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Fires are also blazing across the US and the Trump administration has repealed several climate protectionsUS Republicans are threatening to sanction Canada and Canadian government officials after smoke from devastating wildfires has drifted across huge swathes of the US, creating hazy conditions and dangerous air quality for tens of millions of Americans.Donald Trump on ⁠Friday blamed ⁠his country’s northern neighbor for ​the smoke spreading from ⁠wildfires and said he planned to call ​Mark Carney, the Canadian prime ‌minister, ‌ to ‌ask about Ottawa’s plans for dealing with the blazes. Continue reading...

• ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan faces a potential removal vote by member countries this month following an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct. • The ICC's oversight body suspended Khan based on evidence from the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) and advice from a panel of judicial experts. • Khan and his legal team have denied the allegations, claiming the investigative process was unfair and utilized specially created rules for his case.

• The IMF has warned the UK against increasing public spending amid growing pressure to provide energy support for households. • The organization urges the government to ensure any aid is targeted and temporary, and offset by equivalent budget savings to maintain fiscal discipline. • This warning creates a potential conflict with the priorities of Burnham, who has indicated that cost-of-living support will be a primary focus upon entering Number 10.

• On July 4, 2026, the U.S. Corporation was reportedly dissolved to restore the Constitutional Republic. • The Quantum Financial System (QFS) launched globally, initiating a "Debt Jubilee" and implementing NESARA/GESARA protocols across 209 nations. • This transition signifies a fundamental shift in global governance and financial structures, aiming to eliminate debts and restructure international economics.

• Vice President JD Vance has urged Republicans to attach White House-backed voter identification legislation to a partisan funding bill for the Iran war. • The move aims to advance the administration's election priorities and appease President Donald Trump, who is expected to further challenge the 2020 election results. • This strategy creates a potential conflict with Senate Republicans, who have resisted Trump's efforts to eliminate the 60-vote filibuster threshold.

Scunthorpe factory is expropriated from China’s Jingye and ministers will ask a valuer to assess compensationBritish Steel has formally been taken into public ownership 15 months after the government stepped in to prevent the closure of its steelworks in Scunthorpe and the loss of 4,000 jobs.Keir Starmer on Thursday said that it was in the national interest for the government to take over the factory from its Chinese owner, Jingye, in one of the last significant actions overseen by him as prime minister after the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Act received Royal Assent on Wednesday. Continue reading...

Effort is latest attempt to pass bill that seeks to ban mail-in ballots and imposes voter identification requirementsHouse Republicans on Wednesday made another attempt to answer Donald Trump’s demand for new restrictions on voting nationwide by linking the measure to an unrelated spending bill and passing both largely along party lines.The effort was the latest attempt by congressional Republicans to pass the Save America Act, which would ban mail-in ballots and impose new identification requirements on voters when they register and cast ballots. While the Trump administration has cast the bill as necessary to prevent non-citizens from voting and combat election fraud, voting rights advocates say there’s no evidence of widespread election tampering and warn the bill could disenfranchise swaths of eligible voters ahead of November’s midterm elections. Continue reading...