
US Airstrikes Hit Tehran Area for First Time as Iran Counts Rising Toll
American strikes reached the Iranian capital's outskirts on day five of renewed war, with Iran reporting 35 dead and its negotiator calling the fight existential.

American strikes reached the Iranian capital's outskirts on day five of renewed war, with Iran reporting 35 dead and its negotiator calling the fight existential.

Keir Starmer told MPs his political journey is over at his final PMQs, as Labour prepares to crown Andy Burnham and reshape the cabinet within days.

A flash flood emergency covers Kerr County and Uvalde as torrential rain returns to the Texas Hill Country a year after floods that killed more than 130.

With over 1,000 dead, crops devastated in Punjab and Sindh and inflation at a 26-month high, the IMF will review whether Pakistan's budget can absorb the shock.

A drone crashed into a tanker at Iraq's Basra terminal on 16 July, briefly halting all crude loadings and exposing Baghdad's deepening entanglement in the war.

Germany's chancellor used his summer press conference to rule out any AfD role in government, as polls show the far right leading in two eastern states.

Japan's upper house has backed a landmark bill reclassifying digital assets under securities law, cutting crypto taxes from up to 55% to a flat 20%.

Iranian missiles and drones struck US military facilities in three allied states on 16 July, drawing GCC condemnation and warnings of a wider Gulf war.

The US Navy-led maritime centre raised Hormuz to its highest alert after Iran struck three tankers, with war-risk cover now near 5% of a ship's value.

Houthi missiles aimed at Saudi Arabia's Abha airport ended four years of calm, and the group now warns it could close Bab el-Mandeb as the Iran war spreads.

Brussels and Kyiv signed a defence industrial partnership and a Drone Deal on 15 July, with €1bn released to scale joint drone production by end of 2026.

Two fires that burned more than 2,000 hectares of the historic forest near Paris are contained; Macron has pledged a national fund to replant the woodland.

Official data show Chinese growth slipping below Beijing's 4.5-5% target band, as weak consumption and investment offset an export boom powered by AI demand.

A bipartisan Wisconsin commission found probable cause that Elon Musk's $1 million election giveaways broke state bribery law, sending the case to a county DA.

Sanae Takaichi agreed to three days of Diet grilling as the session nears its 17 July close, while a landmark imperial succession bill advances in the upper house.

Keir Starmer pledged wholehearted support to his successor at his last PMQs, as Andy Burnham's unopposed path to the Labour leadership was confirmed.

A Badajoz court convicted David Sanchez of administrative misconduct over a tailor-made cultural post, deepening political pressure on Pedro Sanchez's government.

Consumer prices fell 0.4% in June as gasoline plunged 9.7%, dragging annual US inflation down to 3.5% from 4.2% and easing pressure on the Federal Reserve.

United beat Q2 forecasts with revenue up 16% to $17.67bn and raised its outlook, even as jet fuel costs surged 34% in July on the US-Iran conflict.

Stripe and Advent International have offered $60.50 a share, about $53bn, for PayPal. A deal would fuse two payment giants moving $3.7tn a year.

JPMorgan Chase opened the Q2 season with $21.2bn in profit and a $4.6bn Visa windfall, as Citigroup and Wells Fargo also beat Wall Street forecasts.

A flash flood emergency covers Kerr County and Uvalde as torrential rain returns to the Texas Hill Country a year after floods that killed more than 130.

Keir Starmer told MPs his political journey is over at his final PMQs, as Labour prepares to crown Andy Burnham and reshape the cabinet within days.

With over 1,000 dead, crops devastated in Punjab and Sindh and inflation at a 26-month high, the IMF will review whether Pakistan's budget can absorb the shock.

Germany's chancellor used his summer press conference to rule out any AfD role in government, as polls show the far right leading in two eastern states.

The world's largest chipmaker beat forecasts with a 77% profit surge, booked its first 2nm revenue and raised its 2026 outlook as AI orders keep flooding in.

SpaceX targets 16 July for Starship's thirteenth test flight, the first to carry real Starlink V3 satellites and a fresh trial of booster recovery over the Gulf.

Soyuz MS-29 carried NASA's Anil Menon and cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina from Baikonur to the ISS in just over three hours on 14 July.

Dutch intelligence says Russia-linked hackers hijacked internet-connected cameras to watch military shipments bound for Ukraine, part of a wider European campaign.

Soren Waerenskjold won the fastest road stage in Tour de France history at about 50.9km/h into Nevers, as Tadej Pogacar kept his 3:36 lead over Jonas Vingegaard.

Dan Brown and Sungjae Im fired matching 66s to share the first-round lead at the 154th Open at Royal Birkdale, with Bryson DeChambeau among the chasers.

Kimi Antonelli takes a shrinking 25-point lead into a wet Belgian Grand Prix week, with Lewis Hamilton chasing Michael Schumacher's record of six Spa wins.

Jannik Sinner tightened his grip on world No.1 after Wimbledon as Alexander Zverev rose to second and wildcard hero Arthur Fery rocketed 78 places to 36th.

BTS, Shakira, Madonna and Justin Bieber will co-headline the first FIFA World Cup final halftime show on 19 July at MetLife Stadium, curated by Coldplay's Chris Martin.

From 15 July, wholly AI-generated tracks on TIDAL earn no royalties and carry visible AI badges, as an eight-group coalition pushes voluntary labels across streaming.

Twelve state attorneys general are suing to block Paramount's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, threatening the deal's September closing target.

Netflix reports second-quarter earnings on 16 July with Wall Street focused on advertising growth, engagement trends and a stock down 21 percent this year.

The World's 50 Best Restaurants ceremony will be held in Lima on 4 November 2026, the first South American host city in the awards' 24-year history.

Travellers are booking trips built entirely around better rest, with surveys showing one in five plan a sleep-focused holiday and hotels racing to add sleep programmes.

The San Fermin festival ended on 14 July after eight bull runs that left dozens needing treatment, including an 86-year-old Briton, amid heavy participation.

Paris Haute Couture Week for autumn/winter 2026 delivered a wave of first collections, from Pierpaolo Piccioli at Balenciaga to Duran Lantink at Jean Paul Gaultier.

With five of seven Central Military Commission members purged and verdicts on Zhang Youxia delayed, China's opacity is now a global risk factor.

Record attendance and a dream Argentina-Spain final cannot hide it: travel bans and $8,000 tickets have turned a global festival into a gated one.

Publishers now accuse OpenAI of misleading the court about what it could search. Whoever wins, the discovery fight will define trust between AI and journalism.

A 270-run win in the first women's Test at Lord's drew record crowds. The lesson is economic: demand was always there; the stage was withheld.
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