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In U.S. foreign affairs

Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman has been released from Russian detention after four years and was traveling back to the United States Tuesday. No details on the terms of his release were provided.

In New York courts

A judge has ordered an anonymous jury for Luigi Mangione’s murder trial, citing risks of harassment and intimidation. The court has also arranged overflow seating for the high-profile proceedings, while other public-access rules are still being resolved.

In Pennsylvania

Governor Josh Shapiro is facing growing scrutiny over Pennsylvania’s push for large data centers, following Amazon’s $20 billion commitment for projects in Luzerne and Bucks counties. The state offered faster permitting and tax breaks, while concerns have expanded across party lines over the projects’ public costs and broader effects.

In Colombia

Search-and-rescue teams are working through a second day after a magnitude-7.4 earthquake, with the reported death toll rising to 182. Aftershocks have complicated efforts to reach people trapped in collapsed buildings.

In Egypt

A collision between two pickup trucks in Ismailia governorate killed 18 people, most of them children working as agricultural laborers.

In Florida

Authorities say Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy Troy Savetz abducted his former girlfriend as she arrived at her Spring Hill home with her children, ages 12 and 9. The children called 911. Deputies later found Savetz and the woman dead inside his vehicle. Savetz had suffered a gunshot wound. Officials described the relationship as tumultuous and said he had been upset over a television set.

In the housing market

U.S. sales of existing homes fell 1.7% in July, to an annual pace of 4.06 million. The median price rose 2% from a year earlier to $434,100, while the average 30-year mortgage rate reached 6.69%. Inventory also declined, leaving the market below the supply level generally considered balanced.

In Yemen

Iran-backed Houthi rebels have renewed attacks on Mokha, a government-held Red Sea port in Yemen. The escalation follows a deadly strike on a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the city’s coast that killed three people. It comes amid a blockade targeting Saudi exports tied to the war with Iran.

On vaccines

Donald Trump claimed the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is like a nuclear weapon in a child’s body and can be lethal, while suggesting the vaccines should be given separately. He attributed the comparison vaguely to unnamed people.

In Russia

Russia has released an ailing American military veteran and former Marine after more than four years in prison on disputed charges. He was reportedly held in abusive conditions, had become gravely ill, and was considered at risk of dying. Vladimir Putin granted what was described as a goodwill pardon.

Off Scotland’s west coast

The National Trust for Scotland is opposing ScottishPower Renewables’ proposed MachairWind project near Iona. The plan could place up to 144 offshore turbines, some reaching 1,000 feet above sea level. The developer says the two-gigawatt project could power up to two million homes by 2033, while the trust warns of potential effects on landscapes, wildlife, tourism, and the cultural heritage of Iona, Staffa and the Treshnish Isles.

In Colombia

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake has devastated western Colombia, killing at least 132 people, destroying buildings, and leaving hundreds missing. Rescue teams are still searching damaged areas, where survivors, including a baby recovered from rubble, have been pulled from collapsed structures.

In U.S.-Iran relations

President Trump is returning to sanctions after talks with Iran failed to produce an agreement, while both sides trade demands over reparations. Oil prices and U.S. bond yields rose as the dispute pushed any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz further from reach. Trump also claimed the United States has complete control of the strait and called the Navy blockade of Iran-bound shipping infallible.

In Ukraine

Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least nine people overnight across Ukraine, according to regional authorities. Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk were among the areas hit.

In Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected Trump’s 15-point Gaza peace plan, even as attacks in the territory slowed sharply this week.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo

Officials say the Ebola death toll has passed 2,000 in an outbreak declared in May, after the virus had reportedly been spreading for weeks in conflict-affected parts of the east and northeast.

In tech security

Mozilla has revoked and replaced a signing subkey used for Firefox and Thunderbird Linux downloads after an unencrypted private key was accidentally committed to a private GitHub repository. Mozilla says audit records show no unauthorized access, though users who manually verify GPG signatures, and some RPM repository users, will need updated keys.

