Noontime News Recap: Black Sea tensions rise as tanker fire, port strikes and Starlink row deepen

Romanian naval authorities are searching for eight missing crew members after a tanker caught fire and reported explosions off the Black Sea coast, in an incident that has renewed concern about drone activity in the area.  🔗

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Russia said it struck Izmail port in Ukraine's Odesa region and hit two cargo vessels en route to Odesa, while Ukraine said restrictions on Starlink service disrupted drone missions and communications on the front line.  🔗  🔗

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he felt betrayed by Donald Trump as the dispute over satellite communications and intelligence support deepened tensions between Kyiv and Washington.  🔗

In Pakistan, a school roof collapsed in Peshawar, killing a teacher and 27 pupils and injuring more than 30 others, in one of the deadliest school accidents reported in the city in recent years.  🔗

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Turkey's largest city Istanbul was hit by a second day of heavy rain, with flooding in homes, roads and underpasses, at least two deaths, and schools shut across much of the city as disruption spread.  🔗

Across the Balkans, countries are taking sharply different positions on Israel, with domestic politics, defence deals and strategic interests driving divergent responses and exposing internal divisions.  🔗

Global markets were rattled by a broad tech sell off as hotter than expected US inflation data and renewed worries about artificial intelligence debt weighed on sentiment, adding to the pressure on risk assets.  🔗

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