Spain's World Cup win, new UK PM and US voter fraud claims
episodePreviously titled “Spain's World Cup win, new UK PM and US voter fraud” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026
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Hi, I'm Kim Vinnell in Whanganui, New Zealand. It's Monday, July 20th. Today, Spain reach World Cup glory, beating Argentina and rounding off a tournament that, for President Trump, is something to boast about. In the UK, the King of the North becomes the leader of the nation. And Reuters fact-checks claims immigrants are crossing into the U.S. to vote illegally, finding most were entitled to be in the country.
How did Spain clinch the World Cup victory over Argentina in extra time?
This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, 7 days a week. Euphoria in Madrid as the final whistle blows and Spain are crowned winners of this year's World Cup. The match in New Jersey was a suffocating affair. A nil-all stalemate with Argentina that went into extra time, broken in the 106th minute by Spanish substitute Ferran Torres. Speaking of uninspired, the halftime show, a first for a World Cup, received mixed reviews. Madonna, Shakira, Justin Bieber and BTS, among others, all packed into an 11-ish minute medley. Post-match, boos from the crowd. As US President Donald Trump took to the pitch alongside FIFA's president to present the trophy.
On his way back to Washington, Trump praised the tournament, co-hosted by Mexico, Canada and the US.
This was one of the greatest events of any kind ever held. So we're really happy that it did so well.
Reuters editor in charge of sports, Julian Pretor, says for the most part, the tournament did bring people together. We caught up with Julian outside MetLife Stadium.
It's been quite a success. The stadiums were full, all of them. The attendance was spectacular. There were uplifting moments, definitely, like the Cape Verde story, the story of their goalkeeper and his mom finally managing to get a visa approved to come to the US and watch her son. It was a beautiful moment when she arrived in the Miami airport. It was, yeah, it was very emotional. Their whole campaign was also a great success. Drawing against Spain, who ended up being world champion. A lot of drama, a lot of matches that were decided in the last minutes or after extra time. Although at the end of the day, the top four teams made it to the semifinals, which also was a good thing. I mean, if you go to a show, you want to see the stars and the stars, they stayed until the very end.
Argentina's Lionel Messi was one of them, although in the final he failed to lift his team and narrowly missed out on making history.
Leo Messi scored eight goals, reached the final for the second consecutive World Cup. Kylian Mbappé, 10 goals, becoming also the all-time top scorer in World Cup history with 22 goals. Messi now has 21. The follower in Balogun, you know, was also like a big name for the U.S. Until, unfortunately for him and for the whole team, his achievement and their achievements, they were overshadowed by the controversy that surrounded Balogun's red card.
That arguably became the defining controversy of the tournament, with Donald Trump personally intervening and FIFA making a U-turn on that red card, allowing Balogun to play. Looking ahead to 2030, soccer returns to more traditional turf, but in an untraditional format to mark the competition's 100th anniversary. Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay will each host an opening round match, with the rest of the games played in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. President Trump traveled to and from that match on Marine One, the presidential helicopter. But it's the 747, or Air Force One, that's back in the spotlight. Trump now says the jet gifted to him by the Qataris will soon be sent for upgrades to get, quote, maxed out.
It follows questions about its security after Trump briefly switched back to an older Air Force One during a trip earlier this month. The US has attacked Iran for a ninth consecutive day. President Trump saying Sunday's attacks were in honor of the three American military personnel confirmed killed in Jordan and Iraq since a resumption of hostilities. A fourth is missing, and CENTCOM says unidentified remains are still being examined.
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