Israel revives Gaza expulsion plan as UN probe confirms genocide against children

Wednesday, 24 June 2026 6:45 PM 

Israeli officials have renewed the discussion of the possibility of expelling Palestinians from Gaza, as an independent UN inquiry confirmed that the occupying regime continues to commit genocide in the besieged strip.

Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Shmuel Ben Ezra, head of the so-called national security council, convened an urgent meeting with military officials to discuss “encouraging voluntary emigration” from Gaza.

Senate rejects measure to restrict Trump's Iran war powers as key Republicans shift votes

Politics
By Joe Walsh, Kaia Hubbard
Updated on: June 24, 2026 / 11:37 PM EDT / 

CBS News

The Senate late Wednesday rejected a measure aimed at restricting President Trump's power to wage war against Iran, in a victory for the president and Senate GOP leadership as they seek to quell congressional discontent with the Trump administration's Iran strategy.

Trump cancels signing of largest housing affordability bill in a generation

By Samantha Delouya, Updated 14 hr ago

This week, Congress celebrated a rare bipartisan victory after overwhelmingly passing the largest housing affordability bill in a generation. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump was set to sign it into law.

But there was a change of plans.

Less than two hours before the planned signing, Trump posted on social media: “Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby canceled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency,” referring to a bill that would tighten ID requirements to vote in US elections.

Manifesto laden with incel ideology linked to Côte-des-Neiges shootings

 

Montreal Crime

A 104-page document advocates for use of terror in creating "new order."

By Montreal Gazette

June 23, 2026, at 9:43 a.m.

Seth Hatfield, the man responsible for a fatal shootout in Côte-des-Neiges on Monday, appeared to have written a manifesto filled with rhetoric associated with the “involuntary celibacy” — or “incel” — movement and advocating for the use of terror.

Dispute over nuclear inspections shows how US and Iran are negotiating in public

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and JON GAMBRELL
Updated 10:24 AM PDT, June 24, 2026

TOKYO (AP) — The head of the U.N.'s nuclear agency said Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors as part of the interim U.S.-Iran deal to reach an end to the war. An Iranian diplomat instead insisted any such visit would only come after a final deal.

Europe: The World's Fastest-warming Continent

June 23, 2026, 9:32 am EDT

AFP By Laurent THOMET

The latest heatwave sweeping across Europe is a stark reminder that it is the world's fastest-warming continent, stretching into an Arctic that is heating at an even greater pace.

Britain, France, Italy and Spain have issued red alerts and health warnings for much of their territory this week as the region endures its second heat episode since May.

Greece’s Parthenon gets a facelift, revealing a look not seen for 220 years

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Visitors to the Acropolis can now see the Parthenon’s western side looking whole for the first time in about 220 years. Officially unveiled last Thursday, restorers have slotted two new marble blocks into long-empty gaps high on the temple’s western end — the view visitors see when they first enter the ancient monument in Athens.

Trump’s Pick for Top I.R.S. Lawyer Works at Firm That Represents Him

James R. Gadwood, the president’s nominee for chief counsel at the Internal Revenue Service, works at Miller & Chevalier, which has represented Mr. Trump 

in tax matters.

By Andrew Duehren

Reporting from Washington

June 23, 2026

President Trump has nominated a lawyer from a firm that worked on his taxes to become the top attorney at the Internal Revenue Service, an arrangement that could add to the scrutiny that the nomination was already likely to face after the administration granted the president protection from tax audits last month.

Iran says deal to end Mideast war 'declaration of US defeat'

Story by AFP
June 24, 2026• 6h •
4 min read

Iran called the deal it struck to end the Middle East war "a declaration of America's defeat" on Wednesday, as the top US diplomat kicked off a tour of Gulf countries hit hardest by Tehran.

Stephen Miller Under Fire Following DOJ Disability Memo and Lying Outburst Over Primary Results

24/06/2026

Sources: Huffington Post, Bloomberg Law

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is at the center of a dual political firestorm over the last 24 hours, following reports of his influence on a controversial Department of Justice (DOJ) memo and a high-profile media-lying meltdown over recent Democratic primary results.

Congress passes war powers measure for first time, rebuking Trump's war with Iran

June 23 2026, 3 hours ago

Sareen Habeshian

The Republican-controlled US Senate has approved a measure instructing President Donald Trump to halt the war in Iran or seek congressional approval before continuing military action.

A handful of Republicans joined Democrats in Tuesday's 50-48 vote. The same measure was passed by the US House of Representatives earlier this month.

Mamdani's political gamble pays off as his endorsed candidates sweep their primaries

June 23, 2026 10:41 PM ET
Elena Moore

Primary night in New York marked the first major test for Mayor Zohran Mamdani's political movement, and it was widely successful. All three of Mamdani's endorsed candidates for Congress were victorious, marking a massive win for the left and a major blow for establishment Democrats.

ABC NEWS 23 JUNE 2026 HEADLINES

 

Drowning deaths soar in France as Europe buckles in peak of heatwave

2 hours ago

Paul Kirby, Europe digital editor, Hugh Schofield, in Paris 

and Davide Ghiglione, in Rome

Forty people have drowned in heatwave-related deaths in France since Thursday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has said, as temperatures hit record levels in several major cities and the heatwave reaches a peak in several European countries.

A Deal of Mirrors and Political Theatre Means only one Thing: In Trump We Trust Not

June 23, 2026

Conflicting Accounts on Nuclear Inspections and Assets Highlight A Deep Distrust and Political Theater

In a very familiar pattern, President Trump asserted complete success in nuclear negotiations with Iran today, only to have Tehran immediately and directly contradict his claims. This stark disconnect, recurring across multiple aspects of a nascent agreement, underscores a negotiation process in which public declarations aimed at domestic audiences appear to be overtaking technical realities, leaving the actual terms and U.S. intentions shrouded in uncertainty.

‘I like their money’: Trump threatens lawsuits against ABC for reporting on Reflecting Pool

Politics
Published Mon, Jun 22 2026, 10:54 PM EDT
Lim Hui Jie
CNBC NEWS

Key Points

• U.S. President claimed ABC “failed to report that their close ‘friends,’ Dumocrats Obama and Biden, spent over 100 Million Dollars on the Reflecting Pool, and it never worked.”
• Trump said he was preparing lawsuits against the broadcaster for “false reporting.”
• The latest action against ABC comes as the broadcaster faces two investigations from the Federal Communications Commission

Iran says technical talks with US in Switzerland have concluded

By AFP

Live Update From the Liveblog of Tuesday, 

June 23, 2026, Today, 8:12 am

Technical talks between Iran and the United States in Switzerland have concluded, with negotiating groups to be set up on nuclear issues and sanctions, Iran’s state media reports.

Note connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of ‘Today’ show anchor Savannah Guthrie, said she had died

By John Miller, Julianna Bragg / 4 hours ago
A note sent to media outlets in February connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, said she had died, multiple law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation told CNN.