US and Iran exchange strikes

Plus, why Tesla’s AI trainers don’t trust its self-driving tech.

Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Subscribe now. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Hello. Iran and the US trade air strikes, Israel has emptied southern Lebanon far beyond the front lines, and a judge allows Trump to implement his mail-in voting executive order. Plus, why Tesla’s AI trainers don’t trust its self-driving tech – or its safety stats. Today's Top News   A drone view of vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz. REUTERS/File Photo Middle East Iran targeted a US air base after the United States struck what Washington described as an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz and President Donald Trump rejected a ‌reported compromise deal with Tehran. Follow live. Two supertankers and one liquefied natural gas tanker exited the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week with their transponders switched off, and are heading for India and China, shipping data from ‌LSEG and Kpler showed. The ceasefire agreed in Lebanon last month has brought little respite for civilians, who are being driven from a steadily expanding swathe of the country by a relentless Israeli campaign of evacuations and air strikes. In other news A US judge declined to block Trump's executive tightening rules on mail-in voting in a loss for the Democratic Party, whose lawyers argued that it could disenfranchise millions ‌of voters. US forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded by military officials, an illustration of how the global surveillance ‌economy is shaping the battlefield. A conflict between the US and China over Taiwan would risk a nuclear escalation with both militaries likely to stage sweeping operations targeting rival command and communications hubs, a leading defence research center said. Norway will open talks with France on joining its nuclear umbrella, French President Emmanuel Macron and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said, reflecting growing European concerns about relying on the US for security. Average global temperatures are forecast to reach near-record levels in the next five years, ‌with Arctic temperatures expected to warm faster than other regions, a report by the U.N. weather agency and the UK’s Met Office said. Business & Markets   Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world. Miami, Florida. REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona/File Photo  Rising airfares and hotel rates are making budget-conscious Americans delay or cancel summer trips while wealthy travelers are holding fast to vacation plans despite higher prices. The trend is another example of a so-called K-shaped economy. Meanwhile, the market for jet fuel in the European Union could get tighter if ‌the situation in the Strait of Hormuz does not improve within weeks, said the European Commission. If Ferrari wanted to grab the world's attention with the Luce, its first all-electric car, mission accomplished - even if much of the ‌reaction has been shock and outrage. US and Mexican negotiators begin formal talks to revamp the North American trade deal, with Washington demanding stronger regional rules of origin including a US-specific minimum level of content for ‌cars and trucks built in Mexico. China is designing a futures market for AI tokens, sources familiar with the matter said, as the country potentially takes a different tack to US exchanges developing compute power futures to tap ‌the rapidly growing appetite to hedge AI costs. ByteDance is developing its own central processing units to support its growing AI infrastructure needs, three people familiar with the matter said. Why Tesla’s AI trainers don’t trust its self-driving tech – or its safety stats   REUTERS/Illustration/John Emerson; Photo: Joel Angel Juarez Tesla says its Full Self-Driving software is up to 10 times safer than human drivers. But the figures the company uses to support its claims don't withstand scrutiny – and staffers who trained the technology say it isn't close to safely delivering autonomous vehicles at scale. Reporter Chris Kirkham is on the Reuters World News podcast with more. Read our special report And Finally... Megaron Txucarramae in the village of Pykany in the Menkragnoti Indigenous Territory of the Kayapo people, Para state, Brazil. REUTERS/Adriano Machado Chief Megaron Txucarramae, a 75-year-old leader of Brazil’s Indigenous Kayapo people, has spent decades defending Indigenous rights, from securing the demarcation of his people’s land ‌in the Amazon to opposing hydropower projects and illegal mining. Now he is preparing for a new challenge: preserving the legacy of his uncle and mentor, Chief Raoni Metuktire, a 94-year-old Indigenous leader known worldwide for his campaign to protect the world's largest rainforest. Read more   Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters' website   Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. This email includes limited tracking for Reuters to understand whether you’ve engaged with its contents. For more information on how we process your personal information and your rights, please see our Privacy Statement. Terms & Conditions   © 2026 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036