The Brief

President Trump rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days and resume nuclear negotiations, calling the offer unacceptable, but said he expects talks with Iran to resume this week. Iran's plan, similar to a memorandum of understanding the two countries reached in June, would have required the U.S. to lift its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waive sanctions on Iranian oil sales and observe a ceasefire that included Lebanon.

Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said Tehran is "fully prepared" for war to resume, warning the country is ready "even if it comes to a doomsday war," while other Iranian officials said only negotiation, not renewed strikes, can end the conflict. U.S. ambassador Mike Waltz said Washington had offered to sell Iran uranium for a civilian program, an arrangement Tehran refused.

Two mass shootings hours apart in South African townships — Wedela, southwest of Johannesburg, and Lwandle, near Cape Town — left at least 27 people dead, authorities said.

The attacks come days after a mass shooting in Durban, as the country struggles to contain persistent gun violence often linked to gang rivalries. NPR reported the country has now seen a spate of mass shootings that killed 38 people in the past week.

Pope Leo XIV drew an estimated 800,000 people to an open-air Mass at Place de la Concorde in Paris, part of the first papal visit to France in nearly 20 years. He praised young people's "energy and commitment" during the service.

In Lourdes, he held an "emotional" two-hour meeting with seven French survivors of clergy child abuse and pledged action, then told bishops the "scourge" of abuse must be rooted out before leading a service attended by thousands of worshippers. He also criticized the legalization of assisted dying as "false compassion," wading into an end-of-life debate that has roiled French politics for years.

British police evacuated homes near RAF Fairford and arrested five men on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act involving explosives, at an air base in England that has been used by U.S. forces.

The base has been used for U.S. strikes against Iran since the war began in February, under an agreement with former British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who had voiced opposition to the war, according to PBS NewsHour.

Thousands of protesters blocked an Orange Order march into a Catholic area of Northern Ireland on Sunday, days after Belfast's High Court granted the march permission to proceed in a late-night ruling. CBS News reported it was the first such march blocked since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for calm following the court's decision, as the march revived tensions in a region shaped by decades of sectarian conflict.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić resigned Sunday, paving the way for early elections, after months of student-led protests and political unrest over corruption allegations, the BBC and Al Jazeera reported.

Despite the prolonged unrest that challenged his rule, Vučić intends to run in the resulting snap elections, according to Al Jazeera.