Headlines: 1-7 June 2026

Sunday, 7 June 2026

WEF on World Ocean Day: Why ocean health is key to global prosperity (LINK) — 7 June 2026

UN: Humanity's future depends on protecting the rapidly changing ocean (LINK) — 7 June 2026

Israel strikes Beirut suburb days after US-brokered truce (LINK) — 7 June 2026

Trump says will not unfreeze Iranian assets before ceasefire deal reached, though Iranian officials have indicated the release of funds would build 'trust' needed to reach lasting deal ending war (LINK) — 7 June 2026

Armenia's pro-Europe party wins election and cements shift away from Russia (LINK) — 7 June 2026

Ukraine strikes oil depot, marine terminal in occupied Crimea, releases footage of attack (LINK) — 7 June 2026

Ukraine war: Russian strikes nuclear fuel site near Chernobyl (LINK) — 7 June 2026

Zelensky ignites fury by honouring Ukrainian WWII fighters who massacred Poles and Jews (LINK) — 7 June 2026

Trump storms out of "Meet the Press" after being challenged about election fraud claims, DOJ fund (LINK) — 7 June 2026

— Trump suggested Jan. 6 rioters were ushered into the Capitol by the FBI, a claim that he did not provide evidence for and which has been widely refuted by video of rioters beating Capitol Police officers who were trying to defend the building.

— NBC's Kristen Welker attempted to press Trump for evidence to back up his claims, which he did not provide, and redirect Trump to a question about acting AG Blanche several times before the president pulled the plug on the interview and stormed off the set. "Let's call it quits because I've had enough, thank you, darling, have a good time," the president said as he crushed his lapel mic underfoot on his way out.

Tony awards 2026: full list of winners, including John Lithgow, Laurie Metcalf, Joshua Henry, Lesley Manville, and Death of a Salesman (LINK) — 7 June 2026

Alexander Zverev wins French Open, finally claims 1st Grand Slam title at 29 (LINK) — 7 June 2026

1 unstoppable crypto to buy before it soars 3,000%, according to Wall Street's Tom Lee: ETH (LINK) — 7 June 2026

Saturday, 6 June 2026

US and Iran exchange strikes in Gulf in latest test of ceasefire (LINK) — 6 June 2026

— The US military says it shot down four Iranian "one-way attack drones" launched toward the Strait of Hormuz. Iran retaliated by firing ballistic missiles at two US air bases in Kuwait, and facilities of the US Navy in Bahrain, Iran's state-run Irib news agency reported. One person was killed and more than 60 injured in Iranian drone strikes on Kuwait's international airport on Wednesday, local officials said. One person was killed and more than 60 injured in Iranian drone strikes on Kuwait's international airport on Wednesday, local officials said.

Turkey's interior minister vows to 'liberate' Jerusalem, return it to Turkish hands (LINK) — 6 June 2026

Funeral held for baby shot dead accidentally by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank (LINK) — 6 June 2026

— According to the Israeli military, a shot was fired when soldiers "perceived a threat" from the vehicle in the Tel Rumeida area on Friday evening. The family say they obeyed soldiers' orders to stop and posed no danger. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has acknowledged the family were "uninvolved civilians" and has expressed "deep sorrow" over the incident. The boy's father has dismissed the IDF's expression of regret.

Ukraine, Russia agree to 'start from scratch' on POW lists after ombudsmen meet in Belarus (LINK) — 6 June 2026

FBI fires analysts who worked on "Richmond memo" about Catholic extremist ideology, sources say (LINK) — 6 June 2026

Friday, 5 June 2026

WHO launches $518 million plan to curb Africa Ebola outbreak: donors pledge over $300 million so far (LINK) — 5 June 2026

Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could reach 20,000 cases without strong public health measures — US CDC (LINK) — 5 June 2026

Ukraine drones strike five cargo ships carrying "stolen" Ukrainian grain, as well as transferring military cargo and fuel: admits drone blast off Romania coast but no injuries were reported. (LINK) — 5 June 2026

— Ukraine's drone commander said the names of the five ships, which included cargo vessels and tankers, were painted over and their radars were turned off — struck overnight in the ports of Mariupol, Berdyansk and in the coastal waters of what Ukraine calls the "temporarily occupied territories", parts of the country that Russia currently controls.

