Fact & Spin

A food festival at Seattle's Space Needle turns tragic, a vehicle rams pedestrians at a Berlin Pride parade, Ukraine strikes Iranian targets, Iran suggests that U.K. bases are "legitimate targets," Haiti's Gang Suppression Force kills three in a gunfight, AI-powered schools are set to open in the Boston area, a car bomb is intercepted at the Irish border, the U.S. imposes new tariffs on its top trading partners, Elon Musk suggests that he got "too involved" with politics, and thousands are evacuated amid growing wildfires in France and Spain.
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The U.S. House passes a $1.15 trillion defense bill, Yemen's Houthis claim attacks on two Saudi oil tankers, the 33rd ASEAN Regional Forum is held in Manila, thousands of Jewish visitors enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Trump hails Nigeria's efforts to address violence against Christian communities, Google is fined €890 million for breaching the EU's Digital Markets Act, MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland are ordered to pay damages for spying on a journalist, a study links weight loss drugs to hair loss risk, new research links declining pollution to Europe's heatwaves, and U.S. lawmakers propose an AI kill switch.
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The Trump administration announces a U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal, Volodymyr Zelenskyy fires Ukraine's commander-in-chief, over 140 people are dead in a tragic offshore migrant accident near Mauritania, Jeff Bezos and the U.K. government back a $2.6 billion valued AI startup, Elon Musk says Grok will make a "historically accurate' Odyssey, GOP senators push a CCP "victims" memorial in Washington, D.C., France bans social media for youth under 15, a suspected Epstein model recruiter is found dead at his Paris home, a report claims that U.S. funding cuts are impeding global HIV treatment, and a report suggests that burned areas in the Amazon rainforest fell to a record low in 2025.
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Hegseth tells the Senate that the Iran war has cost an estimated $37.5 billion, Trump imposes 50% tariffs on $20 billion in Canadian goods, Ortega declares 'no more elections' in Nicaragua, Hungarian prosecutors raid the offices of Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party, prosecutors say that Ann Widdecombe died after being struck repeatedly with a hammer, police and protesters clash in Italy after the death of a detained man,  the U.N. estimates that almost one in three people cannot afford a healthy diet, Congo's Ebola death toll reaches nearly 1,000,  An appeals court rejects Biden's attempt to block the release of recordings from his interviews with a ghostwriter, and Trump's AI security agency chief resigns.
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Andy Burnham officially replaces Keir Starmer as U.K. prime minister, a U.S. soldier is killed and another injured in an Iranian attack in Iraq, "Cockroach" Party protesters storm parliament in India, the Tate brothers appear in court in Miami after being arrested on U.K. sex charges, dozens are feared dead after a ferry sinks off the coast of Guyana, a quake in Peru kills six people and displaces 300 in the Andes, Troy Jackson emerges as the Democratic nominee after Maine's top Senate candidates step aside, notorious drug cartel leader Ismael Zambada is sentenced to life in a U.S. prison, Samsung Biologics launches a $1.8 billion bid for PolyPeptide, and JD and Usha Vance welcome their fourth child.
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Spain wins the World Cup, 2 US soldiers are killed in Jordan, Japan revises its imperial succession law,  Andy Burnham delivers his first speech as Labour leader, an atmosphere on an "Earth-Like" planet is detected for the first time, Nicaragua severs diplomatic ties with Italy over a 1978 murder case, a White House teleprompter operator is suspended over betting allegations, Taco Bell's lettuce supplier is linked to the Cyclosporiasis outbreak, President Xi says that no single country should dominate AI, and Canada's wildfires force the displacement of First Nations communities in Ontario.
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Protests break out in Kyiv after Zelenskyy dismisses Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, Israel's Knesset passes a law curbing the attorney general's authority, Washington attacks an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. House rejects an amendment to strip military aid to Israel, Trump fires a new Seattle prosecutor just minutes after his appointment, France's parliament adopts an assisted dying law, over 500 Rohingya are feared dead after two boats capsized, U.K. child sexual offense arrests hit a record high, xAI sues a user who allegedly used Grok to create child abuse material, and a study finds microplastics in 84% of heart attack patients.
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The U.S. reimposes a naval blockade on Iran, President Trump ends the halt on ICE traffic stops, the U.K. signs a Gibraltar treaty with the EU, China investigates retired top media censor, Ontario wildfires spread smoke across Toronto and the swathes of the U.S., Donald Trump will be depicted on $1 U.S. coins, The U.S. House passes a bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, Amazon will be launching satellite internet in South Africa in 2027, New York becomes the first state to ban hyperscale data centers, and FIFA will reportedly delay sanction decisions until after the World Cup.
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Trump reverses his proposal of a 20% fee on all Strait of Hormuz cargo shipping, Andy Burnham is set to become U.K. prime minister after securing the Labour leadership, Hungary passes an amendment to end the president's mandate, U.S. Supreme Court justices testify in a rare appearance before Congress, the U.K. launches the world's first Ebola vaccine human trial, Brazil's top court bars Flavio Bolsonaro from visiting his jailed father, Washington refunds over $81 billion in tariffs, U.S. inflation drops to 3.5%, YouTube is accused of recommending harmful content to teens, and more than 200 economists and tech leaders warn of AI's potential threats.
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At least 28 people are killed in a bar fire in Bangkok, U.K. counterterrorism police take over the investigation into the murder of Ann Widdecombe, Trump declares the U.S. the "guardian" of the Strait of Hormuz, a judge voids Trump's $1.8 billion IRS settlement and tax audit immunity, the U.K. designates Iran's IRGC a terrorist organization, Israel sets its national election for October, twelve states sue to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, Apple sues OpenAI over alleged stolen trade secrets, and the UK unveils a £250 million plan to strengthen protection for Jewish communities.
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