Iran peace deal: For real?

Plus, gold fever sends luxury watches to the melting furnace.

Stay informed with Reuters. Subscribe for $1/week. Weekend Briefing Weekend Briefing From Reuters Daily Briefing   By Robert MacMillan, Reuters.com Weekend Editor Welcome to the Weekend Briefing. Before we get into the news, here’s a good Saturday read about people living under al Qaeda-linked militants who say the jihadists have become more tolerant. Elsewhere, we report on people melting gold watches as the metal's price soars, and how Russians skirt Putin's digital iron curtain. What’s the deal on the Iran-U.S. peace deal?   REUTERS/Stringer  The latest: Both sides say an agreement is close even though they have sharply different understandings of what they would include in their deal. Even as both sides talked up a deal, sources said US forces shot down Iranian attack drones. Trump said the Strait of Hormuz will open to traffic as soon as the deal is signed. His energy secretary proposed a U.S. gasoline-tax holiday over the summer. West Bank: The U.N. has said Israeli authorities are involved in West Bank settler attacks. These attacks have killed, injured and displaced Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli security forces have provided protection to the settlers, the inquiry found. Israel sent a plan to spend nearly $340 million on establishing new settlements to the security cabinet. Surging past $2 trillion in its Nasdaq debut, SpaceX closes in on Amazon Untold riches: It finally happened. SpaceX shares made their Nasdaq debut, sending the company's value past $2 trillion and turning Elon Musk into the world's first trillionaire. Global reaction to SpaceX’s public listing has spanned investor euphoria to admiration among fans and sharp criticism from politicians and members of the public who see him as a ⁠symbol of rising global inequality. Jailbreaking: Anthropic said it will "abruptly disable" its most advanced AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users after the U.S. government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, citing national security ‌concerns. The company received the export control directive to suspend access without being given specific details of its national security concern. U.S. deports Iranian activist to Central African Republic ‘Super dangerous transfer’: The pro-Democracy activist is one of three Iranian women who were at risk of deportation. Her lawyer said she and the other women have “no status, no connection, no support network.” Abduction: A South Sudanese man who made allegations of corruption in his own country was kidnapped in Kenya by armed and masked men and taken across the border to Juba, his wife said. Ebola spreads to crowded Congo displacement camp High risk: The U.N.’s refugee agency confirmed the first Ebola-related deaths in the Kpangba camp, which hosts 30,000 internally displaced people. One victim, a woman who escaped quarantine, was later found dead with her daughter. Community members attacked humanitarian workers when they approached. Kenya: A person who was killed this week during a protest against an Ebola quarantine facility for Americans was a teenager who left home to pick up a new school uniform, his grandmother said. Screwworm, your pets and you Protection: The FDA granted emergency approval for an over-the-counter drug that can treat screwworm in pets. Nitenpyram tablets can be used for pets weighing at least 2 pounds and at least four weeks old. The U.S. is trying to beat back the parasite despite staff cuts and the shortage of sterile male flies. The USDA’s efforts are not impressing cattle farmers. Resistance: An Italian study found antibiotic-resistant genes across the world’s oceans. The projects demonstrate how oceans can serve as an early warning system for global health risks, scientists said. In other health news: Using GLP-1 drugs early in pregnancy should not cause alarm, an analysis suggests. Motels, marshland and luxury rates: Welcome to the World Cup in New Jersey It’s rising: Academics and climate activists say this year’s edition will produce more pollution than any World Cup ever staged. Epidemiologists will sift through sewage and social media to detect and track infectious diseases should they emerge in the U.S. or Canada during the tournament. Team players: Some Iranian-Americans want FIFA to boot Iran’s team out of the competition, saying Tehran is using the World Cup to “sportswash” its killing of tens of thousands of dissidents since the 1979 revolution. Others have conflicting views. Iran’s sports minister said the team will halt matches if spectators display unauthorized flags or chant slogans that target them. Before I forget… Minorities in Belfast are living in fear after masked groups raged through the city over a knife attack for which a Sudanese man was charged with attempted murder. Mauritius said it did not receive any proposal from the U.S. to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius. The Telegraph reported that the White House planned to do just that. A vote to cap the population would be poison for Switzerland’s economy, said the head of the Basel canton where big pharma and biotech companies are based. Keir Starmer has a new defence minister, but the same problem: no spare money, competing political and financial demands and a party reluctant to cut spending on public services and welfare. And if Britain gets a new prime minister, those problems are not going away. Authorities arrested 13 people in Indonesia after finding nearly 100 children with their hands and feet tied up at a daycare center. Police in Argentina seized Nazi uniforms, weapons, ammunition and other accessories from the home of a man who sold such items on the Internet. The US opened their World Cup campaign with a 4-1 win over Paraguay. To keep up with all the action, sign up for the Inside Track newsletter, your pass to soccer's biggest stage, and tune into our World Cup vodcast, where our global sports editors take us behind the scenes.   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. 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