a goal-scoring return for Spain as European champions get their World Cup campaign back on track.
Man falls to his death during Madison Square Garden concert, police say
Officers find man unconscious and unresponsive with injuries indicating a fall from an ‘elevated position’
A 51-year-old man fell to his death during a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday night, police said.
Officers responding to a 911 emergency call at about 9.51pm found the man unconscious and unresponsive with injuries indicating a fall from an “elevated position”, New York police said in a statement.
Continue reading...Starmer expected to announce exit plan to clear way for Burnham to become PM
Ministers say Starmer will set out his intentions on Monday morning with an autumn departure the most likely option
Keir Starmer is expected to announce a timetable for his departure on Monday morning, clearing the way for Andy Burnham to become prime minister without a formal contest by the autumn.
Cabinet ministers say Starmer will set out his intentions outside No 10 Downing Street, starting a process of the UK installing its seventh prime minister in a decade.
Continue reading...Trump says repair work to begin ‘immediately’ on beleaguered reflecting pool
Algae blooms and peeling paint mar $14.2m renovation as president claims pool has been ‘seriously vandalized’
Repair work will begin “immediately” at the troubled Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC, Donald Trump said on Sunday, after suggesting the pool would need to be drained and blaming alleged “vandals” for the disruption.
The reflecting pool has been plagued by algae blooms and peeling paint following the controversial recent renovation efforts for America’s 250th anniversary celebrations next month.
Continue reading...Teenager rescues two men who fell from inflatable toy boat off Isle of Skye
Archie Law, 15, sailed his own vessel to save men in distress, beating lifeboat service to the scene
A 15-year-old boy rescued two men who had fallen from an inflatable toy boat off the Isle of Skye by sailing his own vessel to save them, beating the lifeboat service to the scene.
Archie Law beat a volunteer crew of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to the rescue on Saturday evening after the UK coastguard received reports of two males in difficulty in the water off Broadford Bay around 9pm.
Continue reading...What’s next in the Strait of Hormuz crisis?
Iranian armed forces say they've closed the vital waterway after Israeli attacks on Lebanon.
Photo highlights from the International Day of Yoga on the summer solstice – AP News
- Photo highlights from the International Day of Yoga on the summer solstice AP News
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- Japanese firm Kokuyo sets record by holding India's largest workplace chair yoga in Nagpur Mint
Parisians cool off in canal amid ‘red alert’ heatwave
France has issued red heatwave alerts for around half the country as temperatures soar to record levels.
Parisians cool off in canal amid ‘red alert’ heatwave
France has issued red heatwave alerts for around half the country as temperatures soar to record levels.
Transition timetable: what a Starmer autumn handover could look like
New leader could be chosen unchallenged or after a quick contest while outgoing PM has time to finalise his legacy
If the predictions are proved correct and Keir Starmer does announce a timetable for an autumn departure from Downing Street, the machinery of government will again kick into gear for a handover of power – but one that will be, by UK standards, relatively leisurely.
While many democracies build in lengthy transition periods – a defeated or retiring US president serves for nearly three months after their successor has been picked – the UK tends to do things at speed. A losing prime minister will typically get out of 10 Downing Street the morning after an election while the removal vans of their replacements lurk idling around the corner.
Continue reading...US-Iran talks strained as Trump threats spark Iranian walkout
Talks expected to continue for rest of the week despite disruption caused by US president’s threat to bomb Iran and kidnap negotiating team
High-stakes talks between the US and Iran are expected to continue for the rest of the week in Switzerland, after a tense start that saw Iranian negotiators walk out in protest at a stream of threats issued by Donald Trump on social media.
The US president had threatened to bomb Iran and even to kidnap the Iranian negotiating team unless the strait of Hormuz was reopened, forcing mediators Qatar and Pakistan to continue negotiations in the background.
Continue reading...Ethiopian prime minister’s party easily wins parliamentary election
Nobel Peace Prize winner PM Abiy Ahmed will stay in power, as analysts warn of renewed conflicts in Ethiopia.
Khamenei’s MoU stance stirs debate as Iran and US meet in Switzerland
Supreme leader has expressed reservations about interim deal with US, but most top decision-makers back it.