Questions surround fragile peace talks

Plus, war powers resolution passes House and Senate.

Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Hello. The US and Iran are at odds on nuclear inspections as the US Senate joins the House in voting to halt the Iran war, and Trump is set to mark the country's 250th birthday with a campaign-style rally. Plus, presidential power takes center stage in the US Supreme Court's home stretch. Today's Top News   Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo US President Donald Trump said that Iran had agreed to nuclear inspections into "infinity," while Tehran said it had made no such concession in negotiations, raising questions about the viability of their fragile peace deal. The US Senate voted to stop military action against Iran, in a rare rebuke of Trump. Patricia Zengerle tells the Reuters World News podcast how this marks a real shift in Trump's grip on Congress. Meanwhile, just one in four Americans believes Trump's war with Iran was worth its costs, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Trump opens a 16-day celebration of the United States’ 250th anniversary with a political rally, the start of festivities shaped by controversy over his polarizing approach ‌to governing and efforts to remake Washington. More than 4.7 million people in the US have lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, also known as food stamps, since Trump’s signature tax and spending law took effect last July, with Arizona the hardest hit. Western Europe was is in the grip of a deadly, record-setting heatwave that has killed dozens of people, closed schools, slowed trains, ‌knocked out electricity and forced farmers to harvest grain at night. Here are some of the health risks of extreme heat. Britain, France and Germany raised the ‌alarm over recent Chinese activities off the east coast of Taiwan — where China has mounted coast guard patrols — saying they threaten regional stability and freedom of navigation. Conservative Keiko Fujimori gained an insurmountable lead in Peru's presidential runoff, setting her on track to assume the presidency. Business & Markets   SpaceX's stock extended its wild ride, briefly falling below its first-day opening price before rebounding on an otherwise weak day for the tech sector – sharpening Wall Street’s focus on the shifting balance between buyers and sellers of the volatile ‌shares. The US Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division is probing funds typically used by private equity firms and other money managers to hold on to assets they either cannot or do not wish to sell. Chinese automakers may be shut out of India, but their electric-vehicle technology is starting to make inroads in the world's third-largest car market. A group representing major automakers warned that car companies may be forced to halt sales of both new and used vehicles in California on July 1 unless the state ‌delays vehicle technology rules that aim to prevent perpetrators of domestic violence from tracking survivors. Fewer junior positions are being advertised in Switzerland than before 2023 as firms increasingly adopt AI, a study by Swiss job ‌portal jobs.ch showed. Markets are wrestling with mixed signals: strong US data, falling oil, and a far more hawkish Fed outlook. Find out what it all means on the Reuters Morning Bid podcast. Australia's tax overhaul chills nation's long love affair with property   Seagulls stand on Bondi beach in view of a graffiti reading 'What Housing Crisis?’on a residential property in Sydney, Australia, June 24, 2026. REUTERS/Hollie Adams  Just a short stroll from Sydney's famous Bondi Beach, auctioneer Clarence White struggles to drum up bids for an airy three-story home that boasts five bedrooms and an al fresco lounge - price tag, $3.64 million. "We know everyone's cagey at the moment, but that's okay ... all power to those who are registered and those who take action," the veteran auctioneer tells a small group of prospective buyers and ‌onlookers, none of whom bids. Failed auctions like this were once the exception in Sydney's red-hot property market. Now, clearance rates across the country have plunged, squeezed by an end to property investment tax breaks. Read more And Finally... A mural depicting Brazilian soccer player Neymar Jr., created by artist Rafael Jung, in Novo Hamburgo, Brazil. REUTERS/Diego Vara From city walls to alleyways, artists transform World Cup passion into vibrant murals celebrating teams, stars and the spirit of the game. 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US waives Iran sanctions

Plus, can anyone fix Britain?

Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Hello. The US waives Iran sanctions, forty people drown in France as a heatwave sweeps Europe, and the regular change of PMs is a symptom of the UK's malaise. Plus, Mamdani tests Democrats' appetite for far-left candidates. Today's Top News   Delegation staff members at a quadrilateral meeting between the US, Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Lake Lucerne Summit, Switzerland. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/Pool  Middle East The US waived sanctions on Iran for 60 days after the first talks under a nascent peace deal, with President Donald Trump saying he will "do what I have to do" if Iran does not stick to its side of the agreement. A former Israeli prime minister acknowledged that Israel had smuggled Starlink internet receivers into Iran to help anti-government protesters, though he said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ‌government failed to follow through on the plans. Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, and war crimes in the occupied West Bank, an independent U.N. inquiry said. In other news Following Keir Starmer's resignation,  Andy Burnham looks set to become the next Labour leader and UK Prime Minister. Andy Bruce tells the Reuters World News podcast there are still major unknowns about his governing style.  Forty people have drowned while swimming in unsupervised areas in France since the weekend, the prime minister said, as people tried to escape a heatwave sweeping across much of Europe. Six people were wounded in Russian air strikes on Ukraine overnight, local authorities said, while Russia's ongoing fuel crisis deepened into parts of Siberia. Trump returns to the campaign trail for the first time in two weeks, visiting politically divided Pennsylvania to deliver a pitch about the revival of the ‌US Rust Belt to voters feeling inflation’s bite. Here are four things to watch out for in today's primaries. Congo's Ebola outbreak has ‌the largest number of confirmed cases in ⁠the first month of any Ebola outbreak in Africa, a ‌senior ⁠World Health Organization official told a ⁠briefing. Business & Markets   A worker walks beneath a partly assembled vehicle on the production line for the Qashqai model car at the Nissan car factory in Sunderland, Britain. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo Nissan has stopped work on an electric version of its top-selling model in Europe, six sources with knowledge of the matter said, as the Japanese automaker trims its lineup and cuts costs. Read our exclusive. China has overtaken the US to win the top spot on a list of the world's fastest supercomputers, but the results may ‌say more about Beijing's desire to show self-sufficiency in computing systems than its standing in the global AI race. The global AI boom has turned South Korean chipmaking giants SK Hynix and Samsung into stock market darlings. It has also thrust their employees into the top tier of the country's highly competitive marriage market. Britain is considering forcing social media companies to prioritize what the government called trusted news sources as part of its broader push to tighten regulation of the sector. Elon Musk became the first trillionaire by defying business wisdom, upending financial standards and embracing far-right politics. On The Big View podcast this week Peter Thal Larsen asks Quinn Slobodian, co-author of “Muskism”, whether Musk is a one-off or a model of the future. Mamdani endorsements test Democrats' appetite for far-left candidates   Zohran Mamdani after casting his ballot during early voting for the New York primary election at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's push to remake the Democratic Party into a democratic socialist powerhouse faces a primary election test. But win or lose, it is unlikely to provide an effective blueprint for Democrats taking control of the US Congress in November or the White House in 2028. The mayor, who shocked the political world with ‌his 2025 election, is backing a slate of fellow democratic socialist candidates running in New York primaries as they take on establishment Democrats. This comes on the heels of democratic socialist candidates winning primaries in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles mayor races. Furthermore, a democratic socialist won the Seattle mayor's race last year. Read more And Finally... Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on July 21, 2025. NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA); image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)/Handout via REUTERS Scientists studying the comet 3I/ATLAS have determined that this interstellar visitor is remarkably ancient – formed an estimated 10 to 12 billion years ago in a primordial planetary system – and has a composition unlike anything in our solar system. The comet, which has a diameter of around 1.6 miles, is probably the oldest-known object to venture through the solar system and researchers said it has traveled a vast distance since it ⁠was somehow expelled from its home planetary system. 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. 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