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Protests in Kenya turn deadly as demonstrators storm the parliament building to protest proposed tax hikes and IMF demands. As Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's closed-door trial starts in Russia, we take a look at the fate of other American detainees
in the country. And ahead of the first US election debate between President Joe
Biden and Donald Trump, how will voters judge their economic records?

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WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange is set to be freed after he pleads guilty to a single US espionage charge. Israel’s supreme court rules ultra-Orthodox seminary students must be drafted into the military. Donald Trump is handed a plan to stop US military aid to Kyiv unless it engages with peace talks with Moscow. And Democrats take aim at Donald Trump on the two-year anniversary of the overturn of Roe v Wade.
*This episode has been corrected to remove an incorrect reference to China as the world's most populous economy.
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Gunmen attacked synagogues and churches in simultaneous attacks in Russia’s Dagestan region, killing multiple people. New smuggling routes from India and Africa to the US via Central America come with a hefty price tag. And Iranians head to the polls this week to elect a new president. Plus, as the UK gears up for its election, meet its first AI candidate. 
 
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Extreme heat kills hundreds and millions more are sweltering worldwide. What does the heatwave mean for the rest of the summer in the Northern Hemisphere? Somalia tries to slow down the withdrawal of African peacekeepers and avoid a security vacuum. And Ferrari will launch its first electric vehicle next year, with a price tag of more than $500,000.  

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Russian president Vladimir Putin’s visit to Vietnam is a gamble for the Southeast Asian nation. Yemeni Houthi attacks in the Red Sea deal another blow to an industry already facing a global shortage of seafarers. And a look at the new coalition government in South Africa as the African National Congress shares power for the first time in 30 years. Plus, Russia and North Korea sign a mutual defense pact agreeing to provide military help if either face attacks.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to North Korea for the first time in 24 years. President Joe Biden is expected to announce immigration relief for people in the US without legal status who are married to US citizens. Tensions heat up on the Lebanon-Israel border. And Los Angeles considers a ban on cell phones in schools. 
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