Day News Recap: Doha talks ease Iran tensions as Ukraine strikes, heatwaves and security crises spread

US and Iranian delegations held technical talks in Doha on reopening and traffic flow through the Strait of Hormuz, even as Donald Trump said recent strikes had hit hard and was reported to be weighing renewed military action before leaning back toward diplomacy.  🔗  🔗

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The maritime standoff around the strait deepened when a foreign container ship ran aground on the Omani side, adding a fresh flashpoint to disputes over an approved route, while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Iran's president that freedom of navigation there is vital and invited him to the BRICS summit.  🔗  🔗

In the wider Middle East, Israel advanced land control and construction measures in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, while Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's pursuit of total victory against Iran and its proxies never ends and, with Defence Minister Israel Katz, insisted Israeli forces will stay in southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Lebanon's newly signed declaration with Israel drew sharp criticism at home, with Hezbollah and allies condemning the document, and the UN warned that millions are at risk as UNRWA faces a $100 million funding gap.  🔗  🔗

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Ukraine said its forces struck Russia's Ufa oil refinery for a second time in a week and hit a missile components plant in Penza, while a separate report said the refinery campaign is deepening fuel shortages across Russia and occupied Crimea.  🔗  🔗

Kyiv also said some bodies returned from the war contained hidden explosives, delaying identification work, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Ireland for its support as Dublin opened its EU presidency.  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere in Europe, Spain reported more than 1,000 deaths linked to June's heatwave and Greece said two people were found dead as a wildfire near Thessaloniki spread for a second day. Belgium's Antwerp saw at least six deaths in an apartment block fire, while Monaco police continued a manhunt after a parcel bomb injured a businessman and two others.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Security and conflict concerns also widened in Africa and Asia, with at least 37 students missing after an attack on a secondary school in Nigeria's Borno State, five humanitarian workers killed in an ambush in South Sudan's Jonglei State, and Myanmar's civil war death toll put above 100,000 since the 2021 coup.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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In other developments, a suspected Ebola patient was tested at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, a small aircraft crashed into Beijing's CITIC Tower killing one person and injuring 13, Pakistan said it intercepted four drones from Afghanistan after cross border strikes, and Australia, Germany, India, China and North Korea all featured in separate diplomatic and security updates.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the United States, the Supreme Court struck down federal limits on coordinated campaign spending, a report said Trump added at least $2.2 billion to his wealth after returning to the White House, and the Justice Department announced cases involving a Chinese national, a New York woman accused of aiding Palestinian Islamic Jihad, five Fresno men in a firearms trafficking conspiracy, and $19.5 million recovered in China linked pump and dump cases.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Trump also used Truth Social to praise supporters, repeat the rallying cry Free Tina, and hail the Supreme Court ruling as a major expansion of presidential power, while the UK said its defence investment plan faces a £4.7 billion funding gap before the autumn Budget and Bosnia's rival diplomats failed to agree on a new high representative in Sarajevo.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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