The US President's summit with China's Xi Jinping and the ongoing Iran war are central, influencing oil prices and US military strategy, while also prompting talks for new US bases in Greenland.

• As Trump Dismisses Iran Truce Plan, World Braces for Lasting Economic Pain — New York Times World -
• US in closely-guarded talks to open new bases in Greenland — BBC World -
• How the Trump-Xi summit could set superpower relations for many years to come — BBC World -

• How the Trump-Xi summit could set superpower relations for many years to come — BBC World -
• The big questions hanging over the Trump-Xi meeting in China — The Guardian -
• Here’s the latest. — New York Times World -
• Iran defends its demands after Trump’s rejection. — New York Times World -
• Trump Proposes Suspending Federal Gas Tax Until Prices Fall — New York Times World -
• Trump vows to pause federal gas tax after Iran war boosts US fuel prices to four-year high — The Guardian -
• Elon Musk and Tim Cook among CEOs expected to accompany Trump on China trip — BBC World -
• Trump says ceasefire with Iran on ‘life support’ after rejecting peace proposals — The Guardian -
• Oil price predicted to remain above $100 for rest of year — BBC World -
• Hegseth says Pentagon will review Mark Kelly’s US weapons stockpile remarks — The Guardian -
• Trump's China visit set to test fragile truce — BBC World -
• Ukraine Looks to Step Away From Trump and U.S. — New York Times World -
• Trump and Xi Are Set to Meet Again. Here’s What to Know. — New York Times World -
• What Middle Powers Fear from the Trump-Xi Summit — New York Times World -
• Trump calls Iran response to US proposal to end war 'totally unacceptable' — BBC World -
• Trump calls Iran response to US proposal to end war 'totally unacceptable' — BBC World -
• Oil prices jump after Trump dismisses Iran proposal to end war — BBC World -
• Trump Says Iran’s Response to Latest U.S. Proposal ‘Totally Unacceptable’ — New York Times World -

Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces calls for his resignation amid a major Labour Party rebellion and poor election results, leading to economic uncertainty and renewed efforts for a new EU deal.

• Senior cabinet ministers and more than 70 MPs call for Keir Starmer’s resignation as speech fails to quell rebellion – as it happened — The Guardian -
• Starmer’s survival on the line as cabinet ministers urge him to quit — The Guardian -
• A messy day for Starmer: is Labour ungovernable? – podcast — The Guardian -

• Starmer began the day damaged and then things got worse — The Guardian -
• Newly elected Reform councillor resigns after social media claims — The Guardian -
• 'Britain at the heart of Europe': How Starmer's plans are going down in the EU — BBC World -
• 'Britain at the heart of Europe': How Starmer's plans are going down in the EU — BBC World -
• How Might a Leadership Challenge Against Keir Starmer Play Out? — New York Times World -
• How Might a Leadership Challenge Against Keir Starmer Play Out? — New York Times World -
• EU preparing to offer key concession to UK in new post-Brexit agricultural deal — The Guardian -
• UK borrowing costs rise as Starmer speech fails to dispel investor ‘jitters’ — The Guardian -
• Seven people barred from coming to UK for far-right rally — The Guardian -
• Ofcom to investigate GB News over second airing of Trump interview — The Guardian -
• Catherine West backs down from Starmer challenge but urges him to go by September — The Guardian -
• What did Keir Starmer say in ‘last chance’ speech to save his premiership? — The Guardian -
• Keir Starmer vows to prove doubters wrong in make-or-break leadership speech — The Guardian -
• Starmer faces fight to survive as Streeting and Rayner eye leadership bids — The Guardian -
• 2026 elections mapped: how Labour lost ground in different directions — The Guardian -
• UK households bracing for new cost of living crisis, report finds — The Guardian -
• Monday briefing: Will the international effort to stop the further spread of hantavirus be successful? — The Guardian -
• Minority groups brace for surge in racism after Reform UK election gains — The Guardian -

A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has led to passenger quarantines in multiple countries and significant public health responses worldwide, with confirmed cases and ongoing repatriations.

