Oil prices fall on hopes Strait of Hormuz could reopen
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments to resume.
The World’s Oldest President Is Absent – Newser
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- Cameroon's President Biya reshuffles army amid unease at his long stay in Switzerland BBC
- Cameroon: President Biya changes communication strategy during Geneva stay africanews.com
- Fifty-three days and counting: 93-year-old leader’s record absence fuels health speculation The Guardian
- Cameroon: What to know about Biya’s latest military reshuffle The Africa Report
EU commends Spain’s ‘swift response’ to Ceuta migrant crisis
About 70,000 of the 72,000 people who came to Ceuta illegally last week have been returned to Morocco, Spain says.
Iran’s president denies threatening to resign during talks over strait of Hormuz
Masoud Pezeshkian dismisses talk of internal rift as hardline Assembly of Experts call US negotiations ‘futile’
Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s president, has been forced to deny claims that he has repeatedly threatened to resign as he battles hardline factions opposed to reaching a settlement with the US over the strait of Hormuz.
The US and Europe hope a deal is imminent to reopen the strait and they are putting pressure on Oman to accept a temporary agreement that officials in Muscat fear will leave Iran retaining near permanent dominance of the vital oil shipping channel. Ships would enter the strait in a route close to Iran, but leave on a route that passes through Iranian and Omani waters.
Continue reading...How to avoid the worst of the Italian heat
From supermarkets to night-time tours, experts share how to make the most of Italy during this latest heatwave.
The soaring demand for Patriot missiles, from the Middle East to Ukraine – npr.org
- The soaring demand for Patriot missiles, from the Middle East to Ukraine npr.org
- Opinion | My company’s drones hit Russia — and showed what the Pentagon doesn’t know The Washington Post
- Opinion | The fastest way to help Ukraine stop Russia’s missile threat The Washington Post
- LONG READ: Zelenskiy sounding increasingly desperate as the hunt for air defence ammo fails IntelliNews
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Dinghy carrying 173 people capsizes in Channel after engine catches fire
All passengers thought to have been taken to Boulogne after large air and sea rescue operation by France and UK
A dinghy carrying 173 people has capsized after its engine caught fire as it attempted to cross the Channel from France.
The people onboard were rescued from the water after a large air and sea operation was launched using UK border security and French vessels along with an RNLI boat.
Continue reading...Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in ‘human safari’ attack
Ukraine said the video - showing a terrified civilian being hounded by a remotely-controlled drone - amounted to a war crime.
More than 170 migrants rescued after boat catches fire in Channel
The government says all of the migrants, who were attempting to cross to the UK, will be returned to France.
Mass funeral held in Gaza for victims of 2023 Israeli strike
Remains of 112 victims, including 40 children, recovered from rubble more than two years after residential block was destroyed
Mourners gathered in central Gaza on Tuesday for a mass funeral for 112 people, including 40 children, who were killed in 2023 in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the Gaza war.
Their bodies could not be recovered until now because of Israel’s continuing strikes, which have slowed, though not halted, since the ceasefire in October.
Continue reading...US and Qatar report progress on Iran ceasefire and reopening Hormuz strait
Optimism echoes Trump’s claims on Monday that deal is close as mediators say they are exchanging proposals
US and Qatari officials have said progress is being made in restoring a ceasefire in the US-Iran war and reopening the strait of Hormuz.
The optimistic speculation on Tuesday brought oil prices down 2%, but the strait remained closed to shipping and a cargo vessel was reportedly struck by an unidentified projectile off Oman’s coast close to the strait.
