Briefly with OZY

Beijing expressed outrage today after the West accused China of being behind a massive cyberattack on Microsoft. The first Capitol rioter sentenced on a felony charge has been given eight months jail time. And the Flintstoned: Research shows that Neolithic people in China were the first to cultivate cannabis.

It's like a John le Carré novel for the cyber age. Leaks have revealed how an Israeli company sold phone spyware to authoritarian regimes that used it to hack journalists and activists. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said there are no words to express the devastation caused by massive flooding in Europe. And spoiler alert at Cannes as the festival winner is announced early.

Joyce Beatty, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, was arrested on Capitol Hill while protesting with a group of activists for voting rights, U.S. President Joe Biden and outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel exchanged warm words during her final visit to the White House yesterday. And new mind-reading technology could help stroke victims to "speak" again.

Last year saw the highest ever increase in drug overdose deaths, U.S. government data show — in a a hidden epidemic during the pandemic. A disparate group of suspects makes for a murky Haitian murder mystery. And Tel Aviv will hound owners who don't pick up after their dogs.

More than 70 people have been killed in South Africa during unrest over the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma. And café culture has spurred unprecedented immunization fervor in France.

In a bid to stop the Republicans' voting rights bill, Texas Democrats have fled the state. South Africa has sent in the army, after the worst riots in its democratic history. And find out why there are goldfish in Minnesota the size of footballs.

Cuba was rocked by the biggest protests in years over the weekend, as citizens frustrated with the pandemic as well as economic hardships took to the streets against the Communist government. A Georgian cameraman has died after being beaten by a right-wing mob protesting a pride march in Tbilisi. And after England lost the Euro 2020 to Italy, its Black players are being targeted by racist hate online.

Wednesday’s assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has thrown Haiti into turmoil and officials there have asked the United States to send troops to guard key infrastructure. And tomorrow’s Euro 2020 final in London has health experts fearing a new surge in contagion.

U.S. President Joe Biden has defended America's withdrawal from Afghanistan, despite Taliban advances, and promised to get Afghans who helped U.S. forces out of the country. Two U.S. citizens have been arrested in Haiti in relation to the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. And a teenager named Avant-garde has become the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has spent his first night in jail after his arrest for contempt of court in a corruption inquiry. Haitian police have killed four "mercenaries" believed to have been responsible for yesterday's assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. And who's the king of the sandcastle? Coronavirus apparently.