Noontime News Recap: US security and energy moves dominate as Pacific and Asia tensions flare
The United States has agreed to pay German energy company RWE $1.2bn to abandon offshore wind projects in America and shift investment towards gas, a striking reversal that underlines the Trump administration's push away from renewables. 🔗On the security front, US intelligence has warned that Russia could test a NATO country within weeks, with officials saying Moscow may seek to provoke an alliance member as early as this autumn. 🔗 At the same time, President Donald Trump has threatened leakers after reports deepened that US munitions stocks are under strain during the war with Iran. 🔗In East Asia, South Korean... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 07 Aug 2026 12:19 LONDON
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US pays RWE $1.2bn to abandon offshore wind projects and shift investment to gas
The US Department of the Interior has reached a $1.2bn deal with German energy company RWE under which the firm will abandon its offshore wind projects in American waters. The agreement covers leases off the coasts of California and Louisiana, as well as in the New York Bight. RWE said it sees no path forward to permit the projects in the US for the foreseeable future.Under the deal, RWE said it will redirect the payout into conventional energy projects in the United States. The company said $900m of the sum will go towards a liquefied natural gas export terminal project... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 07 Aug 2026 11:30 LONDON
Israel defence minister and military chief clash publicly over West Bank detention dispute
Israel's defence minister and the military chief have publicly disagreed over the handling of a detention case in the occupied West Bank, in a rare and visible breakdown in civil-military relations during wartime. The dispute centres on Major-General Avi Bluth, who commands Israeli forces in the West Bank, after criticism from Defence Minister Israel Katz. Katz then announced on live television that Bluth would be replaced, but Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir later said the general would remain in post.The sequence of events was confirmed in commentary published on 6 August and described as part of a wider pattern of... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 06 Aug 2026 14:38 LONDON
Brazil's Lula formally launches fourth-term presidential bid amid sovereignty message
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has formally launched his candidacy for October's presidential election, saying he is "in great shape" as he seeks a fourth and final term. The announcement was made at a Workers' Party convention in Sao Paulo, where the campaign focused on sovereignty, defence and resistance to outside pressure. The move sets up another high-stakes contest in a country where Lula remains one of the most polarising political figures.Lula, 80, framed his bid around experience and stability at a time of trade and diplomatic tensions with Washington. Although Donald Trump was not mentioned by name... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 03 Aug 2026 00:30 LONDON
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Overnight Israeli strikes kill civilians in Gaza as ceasefire talks continue
Overnight Israeli strikes hit multiple residential buildings across Gaza and killed at least eight people, according to civil defence officials. The attacks were reported around midnight and affected sites in the central Gaza Strip, Gaza City and the area northwest of Khan Younis in the south. The strikes came as diplomatic efforts over the wider conflict continued, with no immediate sign that the violence on the ground had eased.Civil defence officials said a man and his wife were killed when an Israeli military helicopter struck an apartment near the central Gaza Strip. They said an elderly man and a child... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 02 Aug 2026 07:00 LONDON
