Kenyan protesters promise more rallies

Plus, Assange lands in Australia.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters  Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Edson Caldas Kenya's youth-led protest movement leaves President William Ruto fumbling for a response, Julian Assange lands in Australia after pleading guilty to violating US espionage law, and NATO picks Netherlands' Mark Rutte as its next boss. Plus, the Glastonbury music festival kicks off as thousands of fans stream in. Today's Top News   Police use tear gas to disperse protesters during a demonstration against Kenya's proposed finance bill. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi  Kenyan protesters vowed to keep up their demonstrations against new tax hikes, a day after police opened fire on crowds trying to storm parliament, leaving at least eight people dead. Giulia Paravicini joins the Reuters World News podcast with the latest. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walked free from a court on the US Pacific island territory of Saipan after pleading guilty to violating US espionage law, in a deal that allowed him to head straight home to Australia. Here is a timeline of his legal battles. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors in a Russian court where he is accused of spying. Gershkovich is one of at least a dozen US citizens held in Russian prisons while awaiting trial or serving sentences.  NATO selected Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next boss, amid the war in Ukraine on its doorstep and uncertainty over the United States' future attitude to the transatlantic alliance. Gaza remains at high risk of famine as the war continues and access to aid is restricted, though delivery of supplies had limited the projected spread of extreme hunger in northern areas, a global monitor said. Follow the latest coverage. Elections around the world US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump are already drawing distinctions over their economic records. And there are surely fundamental differences between them. These graphics break them down. French prime minister Gabriel Attal accused his far-right and leftwing political opponents of "promising the moon" in a three-way televised debate ahead of next Sunday's first round of early parliamentary elections. Candidates in Friday's Iranian presidential election have vowed to revive the flagging economy, but voters see little prospect of relief from a cost of living squeeze without an end to sanctions and an easing of Iran's international isolation. Business & Markets   Britain's pound has bounced ahead of an expected election win for the Labour Party but the currency's future depends on the next government convincing skittish investors that its plans to fix a stagnant economy are credible.  None of the countries that have yet to join the euro meet all accession criteria and many have even diverged from the long-set rules of euro membership, the European Central Bank said in a report on prospective members. German automaker Volkswagen will invest up to $5 billion in US electric-vehicle maker Rivian as part of a new, equally controlled joint venture to share EV architecture and software. For more on the industry, sign up to the Auto File newsletter. Congestion at Singapore's container port is at its worst since the COVID pandemic, a sign of how prolonged vessel re-routing to avoid Red Sea attacks has disrupted global ocean shipping - with bottlenecks also appearing in other Asian and European ports. Makers of the Chinese liquor baijiu are reformulating the fiery grain liquid to appeal to a wider client base, including cocktail drinkers in New York, Los Angeles and London, as sales at home slow. In Pictures   A drone view shows debris accumulating on the Rapidan Dam, southwest of Mankato, Minnesota. REUTERS/Ben Brewer Local residents and officials expressed concern for the Rapidan Dam as southern Minnesota battles an onslaught of rain and severe flooding. View the photo gallery And Finally... Emily Eavis, co-organizer of the annual Glastonbury Festival, officially opens the gates at Worthy Farm. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez Thousands of people began arriving to Worthy Farm in southwest England as the Glastonbury music festival kicked off, with hundreds of artists including Dua Lipa, Coldplay and Shania Twain set to enthrall fans. Read more Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters.com Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. Reuters Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2024 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036