Israeli militants besiege two Palestinian families in their West Bank homes

Settlers and soldiers cut off water and electricity to homes, and block medical care in campaign of terror

Israeli militants have besieged two Palestinian families in their homes since the weekend, aiming to take over their properties in the West Bank village of Qusra through a campaign of terror.

A group of settlers and soldiers set up a tent outside the home of Yousef Hassan’s family on Sunday afternoon, trapping him inside with his wife and two young daughters.

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CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat before Trump switched planes in Turkey – The Washington Post

  1. CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat before Trump switched planes in Turkey  The Washington Post
  2. Iran's state media mock Trump over airplane switch, meme shows him hiding in a catering truck  Reuters
  3. Trump's Air Force One shell game: How years of decoy tactics led to a catering-truck switch  Fox News
  4. Rubio and Bessent stayed on decoy flight from Turkey as Trump switched planes, official says  AP News
  5. Trump's decoy flight sparked by fears of Iranian cell with shoulder-fired missile: Official  6abc Philadelphia
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Ukraine’s farmers despair as Russia’s Black Sea blockade traps their harvest – Reuters

  1. Ukraine's farmers despair as Russia's Black Sea blockade traps their harvest  Reuters
  2. How Russian attacks, European protectionism and drought are trapping Ukraine’s vital grain  politico.eu
  3. Russia's lockdown of Odessa ports could be a grim turning point in war  Responsible Statecraft
  4. Record-Low Danube Strains Vital Route for Black Sea Grain  Bloomberg.com
  5. Ukraine exported only 280 thousand tons of grain in the first 12 days of August  АПК-Інформ
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UK economic growth slows as Iran war pushes up energy prices

GDP expanded by 0.4% in three months to June, down from 0.6% in the first quarter, says ONS

Economic growth slowed in the second quarter of the year, as the disruption unleashed by the Iran war began to take its toll, official figures show.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said GDP expanded by 0.4% in the three months to June, down from 0.6% in the first quarter, in line with City economists’ expectations.

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