Ukraine: Putin says 'no point' meeting Zelenskyy, insists Russia will achieve its war goals in Ukraine, including seizing all of the eastern Donbas region (LINK) — 5 June 2026

Case filed with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights against Equatorial Guinea for sending US deportees to third nations where they face persecution (LINK) — 5 June 2026

More than half of 15 Latin Americans deported from US to Congo are now back in their countries of origin, says DRC: U.S. immigration judges have ruled they were likely to face persecution at home (LINK) — 5 June 2026

Attack by Islamic militants kills 5 Nigerian soldiers in the northeast, army says (LINK) — 5 June 2026

US throws support behind Bolivia's pres ident as protests and road blockades deepen shortages of food, fuel, and medical supplies (LINK) — 5 June 2026

Iran's World Cup team approved for visas to play games in the US, officials say: first World Cup where a host nation receives a country it is at war with (LINK) — 5 June 2026

DOJ confirms in court papers the "anti-weaponization fund" isn't going forward, asks judges to reject lawsuits (LINK) — 5 June 2026

UBS CEO reaffirms bank's commitment to Switzerland, dismissed relocation rumours (LINK) — 5 June 2026

— The Federal Council wants UBS foreign subsidiaries to be fully covered by equity capital, but the bank strongly opposed such a measure.

Wired finds facial recognition code hidden in Meta's smart glasses app (LINK) — 5 June 2026

— TechRadar: The feature isn't live yet, and Meta claims it may never be, but reactions to it are largely negative. "Not only do you need to worry about being photographed or filmed by people's glasses, but that they could identify you just by looking at you."

Holiday homes: Gstaad tops Alpine price rankings: chalets and apartments cost around CHF25,000 per square metre on average: top five places are in Switzerland (LINK) — 5 June 2026

— They are: Engadin/St. Moritz, with prices of CHF24,000, Verbier, Andermatt and Zermatt complete the top five, with prices starting at CHF21,000 per square metre. Among foreign resorts, France's Courchevel is the priciest (about €20,000), ahead of Kitzbühel in Austria (€16,000) and Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy (€13,000).

Coming El Niño will be the strongest ever recorded, new forecast predicts: sea surface temperatures in a key region of the central equatorial Pacific Ocean will climb 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit (3 degrees Celsius) above average by December of this year, with some scenarios showing they could go above 7.2 F (4 C): significantly stronger than the previous joint record holders of 2015 to 2016 and 1997 to 1998 (LINK) — 5 June 2026

Senate passes $70B immigration enforcement bill without limits on Trump settlement fund (LINK) — 5 June 2026

Democratic New Jersey Gov. Sherrill pumps $20m of taxpayer money to fight deportations (LINK) — 5 June 2026

Judge halts Trump administration efforts to impose conditions on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (LINK) — 5 June 2026

US study finds working from home significantly increases isolation and worsens mental well-being, particularly for individuals living alone (LINK) — 5 June 2026

Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects worth $142K in record bug bust (LINK) — 5 June 2026

First shipwrecks linked to real pirates of the Caribbean found in Bahamas: archaeologists have discovered three shipwrecks associated with the Golden Age of Piracy (1680-1720) off the coast of Nassau (LINK) — 5 June 2026

— The port town of Nassau became the headquarters for the likes of Blackbeard, Calico Jack Rackham, Henry Avery, Benjamin Hornigold and Anne Bonny, among others. A research crew received permission from the Antiquities, Monuments and Museum Corporation of the Bahamas to dive around Nassau, which they did in September and October 2025."Nassau harbour is huge," explorer and project filmmaker Chris Atkins said in a statement. "Tides flush dangerous currents through its waters twice a day. It's home to notorious packs of sharks. This was a risky expedition with high chances of finding nothing." But the team, aided by knowledge from local divers, were able to find six wrecks in all.

