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Good morning. Chicago is grappling with another violent weekend after dozens were shot across the city, federal investigators are reviewing a near-collision involving Delta and American Airlines aircraft at Boston Logan, and Toy Story 5 delivered the biggest opening weekend in franchise history.

We’re also tracking leadership turmoil in the UK, fresh developments in U.S.-Iran diplomacy, market-moving headlines, and the stories shaping science, sports, and culture.

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US and Iranian negotiators left a first formal round in Switzerland describing "encouraging progress" toward a permanent deal, with mediators outlining a 60-day ceasefire extension and a Lebanon deconfliction track. Talks ran longer than scheduled across two days and built directly on a memorandum signed last week.

Oil markets traded both directions throughout the weekend as the President threatened renewed military action while his negotiators sat at the table. Whether the roadmap survives a single bad weekend in the Strait of Hormuz will define the next phase of the war.

A spate of weekend shootings in Chicago killed seven and injured at least 38 by Sunday evening, drawing the President and Governor Pritzker into an immediate political confrontation. The worst single incident saw twelve people shot from an SUV that pulled up to a crowd Saturday night.

Chicago police described coordinated operations across multiple South and West Side districts overnight Saturday into Sunday morning. Governor Pritzker pushed back on White House messaging blaming local leadership, with state and federal lines of authority now contested in real time as funerals begin.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to set out a timetable for his departure later Monday, with Westminster preparing for the most dramatic No. 10 collapse in three years. Labour MPs spent the weekend openly canvassing Manchester mayor Andy Burnham as a likely successor and accelerated talks about a leadership timetable.

A Cabinet that had functioned uneasily since spring is now in open factional conflict, with several ministers signaling they will not serve under Starmer through the autumn. Whoever inherits the role faces immediate decisions on US tariff posture, the Iran roadmap, and a budget moment in October that no party leader has wanted.

More than half of France is under red alerts as a European heatwave intensifies, with the health minister warning citizens "will suffer" as temperatures peak. Paris and southern departments are activating emergency cooling plans for older residents and outdoor workers.

An explosion at Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG processing site injured 54 people and left 18 missing Sunday, throwing the world's largest LNG export complex into emergency mode. Doha has not yet publicly assessed the long-term production impact on the global gas market.

Right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, backed by Donald Trump, appears to have clinched a razor-thin victory in Colombia's presidential runoff. Opponent Iván Cepeda has not yet conceded as final counts trickle in from rural departments.

Aviation experts say a Delta Air Lines jet came roughly 300 feet from an American Airlines plane during a close call at Boston Logan that forced Delta to abort its landing. Federal investigators are reviewing tower communications and approach patterns from Sunday afternoon.

A Utah judge in the murder case over Charlie Kirk's killing said he will rule today whether prosecutors face sanctions for media comments about a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk's body. Defense attorneys have argued the comments tainted jury-pool prospects across the state.

President Trump said repairs to the algae-plagued Reflecting Pool on the National Mall will begin immediately after viral images of peeling paint and green water embarrassed the National Park Service. Trump claimed vandalism was partly to blame, though Park Service maintenance records contradict that framing.

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EasyJet rejected a £4.7 billion takeover approach from US investment firm Castlelake, calling the bid "highly opportunistic" as the carrier prepares for a strong summer travel season. Castlelake had positioned the offer as a premium to recent share prices, but the EasyJet board said the bid undervalues the business.

China imposed new procurement and export curbs on dozens of US firms in retaliation for the Pentagon's expansion of its 1260H list of companies tied to Chinese military supply chains. Beijing's new restrictions take effect immediately and could complicate trade-deal talks paused since May.

Japan announced it will quintuple visa fees, the first increase since 1978, with authorities expecting no immediate impact on inbound tourism. Move comes as the yen continues to trade near multi-decade lows and a tourism boom strains hotel inventory and transit infrastructure.

SpaceX looks to advance plans for orbital AI data centers, with proponents pointing to solar availability and cooling advantages and critics citing higher launch and maintenance costs versus ground-based capacity. Public opposition to terrestrial data center expansion is one factor industry analysts now weigh alongside the underlying economic tradeoffs.

Scientists at Sydney's Garvan Institute captured macrophages devouring live melanoma cells on film — a first that could reshape how immunotherapies are designed. Watching the killing in real time gives researchers a blueprint for nudging the immune system into a more aggressive cancer hunter.

Taiwan's agriculture ministry voiced new concern that Beijing wants to weaponize a local specialty — the atemoya custard apple — by surging imports and undercutting Taiwanese farmers economically. Ministry has begun briefing growers on alternative export markets across Southeast Asia and the Gulf.

Wyndham Clark captured his second US Open title at Shinnecock Hills, holding on after nearly squandering a six-stroke lead to become the first wire-to-wire winner since 2014. Clark's Sunday round was bumpy but never quite collapsed under chasing groups.

Yordan Alvarez hit his AL-leading 25th home run and Kai-Wei Teng tossed six solid innings as Houston beat Cleveland 2-1 Sunday. Alvarez is now the third Astros hitter to lead the AL in homers at this point in the calendar across the franchise's last decade.

Iran goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand made seven saves in a 0-0 draw with Belgium at the World Cup, holding off the Red Devils after a second-half red card to defender Nathan Ngoy. Tournament's heat-driven hydration breaks visibly tested both squads across the final twenty minutes.

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Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 5 opened at $160 million domestically, the franchise's highest debut ever and a major return to form for Pixar after a string of softer releases. International numbers from China were similarly strong, with the film taking top spot in Beijing.

The Smiths' Johnny Marr is auctioning his career guitar collection, saying he's selling to stop his studio from becoming a museum. Lots include instruments played across The Smiths' catalog and recent Billie Eilish recording sessions.

Mubi is in pursuit of Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman drama Artificial, the OpenAI feature that Amazon MGM dropped earlier this month under pressure. Neon may also be circling as several specialty distributors weigh political fallout against potential awards traction.

What it is: Sunday marked ten years since UK voters chose to leave the European Union in a referendum that still forges British political identities. Anniversary coverage landed in the middle of a Starmer government collapse that itself owes much of its volatility to unresolved post-Brexit settlements, immigration politics, and trade-deal arithmetic that no Westminster faction has cleanly answered.

The detail: Decade of post-Brexit economic data shows real GDP growth running roughly 4 to 5 percentage points below an EU-membership counterfactual, with services exports to the bloc and labor-supply growth taking the largest direct hits. Manufacturing and agriculture each absorbed a different mix of friction costs, and London's financial services sector consolidated faster than many City forecasters expected when free passporting rights expired.

Why it matters: Brexit's political residue is now driving leadership turnover across British parties faster than any other single issue, with both Conservative and Labour caucuses lost to factions that still disagree about whether to revisit alignment with EU regulations. Voters consistently tell pollsters the decision was a mistake, but no party is willing to campaign on rejoin — leaving the country in an unstable equilibrium that its political class struggles to govern through.

What to watch: Watch whether Burnham or another Labour successor signals new alignment with EU regulatory standards on food, chemicals, or financial services — even modest gestures could reshape autumn trade-deal arithmetic. Also watch the Northern Ireland protocol settlement, which remains the most legally and politically combustible inheritance from the original 2016 vote.

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