Breakfast News Recap: Ebola response expands as US pressure on Iran and global tensions mount
The World Health Organization is allocating 70,000 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the country faces a worsening outbreak, underlining the scale of the health emergency. 🔗
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In the Middle East, fighting in Yemen has intensified sharply, with government forces saying they carried out 81 attacks on Houthi positions in the past 24 hours, while the Houthis said they had launched their own strikes. 🔗 The United States has also sent a new carrier strike group to the region to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln, adding to the military build up. 🔗
Washington is widening pressure on Iran on several fronts. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said sanctions would intensify and described the campaign as the toughest in history, while President Donald Trump separately threatened a new economic pressure drive against countries doing business with Tehran. 🔗 🔗 The Treasury chief has set a briefing for 24 August. 🔗
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers have returned to Kadim two decades after the settlement was evacuated, and major Western powers plus Canada have condemned Israel's decision to open construction tenders for the E1 project. 🔗 🔗 The International Criminal Court dispute is also deepening, after the United States imposed additional sanctions on the court despite condemnation from the United Nations and the European Union. 🔗
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Security and espionage cases have also surfaced elsewhere. US authorities say they thwarted an alleged ISIS linked plot against the New York State Capitol and charged Jessica Bowie of Albany over the case. 🔗 In Australia, police charged a 27 year old Russian Australian man over an alleged attempt to pass Ukrainian military information to Russia. 🔗 In France, a man described as a French national is in federal custody in Utah after an indictment over alleged threatening calls to businesses. 🔗
Across Eurasia, Russia has carried out missile drills near the disputed Kuril Islands, prompting a Japanese protest, and Moscow says any Ukraine peace plan must reflect what it calls realities on the ground. 🔗 🔗 Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have released two UN staff detained in Herat earlier this month. 🔗
In Asia, Hong Kong activists Lee Cheuk yan and Chow Hang tung have been convicted of inciting subversion in a case linked to Tiananmen Square vigil commemorations, with sentencing still to come. 🔗 Bangladesh's parliament has elected BNP veteran Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as president after the early resignation of Mohammed Shahabuddin. 🔗
In Africa, Nigeria's Peoples Democratic Party is facing a fresh internal crisis as campaigning begins for January's general election, raising fresh doubts about the party's cohesion. 🔗
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In the United States, President Trump also used Truth Social to tout congressional wins and signal turnover in his White House legislative team, including a nomination for Phil Axt to the US District Court for the District of New Jersey. 🔗
Financial glimpse
Wall Street closed lower, with the Nasdaq Composite down 2.7%, the S and P 500 off 2.0% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 2.0% as megacap tech, chips and banks led a broad risk off move. 🔗
Asia Pacific was mixed, with Tokyo's Nikkei under heavy pressure at the open and later ending lower, while Hong Kong and South Korea gained and gold, silver, platinum, ether and WTI crude all firmed. 🔗 🔗
Europe opened lower, with the DAX, Euro Stoxx 50 and CAC 40 all down and the FTSE 100 roughly flat, alongside firmer Brent crude, a stronger euro and broad gains in precious metals. 🔗
Sources in this recap
- 🔗 DR Congo Ebola outbreak worsens as WHO allocates 70,000 Ervebo doses
- 🔗 Yemen fighting intensifies as government and Houthis trade attacks
- 🔗 US says it thwarted alleged ISIS-linked plot against New York State Capitol as charges filed
- 🔗 US Treasury chief says sanctions campaign will intensify against Iran as pressure widens
- 🔗 Russia conducts missile drills near disputed Kuril Islands, prompting Japanese protest
- 🔗 ICC faces further US sanctions amid condemnation from UN and EU
- 🔗 Australia charges man over alleged attempt to pass Ukraine military information to Russia
- 🔗 Israeli settlers return to Kadim in West Bank two decades after evacuation
- 🔗 Trump threatens new economic pressure campaign against Iran as Treasury sets 24 August briefing
- 🔗 Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists convicted as sentencing awaits
- 🔗 Western powers condemn Israel's E1 West Bank settlement plan
- 🔗 Taliban release two UN staff detained in Herat
- 🔗 New US carrier strike group arrives in Middle East to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln
- 🔗 US imposes new sanctions on Cuban officials and state firms as pressure widens
- 🔗 Nigeria's PDP faces internal crisis as election campaign begins
- 🔗 Russia says any Ukraine peace plan must reflect realities on the ground
- 🔗 Bangladesh parliament elects BNP veteran Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as president
- 🔗 Trump touts congressional wins and signals White House legislative team turnover
- 🔗 French National Indicted in Utah Over Alleged Threatening Calls to Businesses
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