Iran War Live Updates: New Strikes Threaten to Engulf More Countries in Conflict
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia said they had carried out joint airstrikes on Iranian proxies in Iraq, and Iran launched an attack on sites in Jordan.
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia said they had carried out joint airstrikes on Iranian proxies in Iraq, and Iran launched an attack on sites in Jordan.
Authorities fear progress in containing the fires in the Gironde and Madrid regions may be set back by temperatures expected to hit the low 40s in Brussels The European Union’s crisis-management team is expecting difficult weeks ahead, fearing a further outbreak of wildfires in Italy and Greece as the summer goes on. “ A firefighter will focus on protecting people. They will focus on protecting houses, protecting a business, a company, because this is something that matters for all our society. And indeed, sometimes by focusing on that, they cannot extinguish fire, [as] they would do it if it would be just forest. So this is new, this is worrying. And of course also, this means that we need to adapt our methods of fighting the fires. ” Continue reading...
Relocating the whales from a closed marine attraction in Canada to aquariums in the United States and Spain requires coordination, permits and a police escort.
Medical adviser says he invokes right not to answer questions and accuses Senate committee chair Rand Paul of having ‘obvious obsession’ with him Fauci invokes fifth amendment and declines to testify Sign up for US Breaking News email Gary Peters, the Democratic ranking member on the homeland security committee, said that the committee has a long history of bipartisan inquiry and oversight, and the subject matter of risky research and the origins of covid-19 are a legitimate area to study. But today’s hearing with Anthony Fauci was not an example of that, Peters said. Continue reading...
Abderrahim Fakir died after police officers pinned him to the ground. His death has evolved into a broader standoff over the treatment and role of immigrants in Italy.
The State Department under Secretary of State Marco Rubio has deported Cubans to Africa. Now it’s negotiating with a South American country.
Firefighters have contained vast wildfires in both countries, but winds are high and temperatures rising. Spain’s prime minister said the next 12 hours would be “decisive.”
The prime minister says that current inefficiencies in the system will be tackled first, as he reveals final recommendations will be out by summer 2027 Andy Burnham is speaking now. In a reference to how he started campaing for social care reform almost two decades ago, he says it is good to see faces in the room “who’ve been on this journey with me for a long, a long time”. When someone in your family is receiving care, you look at everything through new eyes, don’t you? You notice things that maybe you didn’t notice before because you watch it so closely and so carefully. And I’ve just been really overwhelmed by their care, the skill in what they do, the professionalism. Can I just remind everybody that nobody thought we could get everybody in off the streets? So we can do difficult in this country and we can do it well. Continue reading...
The renowned classics scholar caused a stir when her critical review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey went viral. Wilson explains her reaction to the film and why she's translating the poem again.
Sepp Blatter, FIFA chief for 17 years until 2015, has blasted new proposal that moves 'people's game' further from fans.
US president promises major escalation a day after new Iran attacks and his White House meeting with Netanyahu.
The former top US health official said he feared Republicans could try to trip him up and use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury.
Northumbria police said post by Glenn Gibbins, who was reinstated to the party after internal investigation, referenced Nigerian people A Reform UK councillor has been charged with posting a grossly offensive message on social media after allegedly making a racist comment about Nigerians. Glenn Gibbins, of Sunderland city council, has been charged with the offence under the Communications Act 2003, Northumbria police said. Continue reading...
Hansard, who was 56, won the best song Oscar for the 2007 low-budget musical film Once.
Riyadh’s decision to join US in strikes on Iran-backed militia further complicates widening and ‘unpredictable’ war US-Saudi strikes on Iran-backed militia in Iraq on Wednesday have pushed the region into “uncharted territory”, analysts have warned. Amid stark warnings of a widening and increasingly “unpredictable” conflict, Riyadh’s decision to publicly join the US in striking sites associated with Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), killing at least 20 fighters, has added another complicating dimension to the war. Continue reading...
