https://rbtfl.xyz/en/track/world-leaders Leaders, successions, elections and who actually decides. https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/albanese-nature-positive-tranche-2 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/albanese-nature-positive-tranche-2 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tranche 2 of the EPBC reforms creates a national EPA as Australia takes a negotiator role at Türkiye's COP31 [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mexico-inflacion-mayo-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mexico-inflacion-mayo-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Headline returns below 4% even as Q1 GDP contracts 0.6%, framing the central bank's June pause [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/albanese-division-296-super-tax https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/albanese-division-296-super-tax Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT After dropping the contested unrealised-gains design, Labor lands an extra 15% over A$3m and 25% over A$10m, indexed [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/albanese-g7-evian-snub https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/albanese-g7-evian-snub Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Évian invites Brazil, Egypt, India, Kenya and South Korea — but not Canberra, breaking a near-unbroken run since 2019 [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/anwar-europe-norway-missile-row https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/anwar-europe-norway-missile-row Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT RM600m+ in direct losses after a cancelled NSM delivery; Anwar, on Russian TV, contrasts Oslo's reversal with Moscow 'honouring all commitments' [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/anwar-johor-election-test https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/anwar-johor-election-test Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Two states vote within 60 days; PH fields 56 candidates in Johor on July 11 — a referendum on Anwar's reform record before the 2028 general election [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/argentina-inflacion-mayo-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/argentina-inflacion-mayo-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT INDEC prints 2.1% as the disinflation holds, though still above Milei's sub-2% goal [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/argentina-rigi-vaca-muerta-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/argentina-rigi-vaca-muerta-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The large-investment regime tops 18 approved projects and >US$22.5bn; critics cost the fiscal giveaway at ~US$1.8bn a year [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cjng-desintegracion-mencho https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cjng-desintegracion-mencho Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mexico's security chief reports the Jalisco cartel splintering 'like Sinaloa did', with a stepson among the contenders facing extradition [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/colombia-total-peace-collapse-catatumbo https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/colombia-total-peace-collapse-catatumbo Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT ELN talks frozen since the Catatumbo massacre; violence less deadly but more pervasive, monitors find, as the transition looms [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/eu-india-trade-deal-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/eu-india-trade-deal-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Two decades of stalled talks ended on geopolitics as much as commerce; the text is signed only on paper, with formal signature due by end-2026 [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/g7-evian-macron-ukraine-pivot https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/g7-evian-macron-ukraine-pivot Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT France hosts a summit that hardens the Russia line and claims a 'deep change' in the US approach, at the cost of consensus theatre [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-2026-state-elections-bengal https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-2026-state-elections-bengal Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Modi's party ends Mamata's 15-year rule and wins a third Assam term, but Vijay's TVK seizes Tamil Nadu and Congress sweeps Kerala — three of four states change hands [contested-result] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-china-border-thaw-shaksgam https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-china-border-thaw-shaksgam Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Doval and Wang Yi note 'gradual normalisation' and an 'early harvest' sectoral track even as the MEA calls CPEC infrastructure in the China-held Shaksgam Valley 'illegal and invalid' [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-us-trade-pact-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-us-trade-pact-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT First leaders' talks in 16 months order a 'commercially meaningful' deal; USTR Greer flies to Delhi as a July 24 tariff cliff looms and Congress cries appeasement [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/macron-versailles-iran-deal-signing https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/macron-versailles-iran-deal-signing Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A state dinner on the G7 margins becomes the unexpected venue for an initial war-ending agreement [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/marcos-scarborough-nature-reserve https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/marcos-scarborough-nature-reserve Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Manila condemns Beijing's 3,500-hectare reserve as a sovereignty grab, mandates Philippine names for sea features — while chairing ASEAN and courting a code of conduct [contested-result] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/netanyahu-coalition-exposure https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/netanyahu-coalition-exposure Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT An October election looming, Ben-Gvir and Smotrich demand Hezbollah's destruction while opposition brands the US-Iran deal Netanyahu's failure [contested-result] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/pezeshkian-domestic-position https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/pezeshkian-domestic-position Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Iran's president defends US talks and warns of economic ruin, but a new supreme leader and an