7 June 2026

Emma, a 23-year-old patient, was diagnosed with stage-four T-cell lymphoma only 18 months after an initial urinary tract infection diagnosis. After weeks of treatment for infection, her condition worsened, and a biopsy later revealed advanced cancer, with doctors now talking about only a few months left.

Lithuania has moved into the first stage of a constitutional change that would allow nuclear weapons to be brought onto its territory. In Pabrade, Germany’s Brigade Lithuania is running the Freedom Shield 26-I drills to test redeployment, tactical movement and live fire. Prosecutor General Nida Grunskiene told parliament that Lithuania has opened seven pre-trial investigations in 2025 over aiding another state against the country, up from one in 2021. She also said overall crime fell 9 per cent last year, but serious and very serious offences rose 5 per cent, while trafficking and forced labour cases are increasing in construction, transport and manufacturing.

Lithuania began applying EU pay transparency rules today, requiring every employer to have a formal pay system. The new framework narrows pay secrecy when workers disclose salary information to seek equal pay for equal or equivalent work. Public debate has also turned to artificial intelligence and jobs, with workplaces accelerating staff cuts and automation in some functions.

In sport, Vytenis Tupciauskas said Azuolas Tubelis first arrived at the Vilnius Basketball School aged six with his twin brother Tautvilas. He said the forward averaged 12.1 points and 4.5 rebounds in 23 minutes in his debut EuroLeague season in Kaunas and still has a path to the NBA. In social coverage, attention has also stayed on Justin, a Harvard graduate raising children in Lithuania, who says nearby relatives often solve daily childcare needs faster than paid services.

Anti-drone systems have been deployed at the port of Klaipėda. Heavy fines are now planned for illegal drone use. Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas said the Social Democratic leader should become prime minister, with Virginijus Sinkevičius and Aurelijus Veryga taking ministerial posts.

A Russian drone struck a reception building at Ukraine’s central spent nuclear fuel storage facility near Buryakivka in the Kyiv region overnight. Officials extinguished the fire, radiation levels stayed within normal limits, and prosecutors opened a war-crimes investigation. In the same wave of attacks, three people waiting at a bus stop were killed in the Zaporizhzhia region, bringing the nationwide death toll from the strikes to four.

St Petersburg delivered Moscow’s clearest line: Vladimir Putin rejected Volodymyr Zelensky’s offer of a meeting and said he saw no point in talks to end the war. At the same forum, Alexander Dugin said Russia needs an ideology and warned the state is finished without one. Only the leaders of Uzbekistan and Tanzania appeared on stage with Putin. Russia launched 236 drones at Ukraine overnight, with Kyiv and surrounding areas among the main targets. Ukraine answered with hundreds of drone strikes into Russian territory, while recent regional assessments have pointed to possible pressure lines via Belarus and Transnistria. Russia and Belarus have also held nuclear-forces drills in recent weeks.

In occupied Crimea, Ukrainian drones struck an oil facility. The Institute for the Study of War said Ukraine recaptured more territory in May than Russia occupied over the same period. NATO is weighing a new 70 billion euro aid package for Ukraine.

In Spain, Barcelona beat Murcia 96-86 away on Friday to win their ACB quarter-final series. Willy Hernangomez scored 22 points, and the semi-finals will be played as a best-of-five series.

Russian forces launched more than 20 attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region late on Sunday. At least 10 people died after a migrant boat capsized off Malta. Kosovo's prime minister's party is leading in parliamentary elections, but coalition talks are only beginning.

The U.S. military said it shot down two Iranian combat drones in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday after CENTCOM said they threatened international shipping in one of the world’s busiest oil chokepoints. Over the past day, U.S. officials also signalled fresh security concerns elsewhere in the Gulf, including warnings about missiles possibly headed toward Gulf states.

Armenia is voting in parliamentary elections today in a contest that will decide whether Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan can keep a pro-Western course and secure another five-year term with a working majority. The ballot comes after Yerevan froze security ties with Moscow in 2024 and later moved to seek EU membership. The European Parliament said Russia had already used trade restrictions and threats of higher gas prices, while Vladimir Putin warned of a possible “Ukrainian scenario” if Armenia moved closer to Europe. Armenian and European officials also describe a broader Russian disinformation effort ahead of the vote.

Taiwan’s coast guard said on Saturday it spotted four Chinese coast guard ships off the island’s north and east coasts and sent larger vessels to shadow them. Taipei also tracked Chinese warships and coast guard vessels near shoreline waters it treats as a key defensive buffer, after Taiwan’s security chief said in late May that Beijing had deployed more than 100 naval, coast guard and other vessels in regional waters. The standoff came as China held live-fire drills around Taiwan after fresh U.S. arms sales to Taipei and Japanese warnings over any use of force against the island.

In the United States, 12 people were injured in a shooting near a festival site. In Israel, one person was killed and four others were injured in two shooting attacks.

After Iran fired rockets at Israel, Iraq and Syria closed their airspace and Iran halted flights in the west of the country. The Israeli military said it had intercepted all rockets launched from Iran.