The White House will host its first UFC event Sunday, with Ilia Topuria facing Justin Gaethje on the South Lawn as storms threaten the evening schedule. A judge rejected a last-minute lawsuit seeking to block the fight, which coincides with Trump’s 80th birthday and America’s 250th anniversary celebrations.
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President Donald Trump endorsed Rep. Mike Collins over Derek Dooley in Georgia’s Republican Senate runoff. The winner will face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in a race viewed as a key Republican pickup opportunity.
Trump and Pakistan said a U.S.-Iran deal could be finalized within 24 hours, but Iran said it would not be signed Sunday. The proposed memorandum includes provisions on the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile.
Swiss voters are deciding whether to cap the country’s population at 10 million by 2050. Supporters cite pressure on housing and services, while opponents warn the measure could harm the economy and relations with the EU.
British forces seized the tanker Smyrtos in the English Channel during a six-hour operation targeting Russia’s sanctions-evading shadow fleet. The UK says the vessel will be held and monitored off England’s south coast while investigations continue.
Trump said a deal to stop the war with Iran could be signed Sunday and that the Strait of Hormuz would be “open to all” afterward. Iran rejected the Sunday timeline but said a signing could happen in the coming days.
Trump said an initial agreement with Iran is scheduled to be signed Sunday and would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran’s Foreign Ministry said no signing would occur that day. The two sides have signaled a deal may be near while offering conflicting accounts of its timing and terms.
James Boyard, Haiti’s Defense Ministry cabinet director and police inspector general, was kidnapped in Bourdon, a Port-au-Prince area considered relatively safe. It was not clear who abducted him or whether a ransom had been requested.