- Live updates: US launches 13th consecutive night of airstrikes against Iran CNN
- Iran said to reject US ceasefire proposal passed along by Iraqi prime minister The Times of Israel
- US military says it’s launching new strikes on Iran as clashes escalate over shipping routes AP News
- US attacks Iran for 13th night as Trump threatens ‘bigger’ strikes Al Jazeera
- US Strikes Iran As Tensions Escalate Over Shipping Routes In Hormuz NDTV
Saudi nuclear deal in doubt as Trump adds new condition regarding Israel – The Washington Post
- Saudi nuclear deal in doubt as Trump adds new condition regarding Israel The Washington Post
- How Trump upended the Saudi nuclear deal less than 24 hours after its signing CNN
- Trump stuns Saudis by pinning nuclear deal to Israel ties Inquirer.net
- Trump’s new tariffs designed as ‘end-run around the supreme court and Congress’, House Democrat says – US politics live The Guardian
- For South Korea, U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Exposes a Double Standard The New York Times
Trump Says He’ll Hold Iran Responsible for Future Houthi Strikes – Bloomberg.com
- Trump Says He’ll Hold Iran Responsible for Future Houthi Strikes Bloomberg.com
- Iran War Latest: Trump threatens Iran, Houthis with "major military punishment" as war spreads to Red Sea CBS News
- UN envoy for Yemen ‘alarmed’ by Houthis’ Red Sea attacks, calls for talks Al Jazeera
- Two Chinese supertankers with Saudi oil exit Red Sea Reuters
- US threatens 'major military punishment' for Houthi attacks DW.com
CJP protest: The youth movement India’s Modi didn’t see coming – BBC
- CJP protest: The youth movement India's Modi didn't see coming BBC
- What Is the Youth-Led ‘Cockroach Movement’ Staging Mass Protests in India? Time Magazine
- Modi Caught Off Guard as India’s Economic Failings Inflame Young People The New York Times
- India’s Gen-Z protesters demand a proper education The Economist
- Cockroach Revolt Exposes Cracks in Modi’s Vision of Rising India Bloomberg.com
It’s So Hot That Japan Needs a New Word for It – The New York Times
- It’s So Hot That Japan Needs a New Word for It The New York Times
- Hundreds hospitalised in Japan heatwave 'disaster' Japan Today
- As Japan bakes, over 10,000 rushed to hospital for heatstroke in a week The Japan Times
- Japan swelters through rising heat – in pictures The Guardian
- Japan sizzles in first 'brutally hot' days of the year Reuters
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Jim Chalmers has claimed rightwing political parties will “prey on” voter insecurities about a worsening economy while championing “anti-worker” policies. It comes as markets are now expecting another rate hike by the end of the year. He also continues to push back at rank and file Labor members’ calls for a new tax on gas exports, saying the government had “other priorities” for reform. More coming up.
Continue reading...Widening Ukrainian attacks on Russian online retailer Wildberries shutter another warehouse – Reuters
- Widening Ukrainian attacks on Russian online retailer Wildberries shutter another warehouse Reuters
- Drone Attacks on Russia’s Biggest Online Retailer Bring War Home to Middle Class WSJ
- Ukraine hits Russia's largest online marketplace, hurting small businesses and bringing the war home AP News
- A New Target for Ukraine’s Long-Range Attacks: Russia’s Version of Amazon The New York Times
- For Russians, the war feels closer than ever before The Economist
Trump says nearly 200 firms have signed pledge to protect Americans from costs arising from datacenters
‘Ratepayer Protection Pledge’ president has touted is non-binding as people continue to struggle with rising bills
Donald Trump has announced that about 200 entities have signed on to his non-binding “Ratepayer Protection Pledge”, expanding a voluntary commitment which claims to ensure US consumers will not bear the cost of the AI datacenter build-out.
Trump delivered remarks on Thursday at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters, alongside Lee Zeldin, the agency’s administrator, and Chris Wright, the energy secretary. Other attenders included governors who signed on to the pledge, including Brian Kemp of Georgia, Mike DeWine of Ohio, Spencer Cox of Utah and Jeff Landry of Louisiana.
Continue reading...Israeli security minister joins Jewish extremists as they storm al-Aqsa mosque compound – The Guardian
- Israeli security minister joins Jewish extremists as they storm al-Aqsa mosque compound The Guardian
- More than 4,200 Israelis storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem Al Jazeera
- Israel's Far Right Is Repeating the Sin That Brought Down the Temple Haaretz
- Ultranationalist Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound NBC News
- UAE, Saudi Arabia join other Muslim countries in blasting Israeli visits to Temple Mount The Times of Israel
Southern California suburb alarmed as ‘exceptionally rare’ cancer sickens multiple children
Residents in Ladera Ranch in Orange county voice concerns after six children diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma
Concerns are growing in southern California over a cluster of “exceptionally rare” cancer cases that has sickened multiple children in a suburban community.
Families living in the Orange county neighborhood of Ladera Ranch, home to about 26,000 people, have reported that six children in the community were diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, Katrina Foley, the vice-chair of the county board of supervisors, said in a statement.
