Day News Recap: Ukraine hit again as Trump escalates Iran threats and China braces for Typhoon Bavi

Russian missile, drone and guided bomb strikes killed six people across Ukraine overnight and wounded dozens more, with Kyiv hit again in the latest wave of attacks.  🔗 Ukraine also said fresh strikes hit Russia's Taganrog port and the Kurgannefteprodukt oil depot, causing a fire and forcing an emergency evacuation, as fuel shortages deepen on the Russian side.  🔗

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In the Middle East, Donald Trump escalated his warnings to Iran, saying the United States would “completely decimate” the country if it tried to assassinate him, and later posting that America was ready for massive retaliation.  🔗  🔗 The White House also gave Tehran until Saturday to publicly commit to ending attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and to declare the waterway safe, while talks remain strained.  🔗  🔗 Satellite images meanwhile suggested Iran has started rebuilding the Taleghan 2 underground site inside the Parchin military complex after US strikes, and other imagery pointed to fresh activity at Iranian nuclear sites.  🔗  🔗

Gaza saw further violence after an Israeli drone attack injured hospital staff and nearby civilians at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza.  🔗 Separately, Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, issued a written revenge pledge over the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, adding to the sense of escalation.  🔗

China moved more than 2 million people from risk areas as Typhoon Bavi approached the east coast, with Zhejiang among the provinces on alert.  🔗 In a separate regional milestone, China and North Korea marked 65 years of their Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, underlining the strategic importance of the alliance.  🔗

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In Europe, a British family described escaping a deadly wildfire near Bedar in southern Spain after encountering what they called a wall of fire, as the blaze killed at least one person and left others missing.  🔗 In the UK, Andy Burnham moved closer to becoming Britain's next prime minister after winning overwhelming backing from Labour MPs in the opening stage of the contest.  🔗 Police in the Ann Widdecombe murder investigation were questioning a 26 year old suspect after his arrest.  🔗

Across the Americas, Cuba suffered its second island wide blackout in less than a week, deepening the country's power crisis.  🔗 In the United States, Trump removed the final members of the Election Assistance Commission, leaving the federal election body without sitting commissioners ahead of the midterms, while a bipartisan housing bill became law automatically after he declined to sign it amid a voting rights standoff.  🔗  🔗 He also endorsed Zach Lahn for Iowa governor, signalling an America First push in a key state.  🔗

Elsewhere in the region, eight people have now been charged over an alleged plot to attack a UFC event at the White House, after a West Virginia arrest expanded the case.  🔗 In Latin America, Brazil said Amazon deforestation fell to its lowest level in a decade in the first half of 2026 under Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, while Peru's president elect Keiko Fujimori signalled she wants to restore diplomatic ties with Mexico.  🔗  🔗 Nicaragua also stripped large numbers of lawyers of certification in what critics called a widening crackdown on dissent.  🔗

In Asia Pacific, at least 15 Indian tourists were killed when a boat capsized near Vietnam's Phu Quoc Island, with 21 others rescued.  🔗 Narendra Modi arrived in Auckland on the final leg of his three nation trip, the first India New Zealand prime ministerial visit in 40 years.  🔗 Georgia's absence from the NATO summit partner list in Turkey prompted a fresh debate in Tbilisi over whether the country is being pushed to the margins of the alliance.  🔗 Nigeria reported that troops and local vigilantes killed more than 300 bandits in Zamfara, and separately rescued dozens of schoolchildren and teachers abducted from three schools in Oyo state after 56 days.  🔗  🔗 Algeria and Mali also began restoring diplomatic relations after more than a year of tension across the Sahel.  🔗

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Ukrainian intelligence agent Vladyslav Reut denied killing Anastasiia Berezovska in a Kyiv courtroom, after previously confessing to the killing in a case linked to a Monaco bomb plot.  🔗

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