Day News Recap: Iran funeral turns into anti US rally as Ukraine, Europe and markets see fresh pressure

Iran’s week of funeral ceremonies for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei became a major show of force in Tehran, with huge crowds filling the capital and chanting anti US and anti Israel slogans as the state event turned into a mass political rally. Foreign delegations also arrived as the six day procession began, underlining the leadership’s effort to project unity and authority.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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In Ukraine, Russian glide bombs hit the centre of Sumy, killing at least four people, including a child, and injuring 27, while Kyiv said its forces struck a major oil terminal in Russia’s St Petersburg region and a naval target in Kronstadt during a large drone attack. The strikes showed the war widening across both the front line and Russian infrastructure.  🔗  🔗

Security tensions also flared elsewhere, with Mali reporting coordinated attacks at five locations, stretching from the north to areas near Bamako, and Poland warning that the coming months could be critical as it prepares for possible Russian provocation. In the Middle East, the Saudi led coalition vowed an unprecedented response after Houthi threats, while an Iranian flight landed in Sanaa, and Israeli settlers were reported to have stepped up attacks in the occupied West Bank, damaging water and power supplies and agricultural property.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

India moved against Pakistan based militant networks by designating 23 operatives linked to Jaish e Mohammed and Lashkar e Taiba as terrorists over Jammu and Kashmir attack links. In China and Japan related diplomacy, Beijing criticised the Free and Open Indo Pacific concept after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s visit to India, where the two sides had also discussed critical minerals messaging.  🔗  🔗

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Across Europe, unrest and political pressure continued in several capitals. Riot police clashed with protesters in Erfurt as they tried to block an Alternative for Germany conference, thousands demonstrated in Tirana in a widening Flamingo Revolution calling for the Albanian prime minister’s resignation, and two Romanian nationals were jailed in London over the stabbing of journalist Pouria Zeraati. Separately, rights groups criticised the Lebanon Israel framework agreement over justice and return clauses, and a Monaco parcel bombing suspect was identified after Interpol issued a Red Notice.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

France said the latest heatwave had caused 2,025 excess deaths, adding to concern over extreme weather in Europe, while a fast moving wildfire southwest of Denver forced evacuations in southern Colorado and destroyed more than 100 structures. In Australia, four people were rescued by helicopter after their 4WD was swept into floodwater in Gippsland.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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 Washington, Donald Trump said he had signed pardons for six people he said were persecuted by the Biden administration, and separately touted strong markets, trade and investment as his economic agenda advanced.  🔗  🔗  🔗

On food security, the FAO said 41 countries and territories still need external food assistance, while its world food price index slipped in June as cereal, sugar and dairy prices fell. Guyana also hosted a UAE trade delegation in Georgetown, highlighting continued Gulf engagement in the region.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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