IRGC-shaped parliament constrain what he can concede [contested-result] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sheinbaum-banxico-rate-650-cycle-end https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sheinbaum-banxico-rate-650-cycle-end Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Two deputy governors dissent to hold at 6.75% as inflation returns to the band; the next decision lands 26 June [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/trump-scotus-birthright-fed-rulings https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/trump-scotus-birthright-fed-rulings Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Justices signaled they may preserve birthright citizenship and block the firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/trump-secure-america-act-ice-funding https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/trump-secure-america-act-ice-funding Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A budget-reconciliation bill ends a 76-day DHS shutdown and entrenches the deportation machine to term's end [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/erdogan-chp-ozel-ousted https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/erdogan-chp-ozel-ousted Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT An Istanbul court annuls the CHP's 2023 congress, unseating Özgür Özel and bringing back Kılıçdaroğlu — judicial pressure on Erdoğan's main rival party deepens [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/erdogan-east-med-encirclement https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/erdogan-east-med-encirclement Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT US, Greece, Cyprus and Israel launch an energy centre at Rice University; Ankara invokes 'guarantor state' powers and warns Israeli strikes now threaten Turkey [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/erdogan-imamoglu-espionage-trial https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/erdogan-imamoglu-espionage-trial Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jailed over a year, Erdoğan's strongest rival faces 15-20 years on espionage charges and a separate indictment seeking up to 2,430 — and tells the court the nation will decide at the ballot box [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/eu-us-trade-deal-parliament-vote-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/eu-us-trade-deal-parliament-vote-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 'A deal is a deal' — MEPs approve the Turnberry framework while warning it is unbalanced [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/huachicol-fiscal-farias-laguna-morena https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/huachicol-fiscal-farias-laguna-morena Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Farías Laguna's letters to Sheinbaum widen the huachicol fiscal case; his defence disputes that the full file was handed over [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-neet-leak-cockroach-protests https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-neet-leak-cockroach-protests Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The NTA scraps the 2.27-million-candidate medical entrance after a paper leak; a satirical youth movement demanding the education minister's resignation gains 22 million followers in a month [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-pakistan-isolation-backfire https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-pakistan-isolation-backfire Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A decade after Modi vowed to quarantine Pakistan, Islamabad signs minerals and crypto deals with Trump's circle and an 'all-weather' upgrade with Xi — and India is left protesting from the sidelines [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/king-charles-cancer-precautionary https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/king-charles-cancer-precautionary Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Buckingham Palace scales back the King's schedule on doctors' advice; two years on, the type and stage stay undisclosed [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lebanon-hezbollah-disarmament-standoff https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lebanon-hezbollah-disarmament-standoff Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Qassem calls the disarmament drive a 'roadmap to annihilate' as Israel vows an open-ended stay in south Lebanon and keeps striking past the ceasefire deadline [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lula-2026-reelection-poll-lead https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lula-2026-reelection-poll-lead Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT At 80, Lula runs for an unprecedented fourth term with the right's standard-bearer dogged by scandal and his father jailed [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lula-eu-meat-ban-g7-lobbying https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lula-eu-meat-ban-g7-lobbying Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Brussels bans Brazilian meat, poultry and honey from September over growth-promoter use, weeks after Mercosur-EU took provisional effect [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lula-stf-messias-rejection-renomination https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lula-stf-messias-rejection-renomination Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The chamber blocks AGU Jorge Messias 42–34 in a historic rebuke tied to its own president; Lula sends the name back [stalemate] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/marcos-sara-duterte-impeachment-trial https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/marcos-sara-duterte-impeachment-trial Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 257 House votes, $110m in flagged transfers, and a trial that runs in parallel with the elder Duterte's ICC case at The Hague [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/meloni-trump-feud-iran-g7 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/meloni-trump-feud-iran-g7 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Trump says Meloni 'begged' him for a photo; she calls it fabricated and her diplomat cancels his US trip [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/merz-rentenreform-kommission-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/merz-rentenreform-kommission-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A commission hands Germany a capital pillar and life-expectancy retirement ages; the SPD and unions revolt [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mexico-judicial-election-postponed-2028 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mexico-judicial-election-postponed-2028 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT