Reuters World News - Trump immigration wins, Venezuela rescues and Brazil's three centenarian sisters

Episode Date: June 26, 2026

The U.S. Supreme Court hands President Donald Trump two big immigration wins – clearing the way to turn back asylum seekers at the border and deport hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians stripped of their protected status. Venezuelans dig through the rubble with their hands as thousands are unaccounted for after twin earthquakes. The UN pauses ship escorts through the Strait of Hormuz following accusations Iran fired on a vessel. Egypt and Iran – both countries where homosexuality is illegal – face off at the World Cup in Seattle where the city is marking Pride. And a trio of Brazilian sisters ages 103, 104 and 109 could help scientists crack the secret to a long life. Listen to the Morning Bid podcast ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi, I'm Kim Vinal in Wanganui, New Zealand. It's Friday, June 26th. Today, the Supreme Court sides with Trump, clearing the way to turn back asylum seekers and deport hundreds of thousands already in the US. Venezuelans dig with their bare hands, searching for survivors after Thursday's devastating earthquakes. And researchers look to three centenarian sisters in Brazil, to unlock the key to a long, long life. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, seven days a week.

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Moment. Old Navy's drapy denim wide leg. The Supreme Court has handed U.S. President Donald Trump some big wins on immigration. One decision gives the federal government authority to turn away asylum seekers if the U.S.-Mexico border crossings are too overburdened. That could revive the practice known as metering, limiting when and how, asylum seekers can make claims. The court also sided with the administration to strip a humanitarian status from more than 350,000 Haitians and some 6,000 Syrians, allowing their deportations to

proceed. Reporter Will Dunham has more than three decades ago established this program, temporary protective status, and allowed presidential administrations to give it to certain immigrants. So those immigrants are from countries that are stricken by war, natural disaster, or other catastrophes, and it allows them to live and work in the United States during a time when it's unsafe for them to return to their home countries. In the case of both Haiti and Syria, the U.S. government warns about travel to both countries. So the U.S. government is saying that neither country is a safe place. The U.S. first provided TPS protections for Haitians in 2010 after a major earthquake there. In 2012, it was provided to Syrians because Syria had descended into civil war.

Both of these groups of immigrants have had this status for well over a decade. But advocates for them would argue that neither country is now currently safe to send these immigrants home. A federal judge in Boston, meanwhile, has blocked President Trump's executive order tightening rules on mail-in voting, ruling that key parts are unconstitutional and that Trump exceeded his authority over elections. The ruling prevents the order from taking effect ahead of November's midterms. To Venezuela, where thousands are fed dead, after two powerful earthquake struck Ne-Karacas. Rescuers are still trying to free those trapped under rubble. In western Caracas, Maria Pestana describes watching a building beginning to crack before

it came crashing down. Officials say at least 235 people have been killed so far. A website created track missing people lists tens of thousands as unaccounted for. Rescue efforts are struggling to keep up. Julia Sims Cobb, our Andean Bureau Chief, has more on search and rescue efforts near the epicenter. In La Guaida, where it's dust, hand-taped buildings and people digging through the rubble with their hands.

One of the groups of rescuers who our reporter talked to there had rescued three people from one building. They were able to shift around enough of the debris to pull them out. At another site, unfortunately, rescuers only were able to find two bodies. One of them was a child. There was another site where a woman and her two children were rescued alive. And that was all thanks to amateurs, volunteers, people from down the street using buckets, shovels, boards, just trying to shift whatever they could have the rubble.

Julia says Venezuela's economic crisis had already weakened the country's infrastructure. Now, after the earthquake, access to public utilities and essential services, is even more limited in the hardest-hit areas. If you go to the hospital in Venezuela, it's standard. If you're going to have a surgery for you and your family to have to bring with you the supplies that the doctors are going to need for the surgery, you know, the bandages, the needles, the breathing tubes,

all those kinds of things, because hospitals are just so poorly supplied. So a disaster situation where you're dealing with hundreds of casualties at once, and nobody has any way to get that supplies immediately has made it really difficult for medical staff as well. The UN Maritime Organization has paused its ship escort operation in the Strait of Hormuz after a vessel reported being hit near Oman.

Two US officials say Iran fired on the ship. Hours after Tehran warned vessels against taking routes it had not approved. Apple is upping the prices of MacBooks and iPads to offset the soaring costs of memory chips, a move that sent its own share price sharply lower. Meanwhile, Wall Street's favourite parlour game, who will replace J.P. Morgan CEO, Jamie Diamond, is in full swing as the bank elevates two insiders. Here's Peter Devlin from our sister podcast Morning Bit.

Forget would you rather and forget I spy. Wall Street's favourite guessing game is who's going to take over for Jamie Diamond. Now Diamond's been in charge of J.P. Morgan for 20 years now, and at 70 years old, he has been fending off rising tide of questions about his retirement. And now the biggest bank in the US has dropped a few bombshells on its potential succession plan. So first it's

revealed that Marianne Lake is planning to retire. Lake was said to be the top pick and now the spotlight has shifted to two other candidates. Doug Petnow and Troy Roebuck have been elevated to co-presidents of the entire firm. So now it's a two-horse race, but only one may become one of the most powerful men

on Wall Street. Problems with President Trump's 14-plus million-dollar reflecting pool renovation, including algae and peeling paint, have led to a new security update. There will now be National Guard patrols, light towers and surveillance cameras around the basin. Trump has blamed saboteurs for issues with the project, but has presented no evidence. Now to Kenya. Police lobbed tear gas to disperse their protesters and the demonstrators had to go into different directions for fear of their lives. Edward Okoth in Nairobi has been reporting on protests there, which turned violent.

These protests were in memory of demonstrators killed two years ago in anti-government rallies against tax hikes and the rising cost of living. Protesters had come out to send a message demanding for justice for those who were killed in the last two years, but there was also a change of tone in the protest because there was talking about economic hard times, they were placards showing that they are not happy with the economy and they were saying life is too hard. They're also asking for the president to just stop making a lot of promises. President William Ruto has acknowledged what he says were instances of excessive and extrajudicial actions by members of the Security Service and said

that over $15 million had been set aside for victims of protest-related abuses. It turns out Australia's world-first social media ban for teens may not be working. The government is now looking at ways to get tougher on enforcement and is planning to stress test the law which actually bans platforms like Meta and Google from giving under 16's accounts. A paper published this week found 85% of teenagers between 12 and 15 was still using social media three months after the ban took effect, although the sample size was small, involving around 400 young people.

International sports is one of the biggest brokers historically of social change. Seattle nightclub manager John Cairns, who hopes the city's pride match, which kicks off tonight, will be a force for good, despite the controversy. The random World Cup draw saw the two teams picked to compete in the match celebrating LGBTQ plus, are Egypt and Iran, two countries. where homosexuality is criminalized. Both tried to get FIFA to change the event, but it's going ahead.

Kickoff is 11 p.m. Eastern. And finally, three Brazilian sisters with a combined age of 316 could help researchers unlock the secret to a long life. Zulina, Zoriadi and Levita live in Rio de Janeiro. You're going to be in the nascements. That's 104-year-old Zoriadi, who credits a healthy diet and an active lifestyle. Scientists say genetics may play a bigger role and hope studying the sisters will reveal

why some people stay physically and mentally resilient at extreme ages. Zalina says even after more than a century together, despite the occasional argument, the 103, 104 and 109, year old sisters are still close. For more on any of the stories from today, check out Reuters.com or the Reuters app. Don't forget to follow us on your favorite podcast player. If you're listening on a smart speaker,

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