Israel courted Iran’s former hardline president for post-regime role, reports claim

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reportedly wooed by Mossad agents after distancing himself from Khamenei

Israel tried to recruit Iran’s intensely anti-Zionist former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to lead a new post-Islamic regime in Tehran, and even sent its top spy to Budapest to meet him, according to media reports.

The remarkable quest to turn a leader who had denied the Holocaust and called for Israel’s erasure began in 2022, according to reporting by the New York Times and the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, and continued even after Israel became engaged in a brutal campaign in Gaza against Hamas, a key Iranian ally.

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Briton tells of surviving Spain wildfire in car as wife and friends died trying to run to safety – BBC

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  1. Briton tells of surviving Spain wildfire in car as wife and friends died trying to run to safety  BBC
  2. Spain identifies nine victims of deadly wildfire  Reuters
  3. Residents of Spanish Towns Caught in Fierce Blazes Recount Harrowing Escapes  The New York Times
  4. Hundreds of firefighters battle wildfire in southern Spain that killed at least 12  AP News
  5. British couple named among 13 killed in Spanish wildfires  The Guardian
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Anti-terror police take over probe into death of UK politician Widdecombe – Al Jazeera

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  1. Anti-terror police take over probe into death of UK politician Widdecombe  Al Jazeera
  2. Ann Widdecombe suspect not known to Prevent as counter terrorism police take over investigation  BBC
  3. Tice finally gauges the mood on the death of Ann Widdecombe  The Guardian
  4. UK counter-terror police lead investigation into suspected murder of former lawmaker Ann Widdecombe  CNN
  5. U.K. Police Make New Arrest in Killing of Ex-Lawmaker  The New York Times
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EU fails to agree 21st sanctions package, making Russian oil windfall more likely – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. EU fails to agree 21st sanctions package, making Russian oil windfall more likely  The Kyiv Independent
  2. EU Fails to Adopt Russian Sanctions and Freeze Oil Price Cap  Bloomberg.com
  3. Sanctions should be ‘economic’ not ‘symbolic’, Bulgarian FM says  Euronews.com
  4. No EU agreement yet on 21st Russian sanctions package, Kallas says  Reuters
  5. EU Drops Sanctions on Lukoil Founder and Russian Patriarch  Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
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Ukraine and 9 other countries announce a coalition to protect Europe from ballistic missiles – AP News

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  1. Ukraine and 9 other countries announce a coalition to protect Europe from ballistic missiles  AP News
  2. Leaders arrive for Ukraine talks in Paris as Macron hosts ‘coalition of the willing’ – Europe live  The Guardian
  3. Ukraine and allies set up coalition to tackle Russia ballistic missile threat  Reuters
  4. European Powers Join Forces to Build Anti-Ballistic Systems  Bloomberg.com
  5. Ukraine updates: 'Coalition of the willing' meeting in Paris  dw.com
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British couple killed in Spanish wildfires as authorities race to identify victims

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Appeal for DNA to help identify bodies as local government leader says ‘we are in a state of climate chaos’

A British couple have been named as two victims of the wildfires in Spain that have killed 13 people, as authorities race to use DNA to identify those who did not manage to escape the blaze.

Pete and Fran Gillam, who lived in Bédar, the village that bore the brunt of the wildfires on Thursday, are believed not to have survived.

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Musicians, DJ among 10 dead after plane crashes in the Bahamas – USA Today

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  1. Musicians, DJ among 10 dead after plane crashes in the Bahamas  USA Today
  2. Bahamian music group "still shocked" after bandmates killed in small plane crash  CBS News
  3. Multiple Members of Beloved Band Among 10 Victims Killed in Bahamas Plane Crash  Yahoo
  4. Musicians Among 10 Dead in Bahamas Plane Crash  Newser
  5. Ten Killed in Plane Crash on the Bahamas’ Largest Island  The New York Times
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Explainer: Venezuela’s complex and contested debt puzzle – Reuters

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  1. Explainer: Venezuela's complex and contested debt puzzle  Reuters
  2. Inside the power struggle over Venezuela’s debt restructuring Who Wins Venezuela's $240 Billion Debt Fight?  Atlantic Council
  3. Venezuela says oil output unharmed as quake recovery drives economic push  Miami Herald
  4. Quake-Hit Venezuela's Push for a Swift Debt Deal Raises Fears of Future Crisis  U.S. News & World Report
  5. Venezuela oil production 'not affected' by quakes: president  news.cgtn.com
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Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of striking Sanaa airport, vow retaliation – Reuters

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  1. Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of striking Sanaa airport, vow retaliation  Reuters
  2. Conflict Over Iranian Planes Imperils Yemen’s Fragile Peace  The New York Times
  3. Houthis fire at Saudi Arabia after attack on Yemeni airport, Saudi officials say  The Times of Israel
  4. Iran-backed Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of striking Yemen’s international airport  AP News
  5. Yemen government says its forces attacked Sanaa airport  Al Jazeera
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Russian Refining Slumps to New 21-Year Low – Kyiv Post

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  1. Russian Refining Slumps to New 21-Year Low  Kyiv Post
  2. Russian Refinery Runs Plunge to Lowest in More Than Two Decades  Bloomberg.com
  3. EXCLUSIVE: Russia’s gasoline output covers 65% of demand after Ukrainian strikes, sources say  Reuters
  4. Russia bans diesel exports after Ukrainian attacks, straining tense global market  CNN
  5. Russian fuel shortages bite – but will Putin change tack in Ukraine war?  BBC
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Ukraine launched a first-of-its-kind robotic amphibious assault, deploying a gun-toting robot from a drone boat – Business Insider

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  1. Ukraine launched a first-of-its-kind robotic amphibious assault, deploying a gun-toting robot from a drone boat  Business Insider
  2. A Robot Army Remakes Ground Warfare in Ukraine  The New York Times
  3. Ukraine’s Ground Robots Complete Record 16,676 Battlefield Missions in June  UNITED24 Media
  4. Ukraine Deploys Gun-Wielding War Robot via Sea Drone  Newsweek
  5. Ukraine’s Robot Army Has Entered the Kill Zone – and It’s Working  Yahoo
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Layla Jeffery, 13, was ‘somewhat shy’ and ‘well-liked’. A Victorian town is struggling with her alleged murder

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Donald – a small community about 280km from Melbourne – is grieving after a missing teenager was found dead

In the week after Layla Jeffery failed to return home in the early hours of 4 July, residents in the tiny Victorian town of Donald worriedly shared posts about the missing 13-year-old girl.

One woman, who was receiving chemotherapy treatment in the town last week, wrote on Facebook that she felt “sick” at the thought of something happening to Layla. Others shared a post from police, asking for any information about her whereabouts.

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