Breakfast News Recap: Ebola toll climbs in Congo as Middle East tensions ease and storms batter Asia

Democratic Republic of the Congo health officials say the Ebola outbreak has worsened sharply, with infections rising to 3,200 and deaths reaching at least 1,405, making it one of the deadliest recent flare ups in the country.  🔗

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In the Middle East, a pause in strikes between the United States and Iran has held for a second day as diplomatic efforts resume, while oil prices fell on hopes of renewed ceasefire talks and safer shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.  🔗  🔗

Israel has approved legal measures for an International Stabilization Force to enter Gaza, advancing a central part of Donald Trump's plan, even as Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Washington and separately accuses New York's mayor of fomenting hate after a row over an arrest threat.  🔗  🔗

On the ground, Israeli forces have pushed into villages in southwestern Syria in a new cross border incursion condemned by the United Nations, while in the occupied West Bank more than 130 Palestinians have been detained after weekend raids linked to settler violence and a deadly shooting near Nablus.  🔗  🔗

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Iran has also warned that a Ukrainian strike on a commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea will not go unanswered, after one sailor was killed and several others injured, and Iran's supreme leader has deepened pressure on any US Iran talks with a pro Hezbollah message.  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere in Asia, flash floods in Gansu province in northwestern China killed 10 people and injured 23 at a tourist site, while Typhoon Noul hit southern China and Hong Kong, bringing heavy rain, strong winds and flight cancellations.  🔗  🔗

Pakistan administered Kashmir is voting amid unrest over disputed refugee seats and a prolonged communications shutdown, while Pakistan occupied Kashmir is also holding legislative elections as protests and clashes continue. In Nepal, one person was killed and more than a dozen injured in a communal clash in Sunsari district, prompting prohibitory orders.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In Europe, firefighters in southwest France and central Spain are battling major wildfires for a second day as a fresh heatwave threatens to worsen conditions, and in Berlin police shot dead the suspect wanted over the Pride event attack after a nearly 24 hour manhunt.  🔗  🔗

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Further afield, Kazakhstan said drone attacks forced its main Black Sea oil export terminal to shut, cutting output, while President Kassym Jomart Tokayev urged Vladimir Putin to freeze the war in Ukraine during talks in Omsk. Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Argentina after Javier Milei's remarks about Lula and Brazilian institutions, and in Australia an inquiry heard arguments for arming private security guards at open air Jewish events.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Libya's capital Tripoli has seen protests spread over prolonged power cuts and high electricity rates, and in Mali a new alliance between separatists and an al Qaeda affiliate has raised fears of a more dangerous phase in the northern conflict.  🔗  🔗

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