• US passengers quarantining in Nebraska as officials say public hantavirus risk 'very low' — BBC World -
• Cruise Ship Hit by Hantavirus Leaves Canary Islands and Sails Toward Netherlands — New York Times World -
• Evacuated US and French MV Hondius passengers test positive for hantavirus — The Guardian -

• Watch: Soldier on parachuting to remote island to bring Hantavirus aid — BBC World -
• Hantavirus cruise ship passengers enter isolation facility after evacuation to UK — The Guardian -
• Australians from hantavirus cruise ship to be quarantined near Perth for three weeks — The Guardian -
• ‘It was either this or the pool’: hantavirus ship becomes latest Tenerife tourist attraction — The Guardian -
• French national shows symptoms on return from hantavirus-hit ship — BBC World -
• Americans onboard hantavirus cruise ship to be repatriated to US as one tests positive — The Guardian -

The EU has imposed sanctions on Israeli settlers amidst ongoing violence in the West Bank and prosecutions for the Oct. 7 attack, while an ailing Iranian Nobel laureate has been transferred to a Tehran hospital.

• Israel Prepares to Prosecute First Suspects in Oct. 7 Attack Led by Hamas — New York Times World -
• How to Win Eurovision With Just a Few Hundred Voters — New York Times World -
• EU agrees sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence — BBC World -

• EU agrees sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence — BBC World -
• Narges Mohammadi, Jailed Iranian Nobel Prize Winner Is Transferred to Tehran Hospital — New York Times World -
• European Union Hits Israeli Settlers With Sanctions — New York Times World -
• Israeli troops jailed for desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon — The Guardian -
• How Israel Turned Eurovision’s Stage Into a Soft Power Tool — New York Times World -
• Ailing Iranian Nobel laureate given bail and hospital transfer — BBC World -
• Ailing Iranian Nobel laureate given bail and hospital transfer — BBC World -

President Trump's administration faces legal challenges over the Lincoln Memorial, questions about FEMA leadership, and ongoing debates on immigration, while a suspect in a White House dinner shooting has pleaded not guilty.

• California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton mocked for misidentifying a ‘street taco’ — The Guardian -
• Trump renominates Cameron Hamilton to lead disaster response agency Fema — The Guardian -
• Virginia Democrats ask US supreme court to revive voter-approved electoral map — The Guardian -

• Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyer calls immigration case a ‘sham’ after revelation it was fast-tracked by DoJ — The Guardian -
• Democrats express ‘grave concerns’ over secretive ICE deportation flights — The Guardian -
• Lawsuit seeks to halt Trump's makeover of Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool — The Guardian -
• Senate Democrats to fight Republicans’ $1bn funding plan for Trump’s ballroom — The Guardian -
• Washington dinner shooting suspect pleads not guilty — BBC World -
• Washington dinner shooting suspect pleads not guilty — BBC World -
• Suspect in White House press dinner shooting pleads not guilty to all charges — The Guardian -
• Chicago teen who pushed for parents’ release from ICE custody dies of cancer — The Guardian -
• Researchers find 42% drop in Canadians visiting US metro areas amid Trump 2.0 — The Guardian -
• Democrats are playing with fire in trying to reclaim tax cuts from Republicans — The Guardian -
• Quebec Novelist Shines a Harsh Spotlight on Migration, and on Trump’s America — New York Times World -
• US Senate expected to confirm Kevin Warsh as next Federal Reserve chair — The Guardian -

The Philippine Vice-President faces impeachment for a second time, a top Zelensky aide is accused of corruption, and South Africa's president refuses to step down amidst impeachment calls, highlighting political instability across various nations.

