This is the Global News Podcasts.

This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Jean-Urudeau, and in the early hours of Tuesday the 30th of June, these are our main stories.

The US Supreme Court hands President Trump a big win by expanding his powers to fire independent regulators.

The number of dead from Venezuela's earthquakes rapidly approaches 2000 as a desperate search for survivors continues.

Also in this podcast, as Wimbledon begins, tennis stars say prize money needs to be shared more fairly.

As the world number one, I feel like I have to stand up and to fight for lower level players,

for players who are coming back after injuries, the upcoming generation.

Monday was a dramatic day at the US Supreme Court with the justices handing President Trump a big win,

greatly expanding his powers by allowing him to fire independent regulators.

That was really a big case because it gave strength to presidents and strength to the

presidency, a very important case. It's been going on for almost 100 years, think of that,

and this was the ruling that really topped everything by a lot today.

But the judges said this didn't apply to the U.S. Central Bank, the Federal Reserve,

reaffirming its independence from President Trump's much-vaunted goal of lower interest rates.

And the court also declined to hear a case in which he was found guilty of sexual abuse

and blocked his attempts to stop Americans voting by mail, which he has said without proof, allow fraud.

The judge's decision on mail-in ballots was welcomed by the senior Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, who says it's always been part of the democratic process.

Voting by mail has never been a partisan issue until Donald Trump decided to peddle conspiracy theories

related to his own failures to win back in 2020. Donald Trump has decided that they're going to

try to cheat to win.

And the Supreme Court dealt a big blow to Donald Trump's scheme to rig the midterm elections.

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