'Stacks of bodies': 46 dead migrants found in truck in Texas

The Reuters Daily Briefing Tuesday, June 28, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here's what you need to know. A Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian mall kills 18, the U.S. Capitol riot panel promises new evidence, and Iran wants to join the BRICS Today's biggest stories Law enforcement officers work at the scene where people were found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, June 27, 2022 U.S. The bodies of 46 dead migrants were discovered inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, in one of the most deadly recent incidents of human smuggling along the U.S.-Mexico border. A U.S. congressional committee plans to reveal new evidence about the assault on the Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters at a public hearing today. Republican voters in Colorado and Illinois will weigh Trump's false claims of a stolen presidency as they select candidates for the November elections that will determine control of Congress and many state governments. Here are four key races to watch. Battles over abortion shifted to state courts, as judges blocked statewide bans in Louisiana and Utah and clinics in Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi and Texas sued seeking similar relief. Meanwhile, New Mexico is shielding abortion clinics ahead of an expected patient surge. The U.S. Supreme Court has chipped away at the wall separating church and state in a series of new rulings, eroding American legal traditions intended to prevent government officials from promoting any particular faith. Rescuers work at the site of a shopping mall hit by a Russian missile strike in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, in this handout picture released June 28, 2022 WORLD Firefighters and soldiers searched for survivors in the rubble of a Ukrainian shopping mall, where authorities said 36 people were still missing after a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18. Here's what you need to know about the Russia-Ukraine conflict right now. President Tayyip Erdogan held firm on his stance towards Finland and Sweden's NATO bids, saying Turkey wanted results not words to address its concerns, adding he will also push U.S. President Joe Biden on a "stalled" F-16 fighter jet purchase. At least 12 people died and 251 were injured in a chlorine gas leak from a storage tank at Jordan's Aqaba port. The leak came after a tank filled with 25 tonnes of chlorine gas being exported to Djibouti fell while being transported. China slashed the quarantine time for inbound travelers by half, in a major easing of COVID-19 curbs that have deterred cross-border travel and resulted in international flights running at just 2% of pre-pandemic levels. Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day, as the capital's heat broke nearly 150-year-old records for June and authorities warned power supply remained tight enough to raise the specter of cuts. Climate change is driving this year's extreme heat and flooding, scientists said in a study. G7 leaders attend a working session during their summit at Bavaria's Schloss Elmau castle, Germany, June 28, 2022 BUSINESS G7 leaders have agreed to study placing global price caps on imports of Russian energy to curb Moscow's ability to fund its invasion of Ukraine and to contribute up to $5 billion to address global food insecurity. Here's why a Russian oil price cap is easier said than done. Iran, which holds the world's second largest gas reserves, has applied to join the BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa that Beijing and Moscow cast as a powerful emerging market alternative to the West. The European Central Bank's upcoming bond-buying program will rein in rising borrowing costs for vulnerable euro zone countries while keeping the pressure on their governments to repair their budgets, the ECB's President Christine Lagarde said. Toshiba shareholders voted in two board directors from activist hedge fund investors at its annual general meeting - an inclusion expected to add momentum to its exploration of potential buyout deals. Investors in ether and its troubled twin stETH are nervously anticipating a crypto milestone: The merge. That's the name for a major upgrade of the Ethereum blockchain network upon which many crypto projects are built, aimed at making it leaner, meaner and cleaner. REUTERS INVESTIGATES Trump’s Truth Social is finding that it’s hard to build a social network to take on Big Tech without the help of Big Tech. Read our special report. Quote of the day "We're not at war, but we must act rapidly so that we aren't drawn into one" Chief of the General Staff Patrick Sanders Russia will be greater threat to European security after Ukraine, says UK's army chief Video of the day London's Pride veterans remember first rally Fifty years ago, a group of LGBT+ campaigners marched from Trafalgar Square to Hyde Park to protest against discrimination and fight for acceptance. And finally… Climate tech firm to launch scaled-up plant sucking CO2 from air Construction is due to begin on what could become the world's biggest plant to capture carbon dioxide from the air and deposit it underground. More from Reuters Sustainable Business The Great Reboot Disrupted Legal News Breakingviews Thanks for spending part of your day with us. You are receiving this email because you signed up for newsletters from Reuters. No longer want to hear from us? Unsubscribe from The Reuters Daily Briefing. 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