President Trump announced Sunday that his deal with Iran is "now complete," authorizing the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and lifting the US naval blockade. Oil tumbled more than five percent to below $80 a barrel for the first time since March, with key terms including $25 billion in unfrozen Iranian assets and a 60-day nuclear negotiating window; a formal signing ceremony is set for this Friday in Geneva. This is a materially new development from yesterday's preview — the deal text is agreed and the economic impact is already being felt at the pump.
In a last-minute move, President Trump threw his support behind Rep. Mike Collins in Tuesday's Georgia Republican Senate runoff over Derek Dooley, the former University of Tennessee football coach backed by Gov. Brian Kemp. Collins topped the May primary with 40 percent, and the winner faces Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November in a state Trump won in 2024 — turning the runoff into a proxy war between MAGA and the Kemp wing of the party.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Trump that Israel will not withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon and does not consider itself bound by the deal's ceasefire provisions there. Israeli airstrikes on Beirut landed just hours before the deal announcement, infuriating Trump, who said the strikes should not have happened; Iran has warned that continued Israeli action in Lebanon would instantly collapse the agreement before Friday's signing.
Following Sunday night's UFC birthday fight on the White House South Lawn, President Trump departed for Évian-les-Bains, France for the G7 summit — his first such gathering since the Iran war began. He has bilateral meetings set with French President Macron, India's Modi, and the leaders of the UAE, Qatar, and Egypt, but European allies are pressing for stronger commitments on Ukraine aid before extending any congratulations on the Iran deal.
Russia launched a massive wave of ballistic missiles and drones at Kyiv overnight, setting fire to the Pechersk Lavra, an 11th-century monastery complex housing some of Ukraine's most sacred religious shrines and relics. Five people were killed and 29 injured, including children, while a Soviet-era film studio holding over 100,000 historic costumes was also destroyed in the strikes. President Zelensky called it "one of Russia's most serious crimes against Christian culture to date."
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is publicly framing the US-Iran memorandum of understanding as a strategic defeat for Washington and Tel Aviv, arguing that Iran preserved its sovereignty and forced the US to lift its blockade without dismantling its nuclear program. Meanwhile, a bitter dispute is already emerging over the $25 billion in frozen assets: Iranian officials say they expect half the funds released before final talks begin, while a US official says Iran gets nothing until it demonstrates full compliance with the deal's terms.
The Group of Seven summit opened Monday in Évian-les-Bains, France with European allies arriving skeptical of the nuclear compliance language in the US-Iran memorandum and pressing Trump for firmer, measurable commitments on Ukraine war funding. The summit runs through Wednesday and is also expected to address trade, artificial intelligence, supply chain resilience, and illegal immigration.
An international research team published the first global map of mycorrhizal fungal networks in the journal Science, revealing an underground system spanning 68 quadrillion miles — enough to reach the sun nearly a billion times over. These fungi form symbiotic relationships with roughly 70 percent of all plant species and absorb an estimated four billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, making them one of the planet's most consequential yet invisible climate engines.
Research presented at the Endocrine Society's annual conference found that people with obesity who began GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, or Zepbound took an average of 560 fewer steps per day and saw measurable declines in moderate-to-vigorous exercise time after starting treatment. Scientists say the drugs appear to suppress the body's natural drive to move, and are now urging physicians to prescribe structured physical activity alongside weight-loss medications to avoid trading one health risk for another.
Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, died Saturday in Limeira, Brazil, after bungee jump operators pushed her off a bridge with the safety cord secured to the structure — but never attached to her. The entire incident was captured on video, and three of the workers have since been arrested on charges of homicide with eventual intent.
