Tuesday morning news: July 21, 2026

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New UK prime minster » The UK has another new prime minister. Andy Burnham received the keys to Number 10 Downing Street on Monday.

BURNHAM:  I am acutely conscious that I am the sixth person in the last ten years to walk up this street, the seventh Prime Minister since 2016.

But Burnham said he intends to stick around and deliver change. He said Britain needs to show the world:

BURNHAM: … that we can regain our stability once again, and that is our challenge, to make politics work, to make it work better

Burnham’s remarks came a short time after now-former Prime Minister Keir Starmer made his exit official after 2 years in office.

STARMER:  I'm about to visit His Majesty the King to offer my resignation and close the book on my time as prime minister. My work is done

The transition nudges the British government further to the left. Burnham is pushing for stronger government intervention in the economy, social services, and climate change, among other things.

Iran latest » The U.S. military bombed Iran again last night, its 10th straight day of strikes to force open the Strait of Hormuz.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. will keep military pressure on Iran, but sees a way out if cooler heads in Tehran prevail. For now, he says, they haven't, adding that Iran's leadership appears to be split:

RUBIO: … Between those that understand that their economy is in shambles and they need to do something or they're gonna be in a lot of trouble very soon, and others who are very militant in their view of life and in their view of the world and continue to launch missiles.

Iran still claims it controls the Strait of Hormuz and that it has every right to do so.

Meantime, the Pentagon has named two fallen US servicemembers killed in recent Iranian attacks: 19-year-old Army Private Isabella Gonzales of Texas, and First Lieutenant Tyler Feehan, 25, of Hawaii, killed in an Iranian airstrike in Jordan.

Later today, President Trump heads to Dover Air Force Base, as their remains return home.

Ukraine latest » In Ukraine:

SOUND: Zaporizhzhia attack

Emergency workers pick through the rubble of several homes and a garage after a Russian airstrike Monday on the region of Zaporizhzhia. WORLD’s Benjamin Eicher reports:

BENJAMIN EICHER: Local officials say at least three people were killed in the Zaporizhzhia attack.

Separately, 10 people were killed, when a Russian missile strike hit a ship carrying corn near Ukraine's port city of Odesa.

Meanwhile:

AUDIO: Russian state media

Russian state media ran reports Monday accusing Ukraine of killing five civilians—including a child—in a drone attack on a bus in Russia's Belgorod region.

SOUND: Demonstrations Day

And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is feeling more political pressure, after Monday brought a fifth straight day of demonstrations. Protesters are angry over Zelenskyy's dismissal of Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov last week.

For WORLD, I’m Benjamin Eicher.

Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods » President Trump says the US will impose 50% tariffs on most goods from Canada, saying Canada discriminates against U.S. cars, alcohol and cheese. He pointed to provinces that pulled American liquor from shelves and to Canadian tariffs on U.S. vehicles. Canada says those moves were a response to Trump's earlier tariffs.

Energy, potash and fish are exempt, and the tariffs won’t begin for 30 days, leaving room to negotiate. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging Canada to strike back dollar for dollar, while some business groups on both sides are pressing for a deal.

Incendiary device arrest » A man set fire to the entrance of a federal immigration building in New York on Monday. Officials say he doused the steps of 26 Federal Plaza with gasoline and lit them ablaze.

Border czar Tom Homan says the incident fits a pattern.

HOMAN: This is yet another example today of what happened in front of the federal buildings, another example of attacking ICE. And I'm sure if you ask that person why he did it, he can repeat the talking points you hear from Democratic members of Congress, the Democratic mayors and governors who simply want ICE to go away.

The suspect also shot off fireworks that grazed a bystander, before a security guard tackled him.

Police have identified him as 43-year-old Andrew Arrabaca, an Army veteran.

The FBI says Arrabaca was carrying anti-ICE material, plus knives and a machete. It says he told investigators he didn't care if he hurt or killed anyone inside.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is one of those Democratic mayors critical of ICE. But of Monday's incident, he said:

MAMDANI: What occurred outside of 26 Federal Plaza this morning was deeply disturbing. I'm relieved that no one was seriously injured and that a suspect is in custody.

The FBI calls him an anti-American, anti-government extremist. Its Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating.

China landslide » Rescuers in southwestern China are still clawing through rock and mud, searching for dozens still missing, days after a landslide buried more than 10 apartment buildings. WORLD’s Kristen Flavin reports:

KRISTEN FLAVIN: Officials say at least eight people are dead, and 34 are still missing.

The rain-soaked hillside gave way early Friday near the city of Chongqing. A wall of boulders and soil, one rock bigger than a house, crushed homes where families were sleeping.

Crews with excavators and search dogs have pulled ten people out alive, and they've detected signs that others may still be alive underneath. But they're moving slowly. More than 120 experts are mapping out each dig, afraid a wrong move could trigger a second slide.

Officials have moved more than a thousand people nearby to safety.

For WORLD, I’m Kristen Flavin.

I'm Kent Covington.

Coming up, Iran says it wants to negotiate, but its missiles are doing the talking. And later, after a year without, Planned Parenthood starts getting taxpayer dollars again.

This is The World and Everything in It.

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