An 87-40 constitutional vote reworks candidate selection and lets TEPJF magistrates seek re-election, extending the bench overhaul [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-ai-non-human-corporations https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-ai-non-human-corporations Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A new corporate category run by AI agents, human shareholders optional; Harari warns of regulatory arbitrage and impunity [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-china-swap-renewal-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-china-swap-renewal-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The self-styled Beijing critic extends the active yuan swap tranche for 12 months as Washington presses Buenos Aires to cut financial ties [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-imf-second-review https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-imf-second-review Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Fund unlocks ~$1bn and praises the disinflation, but pins a reserves floor that critics say could reignite inflation in an election year [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-peso-banda-junio-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-peso-banda-junio-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The float climbs toward the crawling-band top while reserves hit a seven-year high — the tension at the heart of the IMF program [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/netanyahu-trial-testimony-ends https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/netanyahu-trial-testimony-ends Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The prime minister leaves the stand calling the case a 'Stasi' operation as a verdict slips toward 2027 and an election toward autumn [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/petro-comision-acusacion-probes https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/petro-comision-acusacion-probes Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Disciplinary and criminal files over his X account and rally speeches; the Council of State orders him to stop official political messaging [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/petro-us-decertification-fallout https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/petro-us-decertification-fallout Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Washington's first 'failed demonstrably' label since 1997, plus sanctions on Petro himself, collide with a Trump-endorsed successor [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/poland-ukraine-white-eagle-row https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/poland-ukraine-white-eagle-row Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A WWII-memory rupture pits President Nawrocki against PM Tusk and Kyiv, with Moscow the only clear winner [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/prabowo-rupiah-record-low https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/prabowo-rupiah-record-low Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT An oil-price shock, a corruption scandal in the free-meals programme and an unnerving inner circle drive a crisis of confidence in Jakarta [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/putin-spief-2026-economy-stagnation https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/putin-spief-2026-economy-stagnation Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Saudi guest of honour, a US delegation back after a decade — and a president conceding 'risks of stagnation' while Ukrainian strikes shadow his hometown forum [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sheinbaum-governors-cartel-probe https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sheinbaum-governors-cartel-probe Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Reports name Sonora's Durazo and Tamaulipas's Villarreal; Sheinbaum calls it a discrediting campaign as her predecessor breaks silence [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sheinbaum-usmca-review-china-test https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sheinbaum-usmca-review-china-test Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mexico dodged Trump's reciprocal tariffs; now the July 1 joint review turns on whether it can keep China out of North America's supply chain [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spain-abalos-koldo-mascarillas-verdict https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spain-abalos-koldo-mascarillas-verdict Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The first final corruption ruling to reach the PM's inner circle, in the pandemic 'masks' case [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spain-sanchez-congress-corruption-appearance https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spain-sanchez-congress-corruption-appearance Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 5½ hours answering for a string of PSOE probes; the Senate demands a vote he won't give [contested-result] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/trump-forced-labor-301-tariffs https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/trump-forced-labor-301-tariffs Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT After the Supreme Court voided IEEPA tariffs, Section 301 becomes the new, uncapped lever against China, India, the EU and dozens more [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/trump-ice-raids-national-guard-chicago https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/trump-ice-raids-national-guard-chicago Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1,000+ arrests, a blocked move to federalize Illinois troops, and a fourth 'No Kings' day of protest [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/uk-burnham-leadership-coronation https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/uk-burnham-leadership-coronation Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT After winning Makerfield, Burnham is the sole declared candidate to succeed caretaker PM Starmer [transition] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/xi-anti-involution-economy https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/xi-anti-involution-economy Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Manufacturing utilisation near a decade low, retail growth at a three-year trough — and Beijing answers with 'anti-involution', not a consumer bailout [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/xi-pyongyang-state-visit https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/xi-pyongyang-state-visit Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Beijing pulls Kim back into orbit after Russia's courtship — 'good neighbour, good friend, good