Briefly with OZY

U.S. President Joe Biden has suspended drilling for fossil fuels in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, temporarily halting leases granted by former President Donald Trump. The U.S. leader also promised to "fight like heck" to prevent GOP voter rights restrictions as he commemorated the Tulsa massacre in a solemn address. And a teenage girl who saved her dogs from a bear in California has become a TikTok hero.

France and Germany are pressing the U.S. and Denmark for answers after allegations of spying. Indigenous groups in Canada are demanding a wider investigation of old school sites after the discovery of a mass grave. And tennis champion Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open, saying she struggles with depression.

Not so toothless after all. Texan Democrats have prevented a restrictive voter rights bill from passing by staging a late-night walk out. Benjamin Netanyahu's lengthy stay as Israel's prime minister might be over as talks to form a new coalition near a deal. And NASA is sending thousands of tardigrades as well as baby squid to space for scientific research.

Belarus shocked the world last weekend by tricking an airliner into giving up a dissident passenger. Now, having recently seen video of another dissident’s fatal collapse in his jail cell, loved ones can only hope that a better fate awaits hijacked blogger Roman Protasevich. And 100 years later, Tulsa's racial wounds haven’t healed.

China is hitting back after U.S. President Joe Biden ordered a probe into whether coronavirus came from a Wuhan lab after all, with a furious Beijing suggesting it could instead have come from an American lab. Washington is under pressure to evacuate Afghan translators who worked with US troops, as fears mount they'll face Taliban reprisals after the withdrawal. And in his 'Late Show' debut, Carlos Watson tells an incredulous Stephen Colbert how he was kicked out of kindergarten.

Gun violence has a new name: Samuel Cassidy, 57, a reportedly aggrieved California transit employee who fatally shot nine colleagues before killing himself. And Jeff Bezos is taming the MGM lion.

President Biden met members of George Floyd's family at the White House yesterday, on the anniversary of his murder, and as a policing reform bill sits stalled in the Senate. The desperate parents of a detained Belarusian journalist say they are worried their son will be killed and have called on the international community for help. And veteran BBC anchor Katty Kay is joining at OZY!

The E.U. has banned Belarusian planes from its airspace and imposed further sanctions after the 'hijacking' of a plane carrying a dissident journalist. Today marks the somber anniversary of the killing of George Floyd, with his family invited to the White House to meet President Joe Biden. And British police nab a drug dealer after he shares a cheesy photo.

What’ll the EU do? That's the question after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the brazen hijacking of a Ryanair plane in order to nab a dissident on board. Twenty-one runners perished during an ultramarathon in China over the weekend after being hit with extreme weather. And America, get ready for the sound of butt-less zombie cicadas having psychedelic sex.

Even as Palestinians in Gaza celebrated Thursday’s cease-fire with Israel, pausing an 11-day conflict that killed some 250 people, mostly Gazans and including many children, new trouble was brewing. And aspiring yogis still can't say "namaste" in Alabama schools.