Day News Recap: Iran funeral turns into anti US rally as Ukraine, Europe and global tensions flare

Iran’s six day funeral programme for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei became a mass show of force in Tehran, with huge crowds filling the capital and chanting anti US and anti Israel slogans as the state ceremony turned into a political rally. Foreign delegations also arrived as the mourning events spread beyond Tehran to other cities including Qom and Mashhad.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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In Ukraine, Russian strikes killed at least four people, including a child, in the northern city of Sumy and injured 27 more, while Kyiv said its forces hit a major oil terminal in the St Petersburg region and a naval target in Kronstadt during a mass drone attack on Russia.  🔗  🔗

Security tensions widened across Europe and the Middle East. Poland warned the coming months could be critical as it assesses the risk of Russian provocation, while in Lebanon rights groups criticised the Israel Lebanon framework agreement over justice and return clauses and the EU backed the deal, including its call for Hezbollah disarmament.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the West Bank, Israeli settlers intensified attacks on Palestinian communities, damaging electricity infrastructure, vandalising agricultural property and targeting water and power supplies. Separately, two Romanian nationals were jailed in London over the stabbing of journalist Pouria Zeraati, and Monaco authorities, backed by an Interpol Red Notice, identified Anastasiia Berezovska as the chief suspect in a parcel bombing case.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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Elsewhere in Europe, riot police clashed with protesters in Erfurt as thousands tried to block an Alternative for Germany conference, while in Tirana the Flamingo Revolution expanded from an environmental protest into a broader demand for the Albanian prime minister’s resignation. France also reported 2,025 excess deaths during the latest week of the heatwave.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Across Africa and Asia, Mali reported coordinated attacks at five locations, stretching from the north to areas near Bamako, and Saudi Arabia said the coalition would respond with unprecedented determination and force after Houthi threats, as an Iranian flight landed in Sanaa. India meanwhile designated 23 Pakistan based operatives linked to Jaish e Mohammed and Lashkar e Taiba as terrorists over Jammu and Kashmir attack links.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the Asia Pacific, four people were rescued by helicopter after their four wheel drive was swept into floodwater in Gippsland, eastern Victoria, while NASA launched a robotic mission from the Marshall Islands to try to save the ageing Swift Observatory from burning up in the atmosphere. China also pushed back on India Japan Indo Pacific and critical minerals messaging after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s visit to India.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the Americas, Pope Leo XIV used a speech marking the 250th anniversary of American independence to call for moderation, respect and common ground in US public discourse. In Guyana, President Irfaan Ali hosted a UAE trade delegation in Georgetown, while Donald Trump said he had signed pardons for six people he said were persecuted by the Biden administration.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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On the global economy and food security front, the FAO said 41 countries and territories still need external food assistance, even as its food price index slipped in June on lower cereal, sugar and dairy prices.  🔗  🔗

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