The Rest of the World Report | Friday, June 26, 2026 — Evening Edition

This morning: Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement. Rubio called it "the beginning of the beginning." Hezbollah rejected it before the ceremony ended. This afternoon: CENTCOM struck Iranian missile sites and radar installations in retaliation for the Ever Lovely drone attack. The MOU is nine days old. The war is not over. It has changed its shape. Mike Johnson stood at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference Friday and read the DSA platform as a warning. Ranked-choice voting. Proportional representation. Expand the House. Multi-party democracy. Reporting on the speech, The New Republic wrote that Johnson was "threatening the American people with a good time." A Republican congressman then invited the comparison to Western Europe. Norway's GDP per capita is $121,263. The United States' is $80,035. All five Nordic countries rank in the top ten of the World Happiness Report. The comparison does not go his way. Venezuela's confirmed death toll quadrupled on Friday afternoon — from 235 this morning to at least 920 by 5 p.m. Two senior officials gave different figures. The golden window for survivors closes Saturday evening. People are still being pulled from the rubble. The UN documented 40 settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank in one week, including arson attacks on two mosques. 65% of Gaza is now access-restricted — up from 60% in March. Less than 25% of this year's humanitarian funding has been raised. None of this was covered in American media."Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government." — Thomas Jefferson, 1789 Get full access to The Rest of the World Report at www.restoftheworldreport.com/subscribe