The U.S. and Israel withdrew from Gaza ceasefire talks,over 100 aid groups warned of "mass starvation" in Gaza,and Gazan health officials reported that 15 died of malnutrition in a span of 24 hours.Meanwhile, Iran held nuclear talks with Europe,Russia and China,a U.S.-mediated ceasefire in Syria's Sweida province appeared to hold,and new U.K. records alleged that George Bush viewed the Iraq War as a mission against "evil-doers."Elsewhere, a third round of Russia-Ukraine talks failed to reach a ceasefire deal,with Russia saying that a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy is "unlikely,"Germany and Norway signed a defense pact,the U.K. reallocated previously announced foreign aid cuts to defense spending,and Australia and the U.K. signed a 50-year bilateral treaty to cement the AUKUS submarine partnership.In other news, Cambodia called for a ceasefireafter exchanging border strikes with Thailand,the International Criminal Court convicted two leaders of a Central African Republic rebel group of war crimes,19 were killed after a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into a school,a British F-35B fighter jet departed India after being stuck there for a month.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced trade deals with the Philippinesand Japan,the U.K. and India signed an $8.1 billion trade agreement,Trump visited Scotland,and the U.S. moved to withdraw from UNESCO,and lifted some sanctions on Myanmar.This comes as President Emmanuel Macron said that France would recognize the State of Palestine,China and the EU held a summit in Beijing,the EU and Japan launched a competitiveness alliance,Meta banned political ads on its apps in the EU,and Microsoft banned Chinese engineers from accessing the U.S. Pentagon's systems,as it accused Chinese hackers of exploiting vulnerabilities in SharePoint servers.Meanwhile, Zelenskyy signed an anti-corruption law,France's culture minister was ordered to stand trial on corruption charges,Brazil's Supreme Court threatened to arrest former President Jair Bolsonaro,World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab denied allegations of misconduct,and Azerbaijan decided to sue Russia over last year's Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash.In other news, Venezuela opened a probe into Salvadoran officials over alleged abuses of migrants,protesters gathered outside asylum hotels in the U.K.,and the U.K. announced plans to introduce AI age checks for asylum seekers,as it sanctioned 25 individuals and entities involved in alleged people smuggling.Elsewhere, a U.S. House committee expressed concerns over Colombia's Gustavo Petro,Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro confirmed reports that the U.S. had renewed Chevron's license,Spain introduced a bill to declassify all state documents over 45 years old,the U.K.'s Jeremy Corbyn announced his new left-wing party had received 300,000 sign-ups,and Macron sued American political commentator Candace Owens over her claims that Brigitte Macron is transgender.

The House subpoenaed Ghislaine Maxwell,as Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met with the Jeffrey Epstein accomplice,multiple reports alleged that Attorney General Pam Bondi informed Trump that he was on the Epstein list,as new photos showed the convicted sex offender at Trump's 1993 wedding,the Wall Street Journal was removed from Trump's Scotland press pooland suedafter it reported that Trump sent birthday letters to Epstein — later reporting that Bill Clinton did as well —and the Trump administration declassified Hillary Clintonand Martin Luther King Jr. files.Meanwhile, the House headed for an early summer recess,Alina Habba was confirmed as New Jersey's acting U.S attorneydespite an effort to replace her,the House Appropriations Committee voted to rename the Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump,Tulsi Gabbard declassified a report challenging the 2016 assessment on alleged Russian election interference,Trump accused Barack Obama of treason over alleged manipulated intelligence assessments,and researchers identified a pro-Trump AI-powered network of X bots.In other news, the State Department opened an investigation into Harvard's student exchange program,as the university and the Trump administration went to court over the freezing of $2.6 billion in research grants,Columbia University agreed to pay $221 million to settle antisemitism allegations,the White House launched a fourth investigation into George Mason University,the Trump administration released over $5 billion in frozen education grants,and Trump canceled $9 billion in federal funding.This comes as the Pentagon ordered 700 Marines to leave Los Angeles,Border Czar Tom Homan said the government would "flood" the city with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents,a Venezuelan migrant filed a $1.3 million suit against the U.S.,a Venezuelan youth baseball team was denied entry to the U.S.,and Trump visited the Federal Reserve's headquartersafter Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called for a review of the central bank.

The U.S. reportedly moved to destroy $10 million in contraceptives,the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee banned transgender women from women's sports,Trump signed an order to remove homeless people from the streets,a U.S. court struck down a California law requiring background checks for ammunition purchases,and Columbia University disciplined dozens of students over pro-Palestine protests.This comes as two Canadian "Freedom Convoy" leaders faced a sentencing hearing,Kenya dropped its terror charges against activist Boniface Mwangi,Hong Kong issued arrest warrants for 19 overseas activists,and five Australian women won the right to sue Qatar Airways over strip searches.

A suspect in a car ramming attack on a Los Angeles nightclub was charged with 37 counts of attempted murder,a former U.S. officer was sentenced to 33 months for violating the rights of Breonna Taylor during a raid that resulted in her death,China arrested six people in an alleged lead food poisoning cover-up,and South Korea reopened a 61-year-old sexual assault case.Meanwhile, France released a Lebanese militant who served 40 years for assassinating two diplomats,Australia introduced a child care safety bill after allegations of abuse at a Melbourne facility,and Italy announced plans to expand its prison capacity.

Paramount Global's $8 billion merger with Skydance Media was approved,automaker Stellantis reported a $2.7 billion loss for the first half of 2025,X denied France's allegations of algorithm manipulation,Meta updated new safety features for teens,and the U.K.'s communications office warned that public service TV is "endangered..

The U.S. fertility rate hit an all-time low of 1.6 children per woman,and the International Monetary Fund and Argentina reached a staff-level agreement on the first review of the nation's Extended Fund Facility.

The U.S. launched reforms to its organ transplant system,the European Medicines Agency backed a bi-annual HIV prevention injection,a study warned that superbugs could cost the global economy $1.7 trillion by 2050,researchers found that walking 7,000 steps a day cuts the risk of death by nearly half,and an Iowa baby won the Guinness World Record for being the world's most premature baby to survive.

The International Court of Justice ruled that climate action is a legal obligation,the head of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's Urban Search and Rescue branch resigned,and a study found that extreme climate events are behind a surge in global food prices.

Trump signed three new orders to advance AI,the U.K. signed a strategic partnership with OpenAI,researchers found that AI can be persuaded to comply with objectionable requests,and a study warned that Google AI overviews cut traffic to news sites.

The journal Science retracted a 15-year-old "arsenic life" study,a study found that optimists share similar brain patterns,and researchers hypothesized that Neanderthals likely incorporated maggots into their diet.

A plane crash killed nearly 50 in Russia's Amur region,and an Ibiza hotel canceled all music events following the deaths of two British nationals.

Chinese scientists developed technology to extract water from lunar soil.

Wrestling champion Hulk Hogan died at 71,and Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne died at 76.