Morning Digest
25 stories from 3 sources, 21 more held back.
French police have detained 420 people for allegedly starting fires deliberately or through serious negligence during a devastating wildfire season that has burned nearly 120,000 hectares across the country, according to the Interior Ministry. France has experienced successive heatwaves this summer as exceptionally high temperatures have affected much of Europe.
Iran will release footage of its new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, appearing in public, a senior paramilitary commander said on Sunday, in an apparent effort to dispel rumors about his health. Khamenei has not been seen in public since March, when he was chosen to succeed his father, Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 during the first wave of US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.
Former US President Joe Biden’s cancer has worsened, spreading to his bones, his son Hunter Biden said in a wide-ranging interview with BBC Newsnight aired on Saturday. Biden’s team revealed in May 2025, four months after he left office following Donald Trump’s election victory over his handpicked successor, Kamala Harris, that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
Moscow will not settle for “freezing” the Ukraine conflict without addressing its origins and resolving its underlying causes, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin has said.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched ballistic missiles and drones at Saudi-backed government forces in the port city of Mokha on Sunday, describing the attack as a tit-for-tat response to the kingdom’s “aggression.”
Top US streamer banned over ‘just shoot kids’ comment (VIDEO). Twitch has banned top US streamer Zack ‘Asmongold’ Hoyt after he suggested that migrants crossing into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta – including children – should be shot to stop the flow and avoid unrest in the area.
Netanyahu nixes Trump’s Gaza peace plan (VIDEO). Israel has rejected US President Donald Trump’s 15-point peace plan for Gaza and will not withdraw troops from the Palestinian enclave until Hamas is completely disarmed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. The roadmap was published last month as part of efforts by the Trump-led Board of Peace to end the Gaza conflict.
The signing of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan may eventually be remembered as one of the more consequential geopolitical developments to emerge from the current Middle Eastern crisis.
Russian drones strike Ukrainian troops at key Donbass stronghold (GRAPHIC VIDEO). The Russian Defense Ministry released footage on Sunday showing drone operators disrupting a Ukrainian troop rotation in a key sector of the front line in the northern part of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
From Communist to ‘Messiah’: The bizarre story of how one woman led hundreds to Kiev to meet the apocalypse. All the residents of the post-Soviet space are familiar with the ‘90s phenomenon’. After the collapse of the USSR, the lives of hundreds of millions of people changed suddenly and irrevocably.
The latest migration crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta offers a revealing glimpse into the European Union’s changing relationship with the world beyond its borders. At the same time, it shows just how different today’s politics are from the future many imagined only a generation ago.
The EU cannot fast-track Ukraine’s membership bid as allowing such a large and corrupt country into the bloc would make a “mockery of the entire project,” a senior diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity told the Financial Times for an article published on Friday.
Mexico won its second consecutive Concacaf U20 championship after beating the United States 2-0 at Estadio Azteca in the final Sunday in Mexico City. The Americans were reduced to 10 players after Chris Applewhite was shown a straight red card for a sliding tackle on which it appeared the U.S. defender made minimal contact on Mexico's Hugo Camberos.
Free agent forward Ben Simmons is expected to be a full participant with "zero restrictions" at a player-led private minicamp for the Australian men's basketball team, beginning Monday in Melbourne, a source told ESPN Andscape on Sunday. Simmons, 30, didn't play in the 2025-26 NBA season in hopes of fully recovering from back and other injuries.
José Mourinho was all set to replace Sir Alex Ferguson as Manchester United boss in 2013 before changing his mind at the last minute and re-joining Chelsea, a new Netflix docuseries on the Portuguese manager has revealed.
Jackson Koivun has experienced the nerves of a Sunday finish and the sweat of a playoff chase in the six short weeks he has been on the PGA Tour. The 21-year-old now can say he has conquered both.
The football world was rocked when the Scottish great announced he was retiring after overseeing a 13th Premier League title triumph during a spell of unrivalled dominance at Old Trafford. United have failed to return to those heights since Ferguson stepped down, with successor David Moyes sacked after only 10 months in charge.
PHOENIX -- Hezly Rivera is leaning into her role as the leader of the next wave of U.S. women's gymnasts. The 18-year-old Olympic gold medalist won her second straight national title on Sunday, rallying from fourth during the final day of competition with four poised and professional routines.
