Global Summary

The US-Iran ceasefire collapsed into two days of direct military exchanges this week before Trump claimed an MOU was imminent on June 11; the Strait of Hormuz remains under Iranian traffic controls and the deal's durability is contingent on Lebanon and Gaza, where Israeli operations have not slowed. In the Americas, three simultaneous contested elections in Peru, Colombia, and Bolivia are unfolding alongside documented foreign interference, a proposed presidential suspension, and six weeks of armed blockades. Ukraine's frontline held through June 11 per ISW, with Zelenskyy's ceasefire framework backed by European leaders on June 7 and rejected by Moscow the same day. In the DRC, a treatment centre arson attempt and a physician assault in Ituri this week signal active community obstruction of an Ebola response already operating without an approved therapeutic, with local transmission now confirmed in Kampala. Xi Jinping's first visit to North Korea in seven years on June 7 to 9 formalized deepened strategic coordination with Kim Jong Un while sidestepping denuclearization entirely.

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