Iran respond to US strikes

Plus, how Trump’s Ukraine aid cuts undermine justice for Russian war crimes.

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 says it struck Iranian military sites, Tehran responds with an air base attack, Nvidia launches new chip to bring AI directly to personal computers and Trump’s Ukraine aid cuts undermine justice for Russian war crimes.  Plus, fans seek divine help to secure K-pop band BTS concert seats. Today's Top News   A man holds an Iranian flag near an anti-U.S. billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz. Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERS War in the Middle East The US said it struck Iranian military sites over ‌the weekend and Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had targeted a US base in response, the latest exchange of attacks amid negotiations to end the three-month-old war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to attack targets in the Lebanese capital Beirut's ‌southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold known as Dahiyeh. In other news The French Navy boarded an oil tanker, named the Tagor, which was subject to international sanctions and sailing from ‌Russia. Caught between China's rapid military rise and growing doubts about the US focus on a region it has long dominated, Indo-Pacific nations are racing to arm themselves and each other. Four nurses who were being treated for ‌Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus have been discharged from a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo after recovering from the disease. More than 200 people were injured and one person died in Paris following Paris Saint-Germain's second consecutive Champions League win, reviving France's heated debate about street violence. The US Supreme Court is weighing two cases that could reshape the November midterms. Legal affairs correspondent Jan Wolfe tells the Reuters World News podcast that critics warn the decisions could open the door to corruption. Business & Markets   NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang introduces the RTX Spark GPU during a keynote address on the sidelines of the annual Computex trade show in Taipei, Taiwan. REUTERS/Ann Wang Nvidia unveiled a new chip that puts AI capabilities directly into laptops ‌and desktop computers, to be delivered this fall, which experts said would overhaul how users engage with AI. The US Department of Commerce moved to close a potential loophole that may have allowed companies to export the world's most advanced chips to subsidiaries of Chinese companies outside China. China issued sweeping new rules tightening control of overseas deals that involve Chinese investors, technology, data and national security, a month after Beijing ordered Meta to unwind its acquisition of AI startup Manus. Berkshire Hathaway agreed to buy Taylor Morrison Home Corp for $6.8 billion in cash, expanding the conglomerate's housing business. Major airline, travel and business groups warned that barring border processing at Newark or other major US ‌airports could lead to chaos, strand thousands of tourists and Americans trying to get home, and prevent crucial cargo shipments. Nearly 8% of Norwegian offshore oil and gas workers plan to strike from June 5 if state-brokered wage mediation fails, labor union data ‌showed. How Trump’s Ukraine aid cuts undermine justice for Russian war crimes   War-crimes investigators from the Ukrainian nonprofit Truth Hounds interview a woman. The woman said occupying Russian forces raped and tortured her in 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Since the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals, the US has championed accountability for many of the world’s worst atrocities, supporting investigations and tribunals. But the administration of US President Donald Trump cut tens of millions of dollars in funding for this work last year when it slashed overseas-development aid to advance the president’s “America first” agenda, according to a Reuters review of government data and interviews with eight current and former American officials. Ukraine was the largest single recipient, the officials said. Read more And Finally... BTS fans pray to Yue Lao at Taipei’s Bangka Lungshan Temple, in hopes of securing a concert ticket. REUTERS/Ann Wang Taiwanese fans of K-pop boy band BTS are turning to Yue Lao, the Taoist god of love and marriage, ‌in the hope that divine matchmaking will connect them with seats for their upcoming shows in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung. 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. 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Trump fund puts Republican senators in a bind