Gibbs -- the 23-year-old grandson of former NFL coaching great and NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs -- won by 0.253 seconds over his JGR teammate for his second victory of the season and his career. Gibbs and Bell each pitted with 60 laps remaining in the 350-lap race, but while Bell took four tires, Gibbs just went with two, and came out ahead.
MINNEAPOLIS --Minnesota Lynx guard Kayla McBride wanted to give the hometown fans a show Sunday. She delivered one that the Target Center crowd will never forget. The five-time All-Star and four-time EuroLeague champion broke the WNBA single-game record by making 10 3-pointers Sunday in a 103-90 victory over the Dallas Wings.
BOSTON -- Jacob Wilson's father will be very proud. All that work on the Little League fields on up has paid off. Wilson, 24, set an MLB record for his position, playing his 111th consecutive errorless game at shortstop for the Athletics and surpassing the Baltimore Orioles' Mike Bordick, who went 110 games in 2002.
BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- Joaquín Niemann closed with a 2-under 69 Sunday for a three-shot victory in LIV Golf New York, extending his record with his ninth career victory in the last three years. Jon Rahm shot 76 and tied for 41st, but that still was enough to clinch the season points title for the third straight time since the two-time major champion joined LIV Golf.
Koepka carded an even-par 70 in Sunday's final round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, and was tied for 68th at 3 under. The former world No. 1 golfer is projected to finish 94th in the FedEx Cup standings. The top 70 golfers will play in next week's FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee, the first leg of the playoffs.
"On Sunday morning our beloved husband, dad, grandfather and great-grandfather Don Nelson peacefully went to be with the Lord, surrounded by his loving family," Nelson's family said in a statement, according to NBA reporter Marc Stein. "Throughout his last week, friends and family encircled him with love, sharing the blessing of his friendship and revisiting treasured memories."
Bryan Stevenson teaches America how to remember, and judges keep showing Trump who's boss. This week, Trump tried to rewrite history, but a man who builds museums fought back. And Trump lost his twentieth case after trying to steal your voting data.
French police have detained 420 people for allegedly starting fires deliberately or through serious negligence during a devastating wildfire season that has burned nearly 120,000 hectares across the country, according to the Interior Ministry. France has experienced successive heatwaves this summer as exceptionally high temperatures have affected much of Europe.
Iran will release footage of its new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, appearing in public, a senior paramilitary commander said on Sunday, in an apparent effort to dispel rumors about his health. Khamenei has not been seen in public since March, when he was chosen to succeed his father, Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 during the first wave of US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.
Former US President Joe Biden’s cancer has worsened, spreading to his bones, his son Hunter Biden said in a wide-ranging interview with BBC Newsnight aired on Saturday. Biden’s team revealed in May 2025, four months after he left office following Donald Trump’s election victory over his handpicked successor, Kamala Harris, that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
Moscow will not settle for “freezing” the Ukraine conflict without addressing its origins and resolving its underlying causes, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin has said.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched ballistic missiles and drones at Saudi-backed government forces in the port city of Mokha on Sunday, describing the attack as a tit-for-tat response to the kingdom’s “aggression.”
Top US streamer banned over ‘just shoot kids’ comment (VIDEO). Twitch has banned top US streamer Zack ‘Asmongold’ Hoyt after he suggested that migrants crossing into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta – including children – should be shot to stop the flow and avoid unrest in the area.
Netanyahu nixes Trump’s Gaza peace plan (VIDEO). Israel has rejected US President Donald Trump’s 15-point peace plan for Gaza and will not withdraw troops from the Palestinian enclave until Hamas is completely disarmed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. The roadmap was published last month as part of efforts by the Trump-led Board of Peace to end the Gaza conflict.
The signing of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan may eventually be remembered as one of the more consequential geopolitical developments to emerge from the current Middle Eastern crisis.
Russian drones strike Ukrainian troops at key Donbass stronghold (GRAPHIC VIDEO). The Russian Defense Ministry released footage on Sunday showing drone operators disrupting a Ukrainian troop rotation in a key sector of the front line in the northern part of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
From Communist to ‘Messiah’: The bizarre story of how one woman led hundreds to Kiev to meet the apocalypse. All the residents of the post-Soviet space are familiar with the ‘90s phenomenon’. After the collapse of the USSR, the lives of hundreds of millions of people changed suddenly and irrevocably.
