Musk to address SpaceX staff

Good morning. Elon Musk holds a livestream with SpaceX staff ahead of a high-stakes Starship launch today. Wall Street appears set for a post-holiday rebound. And King Charles III sends an (implicit) message to Donald Trump about Canada’s sovereignty. Listen to the day’s top stories.

As Elon Musk pulls away from his political work, he’s turning his attention back to his rocket company, planning an all-hands-style X livestream today to discuss his goal of sending humans to Mars. Soon afterward, SpaceX will launch the ninth scheduled test flight of its behemoth Starship rocket. The stakes are high, as the last two test launches didn’t end well.

Wall Street looks set for a post-holiday rebound, with equity futures rising after Donald Trump extended a deadline until July 9 for implementing aggressive tariffs on the EU. After that reprieve, the bloc is seeking to accelerate trade talks with the US, with people familiar saying it will focus its new strategy on critical sectors.

Western countries are taking a tougher line against Vladimir Putin. Germany gave Ukraine permission to use weapons supplied by its allies to launch strikes deep inside Russia, with no range limits. Over the weekend, Trump said he’s considering more sanctions against Russia, adding that Putin is “killing a lot of people.” The Russian leader “has gone absolutely CRAZY!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Shares in Trump Media jumped premarket on a FT report that it plans to raise $3 billion to buy cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, in a bet on the kind of assets being championed by the president. The company—which is majority owned by Trump—has already been pushing the boundaries between business and public office. In other corporate news, US prosecutors demanded that Builder.ai hand over documents, signaling the AI company was facing legal scrutiny before it went bust. And BYD shares slumped after last week’s sweeping EV price cuts.

Trump further escalated his clash with Harvard, threatening to divert billions in grant dollars away from the elite university to give to trade schools. The legal battle between the president and Harvard looks set to continue today with a hearing on whether to extend a temporary pause on Trump’s foreign student ban.

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King Charles III arrived in Canada to open a new parliamentary session at the invitation of Prime Minister Mark Carney—and perhaps send a not-so-subtle message to Trump about the country’s sovereignty.

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