— On Tuesday the White House said that it had cut off some weapons deliveries to Ukraine in order "to put America's interests first".
— The proclamation to deny entry to asylum seekers at the southern border was issued by President Trump on his first day in office.
— The report, based on over 200 submissions, expands a June 2023 UN database, highlighting Gaza's destruction and corporate involvement in supporting Israeli actions: names over 60 companies across tech, arms, energy, and finance sectors, alleging their involvement in supporting Israel’s military and occupation activities. Scheduled for presentation to the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday, NGOs call for sanctions, divestments, and re-evaluation of ties, likely increasing pressure on governments and companies.Scheduled for presentation to the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday, NGOs call for sanctions, divestments, and re-evaluation of ties, likely increasing pressure on governments and companies.
— Vietnam, whose exports to the U.S. reportedly comprised 30% of its gross domestic product last year, is especially vulnerable to Trump's tariffs.
— Nearly every Republican in the upper chamber coalesced to advance Trump's $3.3 trillion megabill, save for Sens.Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Rand Paul, R-Ky, and Susan Collins, R-Maine. No Senate Democrat crossed the aisle to support the bill. Vice President JD Vance's tie-breaking vote was needed to push the bill across the finish line. The bill now heads to the House, where fiscal hawks in the House Freedom Caucus are frustrated with what they say are shallow spending cuts, and moderates are concerned over cuts to Medicaid. All have warned that they may not support the bill.
— Musk "may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE. Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!"
— Mamdani, 33, who was born in Uganda to ethnic Indian parents, became a US citizen in 2018 and has attracted widespread media attention — and controversy — over his vocal support for Palestinian rights. Andy Ogles, a rightwing Republican congressman for Tennessee, called for his citizenship to be revoked on the grounds that he may have concealed his support for "terrorism" during the naturalization process.
— The deputy PM will serve as the country's acting leader. Paetongtarn, however, will remain in the cabinet as culture minister, a new appointment following a cabinet reshuffle that was endorsed hours before she was suspended. If she is eventually dismissed, Paetongtarn will be the second prime minister from the Pheu Thai party to be removed from premiership since August last year. At that time, her predecessor Srettha Thavisin was dismissed, also by the constitutional court, for appointing to his cabinet a former lawyer who was once jailed. Paetongtarn's father is Thailand's deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra.
— Like most of Europe, temperatures in Switzerland are expected to be about 10C above average for the time of year. Temperatures could rise to highs of 35C, while there's also the threat of thunderstorms causing heavy downpours towards the end of the week. For the earlier kick-offs at 18:00 CET (17:00 BST), it is expected temperatures will be between 27 and 30C. But it's predicted to be cooler — between 24 and 27C — for the later 21:00 CET kick-offs. The tournament begins on 2 July as Iceland play Finland in Thun in the 17:00 BST game, with the temperature forecast to be 28C. However, it's expected to be 29C when hosts Switzerland face Norway in Basel later that evening. The heatwave is set to last until Monday, when temperatures are expected to drop by 10C to highs of 23C.