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Overnight News Digest June 29, 2025 [1]
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Date: 2025-06-29
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame,and jck,. Alumni editors include (but not limited to) Interceptor 7, Man Oh Man (RIP), wader, Neon Vincent, palantir, Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (RIP), ek hornbeck (RIP), rfall, ScottyUrb, Doctor RJ, JeremyBloom, FarWestGirl, BentLiberal, Oke (RIP) and jlms qkw. OND is a regular community feature on Daily Kos since 2007, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their own presentation styles and content choices, typically publishing each day near 12:00 AM Eastern Time. Please feel free to share your articles and stories in the comments.
BBC
Spain records temperature of 46C as Europe heatwave continues (That equals 115º)
A heatwave continues to grip large parts of Europe, with authorities in many countries issuing health warnings amid searing temperatures. Southern Spain is the worst-affected region, with temperatures in the mid-40s Celsius recorded in Seville and neighbouring areas. A new heat record for June of 46C was set on Saturday in the town of El Granado, according to Spain's national weather service, which also said this month is on track to be the hottest June on record. Red heat warnings are in force in parts of Portugal, Italy and Croatia, with numerous amber warnings covering areas of Spain, France, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia and Switzerland. In Barcelona, a woman died after completing a shift as a road sweeper on Saturday, when temperatures were very high. Local authorities are investigating her death. In Italy, emergency departments across the country have reported an uptick in heatstroke cases, mainly affecting "elderly people, cancer patients, or homeless people", Mario Guarino, vice president of the Italian Society of Emergency Medicine told the AFP news agency.
BBC
NYC mayoral frontrunner Mamdani: 'I don't think we should have billionaires'
Zohran Mamdani, who is the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor after a stunning victory last week, has said no-one should have billions of dollars. In an interview with NBC, Mamdani also stood by his proposal to tax "richer and whiter" neighborhoods, arguing the city's property tax system is unfair. The 33-year-old defended his democratic socialism, rejecting an accusation from US President Donald Trump that he is a communist. If elected in November, he would be the first Muslim and Indian American to lead the nation's largest city. Mamdani ran an energetic campaign focused on affordability, promising free buses, universal childcare, a $30 minimum hourly wage, a rent freeze and city-run supermarkets - all paid for with higher taxes on the top 1% of earners. On NBC's Meet the Press programme on Sunday, he was asked whether billionaires have a right to exist. "I don't think that we should have billionaires because, frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality," he replied.
Idaho Capitol Sun
Multiple people dead as shooter attacks firefighters responding to North Idaho brush fire
Two people have been killed after firefighters in North Idaho responded to emergency calls of a brush fire and a shooter opened fire on their response, according to Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris. The fire was reported around 1:30 p.m. Pacific time Sunday near the east side of Canfield Mountain in Coeur d’Alene. The shooter, who opened fire around 2 p.m., has not been caught. A shelter-in-place order has been released by the Kootenai County Emergency Management system. The order includes areas south of Hayden Lake Road and east of 15th Street in Coeur d’Alene. Residents and recreationists near the area of the Canfield Mountain Trailhead and Nettleton Gulch Road are also asked to shelter in place. The Canfield Mountain area has been designated a no-fly zone, “including a strict prohibition on drone use.
The Guardian
Rising poverty in conflict zones ‘causes a billion people to go hungry’
Extreme poverty is accelerating in 39 countries affected by war and conflict, leaving more than a billion people to go hungry, according to the World Bank. Civil wars and confrontations between nations, mostly in Africa, have set back economic growth and reduced the incomes of more than a billion people, “driving up extreme poverty faster than anywhere else”, the Washington-based body said. Underscoring the breadth of conflicts beyond the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza wars, it said the 39 developing economies classified as being in fragile and conflict-affected situations are plagued by instability and weak institutions, “hindering their ability to attain the robust, sustained economic growth needed for development”. In its first assessment of conflict zones since the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020, the World Bank urged western governments to step up support for war-torn countries to end the conflicts and rebuild vital institutions.
NPR
Trump calls for a deal on Israel's war in Gaza, as signs of progress emerge
TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S. President Donald trump on Sunday urged progress in ceasefire talks in the 20-month war in Gaza, as Israel and Hamas appeared to move closer to an agreement. A top adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ron Dermer, was set to travel to Washington this week for talks on a ceasefire, an Israeli official said, and plans were being made for Netanyahu to travel there in the coming weeks, a sign there may be movement on a deal. The official declined to discuss the visit's focus and spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss plans that had not been finalized. "MAKE THE DEAL IN GAZA. GET THE HOSTAGES BACK!!!" trump wrote on social media early Sunday. trump raised expectations Friday for a deal, saying there could be an agreement within the next week. trump has repeatedly called for Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza. An eight-week ceasefire was reached just as he took office earlier this year, but Israel resumed the war in March after trying to get Hamas to accept new terms on next steps.
