Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 28th of July, covering the latest developments you need to know.
1. EU and U.S. agree trade deal, with 15% tariffs for European exports to America
The United States and European Union have reached a trade deal framework, ending a months-long standoff between two of the world's biggest economic partners.
After make-or-break negotiations between President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland, the pair have agreed a U.S. tariff on all EU goods of 15%.
That is half the 30% import tax rate Trump had threatened to implement starting on Friday. He said the 27-member bloc would open its markets to U.S. exporters with zero per cent tariffs on certain products.
2. Thailand and Cambodia to hold talks on deadly border conflict in Malaysia
The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia will attend mediation talks in Malaysia on Monday over their deadly border conflict, the Thai government said, even as both sides accuse each other of launching fresh artillery strikes across contested areas.
Talks are scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. local time (0700 GMT) on Monday, with acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai leading the Thai negotiating team, the government announced in a statement on Sunday night.
3.Passenger train derails in Germany, killing three and injuring dozens
A passenger train carrying a 100 people has derailed in Germany, killing at least three people and wounding dozens of others, according to officials.
The crash happened on Sunday evening in a forested area near the town of Riedlingen in southwestern Baden-Wurttemberg state, roughly 158km (98 miles) west of the city of Munich.
4. Russia opens new direct flights to North Korea
The first direct passenger flights from Moscow to Pyongyang since the mid-1990s began on Sunday evening.
The eight-hour, 6,500-kilometre (4,040-mile) flight, operated by private Russian carrier Nordwind Airlines, took off from Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport at 19:00 local time (18:00 CEST).
The 440 places on the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft quickly sold out, Russian state media claimed, with tickets costing 44,700 rubles ($563, €479). However, the AFP news agency reported that nine tickets were still available on the airline's official website on Sunday morning.
5. Syria to hold first parliamentary elections since al-Assad’s fall
Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, said the head of a body tasked with organising the election process.
Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad, chairman of the Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections, told state news agency SANA on Sunday that elections will take place between 15 and 20 September.
They will be the first to take place under the country’s new authorities after the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad in a lightning rebel offensive in December.
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Iran on Saturday denounced U.S. plans to announce new sanctions that could put further strain on the Islamic Republic's economy and have an impact on its most important trading partners including China.
A large-scale drone attack has hit Russia's Samara region, damaging facilities and disrupting operations at an Ozon logistics complex, according to regional authorities and the company.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected calls for a wartime election, arguing that holding a vote while Russia's full-scale invasion continues would divide the country and undermine national unity.
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Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan have elevated bilateral ties with a Treaty on Eternal Friendship signed by Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent on 23 August. The leaders also agreed to expand trade, investment, transport, and regional cooperation.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Monday that his party will introduce a bill to ban children under 16 from using social media. The proposal would allow fines of up to 10 per cent of a platform’s global revenue for non-compliance.
Russia reported a major fire at an Ozon logistics hub in Krasnodar after a drone attack on Monday, while Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied Kyiv’s official involvement in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline blasts.
Icelanders will vote on Saturday, 29 August, on whether to begin negotiations with the European Union, in a referendum that could reopen the country’s long-debated membership question.
At least 30 people have been killed after a massive landfill collapsed onto homes in Guinea's capital, Conakry, following heavy overnight rainfall that triggered a deadly landslide of waste in one of the city's densely populated districts.
Canada has rejected a proposed trade agreement with the United States after negotiations broke down over what Ottawa described as a series of last-minute demands that would have disproportionately favoured Washington and undermined Canadian economic interests.
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