David González has suddenly become the host of Havana’s hottest parties amid its energy crisis. Can he turn them into a movement?
The Carney government’s agreement with a German natural gas company will also reduce Europe’s dependence on a Qatari supply made more uncertain by war.
Claimants’ insurance might not cover Associated Newspapers’ costs for defending phone-hacking case, high court hears The Duke of Sussex and his co-claimants could be millions of pounds out of pocket after losing their privacy case against the publishers of the Daily Mail , the high court in London heard. The seven claimants, who include Prince Harry, Doreen Lawrence and Elton John, sued Associated Newspapers Limited over allegations of unlawful information gathering, with their claims dismissed in their entirely by Mr Justice Nicklin on 7 July. Now, their insurance may not cover the costs incurred by ANL defending the case. Continue reading...
In Newfoundland, 20-year-old smelly sludge will finally be removed.
Greek authorities identify remains after reported discovery in a derelict building by homeless man A body found in a suitcase in an abandoned building in central Athens has been identified as that of a 38-year-old British woman, with Greek authorities saying she had been dead for several weeks. Eleven days after the macabre find, police shed some light on the mystery of a body that until Wednesday had remained unidentified, after appealing to foreign law enforcement agencies. Continue reading...
Strong corporate results buoy market as investors move money away from tech and semiconductor stocks London’s FTSE 100 stock index has touched a fresh high, driven by strong corporate results as investors moved money away from tech and semiconductor stocks amid the global tech stock sell-off . The UK’s blue chip index rose as high as 10,951 points on Wednesday morning before falling back slightly, its best level since 27 February, the day before the US and Israel began attacks on Iran and sparked stock market volatility. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Scientists say about 5,000 fewer southern bent-wing bats have been recorded at a key maternity site for the species Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A sudden decline in critically endangered bats is troubling experts, who recorded about 5,000 fewer southern bent-wing bats than usual at Naracoorte’s “bat cave” this summer. These tiny russet-toned microbats roost in caves and forage for insects over long distances across south-west Victoria and south-east South Australia. Continue reading...
Clean Energy Council calls for a national, legislated scheme to funnel benefits of hosting renewables projects back to local councils Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Organised campaigns against wind and solar energy have proved “extremely effective” in undermining community support for renewable energy but enthusiasm for electric vehicles has jumped following Donald Trump’s attack on Iran, according to a detailed snapshot of Australian attitudes to the clean energy transition. The survey found levels of “deep support” for clean technologies were highest for home batteries and rooftop solar and also improving for major infrastructure projects such as transmission lines, which have been a target for critics of renewables. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
Some companies reportedly using leaderboards for employees who used the most AI in their work Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Software firm Atlassian has sought to tighten tracking of its staff’s AI spending by introducing “wallets” with monthly caps of up $2,000 for each employee, amid an explosion in costs at other tech companies. The move by Atlassian, which recently cited AI as part of the reason behind cutting 1,600 staff, bucks the trend of others in the tech sector who encouraged employees to use as much of the technology as possible, dubbed “tokenmaxxing”. Some companies have reportedly introduced leaderboards for employees who used the most AI in their work. Continue reading...
Authorities say local transmission of H5 bird flu virus among South Australian birds signals ‘shift in the situation’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia has entered a new phase in dealing with the incursion of deadly H5N1 bird flu , with authorities confirming on Wednesday that local transmission of the highly virulent strain had taken place. “We have had what is suggestive of local transmission for the first time,” Julie Collins, the federal minister for agriculture, fisheries and forestry, said on Wednesday afternoon, after 11 new suspected detections were reported in South Australian birds. Continue reading...
Dirt files are always damaging – not least those originating in the secretive rightwing Reformers sub-faction of the party Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast From time to time, dirt files – crudely known as shit sheets – flutter around the corridors of power in state and federal parliaments. They can be enormously damaging even if never published. While there might be speculation as to their origin, rarely is there confirmation – especially if the dirt file emanates from your own side. Continue reading...