Christian Science Monitor (Rare good news)
A public land sell-off is no longer part of the GOP’s massive reconciliation budget bill.
After intense bipartisan pushback, Sen. Mike Lee (R) of Utah said late Saturday that he would drop his efforts to require Western states to sell off millions of acres of federal lands as part of the Senate’s version of the bill. He had been pushing to include public land sales that he said would both help raise money for the federal government and alleviate housing shortages in the West. But his efforts faced opposition from environmentalists as well as conservative hunting and outdoorsmen groups. – Staff
Al Jazeera
Israel kills nearly 600 Palestinians at aid centres: All you need to know
Since May 27, at least 583 Palestinians have been killed and 4,186 injured while waiting for food at aid distribution sites operated by the Israeli- and United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), according to the Gaza Strip’s Ministry of Health. The killings have occurred daily as famine looms over the besieged enclave. International organisations have warned for weeks that Gaza’s 2.1 million residents face catastrophic food shortages with markets emptied, clean water scarce, and aid deliveries sporadic and dangerous. In the first eight days of the GHF’s operation, more than 100 people were killed by gunfire from Israeli forces. “A lot of people here are trying to stay away from the GHF’s centres because of the danger involved in going to them because of the ongoing and deliberate shootings of aid seekers there,” Mahmoud said. “But again, staying away is not an answer because if there are no food parcels, it means that children are going to go to bed hungry.”
Reuters
Canada rescinds digital services tax in bid to advance trade talks with US
June 29 (Reuters) - Canada has rescinded its digital services tax targeting U.S. technology firms in a bid to advance trade negotiations with the U.S., Canada's finance ministry said in a statement on Sunday, days after U.S. President Donald Trump called off trade talks. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Trump will resume trade negotiations in order to agree on a deal by July 21, 2025, the ministry said. On Friday, Trump abruptly cut off trade talks with Canada over its tax targeting U.S. technology firms, saying that it was a "blatant attack" and that he would set a new tariff rate on Canadian goods within the next week. The tax was 3% of the digital services revenue a firm takes in from Canadian users above $20 million in a calendar year, and payments will be retroactive to 2022. Canada is the second-largest U.S. trading partner after Mexico, and the largest buyer of U.S exports. It bought $349.4 billion of U.S. goods last year and exported $412.7 billion to the U.S., according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
Reuters
Shares firm in Asia as US-Canada trade talks resume
SYDNEY, June 30 (Reuters) - Asia shares firmed on Monday as signs of progress in a trade standoff between the United States and Canada helped risk sentiment, while the dollar dipped on concerns U.S. jobs data will show enough weakness to justify larger rate cuts. Canada on Sunday said it had rescinded its digital services tax in a bid to advance trade negotiations, bowing to pressure from President Donald Trump The talks are aimed at getting a deal done by July 21, extending Trump's original July 9 deadline for his "reciprocal" tariffs. Officials have suggested most deals could now be done by the September 1 Labor Day holiday. Investors were also keeping a wary eye on the progress of a huge U.S. tax-cutting and spending bill slowly making its way through the Senate, with signs it may not make it by Trump's preferred July 4 deadline.
Reuters
China rolls over $3.4 billion loans to Pakistan, say sources
KARACHI, Pakistan, June 29 (Reuters) - China has rolled over $3.4 billion in loans to Pakistan, two senior Pakistani government officials told Reuters on Sunday, in a move that will help boost Islamabad's foreign exchange reserves, a requirement of the International Monetary Fund. Beijing rolled over $2.1 billion, which has been in Pakistan's central bank's reserves for the last three years, and refinanced another $1.3 billion commercial loan, which Islamabad had paid back two months ago, the sources said. Another $1 billion from Middle Eastern commercial banks and $500 million from multilateral financing have also been received, one of the officials said. "This brings our reserves in line with the IMF target," he said. The loans, especially those from China, are critical to shoring up Pakistan's low foreign reserves, which the IMF required to be over $14 billion at the end of the current fiscal year on June 30.
Deutsche Welle
Sudan: Workers killed in gold mine collapse
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