The Rest of the World Report | Tuesday, June 16, 2026 — Morning Edition

Gas prices are falling. Grocery prices aren't yet. The fertilizer that wasn't planted in March shows up on your receipt in August. That's the Iran war story American media isn't telling.The Strait of Hormuz is open in the way a door is open when the hinges are broken. Major carriers haven't resumed transits. Mines are in the water. And fertilizer prices spiked 40–80% through planting season — that bill arrives at the grocery store this fall. Netanyahu said Monday night Israeli troops will occupy southern Lebanon indefinitely. Iran has made Lebanon a condition of any lasting agreement every time this negotiation has moved. The US says it wasn't a condition. Watch whether Iran formally responds before Friday's signing ceremony. While the world watches Hormuz: settlers tried to burn a mosque with worshippers inside on the night the deal was announced. 170 settler attacks on Palestinians in the first 17 days of the war. The UN found four of five genocide criteria met. The deal says nothing about any of it."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