World - Monday, June 22, 2026

Senator says he wants to see further changes for small businesses and ensure loopholes for wealthier people are actually closed. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Ben Roberts-Smith invitation to war memorial event ‘appropriate’, says Marles Richard Marles says it’s appropriate that the accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith will attend the official opening for the centrepiece of the revamped Australian War Memorial. It’s appropriate that Ben Roberts-Smith be given an invite to this, as a Victoria Cross recipient. The Victoria Cross recipients have been invited to this, which is appropriate, I’m comfortable about that. What will be opened – the Australian War Memorial, it’s an utterly fantastic extension to what is, I think, the most sacred building in our country. And we are very much looking forward to that. The prime minister will be there. It’s a very significant moment for the nation. If we look over the longer term, and people buy houses over the longer term, we will see housing prices continue to grow. What this is about, though, is trying to see a greater alignment in the growth of housing prices with the growth of wages. We do want to see housing become more affordable, see more Australians get into the housing market, see more first-time buyers, but we’ll obviously see house prices continue to grow. Continue reading...

Vice President JD Vance said Iran had agreed to invite U.N. nuclear inspectors into the country, but the Iranian side said it had made “no new commitments.” Inspections had been limited since President Trump tore up an Obama-era deal in 2018.

Iran's foreign ministry says it made "no new commitments" on nuclear inspections after talks in Switzerland.

Considered the country’s most powerful leader after the Castro brothers, he was the first director of the Interior Ministry, keeping a close eye on dissent.

While warehouse fires are often extinguished in a day, the Boyle Heights blaze is on its sixth day. Here’s what to know Los Angeles firefighters are on their sixth day of battling a fire at a massive warehouse near downtown that stores frozen food. Smoke has billowed from the warehouse, which was covered in solar panels and insulated like a freezer, filling the air surrounding the roughly 500,000-sq-ft (46,450-sq-meter) facility. Continue reading...

Latvian intelligence warns Russia is preparing military provocations against Baltic states or Poland, including drones and missiles, to pressure NATO.

Technology to be used in six more areas next year as critics say tens of thousands of people will be forced into ‘digital police lineup’ The Metropolitan police is to expand its use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology, first into London’s West End by Christmas and then into a further six areas next year. The new cameras will be fixed, and could be attached to street furniture such as lamp-posts. Critics said the new plans mean tens of thousands of people will be forced into a “digital police lineup”. Continue reading...

After fighting Belgium to a draw for one of Iran’s best World Cup results, the Iranians had a note for their fans and the world.

21st Century Road to Housing Act, which aims to boost supply and stop investors buying up homes, heads to House Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The Senate on Monday passed a bipartisan measure aimed at lowering housing costs by streamlining construction and permitting, ending months of fraught negotiations on a priority for both parties ahead of November’s midterm elections. The 21st Century Road to Housing Act would limit investors’ ability to buy homes, waive some federal permitting rules in a bid to ease new construction, and authorize pilot programs to facilitate grants for home improvements and planning affordable housing. It passed the Senate overwhelmingly, with a vote of 85-5, and now heads to the House of Representatives. Continue reading...

Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, could be replaced through a full leadership contest. But if the top contender, Andy Burnham, is the only candidate, the process will be much faster.