'Hormuz cannot be seized by tweet,' Iranian official says after Trump threats
U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to make the Strait of Hormuz part of U.S. territory have been mocked by Iran's Deputy Foreign Ministe...
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One person was killed and 17 others injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd near Berlin's Christopher Street Day Pride celebrations on Saturday evening. Police have identified a suspect known to the city's Islamist scene and launched a major manhunt, but no arrests have been made. The attack, which occurred near the Brandenburg Gate, cut short one of Europe's largest Pride events and has been condemned by German leaders, while several victims remain in a life-threatening condition.
Iran has condemned what it says was a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea that killed one sailor and injured another, calling it a "hostile and criminal" act. Tehran summoned Ukraine's Chargé d'Affaires in protest, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed Russia has been sharing satellite intelligence with Iran to help direct strikes across the Middle East. Ukraine has said it targeted Russian naval assets and vessels carrying Iranian-linked military cargo.
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has suggested that Russia and Ukraine could move closer to peace by freezing the conflict and reviving negotiations based on the Istanbul talks. Speaking alongside Vladimir Putin, Tokayev said renewed diplomacy backed by international security guarantees could end the war, while the Kremlin insisted a ceasefire was impossible under Kyiv's current position.
More than 700,000 people have been evacuated to safety after Typhoon Noul struck southern China's Guangdong province, triggering the highest flash flood alert in several regions. Although the storm is weakening as it moves inland, forecasters have warned that torrential rain and flooding could continue until Tuesday, while Hong Kong begins to recover with flights gradually resuming.
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has launched his presidential campaign against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, pledging tax cuts and tougher crime policies while receiving backing from Argentine President Javier Milei and messages from his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro. The launch came as Brazil denied visas to two U.S. officials over concerns they could undermine confidence in the country's electoral system, a claim Washington dismissed as "baseless".
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled or rerouted at Catania Airport over the past week as ash from Mount Etna’s ongoing eruption continues to disrupt air travel in Sicily.
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains under its control, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim of “total control” over the strategic waterway and insisting it will not reopen until Washington fulfils its commitments under an interim deal.
The U.S. will impose unprecedented measures on Iran in order to economically isolate the country, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said.
Wildfires across England and Wales have reached their highest level on record, according to the National Fire Chiefs Council, as firefighters struggle to contain outbreaks following a spell of extreme heat.
U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to make the Strait of Hormuz part of U.S. territory have been mocked by Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, who said the sea passage "cannot be seized by tweet."
Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised deepening ties with North Korea, saying Moscow and Pyongyang are coordinating their efforts to ensure “regional security and stability”.
Russia and Ukraine traded large-scale overnight attacks targeting energy, industrial and military facilities on Saturday, with a three-month-old baby killed and 11 people injured in a Russian drone strike on a residential building in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region.
At least 47 people have been killed after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia early on Saturday, triggering small tsunami waves and dozens of aftershocks, officials say.
Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row, has been found dead. He was appointed Cambridge's youngest ever Black professor in 2023, but quit on 5 August, after being accused of lifting passages from his PhD from the work of other academics.
Wildfires across England and Wales have reached their highest level on record, according to the National Fire Chiefs Council, as firefighters struggle to contain outbreaks following a spell of extreme heat.
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