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Hormuz fires, La Guaira counts

Trump escalates near Hormuz as Venezuela digs out and Europe sweats through deadly heat

The past 12 hours brought a grim split screen: a widening Gulf confrontation, a Venezuelan disaster zone and European heat that is now killing well beyond the thermometer. Politics also moved fast, with Serbia’s strongman offering an exit that may not loosen his grip, while Washington showed how directly it now intends to police frontier AI.

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Saudi Aramco helicopter crash
Kills 14 Saudi nationals after crashing at the Ras Tanura oil terminal, prompting an investigation by the Ministry of Energy
Israel cabinet votes on Armenian genocide
Votes unanimously to recognize the World War I massacres of Armenians as genocide, sending the resolution to the Knesset for a final vote
Germany extreme heatwave
Evacuates residents near Bad Kreuznach due to a forest fire as the national temperature record holds at 41.7 degrees Celsius.

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The war in Ukraine and its limits

The reporting details continued Russian offensive pressure and expanded Ukrainian deep strikes, alongside new Western air defense commitments and renewed diplomatic discussions on ceasefire proposals.

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Germany extreme heatwave

Disasters·Top story·Reported 1h 48m ago·Updated 1h 37m ago

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Germany extreme heatwave
Evacuates residents near Bad Kreuznach due to a forest fire as the national temperature record holds at 41.7 degrees Celsius.

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