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Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended on Tuesday as the Constitutional Court deliberates whether she breached ministerial ethics. A leaked recording revealed Paetongtarn describing Thaliand's military leader as her "opponent" as she discussed a long-standing territorial dispute with Cambodia's former leader Hun Sen.

Pushing countries to keep vows to boost defence spending and bolstering Europe's "dangerous" security will top Denmark's agenda as it takes over the European Union's rotating presidency on Tuesday, according to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

After armed Israeli settlers stormed the West Bank town of Kafr Malik last Wednesday, leading to the deaths of three Palestinians, top Israeli government ministers criticized the settlers when news broke that Israeli security forces had also been targeted.

Nations gather in Seville for a UN-led conference to discuss international development on Monday, with the glaring exception of the US, which snubbed the event after effecting drastic cuts to its funding for foreign aid. The US' withdrawal from international development initiatives has emboldened countries such as France, the UK, and Germany to cut their own foreign aid budget in favor of defence spending, severely crippling those dependent on international development programs: "Financing is the engine of development, and right now, that engine is choking," said UN head António Guterres.

French authorities on Tuesday imposed precautions nationwide in anticipation of peak temperatures amid a heatwave that has gripped all of Europe, closing schools and banning pollutants as some areas brace for highs of 41C.

The Trump administration's cuts to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which provides 40 percent of humanitarian funding worldwide, could lead to 14 million deaths, a study found, potentially "halting -- and even reversing -- two decades of progress in health among vulnerable populations."

President Donald Trump continued his assault on the US' most prestigious universities on Monday after his administration claimed an investigation found Harvard University showed "deliberate indifference" toward antisemitic harassment on its campus, threatening to cut all its federal funding.

Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas after hundreds attacked a bar over an alleged cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed appeared in a satirical magazine on Monday. Despite the magazine defending the cartoon, claiming it had been "misinterpreted," authorities detained the artist and two staffers.

US President Donald Trump officialised a remarkable pivot in US-Syria relations on Monday by enacting his promise to lift most sanctions on the "transformed" post-Assad Syria, seeking as Trump pushes for normalised ties with Israel and wider peace in the Middle East.

In tonight's edition, the DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi says the peace deal with Rwanda paves the way for a new era of stability. 

Also, at least seven people died in anti-government protests in Togo’s capital, Lomé, amid reports of brutal crackdowns. 

And new US sanctions against Sudan’s government have taken effect, a response to allegations that Khartoum’s military used chemical weapons.

A video purporting to showing an Israeli strike on Iran’s Evin prison was shared all around the world, including major broadcasters and media outlets published said footage. The image was suspected to be AI-generated when it first started circulating on June 23, however, there is now further evidence that confirms that the video is not authentic. We explain in this edition of Truth or Fake.

Sonia Dahmani, a prominent Tunisian lawyer known for her criticism of President Kais Saied, was sentenced on Monday to two years in prison, her lawyers said. Human rights groups say theTunisian president has turned the country into an open-air prison and is using the judiciary to target political opponents.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani defended his democratic socialism on Sunday and argued that his focus on economic issues should serve as a model for the party, even though some top Democrats have been reluctant to embrace him. France 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.

Iran cannot be expected to ensure usual cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency when the security of agency inspectors cannot be guaranteed days after nuclear sites being hit by Israeli and US strikes, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on June 30.

Israeli strikes killed at least 60 people across Gaza on June 30 in some of the heaviest attacks in weeks as Israeli officials were due in Washington for a new ceasefire push by US President Donald Trump.

France's public broadcasters, including FRANCE 24, joined strikes on June 30 against a proposed merger that would unite France Médias Monde (FMM) with France Télévisions, Radio France and the National Audiovisual Institute (INA) under the direction of a single chief executive officer. Unions said the proposed holding would be "extremely dangerous" both for employees and for the independence of news coverage. France 24's Marc Perelman tells us more.

A heat dome hovered over an arc from France, Portugal and Spain to Turkey, while data from European forecasters suggested other countries were set to broil further in coming days. New highs are expected on Wednesday before rain is forecast to bring respite to some areas later this week.

A marathon vote is underway in the Senate over Trump's megabill, with Republicans divided over how much to cut welfare programmes to extend tax breaks. Meanwhile the UK-US trade deal has come into effect, but there's still no news on aluminium and steel. Plus, China's largest coffee chain is escalating its race against Starbucks.

France's national weather agency placed Paris and 15 other departments on its highest weather alert level for July 1 as a record heatwave grips Europe.

UN chief Antonio Guterres urged the world to "rev up the engine of development" at an aid conference on Monday as US-led cuts jeopardise the fight against poverty and climate change. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks to Rodrigo Salvado, Director General of the Operational Partnership Department at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, about the challenges of 'doing more with less' when it comes to international development.

The Glastonbury Festival is making headlines for controversy rather than music. France 24's Jennifer Ben Brahim tells us more.

Mexican authorities on Monday found 20 bodies, many of them headless, in the western state of Sinaloa amid rising violence in the area linked to organised crime. 

Israeli forces on Monday bombarded homes, schools and a seafront rest area in northern Gaza, killing at least 60 people, according to Gaza health officials, as an Israeli official was travelling to the US for talks following US President Donald Trump's call for an end to the 20-month-old war.   

This summer could be one of the hottest ever recorded on Earth, marked by early heatwaves, droughts and storms. As the weather grows more unpredictable, wildlife is under pressure to adapt or disappear. In France, scientists have discovered that roe deer are struggling. Spring arrives too early and many fawns miss the peak of their food supply. As a result, some turn to farmland in search of food, but this is extremely risky and sometimes deadly. Down to Earth's Aurore Cloé Dupuis, Juliette Alfano and Elodie Radenac report. 

Many of the world’s nations gathered on June 30 in Spain for a high-level conference to tackle the growing gap between rich and poor nations and try to drum up trillions of dollars needed to close it. The United States, previously a major contributor, pulled its participation, so finding funding will be tough. France 24's Sarah Morris tells us more.