Continue reading...EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine turns to alternative grain export routes, counts losses as Russia blocks ports – Reuters
- EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine turns to alternative grain export routes, counts losses as Russia blocks ports Reuters
- Russian strikes may keep Ukraine's grain from reaching markets The Economist
- Ukraine Railway Seeks New Grain Routes as Russia Strikes Ports Bloomberg.com
- RBC: Russian insurers effectively stop covering war risks for cargo ships in Azov, Black Seas Meduza
- Russia Steps Up Ship Protection in Black Sea as Attacks Threaten Grain Exports The Moscow Times
EU chief criticises Spain’s migrant plan after Ceuta crisis meeting
Migration commissioner says scheme regularising undocumented people ‘not a good signal’ for Europe
The EU’s top official on migration has criticised Spain’s plan to regularise undocumented migrants as “not a good signal” for Europe, after an emergency meeting intended to draw a line under divisions on the Ceuta crisis.
Magnus Brunner, the European commissioner for migration, said that while the EU could not currently see a direct link between events in Ceuta and Spain’s regularisation plan, the policy was “definitely not a good signal for the rest of Europe”.
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Afghan migrant accused of brutal suitcase murder— and his American in-laws saw the warning signs – New York Post
- Afghan migrant accused of brutal suitcase murder— and his American in-laws saw the warning signs New York Post
- Afghan boxer, 26, arrested in connection with death of Scottish woman in Greece BBC
- Athens suitcase murder suspect texted wife posing as jihadist The Times
- Athens suitcase death: suspect admits hiding body but denies murder theguardian.com
- Afghan Boxer Accused of Killing British Woman in Athens to Appear in Court U.S. News & World Report
Japan says combat drones key to adapting to new warfare as regional tensions rise – AP News
- Japan says combat drones key to adapting to new warfare as regional tensions rise AP News
- Japan’s 2026 Defense White Paper Digest USNI News
- Japan casts military buildup as path to economic prosperity Reuters
- Japan warns Russia-North Korea axis raises regional security threat Nikkei Asia
- Japan sounds alarm over China’s expanding Pacific footprint, vows defence boost South China Morning Post
Photos: Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupts, forcing evacuations – Al Jazeera
- Photos: Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupts, forcing evacuations Al Jazeera
- Guatemalan volcano reaches ‘critical explosive phase’ as hundreds evacuated CNN
- Fuego volcano spews more ash and mud as Guatemala shelters 1,700 who fled nearby villages AP News
- Guatemala volcano eruption prompts evacuation of hundreds of people theguardian.com
- Guatemala's Fuego volcano intensifies, prompts preventive evacuations Reuters
Runaway online rumors sparked frantic rush by migrants to the Spanish territory of Ceuta – NBC News
- Runaway online rumors sparked frantic rush by migrants to the Spanish territory of Ceuta NBC News
- Ceuta border rush: Loved ones in limbo over missing family members CNN
- Wednesday briefing: How misinformation and a hardened immigration policy turned Ceuta into Europe’s latest flashpoint theguardian.com
- Migrant Crisis Pits Spain’s Leader Against Critics Across Europe WSJ
- The viral videos that inspired tens of thousands to swim to Spain’s Ceuta Reuters
Gazans bury nearly a whole clan found in rubble in mass funeral for 112 – Reuters
- Gazans bury nearly a whole clan found in rubble in mass funeral for 112 Reuters
- In Gaza City, a funeral for 112 family members takes place 3 years after their deaths CBC
- Mass funeral held in Gaza for victims of 2023 Israeli strike theguardian.com
- Hamas holds mass funeral for 112 people it says were killed in IDF strike at start of Gaza war The Times of Israel
- ‘I wanted to hug whatever remained’: Gaza families’ 3-year wait for funeral Al Jazeera
Darwin proposed that a type of plant was carnivorous. Scientists finally proved him right – CNN
- Darwin proposed that a type of plant was carnivorous. Scientists finally proved him right CNN
- Identification of carnivory in the flowering plant Saxifraga via multidisciplinary evidence Nature
- Darwin Was Right: These Plants Are Carnivores nytimes.com
- Sticky alpine flower confirms Darwin's 150-year-old carnivorous plant prediction Phys.org
- Mountain flower from China joins the world’s carnivorous plant club wtvbam.com