The latest migration crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta offers a revealing glimpse into the European Union’s changing relationship with the world beyond its borders. At the same time, it shows just how different today’s politics are from the future many imagined only a generation ago.
The EU cannot fast-track Ukraine’s membership bid as allowing such a large and corrupt country into the bloc would make a “mockery of the entire project,” a senior diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity told the Financial Times for an article published on Friday.
Mexico won its second consecutive Concacaf U20 championship after beating the United States 2-0 at Estadio Azteca in the final Sunday in Mexico City. The Americans were reduced to 10 players after Chris Applewhite was shown a straight red card for a sliding tackle on which it appeared the U.S. defender made minimal contact on Mexico's Hugo Camberos.
Free agent forward Ben Simmons is expected to be a full participant with "zero restrictions" at a player-led private minicamp for the Australian men's basketball team, beginning Monday in Melbourne, a source told ESPN Andscape on Sunday. Simmons, 30, didn't play in the 2025-26 NBA season in hopes of fully recovering from back and other injuries.
José Mourinho was all set to replace Sir Alex Ferguson as Manchester United boss in 2013 before changing his mind at the last minute and re-joining Chelsea, a new Netflix docuseries on the Portuguese manager has revealed.
Jackson Koivun has experienced the nerves of a Sunday finish and the sweat of a playoff chase in the six short weeks he has been on the PGA Tour. The 21-year-old now can say he has conquered both.
The football world was rocked when the Scottish great announced he was retiring after overseeing a 13th Premier League title triumph during a spell of unrivalled dominance at Old Trafford. United have failed to return to those heights since Ferguson stepped down, with successor David Moyes sacked after only 10 months in charge.
PHOENIX -- Hezly Rivera is leaning into her role as the leader of the next wave of U.S. women's gymnasts. The 18-year-old Olympic gold medalist won her second straight national title on Sunday, rallying from fourth during the final day of competition with four poised and professional routines.
Gibbs -- the 23-year-old grandson of former NFL coaching great and NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs -- won by 0.253 seconds over his JGR teammate for his second victory of the season and his career. Gibbs and Bell each pitted with 60 laps remaining in the 350-lap race, but while Bell took four tires, Gibbs just went with two, and came out ahead.
MINNEAPOLIS --Minnesota Lynx guard Kayla McBride wanted to give the hometown fans a show Sunday. She delivered one that the Target Center crowd will never forget. The five-time All-Star and four-time EuroLeague champion broke the WNBA single-game record by making 10 3-pointers Sunday in a 103-90 victory over the Dallas Wings.
BOSTON -- Jacob Wilson's father will be very proud. All that work on the Little League fields on up has paid off. Wilson, 24, set an MLB record for his position, playing his 111th consecutive errorless game at shortstop for the Athletics and surpassing the Baltimore Orioles' Mike Bordick, who went 110 games in 2002.
BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- Joaquín Niemann closed with a 2-under 69 Sunday for a three-shot victory in LIV Golf New York, extending his record with his ninth career victory in the last three years. Jon Rahm shot 76 and tied for 41st, but that still was enough to clinch the season points title for the third straight time since the two-time major champion joined LIV Golf.
Koepka carded an even-par 70 in Sunday's final round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, and was tied for 68th at 3 under. The former world No. 1 golfer is projected to finish 94th in the FedEx Cup standings. The top 70 golfers will play in next week's FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee, the first leg of the playoffs.
"On Sunday morning our beloved husband, dad, grandfather and great-grandfather Don Nelson peacefully went to be with the Lord, surrounded by his loving family," Nelson's family said in a statement, according to NBA reporter Marc Stein. "Throughout his last week, friends and family encircled him with love, sharing the blessing of his friendship and revisiting treasured memories."
Bryan Stevenson teaches America how to remember, and judges keep showing Trump who's boss. This week, Trump tried to rewrite history, but a man who builds museums fought back. And Trump lost his twentieth case after trying to steal your voting data.