Mangrove forests, which store up to five times more carbon dioxide than land-based forests, are healing after decades of human destruction (LINK) — 5 June 2026

— From the 1980s to 2010, over 12,000 sq km of mangroves were cleared or destroyed across Asia, Africa and the Americas — an area the size of Jamaica. However, a new study shows a real reversal of that trend, particularly over the last decade. The total net losses — the forest lost and not replaced — since the 1980s have now been reduced to around 849 sq km.

Thursday, 4 June 2026

The United Nations says it is running out of money: António Guterres, the U.N. secretary-general, sent a letter to all U.N. member states saying that the organization faced "imminent financial collapse." (LINK) — 4 June 2026

— Deseret News: Although China has been paying its dues, China has been delaying mandatory payments until late in the year to apply financial leverage. If countries do not pay their dues, U.N. officials have said, the agency could resort to shutting down its headquarters in New York. Humanitarian efforts supported by the U.N., such as World Food Programme, UNICEF, and the U.N. refugee agency would also be drastically impacted.

Ships stranded in Persian Gulf quietly coordinate with U.S. Navy to exit Hormuz: nearly 40 ships previously stranded in the Persian Gulf have exited through the Strait of Hormuz over the past three weeks, according to Lloyd's List Intelligence (LINK) — 4 June 2026

US imposes sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife, son, and other key individuals, in latest move to pressure leadership (LINK) — 4 June 2026

Human embryo genes precisely edited for first time: targeted genes linked to heart disease and hemoglobin production (LINK) — 4 June 2026

Iran nuclear program relatively unchanged since start of war: IAEA, warning it cannot verify enriched uranium stockpiles following recent U.S.-Israeli strikes (LINK) — 4 June 2026

— IST: According to the IAEA, Iran maintains a stockpile of 440.9 kg of uranium enriched up to 60% purity — a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90 per cent. That stockpile could allow Iran to build as many as 10 nuclear bombs, should it decide to weaponise its programme, IAEA director general Rafael Grossi warned in a recent AP interview.

US journalist pleads guilty to acting as an illegal agent for China (LINK) — 4 June 2026

Swiss CHF100,000 Music Grand Prix goes to yodelling singer Nadja Räss: first representative of Swiss folk music to receive the award: contributed to the inclusion of yodelling on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage last December (LINK) — 4 June 2026

Sherpa found alive after 6 days lost on Everest (LINK OK in US) — 4 June 2026

— More than 1,000 climbers and guides scaled the 8,849m peak this May, marking the busiest season ever.

Switzerland to deploy 4,000 soldiers for G7 Summit security around Evian (LINK) — 4 June 2026

'An equal and habitable world is possible': World Inequality Lab (WIL) academics, including Thomas Piketty, set out sweeping vision for planetary survival in Global Justice Report (LINK) — 4 June 2026

— Report offers a set of policy proposals, including hefty wealth taxes on billionaires, sharp reductions in working hours, a change in diets and a shift of investment from materially intense sectors, such as industry and mining, to education and health. If these and other measures are taken, the report says, the incomes of 89% of the world's population would double by 2100 and global heating would be kept below 2C above the preindustrial average.

Kushner-backed Albania resort sparks protests, EU concerns (LINK) — 4 June 2026

Senate Republicans narrowly block bid to bar Trump's $1.8bn fund to pay allies: 3 GOP senators join Democrats as dispute over proposed payouts exposes party divisions (LINK) — 4 June 2026

Costa Rica paid landowners to restore forests and biodiversity — bioacoustics indicate that it worked (LINK) — 4 June 2026

Switzerland is building one of the most powerful batteries in the world 88 feet (26m) underground (LINK) — 4 June 2026

Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Hezbollah rejects Israel-Lebanon ceasefire after House votes to curb Trump war powers (LINK) — 4 June 2026

Trump suffers rare House defeat as bipartisan vote moves to withdraw troops from Iran conflict. The measure now heads to the Senate but is not subject to Trump's approval (LINK) — 3 June 2026

— Fox News: "Lawmakers voted 215-208 to withdraw troops from using military force against Iran absent congressional authorization."

