Today’s Top 10 for July 6, 2026

Happy Monday. The weekend gave us a funeral in Tehran, a typhoon in the Pacific and a very famous wedding in New York, and the week ahead is already shaping up to be a busy one. Here are the ten stories worth your time today.

  1. Iran’s supreme leader absent as senior officials attend ayatollah’s funeral (BBC News). Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since the attack that killed his father, and skipping such a symbolic moment raises real questions about who actually holds power in Tehran right now.
  2. Evacuations in Guam as super typhoon Bavi approaches (BBC News). The storm is forecast to hit the US territory today with winds above 160mph and waves nearly 11 meters high, so the next 24 hours will be tense for everyone in its path.
  3. Moment of destiny for France’s Le Pen in verdict to decide her future in presidential race (BBC News). The appeal ruling will determine whether the far right leader can run for president, which makes it one of the most consequential court decisions in Europe this year.
  4. UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance opens in Geneva (UN News). Governments from around the world are sitting down today to work out common rules for artificial intelligence, a sign that AI regulation is moving from talk to actual diplomacy.
  5. Google must pay €4.1bn fine for using Android to block rivals (BBC News). Europe’s top court upheld the massive penalty, and the decision will shape how much freedom big tech platforms have to favor their own products.
  6. EasyJet reaches agreement in principle over potential takeover (BBC News). After rejecting four earlier offers from US investment firm Castlelake, the low cost airline looks ready to deal, which could reshuffle the European travel market.
  7. Europe’s new climate in seven charts (BBC News). June temperature records were smashed across the continent, and scientists say this is not a fluke but a preview of the summers ahead.
  8. Nasa launches mission to save falling space telescope (BBC News). A robot spacecraft is racing to catch a telescope in mid orbit and boost it back to safety before it burns up, a rescue that has never been tried quite like this.
  9. Thousands welcome home Cape Verde footballers after stunning World Cup run (BBC News). Tens of thousands of fans turned the capital into an ocean of blue, a reminder that the World Cup’s best stories often come from its smallest nations.
  10. Guests react to Taylor and Travis’s wedding, from a beautiful night to the world’s greatest hangover (BBC News). The famous guests are still posting about Friday’s ceremony in New York, and their stories are the closest most of us will get to the party of the year.

That’s the roundup for today. All credit goes to the original reporters and publishers linked above. See you tomorrow.

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