Northern Ireland’s Protestant loyalists have long felt their identity was under siege. Now anti-immigrant ideology has found a new toehold here.
Adviser to Trump and Biden for pandemic says Republican senator has ‘unhinged obsession’ with him US politics – live updates Dr Anthony Fauci, who served as a key adviser to Donald Trump and Joe Biden during the Covid-19 pandemic, has refused to answer questions at a high-profile congressional hearing, accusing a Republican senator of having an “unhinged obsession” with him. Fauci, the veteran former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Niaid), invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination when appearing before a Senate committee on Wednesday. Continue reading...
Laughter, disbelief and outrage over video appearing to show Saltburn player tricking umpire into giving batters out At the Saltburn over-60s ukulele club there was a unanimous reaction to news that the town’s cricket club were being compared to the Argentina football team: laughter. Then a spirited rendition of I Love to Boogie. On the seafront, a litter-picking volunteer was looking forward to the Wednesday night quiz just to get the gossip. But she had her own view. “All I would say is it’s just not cricket, is it?” Continue reading...
Riyadh’s position in the Arab and Islamic worlds bears significant weight in the prospect of normalisation with Israel.
The Israeli military said the Iran-backed militant group had used an explosive drone to target one of its vehicles on a strategic ridge, raising fears of a renewed escalation.
What once felt exceptional now arrives with grim regularity all over the continent, and it will only get worse • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Spain has changed immeasurably since I arrived here 10 years ago to begin work as the Guardian’s Madrid correspondent. Over that time, the push for Catalan independence has exploded, sputtered and faded out; the Covid pandemic has hit with unimaginable ferocity , before seeming to linger for a face-masked eternity; and Podemos and Ciudadanos – the two upstart parties that once seemed likely to alter the Spanish political landscape irrevocably – have risen and fallen. Continue reading...
An Indian student from Bihar says he has been charged over ‘Cockroach’ protests despite being in Russia.
New details are emerging of how US and Israeli officials believed the war on Iran would be straightforward and short.
Emergency workers are continuing their search for survivors in southern Japan after yesterday’s powerful earthquake ‘Race against time’: Japan earthquake death toll rises as rescue teams search for missing An aerial view of a collapsed section of a bridge in the city of Yatsushiro after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture: Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun newspaper has been speaking to people at the Nippon Paper Industries factory in Yatsushiro, where a chimney collapsed on to the site. “I never imagined something like this would happen,” said a 33-year-old man who worked at the factory. “I never thought that the chimney could collapse. I’m worried about the people inside.” He was off duty and at home when the earthquake struck, and was unharmed. The names of those rescued and those trapped have not yet been released. “Someone I know might be affected,” he said. Continue reading...
Spain and France are both braced for the start of the fourth heatwave so far this summer and some fires have continued to burn.
Authorities have been trying to contain the wildfires, which have been burning for days.
Chitral borders Afghanistan and isn't easy to reach. Breathtaking views abound in this remote mountainous region — as do rockslides and avalanches.
Comments by Pedro Sánchez come as extreme heat renews pressure on firefighters tackling blazes across southern Europe Europe live – latest updates The next 12 hours will be “decisive” for a large wildfire burning near Madrid, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has said, as extreme heat renews pressure on firefighters racing to control blazes across southern Europe. Temperatures pushed higher by climate breakdown are forecast to reach 39C on Wednesday in Bordeaux, where firefighters have kept a monster blaze in nearby pine forests from reaching the suburbs, and 37C in Madrid, west of which Spain’s largest wildfire on record is burning. Continue reading...
'There is no ceasefire' say Palestinians in Gaza after new Israeli strikes
The continent is experiencing some of its biggest fires and highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond and “it will get worse,” one climate expert said.
