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Hormuz stalls, Spain burns

Trump escalates Iran fight as Europe burns and Volkswagen cuts toward a smaller future

The past half-day mixed hard power, hard weather and hard balance sheets. A shattered Gulf truce rattled oil routes, Europe counted the cost of heat, and big institutions from Volkswagen to OpenAI showed how quickly scale becomes a liability.

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Ryanair flight returns to Thessaloniki
Returns to Thessaloniki after a window breaks mid-air, injuring one passenger on the flight to Munich.
France extreme heatwave
Government triggers Orsec extreme heat plan as red vigilance expands to 24 departments for Saturday.
US Election Assistance Commission firings
Trump removes Democratic members of the Election Assistance Commission as a Republican commissioner resigns ahead of the midterm elections.

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The Middle East after Gaza

The US launched airstrikes against Iran, hitting the Bushehr nuclear facility, marking a direct military escalation between the two powers.

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France extreme heatwave

Disasters·High·Reported 3h 51m ago·Updated 1h 15m ago

Chapter 1 of 1DisasterCatching upReported 3h 51m ago
France extreme heatwave
Government triggers Orsec extreme heat plan as red vigilance expands to 24 departments for Saturday.

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