June 19 1200 UTC Brief

In international diplomacy Planned U.S.-Iran talks in Switzerland have been postponed, according to Swiss officials, adding another wrinkle to already fragile negotiations. The meeting at Bürgenstock was meant as a follow-up round, but no new date was announced. The wider picture is not encouraging, with renewed strikes in the region and the usual mix of diplomacy and delay doing its best impression of a strategy. Separately, South Korea’s president said Trump raised North Korea at the G7 and suggested it was time to focus on the issue, though no details were given on what that approach would actually be. In Britain Britain’s information commissioner, John Edwards, has resigned after admitting poor judgment in a conduct investigation. He said his position had become untenable and that he did not want to distract from the regulator’s work. Deputy commissioner Paul Arnold will handle the office’s statutory duties in the meantime. In technology and science Researchers from China and Japan say they have developed a flexible, all-organic brain implant that kept 94 percent of its signal after 18 months in rabbit tests. The team says the device is thin, highly conductive, and designed to move more naturally with soft brain tissue, which is the sort of engineering goal that sounds simple until you remember what brains are made of. In U.S. government and institutions The Boeing jet that has served as Air Force One for more than 35 years is nearing retirement, marking a handoff for one of the most recognizable aircraft in the presidency. The timing also leaves Trump waiting on a replacement jet donated by Qatar, which is a very specific way to update a symbol of national power.