After decades of building lives in South Africa, renewed anti-immigrant tensions in 2026 forced hundreds of African migrants to leave. A Ugandan who spent two decades in South Africa shared with DW how she's coping.
The Israeli military accused Hamas of using the mosque to store weapons. The Hamas-run government’s media office said Israel’s claims aimed to justify its attacks on mosques.
In Mexico, a record surge of brown, smelly seaweed known as sargassum has blanketed the idyllic coastline.
The Islamic Republic publicly executed two Iranian protesters in Isfahan at dawn on July 28. Several hundred people gathered near a stage set up in the city’s Alikhani Square, but instead of cheering the execution, they chanted slogans against the police, prompting anti-riot units to disperse the crowd.
Locals in southern Damascus town await safer times as fears rooted in a decade of war still loom over daily life.
Lightning kills a New Jersey man as rescues, power outages and travel disruption hit region Bands of deadly, extreme weather including torrential rain and high winds sparked flash flooding and tornado warnings in several north-eastern US states on Tuesday night and into Wednesday, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people and playing havoc with travel. A 32-year-old man was killed on Tuesday afternoon in a lightning strike in Monroe township, New Jersey, authorities said. Continue reading...
US Central Command says proxy groups launched attacks against US bases and Saudi energy infrastructure.
The case against Pavel Durov reflected an ongoing fight over one of the world’s most popular messaging and media apps, which is widely used in the country.
US President Donald Trump confirmed on Fox News that the US and Saudi Arabia coordinated attacks on Iran-backed Iraqi militias with the Iraqi government itself. But Iraq has called the strikes a 'blatant violation', and its prime minister has called off a meeting with the Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salmane due to the attack. This comes as the US struggles to put an end to the war with Iran. FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley tells us more.
Some 1,500 French soldiers have been deployed to help combat the Gironde fire. A team of France Television reporters was granted permission to embed with some of them to see how they help support local firefighters. From widening forest trails to helping identify hotspots, potential looters or civilians trapped by the flames, they are proving useful support to firefighters.
In France, the Gironde prefecture reported a second calm night and said the massive fire in the southwest was stable - but conditions are set to worsen as the country is about to be hit by a fourth heatwave, with temperatures expected to go above 40 degree celsius in the afflicted area. FRANCE 24 went with firefighters on the ground to understand what areas are considered sensitive as they battle blaze.
The next phase of AI has begun. Autonomous agents can make decisions and complete tasks with little human input.
FIFA's president lobbies for latest, and heavily criticised, proposal for investment in football's governing body.
UNESCO has added six centuries–old medinas in the Comoros to its World Heritage List, drawing praise from the country's authorities as well as conservationists. Build as far back as the 12th century these ancient palaces, mosques and public squares were linked by a series of narrow streets and protected by imposing medieval walls.
The action is part of a wider US effort to reduce reliance on Chinese technology.
Iranian authorities want to dampen fuel consumption, but a sudden increase in gasoline prices risks social unrest as many Iranian households are already under severe economic pressure.
The Israeli army has handed so-called "pilot zones" back to the Lebanese, The move is meant to facilitate an end to fighting between Hezbollah and Israel, and to Israeli occupation. But locals and experts are skeptical.
In Madagascar, the capital remains shaken. Since the end of June, a wave of disappearances and kidnappings has hit Antananarivo, affecting mostly children and teenagers. Last Friday, the country observed a national day of mourning for the victims. The government has announced the creation of an anti-kidnapping task force, as reports continue to come in. FRANCE 24's Aurélie Kouman met with police officers and victims' families.
Chad announced that it is withdrawing from the Rome Statute and, therefore, from the International Criminal Court, as several other countries in the Sahel region have done. In an official statement, Chad’s government criticised the ICC’s alleged partiality, arguing that most of its investigations have concerned the African continent.
Hundreds of political, legal and other figures signed a public letter warning that Jordan’s close alliance with the United States poses a risk.
