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    Nick Cave’s cathartic set closes Mad Cool 2026 as final-night attendance slips to 48,000

    The Australian frontman led a Saturday bill that also featured The Black Crowes, Pulp and David Byrne, with overlapping sets forcing the 48,000 attendees at the Madrid festival to choose between headliners.

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Hormuz shuts, France bakes again

Iran closes Hormuz as disasters stretch governments and Trump targets reporters at home

The sharpest market risk came from the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran declared the waterway closed after a damaged container ship and another round of US strikes. Heat, fire and flood meanwhile forced governments from Paris to Beijing to choose between public safety and normal life.

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  • Iran Strait of Hormuz shipping warning

    Retaliated Iran struck US military targets in Oman and Qatar in response to the overnight American operation against 140 Iranian sites.

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The Middle East after Gaza

The US launched a third round of strikes on 140 Iranian military targets following an IRGC attack on a container ship, escalating direct conflict between the two nations.

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