Netanyahu disbands his inner war cabinet

Plus, Biden ad campaign targets Trump felony convictions.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters  Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Netanyahu disbands his inner war cabinet, Kremlin says NATO chief's nuclear weapons remarks are an escalation, and Brazil joins the race to loosen China's grip on rare earths industry. Plus, weight-loss options for US youth are hard to come by. Today's Top News   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem on June 5, 2024. GIL COHEN-MAGEN/Pool via REUTERS War in Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said, in a widely expected move that came after the departure from government of the centrist former general Benny Gantz. Netanyahu criticized plans announced by the military to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the main roads into Gaza to facilitate aid delivery into the Palestinian enclave. Elections around the world US President Joe Biden's campaign will target Republican challenger Donald Trump's felony convictions as part of a $50 million ad campaign ahead of the first presidential debate between both candidates on June 27. Nigel Farage, whose entry into the British election has damaged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's already faint hopes of victory, will set out his Reform UK party's policies, saying they should form the opposition to a Labour government. Campaigning kicked off in France for a snap parliamentary election which opinion polls suggest the far-right National Rally will win, with President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance coming third, behind a leftwing ticket. In other news Western powers and their allies at a summit in Switzerland denounced Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but they failed to persuade major non-aligned states to join their final statement. Dave Graham discusses Ukraine's uncertain path forward on the Reuters World News podcast. The Kremlin said that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's remarks about talks on deploying more nuclear weapons were an escalation. An Indian man suspected by the US of involvement in an unsuccessful plot to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil has been extradited to the United States from the Czech Republic, the Czech justice minister said. South Africa's MK party will join an alliance of smaller opposition parties in parliament in a bid to take on the African National Congress and Democratic Alliance-led coalition government, it said. Business & Markets   Mining giant Brazil has big ambitions to build a rare earths industry as Western economies push to secure the metals needed for magnets used in green energy and defense and break China's dominance of the supply chain. The US is as many as 15 years behind China on developing high-tech nuclear power as Beijing's state-backed technology approach and extensive financing give it the edge, a report said. China's commerce ministry said it has opened an anti-dumping investigation into imported pork and its by-products from the European Union, escalating tensions after the bloc imposed anti-subsidy duties on Chinese-made electric cars. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has sold 1.3 million Hong Kong-listed shares of electric vehicle maker BYD for $39.8 million, a stock exchange filing showed. Sign up for the Reuters Auto File newsletter.  The world's major central banks were primed for a move that anyone with a credit card or hoping to buy a home or run a business would cheer: A global shift to lower interest rates has fizzled out as inflation proved more persistent than expected. GameStop's annual meeting is creating a growing buzz on social media among the company's host of avid retail investor fans. UBS will set aside around $900 million to repay investors in Credit Suisse funds that were linked to collapsed supply chain financing firm Greensill Capital, accounting for 90% of what they are owed. Weight-loss options for US youth are hard to come by   Jelainie Camacho and Ana Jaramillo at the Holyoke Health Center in Holyoke, Massachusetts. June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder For many US parents seeking help for a child with obesity, the most widely-endorsed treatment is out of reach - and it's not the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy. Leading medical groups recommend intensive behavioral counseling - 26 hours within one year - to teach children and their families practical ways to eat healthier and move more. Read more And Finally... In a Greek jail, inmates find freedom in theater. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas/File photo On a stifling summer evening, the actors took to the stage: a grassy courtyard enclosed by towering prison walls, topped with barbed wire and lit by a floodlight. 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