The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union was partly about sovereignty, but the country doesn’t feel freer. Pre-Brexit malaise appears to linger.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for accelerating the expansion of North Korea's nuclear forces, citing U.S.-South Korea military cooperation, state media reported Monday.

A Taliban delegation is traveling to Brussels on Tuesday for closed-door talks with European Union staff. The discussions are expected to focus on deportations, according to a Taliban official.

Turkish authorities detained 209 people in anti-terrorism operations on Tuesday, prosecutors said, a day after Ankara imposed restrictions on public gatherings ahead of ​next month's NATO summit.

The new tally means Ukraine has roughly doubled the rate of targets it's hitting since 2025, with almost 820,000 strikes reported in all of that year.

France is experiencing scorching heat, with most of the population exposed to extreme temperatures. The heat is expected to last until at least the end of the week.

Global shares mostly declined on Tuesday as recent enthusiasm cooled and markets faced uncertainty about efforts to end the war in Iran. France's CAC 40 dipped 1.0% in early trading to 8,313.86, while the German DAX fell 1.

The U.S. and Iran held high-level peace talks. Vance said Iran agreed to nuclear inspections. Rubio announced meetings with Arab Gulf allies. Law enforcement arrested five alleged Reflecting Pool vandals.