• South African president says he will not step down after impeachment call — BBC World -
• South African president says he will not step down after impeachment call — BBC World -
• Former Top Zelensky Aide Is Accused in Corruption Inquiry — New York Times World -

• Thailand’s Thaksin Shinawatra Is Out of Prison. What Will He Do Now? — New York Times World -
• Poland says it expects US to extradite ex-minister who fled from Hungary — The Guardian -
• Putin is in a ‘weaker position than ever before’, says EU’s Kallas – as it happened — The Guardian -
• Bosnia's powerful peace envoy quits, with questions over role's future — BBC World -
• Bosnia's powerful peace envoy quits, with questions over role's future — BBC World -
• Philippine presidential hopeful Sara Duterte impeached for second time — The Guardian -
• EU rejects Putin call for Gerhard Schröder role in Ukraine peace talks — The Guardian -
• Philippine VP Sara Duterte impeached for a second time — BBC World -
• Philippine VP Sara Duterte impeached for a second time — BBC World -
• A One-Party India — New York Times World -
• ‘Never, ever’: Tim Wilson walks back comments on potential One Nation rightwing alliance — The Guardian -
• Thailand's divisive ex-PM is out of jail, but is the Thaksin era over? — BBC World -
• Thailand's divisive ex-PM is out of jail, but is the Thaksin era over? — BBC World -
• Council staff dubbed the ‘Pink Ops’ allegedly promoted friends, NSW anti-corruption watchdog hears — The Guardian -

Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI reveals internal tensions, while concerns rise over AI-powered hacking and the legal implications of ChatGPT's alleged role in a university shooting.

• ‘A consistent pattern of lying’: Musk v OpenAI trial exposes what insiders think of Sam Altman — The Guardian -
• AI-powered hacking has exploded into industrial-scale threat, Google says — The Guardian -
• Family of Florida university shooting victim sues over suspect’s ChatGPT use — The Guardian -

• Molière Ex Machina: AI used to create ‘new work’ by beloved French playwright — The Guardian -

Drought fears in England, declining snowpack in the US West, and warnings about whales being harmed by diverted shipping routes underscore escalating environmental concerns, alongside efforts to reduce 'forever chemicals' and address misleading 'sustainable' food labels.

• Watch: Alaska town sees its last sunset until August — BBC World -
• Watch: Alaska town sees its last sunset until August — BBC World -
• Drought fears in central and southern England as dry April leaves rivers low — The Guardian -

• Supermarket foods claiming to be ‘natural’ or ‘sustainable’ mostly just using marketing terms, researchers find — The Guardian -
• Whales could be harmed by diverted ships avoiding Middle East, scientists warn — BBC World -
• Whales could be harmed by diverted ships avoiding Middle East, scientists warn — BBC World -
• Lasers in the sky: hi-tech missions track record snowpack loss in US west — The Guardian -
• Sharp drop in ‘forever chemicals’ in seabird eggs hailed as win for regulation — The Guardian -
• Advocates decry Trump’s plan to open 24m acres of federal lands to cattle grazing — The Guardian -
• Norway puts UN project funding on hold raising fears for plastics treaty talks — The Guardian -
• Weather tracker: US and Mexico brace for heatwave as deadly floods hit South Africa — The Guardian -

Research links arts and cultural engagement to slower biological aging, and a new study suggests a single infusion could suppress HIV for years, offering promising developments in health and longevity.

• Arts and cultural engagement ‘linked to slower pace of biological ageing’ — The Guardian -
• A Single Infusion Could Suppress H.I.V. for Years, Study Suggests — New York Times World -

Debates continue over Black studies programs and UK slavery reparations, while an artwork looted by Nazis resurfaces and new entertainment ventures like a Wordle TV show highlight diverse cultural narratives.

• Birmingham City University urged not to axe Black studies MA — The Guardian -
• Sarah Wynn-Williams and Virginia Giuffre jointly win freedom to publish prize at British book awards — The Guardian -
• Portrait looted by Nazis found in home of Dutch SS leader's descendants — BBC World -

