Trump signs executive order to lift some financial sanctions on Syria

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White House says move will help stabilise country after ousting of Assad and could lead to broader sanctions relief

Donald Trump has signed an executive order to lift some financial sanctions on Syria in a move that the White House says will help stabilise the country after the ousting of Bashar al-Assad.

The order was designed to “terminate the United States’ sanctions programme on Syria”, a White House spokesperson said, cancelling a 2004 declaration that froze Syrian government property and limited exports to Syria over Damascus’s chemical weapons programme.

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Kellogg: Russia Can’t Keep Stalling and Bombing – Kyiv Post

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  1. Kellogg: Russia Can’t Keep Stalling and Bombing  Kyiv Post
  2. Pace of Ukraine talks hinges on efforts of Kyiv, Washington, Kremlin says  Reuters
  3. Kremlin Dismisses Trump Envoy’s Claim That It Is Stalling Peace Talks  The Moscow Times
  4. Vladimir Putin says Moscow is ready for new round of peace talks with Ukraine  Euronews.com
  5. After months of stalling, Russia blames Ukraine, US for slow pace of peace talks  The Kyiv Independent
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Russia’s Largest Bombardment of Ukraine – NPR

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  1. Russia's Largest Bombardment of Ukraine  NPR
  2. Russia launches the biggest aerial attack since the start of the war, Ukraine says  AP News
  3. Ukraine loses F-16 fighter amid massed Russian drone, missile attack  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. Ukraine loses an F-16 pilot and his jet while fighting one of Russia’s biggest ever aerial attacks  CNN
  5. Russia Pounds Ukraine With Drones and Missiles in One of War’s Largest Attacks  The New York Times
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UK F-35 parts exports to Israel is lawful, High Court rules – BBC

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  1. UK F-35 parts exports to Israel is lawful, High Court rules  BBC
  2. Nonprofits Lose Legal Bid to Halt U.K. Exports of Fighter Jet Parts to Israel  The New York Times
  3. Judges rule against Palestinian human rights group's claim that the UK is illegally arming Israel  AP News
  4. High Court allows UK to keep exporting F-35 jet parts to Israel  Al Jazeera
  5. UK’s sale of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel is lawful, high court rules  The Guardian
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Violence Erupts Between Israeli Settlers and Military in West Bank – The New York Times

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  1. Violence Erupts Between Israeli Settlers and Military in West Bank  The New York Times
  2. 5 illegal West Bank outposts razed by security services after attacks on IDF troops  The Times of Israel
  3. Why 'Emboldened' Jewish Settlers Are Now Attacking Israeli Soldiers in the West Bank - Podcasts  Haaretz
  4. Gov't must deal with Jewish settler violence in West Bank  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Israeli military detains 6 settlers after attack on forces in occupied West Bank  CNN
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Iran intensifies mass deportations of Afghan refugees, some accused of being ‘Israeli spies’ – Ynetnews

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  1. Iran intensifies mass deportations of Afghan refugees, some accused of being 'Israeli spies'  Ynetnews
  2. At least 1.2 million Afghans forced to return from Iran and Pakistan this year, says UN  AP News
  3. Hard to imagine a worse time to deport Afghan refugees, human rights advocates say  NPR
  4. Nowhere to run: The Afghan refugees caught in Israel’s war on Iran  Al Jazeera
  5. More than 250,000 Afghans left Iran in June alone, UN says  BBC
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Israel, Syria hold security talks, discuss Abraham Accords – The Jerusalem Post

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  1. Israel, Syria hold security talks, discuss Abraham Accords  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Will Syria normalise relations with Israel?  Al Jazeera
  3. Israel eyes ties with Syria and Lebanon after Iran war  Reuters
  4. Scoop: Israel And Syria Will Sign A Peace Agreement Before The End Of 2025  i24NEWS
  5. Israel in ‘advanced talks’ for deal to end hostilities with Syria, says senior official  The Times of Israel
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White House says Canadian PM ‘caved’ to Trump demand to scrap tech tax

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Trump officials hail U-turn as Mark Carney says decision to rescind digital services tax means revival of trade talks

The United States has said that Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney “caved” to demands from the White House after his government abruptly scrapped their digital services tax on US technology companies, which was set to go into effect on Monday.

“It’s very simple. Prime minister Carney and Canada caved to president [Donald] Trump and the United States of America,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a daily briefing.

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935 people killed in Israeli strikes on Iran, official says – Reuters

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  1. 935 people killed in Israeli strikes on Iran, official says  Reuters
  2. Iran raises death toll from war with Israel to more than 900  AP News
  3. Iran raises death toll from conflict with Israel to more than 900  The Times of Israel
  4. Iran: More than 900 killed in war with Israel  The Hill
  5. Over 900 Iranian Killed, 31,000 Buildings Hit in Israel; Netanyahu Shown Strolling in ‘Free Tehran’  News18
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Russia seizes Ukraine’s most valuable lithium deposits, but US minerals deal not at risk, investor says – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. Russia seizes Ukraine’s most valuable lithium deposits, but US minerals deal not at risk, investor says  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Russia has taken first village in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk, state media claims  The Guardian
  3. Russian forces advance and take first village in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, state media say  Reuters
  4. Russia Seizes Key Lithium Field in Challenge for U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal  The New York Times
  5. Putin knocked out of Zelensky's hands one of the last trump cards in a deal with the United States — deputy  EADaily
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Twenty bodies discovered in Sinaloa as Mexican cartel violence surges

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Grisly finding comes at end of worst month in war between Sinaloa factions as government tries to stop killings

Mexican authorities have found 20 bodies in the state of Sinaloa, a region gripped by a war between factions of the Sinaloa drug cartel that is reaching new heights of violence.

The state prosecutor’s office said on Monday that four of the victims had been decapitated and their bodies had been found hanging from a bridge on a main road near Culiacán, the state capital.

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