Continue reading...Trump vows to hit an Iranian bridge or power plant for every ship Iran attacks – Axios
- Trump vows to hit an Iranian bridge or power plant for every ship Iran attacks Axios
- July 22, 2026 — Trump attends dignified transfer of soldiers, US and Iran trade threats CNN
- US to Use Iran’s Frozen Funds to Pay for Ship Damage, Trump Says Bloomberg.com
- Trump Says U.S. Will Bomb Iran’s Power Plants, Bridges if Tehran Strikes Ships WSJ
- Trump warns of strikes to infrastructure if Iran targets ships in Strait of Hormuz The Hill
How protests over a popular minister’s firing sparked Ukraine’s sudden military reset – AP News
- How protests over a popular minister’s firing sparked Ukraine’s sudden military reset AP News
- A Mandate for Change and a Monumental Test for Ukraine’s New Military Chief The New York Times
- Why is Zelensky firing top leaders as Ukraine’s outlook improves? The Washington Post
- Ousted Ukrainian defence chief digs in against Zelenskiy Reuters
- Zelenskyy Bows to Pressure for New Model Army to Confront Russia Bloomberg.com
Kemi Badenoch ‘has to adapt’ her rhetoric to take on Andy Burnham
Conservative leader is becoming more confident and forging a message for her party, but faces a new opponent
“So, Andy Burnham seems like a nice guy.” Those were the slightly unexpected opening words of Kemi Badenoch’s first speech since the change in prime minister. But make no mistake: she was there to bury her opponent.
Even Badenoch-sceptics inside the Conservative party and farther afield agree the Tory leader is becoming more confident, and has been able to forge an increasingly coherent message for her party, one based on a promise of economic competence.
Continue reading...Secret Service agent on Vance’s detail under investigation
Agent came under suspicion after allegedly providing info in MS Now report about vice-president’s helicopter trip
A Secret Service agent assigned to JD Vance’s protective detail is “the subject of an administrative investigation, and potential criminal inquiry, involving allegations of compromising operational and information security”, according to the Secret Service chief of communications.
The agent came under suspicion after allegedly providing information that appeared in an MS Now report about the vice-president’s planned Marine Corps helicopter trip with his son to a golf lesson, a source told CNN.
Continue reading...Southport killer Axel Rudakubana moved to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital
Exclusive: Clinical assessments concluded Rudakubana could not be safely managed in prison, sources say
The Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been moved from prison to a psychiatric hospital after clinical assessment, the Guardian can disclose.
He was transferred to Broadmoor high-security hospital from the category A prison Belmarsh this week after it was concluded that he could not be managed safely in a prison environment, sources confirmed.
Continue reading...Minnesota man sentenced to life for killing Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman
Vance Boelter receives two life terms after admitting politically motivated killings and shootings
The Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison on Thursday, a little over a year after the political attacks.
Vance Boelter, 59, was sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus 40 years in prison after pleading guilty in June to the six counts related to the killings of the former house speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and the shootings of state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.
Continue reading...China Rewrites the ‘Soft Power’ Playbook for the A.I. Age – The New York Times
- China Rewrites the ‘Soft Power’ Playbook for the A.I. Age The New York Times
- China’s Xi pursues AI diplomacy to woo global south Financial Times
- Shanghai science forum photos show China’s AI and robotics advances in rivalry with US AP News
- China's AI doctrine is a challenge for Europe Le Monde.fr
- Xi pitches China as leader of new global AI order, challenging US dominance Reuters
‘Customers prefer AI chatbots,’ says British Gas owner as 1,300 call centre jobs axed
CEO Chris O’Shea defends Centrica’s plans as it reports rise in retail profits following focus on bigger margins
The owner of British Gas has claimed that most households would rather speak with an AI chatbot than deal with the company’s staff as it prepares to cut 1,300 jobs from its call centres.
Centrica, the supplier’s FTSE 100 owner, plans to cut 800 jobs as the company carries out a “targeted deployment of AI tools”, on top of the 500 cuts it confirmed last month.
Continue reading...Mayor shot dead in Mexico months after surviving assassination attempt
Valentín Lavín Romero is the 14th mayor to be murdered since Claudia Sheinbaum became president in 2024
A mayor was shot dead on Wednesday in the Mexican state of Morelos after having survived a previous assassination attempt earlier this year. He is the 14th mayor to be murdered since Claudia Sheinbaum became president in October 2024.
Valentín Lavín Romero, who was from the Green party, an ally of the ruling leftwing Morena party, was wounded at the end of January when hitmen shot him at a petrol station on a motorway.
Continue reading...Owner of Viking ship used in The Odyssey says studio has not paid bill for damage
Swedish nonprofit alleges cost to repair replica was $6,000 but Universal – which made $264m on film’s opening weekend – has not stumped up
The Swedish owners of a Viking longship replica that features in the Hollywood blockbuster The Odyssey say they feel “forgotten” after film-makers allegedly returned the vessel damaged and failed to foot the bill for repairs.
In nearly three decades at sea, the warship Glad av Gillberga – based on a wreck from around 1040 found in Denmark’s Roskilde fjord – has successfully sailed the North Sea, the Baltic and even voyaged to Canada.
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