Venezuela's contested election results

And Lebanon braces for Israel retaliation.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters  Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Biden to propose Supreme Court term limits, Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but not drag the Middle East into all-out war, and what's happening with Venezuela's contested election results? Plus, keep up to date with the latest medals tally at the Paris Olympics with our live tracker. Today's Top News   Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrates the results after the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela July 29, 2024. REUTERS/Fausto Torrealba Elections Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opposition rival Edmundo Gonzalez were each claiming victory in a presidential election, after a vote marked by accusations of underhand tactics and isolated incidents of violence. US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Christians that if they vote for him this November, "in four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, you're not gonna have to vote." In other news US President Joe Biden will propose sweeping reforms to the Supreme Court, including term limits and a binding code of conduct for its nine justices, but a deeply-divided Congress means the changes have little chance of becoming law. Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but not drag the Middle East into all-out war, two Israeli officials said, as Lebanon braced for retaliation after a rocket strike that killed 12 children and teens in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Middle East Editor Edmund Blair tells the daily Reuters World News podcast what Israeli retaliation could look like - listen now. The son of jailed former Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman worked with US authorities to arrest legendary septuagenarian trafficker Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. Reuters spoke to two current and two former US officials about the arrests last week of Mexican drug trafficking royalty. Foreign ministers from Australia, India, Japan and the United States said they were seriously concerned about intimidating and dangerous maneuvers in the South China Sea and pledged to bolster maritime security in the region. France is leaning towards the likelihood that far-left extremists were behind last week's sabotage of the country's SNCF rail network - which coincided with the Olympic Games opening ceremony, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. Paris Olympics 2024 This automated tally tracks the top five countries as medals are awarded. Find more Reuters Olympics coverage here. Reuters Graphics Olympics news: Simone Biles' long-awaited return, Tahiti's perfect wave for Olympic surfers, and follow all today's action on our Olympics live blog. Find today's schedule here.  More Olympics news Business & Markets   The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady at a two-day policy meeting this week but open the door to interest rate cuts as soon as September by acknowledging inflation has edged nearer to the US central bank's 2% target. A bruising selloff in US stocks is putting a sharper focus on valuations of tech names such as Nvidia and Microsoft that have driven markets higher for most of this year. European companies focused on clean energy are abandoning expansion plans, bracing for lower sales or see funding of US projects in doubt because of fears over what a potential election victory for Donald Trump could mean for their sector. The union at BHP's Escondida mine in Chile, the world's largest copper mine, has called on its nearly 2,400 members to reject a final contract offer from the company and prepare for a strike, the union president said. Shares of Japan's Eisai tumbled 11% and were on track for their biggest one-day fall in three years on Monday, after the European Union's regulator rejected the drugmaker's Leqembi treatment for early Alzheimer's disease. Ukrainian ex-convicts seek second chance in army service   Trump followers have posted violent comments about New York Justice Arthur Engoron on Trump-aligned websites — REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Pool Former car thief Bohdan Filonenko had a simple response for fellow inmates who criticized his decision to join Ukraine's military. "I'm not going off to die," he recalled telling them. "I'm going to serve and change my life." Filonenko, 32, is among thousands of Ukrainian prisoners who signed up under a new law granting them amnesty in exchange for army service. Read more And Finally... Park Fire burns near Chico, California, July 24. 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