Iran launches deadly attack on Kuwait airport after U.S. strikes, as Trump says talks ongoing (LINK) — 3 June 2026

US and Iran launch new strikes as ceasefire negotiations stalled (LINK) — 3 June 2026

— The US military says it has launched "self-defence" strikes on Iran and shot down ballistic missiles and drones fired at ships and Gulf countries. Iran said it had attacked US bases and helicopters in a "regional country" using missiles and drones in retaliation. Centcom said Tehran had fired two missiles at Kuwait and three at Bahrain, all of which broke apart or were intercepted.

Donald Trump's Iran war drains US oil stocks to lowest level since 2004 (LINK) — 4 June 2026

— FT: Bob McNally, president of Rapidan Energy Group and a former White House adviser, warned prices could reach $200 per barrel this summer unless the Strait of Hormuz — the crucial energy waterway in the Gulf closed by the war — was reopened to tanker traffic.

Over 100 Venice Biennale artists consider legal action over inclusion after they asked not to be considered for the exhibition's Visitors' Lions awards allowing votes for artists from all countries, including Israel and Russia (LINK) — 3 June 2026

Congo reports attacsk on Ebola burial team as cases rise (LINK) — 3 June 2026

— Bloomberg: Rimba became the 17th affected health zone in Ituri — and the 25th nationally on Wednesday.

Germany loses vote for UN Security Council seat: in competition with Austria and Portugal for two seats in the "Western Europe and Others" group (LINK) — 3 June 2026

— Zimbabwe and Trinidad and Tobago were each elected unopposed to seats reserved for their respective regions on the UN Security Council. The central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan was also elected to a seat, winning out against the Philippines.

Pete Hegseth removes all women and some Black service members from navy promotion list (LINK) — 3 June 2026

FactCheck.org: Trump exaggerates the impact of reducing fraud in federal programmes (LINK) — 3 June 2026

— In a May 27 Cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump claimed that a task force headed by Vice President JD Vance, is "finding billions and billions and billions of dollars. And if he does really great we'll have a balanced budget without having to do anything." Later he said, "And I think we have a chance to save Social Security without doing anything to it, by just the numbers of fraudulent people on Social Security — people that are 115 years old, 125 years old, getting payments."

— There shouldn't be any such payments to anyone 115 or 125 years old because, since September 2015, the Social Security database has been set to automatically terminate benefits to individuals listed as 115 or older. And the most recent federal budget deficit was about 240% more than the highest federal estimate of annual spending due to fraud.

President Trump says he will nominate his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general (LINK) — 3 June 2026

Antibiotics use in livestock could rise by a third in next 15 years, FAO report warns: governments urged to act to prevent potentially disastrous impacts on human resistance to medicines (LINK) — 3 June 2026

— Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) already costs an estimated €11bn (£9.5bn) a year within Europe alone and is predicted to cost $1tn globally by 2050. AMR is forecast to kill tens of millions of people unless there is concerted action.

Bots now generate more web traffic than humans, says Cloudflare: 57.5% of HTTP requests to HTML content, surpassing human traffic at 42.5% for the first time in internet history (LINK) — 3 June 2026

'60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley fired after confrontation with new boss (LINK) — 3 June 2026

— Nick Bilton, the show's new top producer, said Pelley "hijacked" a staff meeting to disparage him.

Scott Pelley on CBS after '60 Minutes' firing: show has "lost its DNA" and the "new owner of our network is casting this legend aside" due to politics (LINK) — 3 June 2026

Tuesday, 2 June 2026

El Niño confirmed, set to fuel more extreme weather, says WMO: urged all countries on Tuesday to bolster early warning systems (LINK) — 2 June 2026

— According to WMO there is an 80 per cent chance that El Niño conditions will emerge between June and August and a 90 per cent probability of this happening thereafter. WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo: "The footprint of an El Niño travels far beyond its origins in the Pacific Ocean, impacting agriculture, energy supplies, trade, water resources, supply chains, and livelihoods across entire regions."