comrade', and silence on the bomb [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/asean-russia-kazan-summit https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/asean-russia-kazan-summit Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT At a 35th-anniversary summit in Kazan, ASEAN and Russia adopt four cooperation documents; the Philippines' Marcos co-chairs even as he leans on Washington [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/choose-france-2026-record-investment https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/choose-france-2026-record-investment Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 71 foreign-investment projects and a Dunkerque data-centre mega-deal as France defends its FDI lead [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/colombia-runoff-cepeda-legal-challenge https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/colombia-runoff-cepeda-legal-challenge Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Petro's bloc launches a 'juridical offensive' over the scrutiny; the CNE denies a full overseas recount [contested-result] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/euco-june-2026-mff-ukraine-cluster https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/euco-june-2026-mff-ukraine-cluster Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Leaders agree the 2028–2034 MFF shape, roll Russia sanctions for 12 months, and start Ukraine accession talks [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-fy26-gdp-7-7 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-fy26-gdp-7-7 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The first full year on a new 2022-23 base year shows the fastest-growing major economy, even as a rare rise in unemployment and an implausibly low deflator fuel a credibility debate [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/israel-war-economy-bill https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/israel-war-economy-bill Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Q1 GDP shrank 3.3% from the Iran war, but the ceasefire sends the currency to a 1993 peak and ratings outlooks to stable — even as Smotrich fights a record defence budget [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lula-copom-selic-cut-1425 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lula-copom-selic-cut-1425 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A third straight quarter-point cut paired with a hawkish communiqué — election-year fiscal stimulus and El Niño flagged as upside risks [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lula-trump-tariff-standoff https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lula-trump-tariff-standoff Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A 30-day deadline lapses, Washington moves on a 25% levy, and Lula readies a retaliation law months before facing Flávio Bolsonaro [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mbz-iran-ceasefire-hormuz https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/mbz-iran-ceasefire-hormuz Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Gulf's most hawkish leader flies to Cairo to welcome the US-Iran deal and the strait's reopening — after demanding hard terms on Iran's missiles and nuclear program [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/merz-e5-berlin-nato-gipfel-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/merz-e5-berlin-nato-gipfel-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT France, the UK, Italy and Poland join Germany to coordinate Ukraine, Iran and burden-sharing [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/pope-leo-june-consistory https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/pope-leo-june-consistory Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT An extraordinary consistory on 26–27 June puts war, the synod, just-war doctrine and AI to the cardinals who will one day pick his successor [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/prabowo-inner-circle-investor-confidence https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/prabowo-inner-circle-investor-confidence Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Insiders blame erratic, poorly communicated policy and an opaque advisory court; a Tony Robbins session at the palace becomes the symbol of the unease [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/putin-crimea-fuel-crisis https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/putin-crimea-fuel-crisis Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Drone strikes on refineries trigger the worst fuel shortage on the Black Sea peninsula since 2014; the Kremlin and independent press describe it in opposite terms [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/putin-ukraine-deep-strikes-summer https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/putin-ukraine-deep-strikes-summer Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Russia's spring-summer push around Pokrovsk grinds; Putin admits the drone war is hurting the economy and vows to bolster air defences [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/putin-zelensky-talks-rebuff https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/putin-zelensky-talks-rebuff Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Moscow leans wholly on the Trump–Anchorage framework, demands Ukraine stop its advance, and tells Kyiv to sign before any meeting [stalemate] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/saudi-q1-record-deficit https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/saudi-q1-record-deficit Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A $33.5bn Q1 hole — most of the year's planned shortfall in one quarter — as military outlays jumped and Hormuz throttled oil exports despite high prices [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sheinbaum-homicidios-46-junio-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sheinbaum-homicidios-46-junio-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Daily killings at a 12-year low under Harfuch's strategy, but the rising missing-persons count undercuts the headline [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sisi-cairo-leverage https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sisi-cairo-leverage Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Trump courts El-Sisi at the G7 over Gaza reconstruction and the Iran deal; at home inflation, a weak pound and lost Suez revenue still bite [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spain-begona-gomez-trial https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spain-begona-gomez-trial Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A Madrid judge sends Begoña Gómez to a jury trial on graft charges, deepening the corruption siege around Spain's prime