• Portrait looted by Nazis found in home of Dutch SS leader's descendants — BBC World -
• 'Total lack of respect': Macron interrupts speaker to ask for silence — BBC World -
• Savannah Guthrie will host Wordle TV game show — The Guardian -
• Theatre streaming is not a threat to in-person attendance, new research shows — The Guardian -
• Royal Opera House calls for release of Georgian bass singer jailed over democracy protests — The Guardian -
• UK slavery reparations must be top issue at Commonwealth summit, says former Caribbean leader — The Guardian -
• Michael Pennington, Shakespeare and Star Wars actor, dies aged 82 — The Guardian -
• ‘Bad people’: Alan Cumming criticises Bafta after N-word outburst — The Guardian -
• Jewish musicians faced abuse over Zionist beliefs, royal commisssion told — The Guardian -
• Portrait looted by Nazis found in home of Dutch SS leader’s family — The Guardian -
• Get back: Beatles’ Apple Corps to turn former London base into seven-storey visitor attraction — The Guardian -
• Martin Short opens up about ‘nightmare’ death of his daughter Katherine — The Guardian -

A fatal Indonesian volcano eruption and drug gang violence displacing families in Mexico raise public safety concerns, while Australian authorities deal with a fugitive shooter and terrorism charges.

• I led hikers up an Indonesian volcano - and then it erupted — BBC World -
• The Fight to Euthanize Pablo Escobar’s Hippos in Colombia — New York Times World -
• Amazon halts sales of illegal high-speed ebikes in California after fatal crashes — The Guardian -

• Drug gang attacks ‘force hundreds of Indigenous families to flee’ in Mexico — The Guardian -
• Dozens of Nigerian fishermen feared dead after Chad air strikes on Boko Haram — BBC World -
• Dozens of Nigerian fishermen feared dead after Chad air strikes on Boko Haram — BBC World -
• Stafford man who called for ‘killing migrants’ pleads guilty to terrorism offences — The Guardian -
• Six people found dead inside train car at rail yard near Texas-Mexico border — The Guardian -
• Disappearances in Mexico involving state at ‘alarming’ rate, says report — The Guardian -
• Police find body believed to be of fugitive Australian shooter — BBC World -
• Man charged after allegedly threatening Muslim worshippers at Brisbane mosque — The Guardian -
• Body believed to be alleged triple murderer Julian Ingram found near abandoned ute in ‘decomposed state’ — The Guardian -
• Body ‘in decomposed state’ believed to be Julian Ingram – as it happened — The Guardian -
• No butts: case dismissed after Woolworths worker claims hurt feelings over plumber’s crack — The Guardian -
• Betting account on 18th birthday, dead at 22: inquest probes death of Melbourne man who gambled $895,000 — The Guardian -
• UK firefighters called to one lithium-ion battery fire every five hours — The Guardian -
• Australian women accused of slavery in Islamic State territory in Syria face Melbourne court — The Guardian -
• Greece scrambles to explain how explosive-packed drone landed in its waters — The Guardian -
• Antony Catalano: media mogul accused of assaulting wife excused from attending court due to fears over press scrutiny — The Guardian -

India's welfare politics is shifting, the UK energy market sees a major acquisition, and concerns are raised over Palantir's access to NHS data, alongside debates on Australian housing tax rules and pension scams.

• Why welfare isn't winning elections in India like it used to — BBC World -
• Modi Urges Indians to Buy Less Gold and Skip Foreign Trips as Iran War Strains Economy — New York Times World -
• Victorian politics still exposed to ‘dark money’ and foreign donations as MPs struggle to agree on urgent reforms — The Guardian -

• Changing tax rules for investors won’t shrink housing supply or raise rents. Just look at Victoria — The Guardian -
• Muslim Votes Matter says anonymous bid to create political party under same name an attempt to ‘mislead’ voters — The Guardian -
• E.ON agrees to buy Ovo in deal to create UK’s biggest energy supplier — The Guardian -
• Palantir’s access to identifiable NHS England patient data is ‘dangerous’, MPs say — The Guardian -
• Can you move your pension to dodge inheritance tax? Fraudsters say so — The Guardian -
• Heathrow passenger numbers dip as demand for international travel ebbs amid Iran war fallout — The Guardian -
• Modi urges Indians to work from home and limit foreign travel as Iran war continues — BBC World -
• Delayed Great British Railways’ first station to open at Cambridge South in June — The Guardian -
• Cambridge University seeks deal with Saudi defence ministry despite rights concerns — The Guardian -