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    Commodore returns with a flip phone that locks out social media and browsers, aiming for a digital detox

    The resurrected brand’s Callback 8020 runs essential apps like Spotify and WhatsApp but blocks Instagram, TikTok, and web browsers at the system level, with pre-orders starting June 30.

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Hormuz opens, bankers sulk

Trump sells Iran pause as G7 presses Russia and Europe tightens economic defences

A fragile diplomatic thaw dominated the day, with Washington and Tehran promising to reopen the Strait of Hormuz while G7 leaders tried to turn lower oil prices into renewed pressure on Moscow. Europe, meanwhile, showed its defensive instincts in trade, banking and security, often with one eye on Donald Trump and the other on domestic voters.

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  • US and Iran reach deal to end conflict

    Formalized the agreement as Donald Trump electronically signed the memorandum of understanding, confirming the deal's progression despite ongoing procedural questions.

  • Iranian tankers bypass US blockade

    Iranian tankers bypass the US naval blockade, transporting 4.8 million barrels of crude oil ahead of Friday's scheduled deal.

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European democracies and populism

The reporting details ongoing political processes and reiterates existing tensions, such as local CDU-AfD cooperation and the EU-Hungary rule-of-law dispute, without presenting discrete, dateable events that would alter the overall trajectory.

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