minister [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/uae-secret-strikes-iran https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/uae-secret-strikes-iran Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The WSJ says Mirage 2000 jets hit a Gulf island refinery, making the UAE the only third country to attack Iran — after Tehran fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Emirati targets [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/albanese-aukus-singapore-virginia-subs https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/albanese-aukus-singapore-virginia-subs Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Singapore meeting streamlines the buy to second-hand boats and launches the first Pillar II undersea-drone project [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/almasri-tripoli-conviction-italy-fallout https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/almasri-tripoli-conviction-italy-fallout Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A 7-year sentence for Osama Almasri reopens the case against Meloni's ministers [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/bolivia-paz-cabinet-resignations https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/bolivia-paz-cabinet-resignations Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Defence, education and labour ministers gone in ten days; ~100 roadblocks, fuel and food shortages, and calls for the new president to quit [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/brazil-2026-lula-bolsonaro-runoff https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/brazil-2026-lula-bolsonaro-runoff Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jailed and barred, Jair Bolsonaro hands the flag to Senator Flávio; an 80-year-old Lula seeks a fourth term with the race tied [contested-result] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/bundeshaushalt-2027-schulden-luecke-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/bundeshaushalt-2027-schulden-luecke-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Klingbeil defends ~€196bn in fresh debt as defence spending climbs toward €180bn by 2030 [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/carney-g7-critical-minerals https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/carney-g7-critical-minerals Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Canada's PM banks 13 critical-minerals partnerships and a France intelligence pact, while caught reassuring Trump over Chinese EV imports [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/carney-mackenzie-valley-national-interest-project https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/carney-mackenzie-valley-national-interest-project Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Building Canada Act's debut fast-track designation pits Arctic sovereignty against Indigenous consent [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/eduardo-bolsonaro-stf-coercion-conviction https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/eduardo-bolsonaro-stf-coercion-conviction Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Four years two months and ineligibility to 2038 for coercion — tried in absentia for seeking US sanctions on the court trying his father [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/egypt-israel-gas-cut-lng https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/egypt-israel-gas-cut-lng Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tamar/Leviathan maintenance cuts ~250 mcf/d on top of the war cutoff; Cairo fast-tracks LNG to hold a gas-dependent grid through summer [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/erdogan-iran-war-mediation https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/erdogan-iran-war-mediation Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ankara condemns the strikes as illegal, mourns Khamenei, and offers Trump support to implement a ceasefire — with two-thirds of Turks wanting Turkey to stay out [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/eu-russia-21st-sanctions-package-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/eu-russia-21st-sanctions-package-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT First-ever hits on shadow-fleet enablers, LNG-tanker resales and a frozen oil price cap [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/flavio-bolsonaro-vorcaro-audio-scandal https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/flavio-bolsonaro-vorcaro-audio-scandal Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The right's 2026 candidate confirms a recording asking ex-banker Daniel Vorcaro to release money for a biopic of his father, widening Lula's lead [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/gerd-trump-g7-mediation https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/gerd-trump-g7-mediation Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT At the G7 Trump says the dam is causing Egypt 'tremendous problems' and offers to restart US Nile mediation, six months after Ethiopia inaugurated Africa's largest hydro project [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-brics-chair-nsa-meeting-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-brics-chair-nsa-meeting-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The 16th NSAs' meeting in Delhi exposes the bloc's fault lines — China draws lessons from the Iran war while Tehran demands a stand on 'state terrorism' — ahead of a September Modi summit [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-reconstruction-fund-dispute https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-reconstruction-fund-dispute Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Trump insists 'no $300 billion payment to Iran by the US'; Vance says Arab states and investors will fund it — and no country has confirmed a cent as Iran's own bank warns of a 12-year rebuild [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/kim-choe-hyon-warship-nuclear-navy https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/kim-choe-hyon-warship-nuclear-navy Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A 5,000-tonne destroyer for nuclear-capable missiles — built, Seoul says, with Russian help — as Kim pivots from missiles to ships and submarines [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/kim-exponential-enrichment-plant https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/kim-exponential-enrichment-plant Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT North Korea reveals a fresh uranium-enrichment hall — likely a third site — as Kim says weapons-grade output has more than doubled in five years [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/merz-eu-rat-mfr-haushalt-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/merz-eu-rat-mfr-haushalt-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT After the June European Council, Berlin rejects the MFF proposal and floats Ukraine 'associate membership' [contested-result] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-adorni-patrimonio-scandal https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-adorni-patrimonio-scandal Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Manuel Adorni concedes off-the-books savings the anti-casta government had built ethics policy around; opposition pushes a censure session [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-libra-pfa-forensics https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/milei-libra-pfa-forensics Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A federal-police report finds the token's supply concentrated in one address; Inecip and Cipce seek Milei's indagatoria [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/modi-longest-serving-pm https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/modi-longest-serving-pm Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 4,399 days surpasses Nehru — a record the cabinet calls a democratic milestone and the opposition calls 'dubiously invented' [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/neom-the-line-halted https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/neom-the-line-halted Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The flagship of Vision 2030 cuts its population target to 100,000 and faces a bigger bill to cancel contracts than to build, as Riyadh resets its megaproject [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/netanyahu-pardon-herzog-standoff https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/netanyahu-pardon-herzog-standoff Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The president pushes a mediated plea deal Netanyahu won't take — admitting wrongdoing and quitting politics — while Trump calls Herzog 'weak and pathetic' [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nigeria-tinubu-three-year-reforms https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nigeria-tinubu-three-year-reforms Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Markets and FAAC allocations have surged since the subsidy was cut and the naira floated, but petrol has risen more than fourfold and households are still squeezed [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/oil-price-iran-ceasefire https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/oil-price-iran-ceasefire Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The US-Iran MoU sends Brent toward $77 and Aramco cuts its July price to Asia — even as the war banked Riyadh a routing windfall through the East-West pipeline [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/pakistan-islamabad-mou-mediation https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/pakistan-islamabad-mou-mediation Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Pakistan recasts itself from war-adjacent bystander to lead mediator; Pezeshkian's thank-you visit and Nobel chatter follow a 14-point deal reopening Hormuz and extending the truce [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/petro-fraud-claims-transition https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/petro-fraud-claims-transition Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A lame-duck leftist president, barred from re-election, demands a recount and audit after his bloc loses the runoff by under 1% [contested-result] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/pezeshkian-internet-restoration https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/pezeshkian-internet-restoration Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The president orders international access restored after one of the longest shutdowns on record; hardline outlets say he had no authority, exposing the rift inside the system [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/poland-germany-defence-pact-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/poland-germany-defence-pact-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT German troops to help fortify the Belarus and Russia borders as US engagement wavers [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/poland-nawrocki-record-vetoes https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/poland-nawrocki-record-vetoes Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 37 presidential vetoes in ten months turn cohabitation into open warfare [stalemate] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/south-africa-gnu-cabinet-reshuffle https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/south-africa-gnu-cabinet-reshuffle Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The DA's new leader Hill-Lewis tells the president to demote Steenhuisen and reslot its ministers, forcing a constitutional question about the GNU's power to dictate appointments [stalemate] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/trump-metals-tariff-revamp https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/trump-metals-tariff-revamp Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A 1 June proclamation cuts farm-equipment duties and rewards high US material content, building a new tariff wall [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/uk-defence-resignations-trigger https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/uk-defence-resignations-trigger Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Two defence resignations on 11 June reframe the collapse as policy-driven, not just poll panic [transition] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/vdl-china-trade-deficit-eu-summit-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/vdl-china-trade-deficit-eu-summit-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Every EU member now runs a deficit with Beijing; leaders weigh a 'menu' of trade measures [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/vdl-pfizergate-advocate-general-opinion-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/vdl-pfizergate-advocate-general-opinion-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT An Advocate General urges dismissing the Commission's appeal over the secret Pfizer vaccine texts [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/xi-myanmar-min-aung-hlaing-visit https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/xi-myanmar-min-aung-hlaing-visit Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 21-gun salute for Min Aung Hlaing, a 'shared future' joint statement, RMB–kyat settlement and Kyaukpyu — Beijing legitimises a ballot that barred the opposition [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/bangladesh-tarique-rahman-government https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/bangladesh-tarique-rahman-government Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Yunus's