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Start your day informed with the AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top stories for 28 June, covering the latest developments you need to know.
Iran and the United States have resumed military action despite signing an interim peace deal less than two weeks ago, each blaming the other for breaching the agreement. Iran launched missiles and drones at U.S. military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain after U.S. strikes, raising fears that hopes of diplomacy are rapidly fading.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has rejected a U.S.-brokered security agreement between Lebanon and Israel, calling it a surrender that undermines Lebanon's sovereignty. His comments came as Israel carried out a drone strike in southern Lebanon, highlighting the fragile situation despite repeated ceasefire efforts and raising new doubts over the prospects for lasting peace.
Drone and artillery attacks killed civilians on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine border on Saturday, according to local officials. Ukraine said one person was killed in Russian strikes on the Dnipropetrovsk region, while Russian authorities reported four civilian deaths in Bryansk and the Russian-held Donetsk region following Ukrainian drone attacks.
The death toll from Venezuela's twin earthquakes has risen above 1,400 as rescue teams from around the world join the search for survivors in the hardest-hit coastal areas. Thousands remain unaccounted for, while many residents are sleeping outdoors because of ongoing aftershocks. Authorities have restricted access to affected areas to allow emergency crews to continue rescue efforts.
Record-breaking heat continued across Europe on Saturday, with temperatures exceeding 40°C in several countries and new records set in Germany, Denmark and the Czech Republic. The extreme conditions have disrupted transport, strained power supplies and been linked to dozens of deaths in France, while scientists say climate change has made the heatwave far more likely.
The Saudi-led coalition said early Thursday that it intercepted and destroyed a drone over Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.
The U.S. has banned government employees working in Saudi Arabia from using airports in the country without special authorisation. It comes after a deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport killed at least 13 people last week.
Ukraine is set to restart attacks on Russian oil refineries following a two-day pause, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, amid growing tensions with Washington over energy strikes and U.S. military support.
U.S. President Donald Trump has called it “a disgrace” that Ukraine has resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries. Attacks are continuing from Russia and Ukraine as media reports say Ukraine has almost run out of Patriot interceptor missiles.
Kenya has confirmed a second case of Ebola, intensifying efforts to prevent the spread of the virus after the country recorded its first-ever infection earlier this month.
A Norwegian teenager recruited by a Swedish criminal network to carry out a contract killing in Britain has been sentenced to 20 years’ detention after police uncovered the murder plot.
U.S. President Donald Trump has called it “a disgrace” that Ukraine has resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries. Attacks are continuing from Russia and Ukraine as media reports say Ukraine has almost run out of Patriot interceptor missiles.
Romanian rescuers resumed their search for seven missing sailors on Friday (16 October) after a drone strike set a chemical tanker ablaze near the country’s Black Sea coast. The attacks have raised fresh security concerns along a vital regional trade route.
Students, lecturers and university staff marched on Argentina’s Congress in Buenos Aires on Thursday to demand President Javier Milei’s government implement a university funding law which would boost staff salaries and increase financial support to institutions to cover operating costs
A 16-year-old shooter opened fire on Thursday at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon in the United States, killing four people, including three children, before being killed by an armed member of the community who had pursued the assailant into the school, police said.
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