Noontime News Recap: US and Iran trade strikes as wildfires, tariffs and Ukraine tensions deepen

Iran said it carried out drone strikes on US military facilities and bases across the Middle East after what it described as 13 consecutive nights of American attacks, as fears of a wider escalation in the Gulf grew.  🔗

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In the occupied West Bank, four Palestinians and one Israeli were killed in violence in the town of Tal, southwest of Nablus, in an incident involving Israeli settlers and Palestinians.  🔗

France ordered the total evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula as a wildfire in the Gironde region continued to spread by land and air, while Canada was also battling more than 900 wildfires nationwide, with the worst concern in the Northwest Territories and Ontario.  🔗  🔗

Romania said it shot down a drone after an airspace breach near Padina, describing it as the first such interception since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine, and a Ukrainian drone strike sparked a major fire at warehouses in Saint Petersburg as logistics sites came under repeated attack.  🔗  🔗

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The United States began imposing new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on imports from 60 trading partners after a temporary global levy expired, adding a fresh trade shock for exporters facing the new forced labour measures.  🔗

In New York, member states of the International Criminal Court were voting on whether to remove prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual misconduct allegations, in a move that could reshape the court's leadership.  🔗

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