US-Iran talks stalls as US launch new strikes

Plus, Ebola patients flee in attacks on Congo health facilities.

Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Subscribe now. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Claire Beers Hello. The US has launched new strikes on Iran as talks stall, Russia urged foreigners to leave after warning of more strikes on Kyiv and Ebola patients flee health facilities amid attacks. Plus, a symbol of recovery one year after a collapsing glacier destroyed the village of Blatten, Switzerland. Today's Top News   Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran. Majid Asgaripour/WANA/REUTERS War in Iran Hopes for an imminent end to the conflict faded after the US said it had carried out fresh strikes and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said negotiating a deal with Iran could "take a few days." Follow our live page for the latest updates. US President Donald Trump said that he asked Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan to join the Abraham Accords en masse to normalize relations with ‌Israel as he tries to negotiate an agreement to end the war with Iran. Iran's national soccer team will sleep in Mexico and travel to the US on the days of its three World Cup matches after Washington declined to host the squad for the tournament, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said. In other news Russia said that it intended to launch "systematic strikes" on targets in Kyiv, and urged foreigners to leave, a day after one of ‌its heaviest bombardments of the city since the start of the war. The foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan and the US agreed to jointly build a port in Fiji and signed pacts covering critical minerals and energy security, as they sought to ‌inject fresh energy into the grouping Pope Leo urged governments to slow down and closely regulate the development of AI systems in his first major document, warning that they spread misinformation, prioritize conflict and risk leading the world down a path of unending war. Indian officials investigating last year's deadly Air India crash are preparing an interim report rather than a final one ahead of the anniversary of the accident that killed 260 people. Business & Markets   An activist smashes Starbucks tumblers and mugs during a protest against Starbucks' "Tank Day" campaign. Yonhap/REUTERS Starbucks Korea has suffered a "very significant" drop in sales after a ‌marketing campaign that evoked a brutal 1980 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters triggered a public outcry. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the rapid development and adoption of AI would not lead ‌to a global "jobs apocalypse" and the technology had not claimed as many white-collar jobs as he had feared. Oil prices rose and stocks dithered as investor optimism over an imminent US-Iran peace deal was tempered ‌by new US strikes in the Middle East. Wall Street is abuzz with next month's expected blockbuster debut of Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker SpaceX, but few of the biggest IPOs in recent years have paid off for investors who bought in when the deals came to market. Sri Lanka's ‌central bank stunned markets by raising its policy rate by an outsized 100 basis points, the biggest hike in three years, as policymakers scrambled to stem inflation and support a currency buckling under soaring energy prices. A Samsung Electronics' union representing ‌the conglomerate's consumer electronics workers said it has asked a South Korean court to block a vote on a pay deal that primarily benefits their colleagues in the company's chip divisions. Ebola patients flee in attacks on Congo health facilities, hobbling response   Medical Director of Mungwalu General Hospital Richard Lokudu speaks to Reuters next to the burned remains of a destroyed emergency isolation tent. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere Doctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Congo, already grappling with shortages of basic supplies, are now also having to deal with attacks on their facilities and fleeing patients as the virus spreads ‌rapidly. At least three such incidents have occurred in the northeastern province of Ituri, where the first Ebola cases were reported, including two targeting the same hospital that permitted more than two dozen patients to run away. Alongside attacks on health facilities, experts warn that unsafe burials are a leading driver of Ebola transmission. Bureau chief for West and Central Africa, Robbie Corey-Boulet, tells the Reuters World News podcast that those burial traditions hold deep significance in parts of Congo. Read more And Finally... The village of Wiler, overlooking the landslide area nearly a year after a massive rock and ice slide destroyed much of the village of Blatten, Switzerland. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse  Hotel Momentum stands above Switzerland's Loetschen Valley as a symbol of recovery, a year after a collapsing glacier destroyed the village of Blatten. Built in just 105 days near the neighboring town of Wiler, the wooden hotel is one of the clearest signs of how displaced residents are rebuilding their lives after the disaster. Read more   Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. 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Iran-US talks continue, no breakthrough yet on war

And Russia uses an Oreshnik missile in a massive strike on Kyiv.

Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Subscribe now. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Claire Beers Hello. Iran and the US play down hopes for an imminent breakthrough in the war, Russia hits Ukraine with an Oreshnik missile in one of the war's biggest attacks on Kyiv, and Huawei reveals a chip design breakthrough. Plus, Ferrari's Luce leads bold leap into uncertain electric era. Today's Top News   Majid Asgaripour/WANA/REUTERS War in Iran Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said that conclusions ‌have been reached on many topics discussed in a potential memorandum of understanding ⁠with the US, but this does not mean Tehran is close to signing an agreement. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US will either have a good agreement with Iran or deal with the country "another way." Two liquefied natural gas tankers are exiting the Strait of Hormuz, heading to ‌Pakistan and China. A supertanker with Iraqi crude for China also left the Gulf on May 23 after being stranded for nearly three months. Donald Trump may have won just about every battle against Iran, but three months after attacking the Islamic Republic he faces a bigger question: Is he losing the war? In other news Russia pounded Kyiv and surrounding areas with hundreds of drones and missiles in one of the heaviest bombardments of the city since the start of the war, firing an Oreshnik hypersonic missile near the capital. Pope Leo urged governments to slow down the development of AI systems in his first major document, warning that they spread misinformation, prioritize conflict and risk leading the world down a path of unending war. Experts trying to prevent a tank holding a toxic and flammable chemical from exploding in Southern California found a "potential ‌crack" in the container that might be reducing the pressure. President Trump appealed for patience from Americans struggling with soaring gas prices as he defended the cost of his White House ballroom, a project critics call a vanity effort. Business & Markets   cnsphoto/REUTERS Chinese coking coal prices soared to their highest in nearly two weeks, as safety checks at coal mines following a ‌deadly accident in a key production hub triggered expectations of tightening supply. Huawei Technologies said its high-end chips will have transistor density equivalent to 1.4-nanometer processes in five years, underscoring Beijing's efforts ‌to neutralize US sanctions that have made it hard for China to build advanced chips. Oil prices fell more than $5 to two-week lows as optimism grew that the US and Iran were moving closer to a ‌peace deal. African leaders and financiers gathered for the African Development Bank's annual meeting as the continent faces shrinking ‌aid flows, with this week's event in the Congo Republic overshadowed by an Ebola outbreak across the border. As its sports-car rivals tap the brakes on a shift to EVs, Ferrari will launch of its first fully electric car, betting ‌it can connect with drivers even without a throaty engine roar. Toshifumi Suzuki, the founder of Seven-Eleven Japan and widely regarded as the father of Japan's convenience-store ‌industry, died of heart failure on May 18 at the age of 93. What is the Oreshnik missile?   REUTERS/Russian Defense Ministry The Oreshnik, whose name means Hazel Tree, is an intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile that Russia has fired only once before against Ukraine. Experts say it can carry multiple warheads capable of simultaneously striking different targets.  It also is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, although there was no suggestion of any nuclear component to this weekend's attack on Kyiv. Vladimir Putin has said that the Oreshnik is impossible to intercept and that it has destructive power comparable to that of a nuclear weapon, even when fitted with a conventional warhead. Read more And Finally... Shuetsu Sato, a security guard whose handmade duct-tape signs have gained widespread recognition, poses with duct-tape signs he made. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon One of Japan's most in-demand graphic designers is neither hip nor an artist by training: he’s a septuagenarian security ‌guard who works the graveyard shift at a train station in Tokyo. Shuetsu Sato found his hidden passion when he was asked in 2004 to help travellers navigate the crowded, labyrinthine Shinjuku station. His solution was to make signage out of duct tape. He loved the work, the result was effective, and the station ⁠master kept asking for more. Read more   Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters' website   Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. This email includes limited tracking for Reuters to understand whether you’ve engaged with its contents. For more information on how we process your personal information and your rights, please see our Privacy Statement. Terms & Conditions   © 2026 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036