| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Friday, June 24, 2022 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. The EU plans for life without Russian gas, Boris Johnson is under pressure after UK election defeats, and Harvard must face a lawsuit over "horrific" slave photos | | | | | Today's biggest stories  People watch as a defused bomb that did not detonate when it landed on an apartment building in March is lowered from the roof in Kharkiv, Ukraine, June 23, 2022 RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR
Ukraine signaled its troops were withdrawing from the city of Sievierodonetsk, the scene of weeks of intense bombardments and street fighting, in a move that would be a significant setback in its struggle to defeat Russian forces.
Provincial governor Serhiy Gaidai said troops in the city had already received the order to move to new positions, but he did not indicate whether they had already done so or where exactly they were going.
A senior official in the Russian-installed administration of Ukraine’s occupied Kherson region was killed in an apparent assassination, the deputy head of the administration told Reuters.
The United States will provide an additional $450 million in security assistance to Ukraine, including more long-range rocket systems, U.S. officials said.
Ukraine, in a symbolic move, said it had formally filed a case against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights to end "the mass and gross human rights violations" by Moscow's forces.
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|  European Union leaders attend a summit in Brussels, June 24, 2022 BUSINESS EU leaders will today discuss how to respond to soaring energy prices and the threat of a total cut-off of Russian gas, accusing Moscow of "weaponizing" energy via a supply squeeze that Germany warned could partly shut down its industry this winter.
The U.S. units of major European lenders including Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Credit Suisse sailed through the Federal Reserve's annual 'stress tests', showing they hold enough capital to weather an economic shock.
From Silicon Valley shares to U.S. and European government bonds, securities that are already under heavy pressure stand to lose a major buyer as Switzerland ends its long-standing policy of recycling euros and dollars into foreign markets.
British consumers cut back on shopping in May in the face of fast-rising inflation, and a measure of their confidence sank to a record low this month, according to data that underscored the scale of the cost-of-living squeeze. About two fifths of Asda customers are buying less and swapping branded items for own-brand products where possible, the supermarket chain said.
Sales of Juul e-cigarettes were blocked by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in a major blow to the once high-flying firm whose products have been tied to a surge in teenage vaping.
Toyota's chief lobbied the Japanese government to make clear it supported hybrid vehicles as much as battery electrics or face losing the auto industry's support, a senior lawmaker told a ruling party meeting. The news, exclusively reported by Reuters, came as shares in Toyota and Subaru dropped on "embarrassing" recalls of the companies' first electric vehicles.
|  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a speech at the Business Forum during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, June 23, 2022
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Boris Johnson's Conservatives lost two parliamentary seats, a crushing blow to the governing party that prompted the resignation of its chairman and intensified doubts about the future of Britain's prime minister.
Afghanistan does not have enough medical supplies to treat the injured from an earthquake that killed 1,000 people this week, a senior official said, as an aftershock killed five more people.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered a strengthening of the country's defense capabilities as he wrapped up a key meeting with top military officials, state media said, raising concerns about its possible addition of tactical nuclear weapons.
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will travel to Iran today to try to urge Tehran to seal an agreement to revive the nuclear deal with world powers signed in 2015 that the United States withdrew from but is now seeking to save.
About 400 migrants stormed a high fence that seals off Spain's North African enclave of Melilla, of whom a large group managed to cross over from Morocco after a two-hour skirmish with border officers, Spanish authorities said.
U.S.
A bipartisan package of modest gun safety measures passed the U.S. Senate even as the Supreme Court broadly expanded gun rights by ruling Americans have a constitutional right to carry handguns in public for self-defense. We look at how the ruling provides ammunition for gun law challenges.
The Supreme Court shielded police from the risk of paying money damages for failing to advise criminal suspects of their rights before obtaining statements later used against them in court, siding with a Los Angeles County deputy sheriff.
At least five congressional Republican allies of Donald Trump sought White House pardons after supporting his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, witnesses told the House of Representatives probe into the assault on the Capitol. Here are five takeaways from the fifth day of the hearings.
The Biden administration proposed expanding Title IX protections against sex discrimination to include transgender students as part of a broader effort to replace Trump-era rules it said had weakened safeguards for sexual harassment victims.
Massachusetts' highest court ruled that Harvard University can be sued for mistreating a descendant of slaves who were forced to be photographed in 1850 for a study by a professor trying to prove the inferiority of Black people.
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