Day News Recap: Kyiv hit by Russian missiles as Gaza, Iran and Sri Lanka crises deepen

Russia launched 23 ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight, and Ukrainian air defences shot down none of them because of a shortage of interceptor missiles, with a residential building hit in the capital. President Volodymyr Zelensky said fighting was still continuing for Kostyantynivka and rejected Moscow's claim that the eastern town had fallen.  🔗 🔗

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On the diplomatic and military front, Ukraine is seeking defence deals with at least seven Nato countries by the end of the year, while alliance leaders are due to gather in Ankara for a summit dominated by defence spending and support for Kyiv. Separately, Donald Trump spoke with Vladimir Putin for nearly 90 minutes and offered help to find a way to end the war, while also speaking with Zelensky.  🔗 🔗 🔗

In the Middle East, Israeli drone and air strikes killed at least four people in southern Lebanon and at least six Palestinians in Gaza, as ceasefire violations continued. Israel also approved 13 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, and Benjamin Netanyahu said some Christian villages in southern Lebanon had asked to be annexed to Israel for protection from Hezbollah.  🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗

Gaza's political landscape shifted as Hamas said it was stepping away from government and dissolving the body that has run the enclave for nearly two decades, opening the way for a technocratic management committee. At the same time, the boundary marking Israeli controlled territory in Gaza moved further into the enclave, underlining Israel's expanding grip on the strip.  🔗 🔗 🔗

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Iranian politics and regional tensions were on display in Tehran, where huge crowds gathered for the funeral procession of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with chants against the US and Israel and calls for vengeance. Reports also said Washington had tried to discourage attendance, while the event drew mass public mobilisation across the capital.  🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗

Elsewhere in Asia, at least 25 people were killed in prison violence at Negombo in Sri Lanka, including four guards, as the two day disturbance continued. In India, two Assam Rifles personnel were killed in a militant ambush in Manipur's Ukhrul district, and the National Investigation Agency named Pakistan based Hafiz Saeed in a supplementary chargesheet over the Pahalgam attack.  🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗

In the Pacific, Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall on Rota, bringing destructive winds and torrential rain to the Northern Marianas, while China test fired a long range ballistic missile from a nuclear powered submarine into the South Pacific, drawing criticism from Australia and New Zealand. Canberra and Suva also unveiled a new Pacific defence package, prompting a warning from Beijing not to harm its interests.  🔗 🔗 🔗

Other developments included Ukraine's strikes intensifying in Russian annexed Crimea, where residents described the situation as catastrophic, and Syria delaying the first session of its transitional parliament. The UN General Assembly held a genocide prevention session in New York focused on Gaza, Darfur and Myanmar, Algeria's ruling FLN won the most seats in parliamentary elections amid record low turnout, and the UK added nine new designations under its chemical weapons sanctions regime.  🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗

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Further reports said the Philippines opened the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte in Manila, Australia warned a young person over an online death threat against Narendra Modi, and the UAE featured in several items, including a high ranking in the Global Muslim Travel Index, a new Inception42 and Microsoft AI collaboration, and a Central Bank sanction on a foreign bank branch.  🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗

In the United States, Trump highlighted White House restorations and posted about UFC champion Justin Gaethje after his title win, while also insisting his ties with Netanyahu and Trump were fine amid reports of friction with Washington. OPEC+ separately agreed to raise oil output again from August, extending its supply increases as prices eased.  🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗

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