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US President Donald Trump said that Iran and the US had 'largely negotiated' a deal that included opening the Strait of Hormuz, but the draft was 'subject to finalization'

What happens when the Strait of Hormuz re-opens?

Investigators determined that the driver was filming a social media post road at the time of the fatal crash

Killed seven people

Belgian driver gets 27-year jail term for deadly carnival crash

US retail sales jumped more than analysts expected in May, despite steeper gasoline costs weighing on households

Higher fuel spending

US retail sales beat expectations in May as energy costs stay high

Trump made the announcement while at the G7 summit in Evian, France

Trump halts intel chief confirmation, renews vote curb demand

Political pressure to curb migration has risen in many European countries in recent years

EU lawmakers approve 'return hubs' migration reform

The G7 was full of colourful moments mostly involving Trump

Colourful moments

Football, smoking and 'the boss': a G7 full of quirks

Spain sweltered through its hottest summer on record last year, contributing to destructive wildfires across several regions

Frontline region for climate change

Spain logs third-warmest year on record in 2025

Trump has been at the centre of attention at the G7

Final day of summit

G7 leaders applaud Iran 'opportunity', host AI chiefs

How widely the rule on smartphones was implemented in Afghanistan and the scale of its impact were not entirely clear

Imposed on Wednesday

'Heartbreaking': Afghan govt staff abandon smartphones

Koch, 47, was part of the four-member crew of the Artemis II which in April flew around the Moon

First woman on lunar mission

Groundbreaking US astronaut Christina Koch wins top Spanish award

A US judge set a February 2027 trial date for President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC

Planned to save £500 million

BBC eyes compulsory redundancies in cost-cutting drive

Trump threatened renewed military action

Aggressive rhetoric

Trump threatens 'dropping bombs' if Iran doesn't 'behave'

Jeff Bezos said Blue Origin's rocket explosion had been 'a punch to the gut'

Technological dependence

Sovereignty fears dog AI enthusiasm at France's Vivatech

Activists want more and better data on how fishing trawlers are operating

Signed by 15 countries

Global data declaration targets illegal fishing

'The US has adjusted its pledges to the NATO Force Model,' aid Rutte

Eve of NATO defence ministers meeting

US not 'pulling away' from allies by cutting NATO commitments: Rutte

I'm the boss, said Trump as he entered the session

Received a laugh

'I'm the boss', Trump tells G7 counterparts

The US Marines will include Australia in a global prepositioning program for weapons, ammunition and vehicles for the first time, AFP reported on Tuesday, citing tender documents

Crisis-ready stockpile

US military footprint growing in Australia: defence minister

Since around 2022, the ice cream companies have raised retail prices every year at around the same time in Japan

Possible collusion

Japan puts the heat on suspected ice cream cartel

Congolese virologist Jean-Jacques Muyembe helped uncover Ebola in 1976 and, at the age of 84, is still battling the disease

Jean-Jacques Muyembe

'We have always won': Ebola pioneer still on front line at 84

Morning Roundup

Abortion made constitutional right, Messi equals World Cup goal record, and Luxembourg confirms three more years of Eurovision

A spokesperson for Pauline Hanson's (centre) One Nation party told AFP the pages are

Former political outsider

Australian far-right leader slams media, 'radical Islam' in testy press briefing

Customers sift through boxes of toys at a Japanese second-hand goods warehouse store in Nonthaburi, Bangkok

Quality-conscious buyers

Stuffed toys and surfboards: Japan used goods market booms overseas

Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring France's opening goal against Senegal at the World Cup on Tuesday

Mbappe has World Cup history in sights after breaking France scoring record

Putin has sought to deepen ties with Asia

11 countries represented

Putin hosts ASEAN leaders amid G7 pressure on Ukraine war

Estimates of the true number of strays in Jakarta vary wildly, from about 305,000, according to one city official, to five times that, according to another

Trap, neuter, release: Jakarta battles cat-astrophic stray numbers

Trump was present for the meeting

'Powerful document'

Iranian tankers exit US blockade zone ahead of peace talks

Tasmanian devils can live up to six years in the wild

15-day adventure

'Unstable' Tasmanian devil found after 15 days on the run

Lowe formed Restore as a political party in February 2026

Restore Britain, the hard-right party troubling Nigel Farage

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