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• Türkiye has criticized the European Parliament's 2025 report, claiming it contains biased clauses that directly conflict with established international law. • The dispute centers on maritime delimitation, with Türkiye arguing that the report ignores the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding coastal lengths and geographic configurations. • This conflict highlights a significant legal disagreement between the EU and Türkiye over the rights of states to balanced consideration in maritime boundary processes.

Police will investigate how they interacted with Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent victims, after her family requested the reviewGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice in Western Australia have agreed to review how they interacted with Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein, in the lead-up to her death a year ago by suicide.Giuffre’s brother and sister-in-law, Sky and Amanda Roberts, told ABC radio on Wednesday morning that they had written to both the state coroner and the police requesting an investigation into how police handled a domestic violence dispute she was involved in before she took her life on her WA farm last April at age 41. Continue reading...

Thangam Debbonaire and Sarah Pochin argue in Sky News interview at Makerfield byelection countUK politics live – latest updatesThe Labour peer Thangam Debbonaire has clashed with Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin at the Makerfield byelection count, asking the MP: “You don’t like being on television with brown people, do you Sarah?”The row erupted during a testy interview on Sky News that included an exchange about the £5m personal gift that Nigel Farage accepted from Thailand-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne in the months before he stood as an MP in the 2024 general election. The gift, first revealed by the Guardian, is now under investigation by the parliamentary standards commissioner, which will examine whether or not it ought to have been declared. Continue reading...

• Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) rose in May, driven primarily by strong global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. • Key growth drivers included a 66.9% increase in specialized machinery (SG$900 million) and an 83.2% jump in non-monetary gold exports (SG$400 million). • Exports to Taiwan surged by 135.2%, fueled by massive increases in integrated circuits (137.8%) and disk media products (140.9%).

Republicans question details of deal set to be signed later in the week as European leaders seek to join talks. Plus: can we refreeze the Arctic?Good morning.Donald Trump, facing severe criticism from some domestic supporters for conducting a war against Iran that has met hardly any of its original objectives, has backed a joint G7 leaders’ statement that welcomes his proposed peace deal.What is the domestic criticism of the deal? Many Senate Republicans said there were still unanswered questions and they needed thorough briefings before it was finalized. Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of Trump and a longtime hawk on Iran, said: “The way Iran describes it, it’s awful. The way we describe it, it makes sense to me. Let’s look at it and see what it actually is.”How do people in Iran feel about the deal? The Guardian’s Deepa Parent found a shared sense of exhaustion, and anger that nothing has really changed.What does the deal mean for US-Israeli relations? The strategic interests of the US and Israel appear to be diverging and Benjamin Netanyahu has been left in a political bind, facing an election having led Israel in three wars – in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran – without a clear victory in any of them.How are authorities cracking down on protests against ICE? Fifteen people in Minnesota have been charged with conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers over their response to a deadly immigration enforcement crackdown in the state earlier this year. The prosecutors allege the defendants were part of two Minneapolis-based “antifa” groups that “violently oppose immigration law enforcement”. Continue reading...

Switch to ChapsVision announced by PM comes amid concern about reliance on US-controlled technologyFrance’s domestic intelligence service is to ditch AI data tools from the US tech giant Palantir in favour of a domestic provider in an effort to avoid “strategic dependency”, the prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has said.“We must use our own AI models; we cannot accept new strategic dependencies in ‌the digital sphere,” Lecornu posted on social media. “We cannot rely on tools developed by foreign powers. France must have its own tools.” Continue reading...

• President Lee Jae-myung's Democratic Party is poised for a major victory in South Korea's local elections, expected to win 11 of 16 municipal races. • This shift follows the political collapse of the PPP, led by former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached and sentenced to life in prison after attempting to impose martial law in 2024. • The victory is significant as Lee seeks to pivot South Korea's foreign policy by improving relations with China and North Korea while preserving ties with Japan.