#BREAKING Russian warship fired 'warning shots' at yacht in Channel: UK defence source

🇮🇷 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 🚢 ☢️ 📉 Iran on Tuesday said talks with the United States on its nuclear programme and sanctions relief would likely begin later this week, as President Donald Trump's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen sent oil prices tumbling ➡️ u.afp.com/SzMq

🏏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇳🇿 Joe Root says he is taking the England captaincy on a "game-by-game basis" after replacing the exiled Ben Stokes for this week's second Test against New Zealand at the Oval ➡️ u.afp.com/SzMi

⚽ 🏆 🇦🇷 🇫🇷 Lionel Messi's Argentina and Kylian Mbappe's France, the two teams who contested a thrilling World Cup final four years ago, are set to roar into the 2026 tournament on Tuesday ➡️ u.afp.com/SzMk

🇧🇪 🛴 ⚡ Brussels to ban electric rental scooters from 2027 From 2027, Brussels will ban electric rental scooters from the streets of the Belgian capital after an "alarming" rise in accidents. In 2025, 666 people were injured in accidents involving the vehicles in the Brussels-Capital Region, a 26% increase on the previous year, authorities said #geneu_AFP

⚽ 🏆 🇨🇻 Cape Verde fans rejoice after Spain draw in first World Cup match Cape Verde fans in Sao Vicente celebrated after the country held Spain to a 0-0 draw in Atlanta in the team's first ever World Cup game. European champions Spain had been expected to cruise past the debutants, but could not break through their resolute defence

🇮🇷 Iran officials watch World Cup opener from Mexico Iranian officials watched Iran’s opening World Cup match from Mexico, after being denied US visas. Iranian fans gathered outside the Los Angeles stadium before kick off, waving pre-revolutionary flags and flouting FIFA rules against political messaging.

🎾 Serena Williams will play at Wimbledon for the first time since 2022 after the American legend was given a wildcard to play the doubles event with her sister Venus on Tuesday. ➡️ u.afp.com/Szgh

🇺🇸 🇺🇦 US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that "Russia should make a deal" to end its war against Ukraine, after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the G7 summit in France. ➡️ u.afp.com/Szgn

🇨🇳 AI robot cleaners leave the lab for China's living rooms Beijing cleaner Lin Meiqiong found her work a little easier the day she was paired with an unlikely new colleague -- a tall, wheeled robot with AI-powered tidying skills.

Serena Williams will play at Wimbledon for the first time since 2022 after the American legend was given a wildcard to play the doubles event with her sister Venus. Serena made a sensational return to tennis last week when she won her first-round doubles match at Queen's Club with partner Victoria Mboko. The 44-year-old had not played professional tennis for four years after saying she was "evolving away" from the sport following the 2022 US Open. But the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion was keen to play in front of her two young daughters and made the shock announcement of her return just prior to the Wimbledon warm-up event at Queen's. Williams was unable to play more than one match at Queen's after Mboko pulled out with an injury, but she is due to continue her remarkable comeback in the Berlin Open doubles alongside Karolina Muchova this week. The Williams sisters are six-time doubles champions at Wimbledon, winning their last title on their most recent appearance together a decade ago. Following speculation that Serena would be tempted to play in the singles at Wimbledon, which starts on June 29, the American was absent from the list of wildcard entries into that part of the tournament. After so long away, she had no ranking to secure automatic entry into tournaments, leaving her to rely on wildcards. Venus' last competitive match was at the Madrid Open in April, where the 45-year-old went down in straight sets to Kaitlin Quevedo. Ranked 479th in the world, she has now lost all seven matches she has played this season. 📸Jamie Squire Getty Images / AFP

🇺🇸 🇦🇺 The US military is planning a permanent war-ready weapons stockpile for its Marine Corps on Australia's southeast coast beyond the range of most Chinese missiles, tender documents show and officials confirmed to AFP. ➡️ u.afp.com/Szg3

🇰🇷 In ageing South Korea, AI dolls care for the elderly In her tiny apartment in South Korea, where she lives alone, 78-year-old Bang Chun-ja spends her days with a childlike AI-powered doll she says she prefers to people.

🇺🇸 Eight people died when a US B-52 bomber crashed and erupted into a catastrophic fire shortly after takeoff at an air force base in California, officials said. ➡️ u.afp.com/Szgk

🇺🇦 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday joined a summit of the G7 group of leading powers seeking to up pressure on Russia to end the war against his country. ➡️ u.afp.com/SzYr

🪸 🐠 A new study presented at the Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa has found that 166,000 square kilometres of the world's coral reefs -- around a third of the total -- are particularly "climate-resilient", meaning they have the potential to survive through major ocean warming events. ➡️ u.afp.com/SzYV

🇫🇷 Rare baby bamboo lemur makes first appearance in French zoo Clinging to his mother's fur, with bright eyes and downy ears, a baby greater bamboo lemur -- a critically endangered species -- makes his first outing at Besancon Zoo, where he was born in early May.

📝 News consumers around the world are now turning more to social media and video platforms than traditional outlets for information, a respected report said Tuesday, warning that old-style business models are under threat. ➡️ u.afp.com/SzYb