In North Africa, 49,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta in a day.
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Daily Briefing
Daily Briefing
By Linda Noakes
Hello. Tens of thousands of migrants have crossed into a Spanish enclave in North Africa, Trump says a deal has been reached to disarm Hamas, and a defiant FIFA doubles down as Europe threatens to boycott the World Cup.
We have a special report uncovering a huge illegal Iranian gambling network.
Migrants gather next to burning cars as they wait for a chance to cross to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
Spain and Morocco reinforced the border fence of a Spanish enclave in North Africa after around 49,000 people arrived in a single day, with at least 19 dead bodies found in the sea. We discuss the reasons for the mass migration on today's Reuters World News podcast.
President Donald Trump said talks between mediators and Hamas leaders have led to a phased disarmament agreement in Gaza, but a Hamas official described the deal as a draft and US officials said Israel was skeptical the militant Palestinian group would surrender its weapons.
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia this week from Iraqi territory in coordination with Iraqi armed groups, according to assessments by Saudi Arabia and regional partners, reflecting growing coordination among Iran-aligned militias.
Trump threatened to withdraw until next year his nomination of Todd Blanche to serve as US attorney general, escalating a standoff with Senate Republicans who have objected to a proposed "anti-weaponization" fund that could benefit his allies.
A secretive US court created 30 years ago to deport suspected terrorists convened for the first time, opening a new front in the Trump administration's effort to remove non-citizens accused of national security threats.
A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees. A Reuters analysis found the map contained a watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools.
FIFA said it would push ahead with consultations on a plan to bring private investment into the World Cup and its other tournaments, after Europe's football federation threatened a boycott.
Business & Markets
Monitors at a foreign exchange dealing room in Tokyo. REUTERS/Manami Yamada
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady but warned for the first time that underlying inflation could exceed its target, signaling further rate hikes in the wake of the government's yen-buying intervention.
Anthropic said some of its Claude AI models had hacked into the systems of three companies during cybersecurity tests, a disclosure that comes days after rival OpenAI revealed that one of its AI agents went on a rogue attack.
Apple forecast sales for the current quarter ending in September would grow more slowly than Wall Street targeted as the iPhone maker struggled to get the parts it needed to deliver products, and shares fell 5.5% in after-hours trade.
Amazon delivered its strongest cloud growth in more than four years and raised its annual capital spending forecast, bolstering its argument that heavy investment in AI is generating sufficient demand to warrant the outlays.
BP launched a formal sale process for its North Sea business as new Chief Executive Officer Meg O'Neill accelerates a sweeping portfolio overhaul aimed at cutting debt and simplifying the oil major.
The Week Ahead
Summer lull? Don't even think about it. Markets will remain focused on the Middle East and multi-trillion dollar selloff in AI-linked equities.
Elon Musk's SpaceX reports its first results since its blockbuster June IPO. Since then, its market value has slumped by an eye-watering $1 trillion.
Markets get a fresh read on the US economy with closely watched non-farm payrolls data and the Reserve Bank of India announces its latest policy decision.
Europe's record-breaking heatwave looks set to continue and the economic costs are mounting. Adding to concerns, a 'super' El Niño event appears increasingly likely.
Illicit Iranian gambling network helped pull off a $4 billion sanctions dodge
One of the world’s largest illegal gambling networks sends millions of dollars worth of crypto through an office in Dubai, part of a $4 billion Iranian sanctions evasion operation.
The office, above a budget hotel in an unfashionable neighborhood, is the listed address of Shelbit, an unlicensed crypto exchange run by an expatriate Iranian, according to data shared by two crypto investigative firms and an independent analyst, and reviewed by Reuters.
