June 2026
Screwworm arrives in US
Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite that feeds on warm-blooded animals, has been detected in Texas.
Reported - 06/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c936r25grrlo
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/06/second-flesh-eating-screwworm-infection-texas
Deaths in Sahara desert after lorry breaks down
At least 49 people have died of thirst in a remote part of the Sahara desert in northern Niger after the truck carrying them broke down, the authorities say.
Reported - 05/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62r2ldyejro
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/sahara-desert-niger-dead-passengers-b2990710.html
Ireland issues travel bans for two Israeli ministers
Travel bans on Israeli government ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich are being introduced by the Irish justice minister.
Reported - 05/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy2y170g5wo
Xi Jinping to meet Kim Jong Un
China's president Xi Jinping will meet Kim Jong Un next week in a trip to North Korea, in his first visit in nearly seven years, according to both countries' state media.
Reported - 05/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clypym3q7p1o
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/5/chinas-xi-headed-to-north-korea-in-bid-to-shore-up-ties
US House approves Ukraine aid
The US House of Representatives has approved legislation to give aid to Ukraine and impose sanctions against Russia.
Reported - 05/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clypy34wd05o
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/04/house-bill-ukraine-aid
Trump announces coal investment
Donald Trump plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the US coal industry, with much of the new funding coming through the president's wartime powers.
Reported - 05/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0209r62k5o
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/04/trump-coal-defense-production-act
Resort plan sparks protests in Albania
Thousands have protested in the streets of Tirana, Albania, this week against a planned luxury resort backed by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Reported - 04/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r2rdjv2n1o
Gunfire in Somali capital
Government forces and opposition fighters have exchanged heavy gunfire in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, in a row over delays to elections.
Reported - 04/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpdpwgxl1qzo
Chinese spies using job websites to target victims
Chinese spies are posing as recruitment agents to trick UK government and military staff into disclosing state secrets, MI5 has warned.
Reported - 03/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6peqrnzpro
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/03/chinese-spies-linkedin-uk-officials
Hostages held in California bank
A man who had been holding several people hostage overnight inside a California bank has been shot dead in a standoff with the FBI, police said.
Reported - 03/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0pdrgy623o
Deadly fire in Delhi
At least 21 people have been killed and dozens injured after a fire tore through a multi-storey building in south Delhi, police in India's capital say.
Reported - 03/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czd29327qzvo
https://news.sky.com/video/multiple-people-killed-in-hotel-fire-in-new-delhi-13550658
Trump drops 'anti-weaponisation' fund
The Trump administration has abandoned plans to create a $1.8bn (£1.3bn) fund to compensate individuals who claim they were unfairly targeted or investigated by the government, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
Reported - 03/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkpyj41m15o
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-anti-weaponization-fund-dropped-republican-revolt/
Trump appoints acting US intelligence director
US President Donald Trump has named a housing official to serve as acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI).
Reported - 02/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyv2dpyz3dpo
Iowa domestic shooting
6 people were killed in the US state of Iowa that stemmed from a domestic dispute, ending in the shooter taking his own life.
Reported - 02/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4p7e6301do
Missing lab worker found dead in New Mexico
Remains found in a New Mexico forest last month were identified as those of a lab worker Melissa Casias, an administrative assistant at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, who disappeared nearly a year ago.
Reported - 02/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0723mr8j3po
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/01/melissa-casias-remains-found-new-mexico
Denmark's Mette Frederiksen to form government
Months since Denmark's general election, acting prime minister Mette Frederiksen, the leader of the Social Democratic Party, will form a coalition minority government.
Reported - 02/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7p3e34x5no
British woman dies in Pyrenees
A British woman has died after falling from a mountain while hiking in the Pyrenees near the Spain-France border.
Reported - 01/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwpen68p92o
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pyrenees-mountains-death-british-woman-b2987388.html
France seizes sanctioned Russian oil tanker
France intercepted a sanctioned oil tanker suspected of being part of Russia's so-called shadow fleet on Sunday with UK support, French President Emmanuel Macron has said.
Reported - 01/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8pwgej1gxo
https://news.sky.com/story/french-navy-intercepts-sanctioned-tanker-from-russia-13549759
Blast in rebel-held village in Myanmar
At least 46 people have been killed and dozens more wounded after an explosion in a village in a region of Myanmar under rebel control.
Reported - 01/06/26
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cglp7p787njo