Daybreak: Middle East conflict, World Cup winners and UK's new PM

AnewZ's Daybreak on 20 July covered mounting tensions in the Middle East, political developments in the UK, and key regional and international stories.   

International news 

The programme has the latest on the Iran-U.S. conflict, as well as its ramifications across the Middle East. It comes as the U.S. continued its wave of strikes against Iran and Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked an air base in Kuwait. 

It also covers political drama from the UK, where the country is getting its seventh Prime Minister in a decade. Andy Burnham will replace Keir Starmer, just two years since he was elected. 

Daybreak also reports on the winners of the World Cup 2026, the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and has the latest details on Hungary getting a new President. 

Regional news 

Closer to home, the show has analysis of Türkiye's diplomatic push, as Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visits Qatar, amid onging effort to rescue the Iran-U.S. peace deal. There is also a special report on environmental issues in Central Asia's Red Sands desert. 

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