interim government hands over after a February landslide; Jamaat-e-Islami a distant second, the student NCP nearly shut out [transition] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cameroon-biya-vp-succession https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/cameroon-biya-vp-succession Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Parliament restores a post scrapped in 1972; reports that Biya named son Franck VP are claimed by some outlets and denied by the government [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/egypt-cbe-inflation-revision https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/egypt-cbe-inflation-revision Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The CBE keeps rates on hold a second straight meeting and lifts its 2026 inflation forecast to 16-17% from 11%, blaming the regional conflict and an energy shock [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/election-calendar-h2-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/election-calendar-h2-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT From Algeria in July to South Sudan's long-delayed vote in December — who votes, when, and where power actually turns over [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/eu-turkey-report-sanctions https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/eu-turkey-report-sanctions Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A damning annual report passes 381-107, naming Akın Gürlek over the İmamoğlu case; Ankara calls it 'hostile propaganda' [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/hungary-magyar-election-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/hungary-magyar-election-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT An 11 April landslide hands the EU a new Budapest — unblocking Ukraine aid while refusing to fast-track Kyiv's accession [transition] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/idf-postwar-strain https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/idf-postwar-strain Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The chief of staff raises '10 red flags' over reservist strain while Israel tallies $1.1bn+ in missile damage and 45,000 home-front claims [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-delimitation-parliament-expansion https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-delimitation-parliament-expansion Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to expand parliament to 850 seats and freeze delimitation on the 2011 census fails the two-thirds bar amid a united opposition and southern revolt [stalemate] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-federalism-agencies-governors https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-federalism-agencies-governors Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT An ₹18.36-crore freeze on Kerala's ex-CM revives 'weaponised agencies' charges; the Supreme Court's November opinion narrows its own April ruling that had reined in Governors [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-indigenous-warship-commissioning https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/india-indigenous-warship-commissioning Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Modi inducts INS Dunagiri, Sanshodhak and Agray as a marker of self-reliant defence — and an answer to PLAN's Indian Ocean push [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-water-power-crisis https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iran-water-power-crisis Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Rolling blackouts and reservoirs near 5% collide with a sixth drought year, as Pezeshkian warns the capital could run dry and even floats evacuation [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iraq-al-zaidi-government-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/iraq-al-zaidi-government-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sudani sidelined, Maliki vetoed under US pressure: parliament approves Ali al-Zaidi with a partial cabinet, defence and interior still vacant [transition] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/meloni-early-election-april-2027 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/meloni-early-election-april-2027 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bloomberg reports a snap-vote calculation as ratings slide and Vannacci eclipses Salvini [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/merz-iran-hormuz-bundeswehr-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/merz-iran-hormuz-bundeswehr-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT With a US–Iran framework deal, Berlin readies the Bundeswehr — under three conditions [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nigeria-2027-opposition-split https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nigeria-2027-opposition-split Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Atiku takes the ADC ticket; Obi and Kwankwaso bolt to the NDC — handing the president two rival challengers instead of one, just as the 2027 race opens [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/opec-plus-july-output https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/opec-plus-july-output Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Seven members add 188,000 bpd for July — but Saudi Arabia's quota sits far above what the closed Strait let it actually export [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/pakistan-budget-2026-27-imf https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/pakistan-budget-2026-27-imf Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Aurangzeb cuts salaried tax rates and scraps the surcharge while holding to the $7bn IMF programme's consolidation targets and a 17.6% higher revenue goal [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/peru-fujimori-sanchez-runoff-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/peru-fujimori-sanchez-runoff-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Months after Congress ousted Boluarte, a fragmented 35-candidate field narrows to far-right Keiko Fujimori versus the left's Roberto Sánchez [contested-result] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sheinbaum-rocha-moya-injerencia https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/sheinbaum-rocha-moya-injerencia Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT SDNY charges Sinaloa's Rocha Moya with aiding 'Los Chapitos'; Sheinbaum says Mexico may reject the detention request absent evidence [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/south-africa-xenophobia-june-deadline https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/south-africa-xenophobia-june-deadline Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Operation