Daughter of a BJP politician, Yashaswinee Raje Singh, tells Al Jazeera why she supports India’s student-led protests.
FIFA said Tuesday it plans to sell a stake in the business operations of the World Cup and its other competitions through the creation of a semi-private subsidiary. The decision marks a dramatic attempt to reshape the commercial landscape of global football, while opening a new front in a long-running battle with Europe for control over the massive wealth generated by the sport.
As France grapples with wildfires, President Emmanuel Macron has spoken about the steps ahead to rebuilding forests. What would this look like and what are the options available? The European Environment Agency calls for more fire-resistant vegetation and natural barriers to limit the spread. what is also crucial is allowing forests to return to a wilder state, with diverse landscapes being more resilient to fire risks.
After a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan on July 28, the country's prime minister said 13 people had died so far and many were injured. The rescue work is ongoing to find those still missing. The earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu, forcing over 260,000 people to evacuate. Roads were ruptured while homes across the region saw power knocked out.
ChatGPT developer says activity by autonomous tool was not at severity or scale of what occurred at Hugging Face OpenAI has revealed that a cyber-attack carried out by a rogue AI agent had more than one victim. The ChatGPT developer said the agent – an autonomous tool able to carry out sequences of commands without human help – had located and used logins to access four other unnamed “publicly-available services” in addition to the US startup Hugging Face. Continue reading...
Public-service failures and uncertainty over Kais Saied’s health are deepening the country’s political malaise.
France has ordered Russian journalist Xenia Fedorova to leave the country, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, amid accusations that she spread Kremlin propaganda through French television and radio ahead of next year's presidential election. Fedorova's lawyer said the journalist would “immediately lodge an appeal” against the expulsion order, while her employers condemned it as a “particularly serious breach of freedom of expression”.
Firefighters are worrying that strengthening winds and an incoming heatwave could reignite embers and make it harder to battle blazes in France's southwest, as temperatures are set to go above 40 degrees celsius in the area. In Paris, up to 38 degrees are expected for what is now the fourth heatwave of the year. FRANCE 24's Luke Shrago tells us more.
In the southwest of France, temperatures are expected to go over 40 degree celsius just as firefighters have managed to stabilise the mass blazes in the forests of the Gironde region. They are expecting the heatwave to set fires going again but 'morale remains high', says FRANCE 24's Carys Garland, as firefighters first and foremost committed to protecting local communities.
Peru's new president Keiko Fujimori was sworn in on July 28, taking her oath of office before the country's Congress. The conservative leader now becomes the Andean nation's 9th chief executive in just 10 years - her electoral victory, an extremely narrow one - with just 50,000 votes separating her from left-wing rival Roberto Sanchez. Fujimori, wasting no time in naming her cabinet and rolling out new measures with an emphasis on fighting crime in Peru - which is facing its worst security crisis in decades.
F1 sets a mid-September deadline to decide whether final rounds in Middle East can be held due to US-Israel war on Iran.
It’s been six months since the U.S. cut off the island’s fuel sources. Our reporters went there and found remarkable stories of resilience.
The two leaders sound encouraged after holding back-to-back bilaterals at the White House.
The massive outage has left homes, businesses and some essential services severely disrupted.
Layoffs will come in admin and development divisions in Germany, with production operations unaffected BMW is planning to cut as many as 8,000 jobs in Germany, according to reports, in the latest sign of Europe’s largest carmakers reducing costs under pressure from Chinese rivals. The Munich-headquartered company has started a voluntary redundancy programme agreed with employee representatives, a BMW spokesperson said on Wednesday. Continue reading...
The group’s decision comes a month after the Recording Academy announced five new award categories, including one for Best Asian Pop Music Performance.
Spain and France have so far borne the burnt of this summer's wildfires, caused by a succession of heatwaves and prolonged dry spells.