And drones menace Ukraine’s and Russia’s neighbors

Stay informed with Reuters. Subscribe for $1/week. Subscribe now. Weekend Briefing Weekend Briefing From Reuters Daily Briefing   By Robert MacMillan, Reuters.com Weekend Editor Welcome to the Weekend Briefing and thanks as always for reading. A judge blocked Donald Trump’s $1.776 billion 'weaponization' fund. More Americans want to become Canadians. The flesh-eating screwworm: It’s closer than you think. Josef Stalin kept quite a wine collection. And have you considered the charms of Antwerp? City Memo takes us to ‘t Stad. Trump’s ‘weaponization’ fund puts Republican senators in a bind   REUTERS/Erin Scott Choose wisely: They either can go against their principles by supporting what critics decry as a slush fund or they can oppose a president who just ended the careers of two of their fellows in the primaries. For now, they’ve taken to yelling at Todd Blanche, who will need their support if he wants to drop the first word from his current job title of acting attorney general. Entry burn: The U.S. is making plans to stop processing international travelers and cargo at major U.S. airports in “sanctuary cities,” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said. Airline, travel and business groups predict chaos at Newark Liberty airport for tourists, Americans returning home and crucial cargo shipments. Russia’s and Ukraine’s neighbors face drone threat Too close to the action: A Russian drone crashed into an apartment building in Romania, a NATO member, and Dmitry Medvedev warned European leaders that it won’t be the last time. Latvia, whose previous government was downed by a drone, is increasing its defenses along the Russia and Belarus borders to prevent further incursions. Realignment: Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is moving Armenia closer to the West after decades in Moscow’s orbit. As elections draw near, Russia has tried to undermine Pashinyan’s re-election bid disinformation campaigns and an influx of tens of thousands of Russian-Armenians to sway the vote, sources said. Trump hasn’t made up his mind on extending Iran ceasefire What we know: Trump said Friday he would discuss it at a White House meeting. A senior Iranian source said an agreement was close. Benjamin Netanyahu has told confidants in private conversations that he has little ability to influence Trump’s decisions on Iran. Also in the mix: Israel seized more Lebanese territory and warned thousands to flee their villages as its forces crossed the Litani River. 70%: Netanyahu laid out no details or timeline for taking more than two-thirds of Gaza, a move that would further squeeze the strip’s 2 million residents who mostly are crammed into tents in awful conditions. Kenya court suspends U.S. Ebola quarantine facility 50-bed unit: The U.S. said it would open the center at an air-force base in central Kenya to serve Americans who were exposed to the virus but remained asymptomatic. Many Kenyans oppose the plan and a legal-advocacy group sued, saying the center could endanger public health. Latest figures: The World Health Organization said there were 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and that 223 people are suspected to have died because of the virus. And from the Reuters Fact Check department: 'Hanta' does not mean 'scam' in Hebrew. U.S. adds blood test to colorectal cancer screening options Health: The American Cancer Society is recommending an option from Guardant Health that can detect whether genetic material from a tumor is circulating in a person’s blood. Note that the ACS also says that the old-fashioned colonoscopy screening remains the gold standard. Insurance: More Americans are dropping out or being kicked off Obamacare health insurance for non-payment in past years, particularly in Kentucky and Idaho. The decline was largely due to pandemic-era subsidies expiring, which dramatically raised the cost of the plans. We do have tap water and you can’t have any No free drink: Italian hotels can refuse to serve their guests tap water, Italy’s highest court ruled. A tourist sued the five-star Hotel Sassongher in Corvara after it refused to give her tap water during meals, instead offering mineral water for 7 euros a bottle. Voters incorporated: A Delaware judge ruled that the beach town of Fenwick Island was not diluting human votes by allowing companies and other legal entities that own property to cast votes in municipal elections. Before I forget… Australian state police did not prepare a threat assessment before the mass shooting at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration that killed 15 people, an inquiry into the attack heard. Authorities arrested eight students on suspicion of arson over a fire at a girls’ boarding school in Kenya that killed 16 students. Rescue divers saved four gold prospectors from a flooded cave in Laos. Two remain missing. A Canadian man accused of selling the legal but potentially lethal chemical sodium nitrite to people who killed themselves pleaded guilty to aiding suicide. A German court sentenced a former Red Army Faction member to 13 years in prison for armed robberies and attempted kidnapping. Daniela Klette, 67, was arrested in 2024 after evading capture for more than three decades. French lawmakers voted to repeal the slavery-era “Code noir” that defined the legal status of enslaved people as “movable property” and justified their abuse. Latest sports trend:  Tamara Korpatsch skipped the customary handshake after defeating Wang Xinyu after a tense match at the French Open. Virat Kohli did the same after he and Australian batter Travis Head exchanged heated words during a cricket match in Hyderabad.   Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters' website   Weekend Briefing is sent once 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