Dudula's ultimatum and a fatal Mossel Bay attack force the president to address the nation; he calls xenophobia unacceptable, then unveils tougher migration enforcement that critics call recycled [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spain-cerdan-leire-diez-psoe-probe https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/spain-cerdan-leire-diez-psoe-probe Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A second corruption strand circles Sánchez: kickbacks on public works and an obstruction probe [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/uae-g42-stargate-nvidia https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/uae-g42-stargate-nvidia Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Abu Dhabi's AI campus moves from US approval to deployment — up to 35,000 GB300 systems licensed, a 1GW first cluster, and a 5GW build at the centre of MBZ's bet on Washington [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/uae-rsf-sudan-arms-senate https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/uae-rsf-sudan-arms-senate Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Van Hollen and Jacobs say the UAE is arming the RSF in contradiction of its assurances; resolutions of disapproval target Emirati weapons sales as Abu Dhabi denies all [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/venezuela-delcy-rodriguez-interim https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/venezuela-delcy-rodriguez-interim Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sworn in under Article 233 following the January US raid, she extends a hand to Trump while insisting Maduro is still the only president [stalemate] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/viksit-bharat-rozgar-yojana https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/viksit-bharat-rozgar-yojana Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The ₹99,446-crore PM-VBRY pays first-time formal workers up to ₹15,000 and subsidises employers; a ₹2,400-crore first tranche reaches 15 lakh, but start-ups and micro-firms barely know it exists [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/abu-dhabi-sovereign-funds-q1 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/abu-dhabi-sovereign-funds-q1 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sheikh Tahnoon chairs a Q1 review of ADIA, Mubadala, L'Imad and ADNOC as the emirate steers wartime capital and builds a 'fourth pillar' fund [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/carney-joyal-supreme-court-nomination https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/carney-joyal-supreme-court-nomination Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A bilingual Prairie 'institutionalist' fills the Western seat left by Justice Martin [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/costa-rica-fernandez-election-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/costa-rica-fernandez-election-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A Chaves-aligned conservative wins outright with 48.5% and a single-party legislative majority — the first since 1990 [transition] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/israel-knesset-october-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/israel-knesset-october-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A judge fixes the date Netanyahu wanted, the latest possible; a dissolution bill that would have pulled it earlier is in play [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/italy-dfp-2026-deficit-budget-squeeze https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/italy-dfp-2026-deficit-budget-squeeze Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The DFP 2026 cuts growth and dashes hopes of exiting the excessive-deficit procedure early [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/kenya-finance-bill-2026-gen-z-protests https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/kenya-finance-bill-2026-gen-z-protests Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A new finance law with bread VAT and phone-activation duty revives the 2024 grievance; for the first time Ruto signs before June 25, the date that has met him with protests every year [escalating] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/kenya-ojwang-murder-trial https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/kenya-ojwang-murder-trial Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A blogger died in a Nairobi police cell in June 2025; a year on, the murder trial of six officers halts because the station's CCTV was deliberately formatted hours after his death [stalemate] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/kenya-protest-reparations-framework https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/kenya-protest-reparations-framework Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A KNCHR reparations framework verifies over 1,000 victims of 2017-2025 state violence, but bars looting and 'ordinary criminal' victims and withholds the names, drawing daily picketing [active] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lebanon-election-postponed-2028 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/lebanon-election-postponed-2028 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Parliament extends its own term to 2028 amid the Hezbollah–Israel escalation; Christian parties object to the open-ended delay [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/macron-confidence-rebound-june-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/macron-confidence-rebound-june-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A diplomacy-driven bounce, with PM Lecornu matching him exactly, as the final year of the term opens [easing] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/macron-meloni-antibes-summit https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/macron-meloni-antibes-summit Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The first leaders' summit under the 2021 Quirinal Treaty, focused on defence, space and energy [pending-decision] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/manipur-violence-2026 https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/manipur-violence-2026 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT President's Rule was lifted in February for a BJP chief minister; by June a Kuki-Naga rupture, mass hostage-taking and fresh shootings show the conflict is mutating, not ending [worsening] https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nigeria-oyo-abduction-insecurity https://rbtfl.xyz/en/n/nigeria-oyo-abduction-insecurity Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Gunmen seized pupils aged 2 to 16 and seven teachers in May; 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