Major Russian missile, drone attack on Ukraine kills at least 13, topples apartment building, officials say (LINK) — 2 June 2026

Thanks largely to robots, Ukraine is now talking about winning, not just surviving (LINK) — 2 June 2026

Strikes continue in southern Lebanon after Trump has heated call with Netanyahu (LINK) — 2 June 2026

Tehran ponders US peace proposal as Israel bombs Lebanon (LINK) — 2 June 2026

US sanctions Iran's largest digital asset exchange Nobitex and 3 others (LINK) — 2 June 2026

Bangladesh's foreign minister defeats Cyprus' ambassador to be UN General Assembly president (LINK) — 2 June 2026

UN: OHCHR calls on Nicaragua to investigate Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera's death in custody (LINK) — 2 June 2026

Trump's financial ties face scrutiny after moves benefiting allies and family (LINK) — 2 June 2026

Pentagon bars journalists from its press office, saying it has become a 'classified space' (LINK) — 2 June 2026

US: Supreme Court allows Alabama to use House map eliminating a majority-Black district (LINK) — 2 June 2026

— A federal court had repeatedly blocked the map as an illegal racial gerrymander.

'60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley fired after confrontation with new boss (LINK) — 3 June 2026

— Nick Bilton, the show's new top producer, said Pelley "hijacked" a staff meeting to disparage him.

The UK government has set a target of an 87% cut in carbon emissions by 2042 despite pressure on energy supplies from global conflicts (LINK) — 2 June 2026

— The U.K. has a legally binding target, set in 2008, of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Switzerland top wealth destination, despite taxes (LINK) — 2 June 2026

Monday, 1 June 2026

Ebola outbreak spreading in Africa is 'likely far worse' than official figures suggest: IRC: only about 20% of contacts are currently being traced (LINK) — 1 June 2026

Congo's confirmed cases near 300 (LINK) — 1 June 2026

— AP: The outbreak remains focused in eastern Ituri province, where 264 cases have been confirmed, the health ministry said. Congo has reported over 1,000 suspected cases of the Bundibugyo virus, the species of Ebola that was confirmed weeks after the outbreak quietly began. The outbreak has spread to 22 health zones across three eastern provinces, government data shows, even as the World Health Organization has sought to highlight signs of progress like new deliveries of supplies to deeply under-resourced health centers.

Trump administration signals to GOP congressional leaders it will drop $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund (LINK) — 1 June 2026

— CNN: President Donald Trump has not committed publicly to terminating the controversial pot of money, and a third source familiar with the discussions indicated the administration was merely pausing efforts to pursue the fund — not dropping those plans altogether.

Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz: State media (LINK) — 1 June 2026

US bombs Iranian military sites, then downs missiles Tehran fired at troops in Kuwait (LINK) — 1 June 2026

— AP: The United States said Monday that it bombed radar and drone sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American drone over the weekend. Iran then said it targeted American soldiers in Kuwait with missiles, which the U.S. says it shot down.

Trump reportedly calls Netanyahu 'crazy', pushes Israeli leader to back down on beirut attack (LINK) — 1 June 2026

Oil jumps 2% as Israel expands Lebanon offensive, rattling ceasefire hopes (LINK) — 1 June 2026

15 plead not guilty to massive US insider trading scheme involving nearly 30 mergers: indictment alleges Jewish defendants used religious background in coded messages while discussing tips, referring to one deal as a 'flight to Israel' and another as a 'rabbi' (LINK) — 1 June 2026

Colombia presidential runoff pits leftist senator against pro-Trump rival on 21 June (LINK) — 1 June 2026

— Colombia's presidential election will go to a runoff between a leftist and right-wing candidate on opposite ends of the political spectrum, after Sunday's vote produced no overall winner.

Federal court rules Trump illegally banned trans people from the military: three-judge panel ruled that the policy isn't about a medical condition, but about excluding people for not having the "correct" gender identity (LINK) — 1 June 2026