People are being urged to stay alert, with earthquake aftershocks potentially reaching magnitude 7, officials say
Americas governing body 'deeply concerned' by lack of due process in FIFA private investment plan, AFC 'disappointed'.
The US says it intercepted an Iranian 'surprise attack' on US forces as fears rise of wider war.
Rescue personnel are working to free those trapped in collapsed buildings after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto on Tuesday.
How the proposed FIFA Forward Enterprise has provoked criticism, including from UEFA and Britain's new Prime Minister.
‘Iran attacks now to send message as US assets build up in Israel’
The 6.8-magnitude quake in southwestern Japan killed at least 13 people and injured dozens of others. Crews were trying to rescue others from a collapsed mall.
Rescue operations are ongoing following the 6.8-magnitude quake, as survivors wrestle with the shock.
The U.S. and Iran have resumed fighting after Iran attacked U.S. forces in the Middle East yesterday. And, a Senate committee will question Anthony Fauci about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Districts are reducing routes and exploring new ways to get students to class as transportation costs climb Education officials across the United States are increasingly facing a fundamental challenge: how do they ensure that school students can actually get to their classrooms? The bright yellow school bus might be a visual icon of US education famous around the world, but in reality it is becoming harder for districts to steer. Continue reading...
Nixon Giovanni Paz, deported by ICE last year was bound and shot dead alongside his wife in Guatemala.
Amid the energy crisis caused by the Trump administration’s oil blockade of Cuba, our correspondent Jack Nicas visits a children’s movie night in a Havana neighborhood made possible by one family’s modified generator.
The number of tigers in Nepal has risen by roughly a fifth over the past four years, wildlife officials say, strengthening the Himalayan nation's reputation for conservation. But as the number of tigers in the wild has risen, the number of tiger attacks on humans has increased with it.
US and Saudi forces said they struck an Iraqi militant alliance on July 29, as the Middle East war expands beyond its main focus in Iran to involve the Islamic republic's proxies. The strikes follow a short lull in direct US attacks on targets in Iran, with Tehran's allies in Yemen and beyond becoming increasingly drawn in. This comes as the UK is looking to build a naval coalition to secure the Strait of Hormuz. FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley tells us more.
Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Climate Scientist and Professor at the Universities of Louvain and Liège in Belgium. Europe's latest heatwave is further evidence of a structural transformation of the continent's climate, warns Professor van Ypersele. His central argument rejects both fatalism and complacency. While insisting that humanity has not yet reached "the point of no return," he argues that the world has entered a period of exceptional urgency in which the costs of delaying climate action are escalating rapidly. He develops three interconnected themes: extreme heat, wildfires and public health crises as manifestations of a changing climate; he criticises the inadequacy of current political responses, suggesting that governments continue to underestimate the scale and immediacy of the challenge despite mounting scientific evidence; and he argues that adaptation and mitigation must proceed simultaneously: societies must become more resilient to unavoidable climate impacts while accelerating the transition away from fossil fuels to prevent even greater disruption.
Humans are not the only victims of the massive wildfires that have ravaged France over recent weeks. Heartrending images of deer and other wildlife fleeing flames, disoriented and distressed, have propagated across social media in recent days. Less visible species - smaller mammals and insects whose populations are critical to fragile ecosystems - have also been decimated. Groups of volunteers have been combing affected areas, searching for survivors to rehabilitate.
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While the fire in the southwest of France in the Gironde department remains stabilised, officials are on edge today, as scorching temperatures hit France again. On July 28, there were some 14 incidents where scorched terrain reignited, sending firefighters racing in. With 42,000 hectares burned, and in total over 220,000 evacuated - including some 57,000 from towns outside Bordeaux overnight, the Gironde fire is one of the worst France has ever experienced.
The FSB claims the messenger app, created by Pavel Durov, has failed to remove accounts and channels used for recruitment by Ukraine's secret service.
Heatwaves intensify deadly fires across Europe, killing two firefighters on the Greek island of Crete.