Severe tropical storm Jangmi ripped across Japan, with fierce winds and torrential rain disrupting transport and businesses, and knocking out power for tens of thousands of homes reut.rs/4dL9g7p
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Iowa State Representative Josh Turek, who describes himself as a ‘common-sense prairie populist,’ won the Democratic nomination for the US Senate and a chance in November to become the party’s first senator from the farm-belt state since 2008 reut.rs/4eiCXwB
— @Reuters Jun 3, 2026
A moderate Democrat wins a Senate primary in Iowa, while a New Jersey Republican wins unopposed—but hasn’t been seen in Washington since March.
0:00 What John King sees in the Iowa election map
1:24 Do Democrats have a shot at flipping an Iowa Senate seat?
6:48 Is the missing New Jersey congressman letting down constituents?
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British oil giant Shell continued to operate major pipeline in Nigeria even though bosses knew it was causing widespread pollution, according to secret documents obtained by BBC. Shell has always rejected the accusations, blaming the theft and illegal refining of oil taken from the pipeline. Also: the Trump administration drops plans for a fund to compensate people claiming to be victims of politicised prosecution after a backlash from Republicans; Microsoft announces a new quantum chip that it says is 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor; promising results for new cancer pill which caused tumours to shrink by at least 30%; anger in the UK following the case of a student who was murdered and falsely accused of racially abusing his attacker; and could microbes still be living in a body frozen in ice for 5,000 years? The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight.
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BP held talks to sell North Sea assets to Ithaca for £2 billion, FT reports reut.rs/43vLZAx reut.rs/43vLZAx
— @Reuters Jun 3, 2026
Republican US Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks won renomination in Iowa’s first congressional district, positioning the incumbent congresswoman for her third general election contest against Democrat Christina Bohannan reut.rs/49D4uXb
— @Reuters Jun 3, 2026
The US Supreme Court cleared the way for Alabama to use a pro-Republican congressional map that eliminates one of its two districts where Black voters make up a majority or near-majority, giving a boost to President Trump as his party defends its control of Congress in November’s midterm elections reut.rs/3SgvPZ6
— @Reuters Jun 3, 2026
Ex-Hollywood, MAGA and Trump’s ballroom commissioner: the U.S. crowd at Russia’s ‘Davos’ reut.rs/4x0aMKh reut.rs/4x0aMKh
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