After Trump threatens more strikes on Iran, Kuwait and Hormuz shipping face new attacks – fortune.com

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  1. After Trump threatens more strikes on Iran, Kuwait and Hormuz shipping face new attacks  fortune.com
  2. Iran live updates: Trump calls off new strikes, Saudi ruler urges de-escalation  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  3. Trump Orders Fresh Attack Against Iran as War Enters Sixth Month  WSJ
  4. U.S., Israel preparing to bombard energy-related targets in Iran, sources say  CBS News
  5. Trump considering strikes on Iranian energy targets within days  axios.com
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Ukraine Reaches 1,600 km Into Russia to Strike Three Major Oil Refineries – UNITED24 Media

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  1. Ukraine Reaches 1,600 km Into Russia to Strike Three Major Oil Refineries  UNITED24 Media
  2. Pressure rises on both sides of the Ukraine war  The Economist
  3. Russia Hits Kyiv With ‘Horrific’ Missile Barrage, Killing Nine  Bloomberg.com
  4. How Vladimir Putin’s refinery dream became Ukraine’s target  Financial Times
  5. Dispatch from Moscow: Fuel Shortages, Rising Fatigue, and No End of War in Sight  The Free Press
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Tanker Carrying Qatari LNG Struck While Transiting Hormuz – Bloomberg.com

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  1. Tanker Carrying Qatari LNG Struck While Transiting Hormuz  Bloomberg.com
  2. Tankers near Oman come under fire as Iran threatens to choke off shipping routes  CNBC
  3. Iran strikes tankers under US escort in Hormuz strait as Trump gathers cabinet to discuss war  theguardian.com
  4. Oil price rises after Iran says it stops ships in Hormuz  Reuters
  5. Iran vows to ‘punish the aggressor today’ after U.S. unleashes ‘heavy wave’ of strikes  NBC News
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Dozens injured as earthquake hits near Naples in seismic swarm

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At least five taken to hospital and about 300 evacuated in strongest quake to hit southern Italian region in 40 years

At least 26 people have been injured after a 4.7-magnitude earthquake rocked a region near Naples, in southern Italy.

The quake, which occurred at 7.46pm on Friday night, caused power outages, disrupted public transport and damaged a pier in Campi Flegrei, the site of Europe’s largest volcanic crater.

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Top mountaineer Nirmal Purja confirmed dead after 11 hit by avalanche in Pakistan

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Other members of expedition led by world-renowned climber on Broad Peak have also died, climbing company says

A world-renowned Nepali mountaineer and former UK Special Forces member has died after being among 11 climbers caught in a deadly avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak.

Nirmal Purja was killed leading an expedition of 10 other people on the world’s 12th-highest mountain when an avalanche struck at around noon on Thursday.

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China holds military drills near disputed shoal in the South China Sea – AP News

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  1. China holds military drills near disputed shoal in the South China Sea  AP News
  2. China conducts naval, air patrols around disputed shoal in South China Sea  Reuters
  3. ‘Rich and powerful options in South China Sea toolbox’: Beijing warns Manila  South China Morning Post
  4. PLA Southern Theater Command slams Philippines for stirring up trouble in SCS, conducts routine South China Sea patrols amid trilateral US-Philippines-Japan drills  Global Times
  5. China takes new steps to protect Huangyan Island National Nature Reserve  chinadailyasia.com
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Most Australian teens still online three months after under-16 ban – Al Jazeera

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  1. Most Australian teens still online three months after under-16 ban  Al Jazeera
  2. Australia defends teen social media ban after study shows most still online  Reuters
  3. Australia’s Social Media Ban Sees Only Small Dip in Teen Users  Bloomberg.com
  4. Most Australian teens still on social media despite landmark ban  Sky News
  5. Australia's Age Ban, Three Months In: What We're Learning  Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
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Settlers Torch Mosques and Villagers Guard Homes: West Bank Violence Is Surging – wsj.com

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  1. Settlers Torch Mosques and Villagers Guard Homes: West Bank Violence Is Surging  wsj.com
  2. Palestinian children among those detained by Israel in West Bank raids  Al Jazeera
  3. Israeli military cracks down on West Bank village as settlers march in  Reuters
  4. Deadly West Bank gunfight underscores peril as Palestinians organize against settler attacks  The Times of Israel
  5. Report: Palestinian shot as Israeli settlers tour West Bank under IDF escort  Haaretz
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Greater Manchester’s mayor Bev Craig says PM’s new powers will change lives – BBC

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  1. Greater Manchester's mayor Bev Craig says PM's new powers will change lives  BBC
  2. The Manchester mayoral result holds the key for the future of progressive politics | Neal Lawson  theguardian.com
  3. Andy Burnham passes his first test  The Economist
  4. Comfortable victory, but uncomfortable numbers for Labour in Greater Manchester  Sky News
  5. I’ll undo Thatcher’s legacy, suggests new Manchester mayor  The Telegraph
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Magnitude 4.5 earthquake injures at least 2 dozen people in Italy, causes buildings to collapse – FOX Weather

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  1. Magnitude 4.5 earthquake injures at least 2 dozen people in Italy, causes buildings to collapse  FOX Weather
  2. Dozens injured as earthquake hits near Naples in seismic swarm  theguardian.com
  3. Magnitude 4.7 quake strikes near Italy's Naples, causing outages and damage  Reuters
  4. Italy's Campi Flegrei shaken by strongest earthquake in 40 years  Wanted in Rome
  5. Magnitude 4.7 quake strikes volcanic area near Naples, injuring 21  Euronews.com
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