Morning coverage focused on escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, with multiple outlets reporting Iran's refusal to negotiate with the US and attacks on tankers, while domestic coverage analyzed the Baltic Sea whale rescue operation and political criticism of the Merz government. Early afternoon reporting shifted to a mass shooting in Louisiana that killed eight children, with simultaneous coverage of the potential rise of the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt and the controlled release of Anthropic's AI model Claude. Evening coverage consolidated around FC Bayern Munich winning its 35th German championship, while escalating US-Iran tensions culminated in Trump's claim that the US Navy boarded and fired upon an Iranian cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, with contradictory accounts from both sides.