Day News Recap: Iran, Israel and trade tensions dominate as conflicts and shocks spread across regions

Donald Trump renewed his claim over the Strait of Hormuz after posting a map on Truth Social that depicted the strategic waterway as “new American territory”, even as Iran signalled it could keep the route closed and later allowed some Iraqi oil tankers through after Baghdad pressed for access.  🔗  🔗

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Middle East tensions widened further as Jordan said it had been pulled into the Iran, US and Israel confrontation after missile and drone attacks reached its territory, while Chile announced it would close its embassy in Tehran on 31 August because of security concerns and internal reorganisation.  🔗  🔗

Israel and Syria remained on edge after a US envoy accused Israel of striking Syria’s Abu Duhur military base without adequate warning, Syria condemned a separate strike near Beit Jinn that it said injured several people, and Damascus said the door remained open to diplomacy with Israel with security talks possibly resuming soon.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces launched a wide search operation in the Jordan Valley after a stabbing near al-Auja left an Israeli man wounded.  🔗

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Ukraine’s political row deepened as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected calls for a wartime presidential election, saying it would destroy the country, while his sacked defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov said Zelensky had questions to answer over corruption in government.  🔗  🔗

In Europe, Swedish police confirmed that a 17 year old girl was killed in a sword attack at Brinell School in Fagersta, and in the United Kingdom a small power plant was shut down for four days after a cyber attack hit a small scale generator.  🔗  🔗

Asia Pacific saw a series of security and disaster stories, with a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in Japan injuring at least 37 people, southern Thailand hit by a second day of coordinated arson attacks that brought the total to 51 and injured three, and South Korea launching its first commercial trial container voyage through the Arctic on the PanStar Acro from Busan New Port to Europe.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Rwanda backed M23 rebel group agreed a roadmap for peace talks in Swiss hosted discussions, Kazakhstan held a snap parliamentary election expected to strengthen President Kassym Jomart Tokayev, and Russia marked National Flag Day with tightly managed patriotic events.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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In the Americas and wider economy, Trump escalated the trade dispute with Canada as 50 percent tariffs took effect on about $20bn of Canadian goods, Iran prepared the public for another fuel price rise as the rial hit a record low under new US sanctions pressure, Nigeria said the Iran war was tightening global gas markets and opening room for its own production, and Macron was due to host Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Paris for talks on security and energy routes.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Trump also said the US had brought home an American hostage held by ISIS for ten months, adding to the day’s mix of security and diplomatic developments.  🔗

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