In UK justice

A colleague of PC Andrew Harper has condemned plans that could allow Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers to leave prison halfway through their 13-year manslaughter sentences. Harper was killed in 2019 when he was dragged by a vehicle as the pair fled the theft of a quad bike. Downing Street had said individual offenders could not be excluded from the early-release scheme, but the Justice Secretary is now considering ways to keep more serious offenders in custody.

Europe’s heat and drought

Western Europe has recorded its hottest June and July on record. France has imposed water restrictions across about 70% of the country, where the prolonged heatwave has been linked to more than 5,700 excess deaths.

The UK is heading toward a fifth summer heatwave, with temperatures forecast to reach 36°C, alongside drought, water restrictions and wildfire risks. In Spain’s Huelva province, a major wildfire has forced about 800 evacuations and burned roughly 20,000 hectares.

Security around Ukraine

Russian attacks killed six people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, and a children’s hospital in Kyiv was also struck, according to Ukraine’s emergency service.

In Poland, attackers accessed a combined heat and power plant through a private cellular network used for remote grid equipment, shutting down a steam turbine and water-treatment system. The plant, which supplies heat to about 50,000 residents, began recovering while the intruders were still active, and customers did not lose service. German investigators, meanwhile, found DNA traces after an explosive drone was discovered near Ukrainian Antonov aircraft at Leipzig Airport.

In Colombia

Rescuers are searching damaged areas after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake killed at least 132 people and injured about 570. The quake caused extensive damage in and around Cali, Pereira and Caldas, where authorities imposed nighttime curfews to deter looting and keep routes open for emergency crews. Hundreds remain missing.

In U.S. courts

Massachusetts has removed its 24-week abortion limit, leaving decisions on later-pregnancy procedures to doctors. The state is now among roughly 10 with no gestational cutoff.

A federal judge also approved the Trump administration’s request to dismiss criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani.

In the Iran war

The war with Iran is exposing shortages in U.S. weapons stockpiles, raising fresh questions about how years of vast Pentagon spending did not produce deeper reserves. The pressure is also reaching diplomacy. President Trump is demanding compensation from Iran for what he calls 50 years of damages, while Tehran links reopening the Strait of Hormuz to war reparations. A major shipping route is caught between competing claims for payment.

Separately, The Washington Post and The New York Times report that Trump was secretly transferred from Air Force One to another military aircraft in Turkey after officials received a credible Iranian threat. The presidential plane reportedly remained visible as a decoy while Trump traveled onward to Britain with tracking data turned off.

In U.S. election policy

The Trump administration is suing states for complete voter rolls, warning election officials about possible noncitizen registrations, and pursuing a national voter-verification system. State officials say routine processes already remove ineligible voters, but some are intensifying reviews amid concern that federal officials could question the validity of their elections. The proposed national system faces court challenges over accuracy and privacy.

The American Medical Association is also criticizing Trump’s new childhood immunization recommendations. AMA President Dr. Willie Underwood III said vaccines are among the most extensively studied tools for preventing serious disease and warned that the order puts children at risk.

In Ukraine

A World Health Organization humanitarian warehouse in Ukraine was destroyed during overnight missile exchanges between Kyiv and Moscow. The facility held an estimated $500,000 in supplies, eliminating stock meant for people already affected by the war.

In Thailand

Hundreds of people gathered at a temple in Nonthaburi province, north of Bangkok, to mourn Naphat Chaimar, the 12-year-old youngest victim of last week’s school mass shooting. Her parents received condolences as prayers began beside her casket. The shooter’s father was among those attending.

In climate

NOAA says July was the hottest month ever recorded across the contiguous United States, extending a summer of exceptional heat and adding another benchmark to the country’s climate record.

In Washington

President Trump signed an order calling for fewer childhood vaccines and for the combined MMR shot to be split into separate measles, mumps, and rubella doses over multiple visits. The American Academy of Pediatrics called the recommendation dangerous, citing a 35-year high in U.S. measles cases.

Todd Blanche, Trump’s former personal lawyer, was sworn in as U.S. attorney general in the Oval Office.

In Colombia

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia, killing at least 111 people and causing widespread damage as homes and other buildings collapsed. Footage from Pereira airport showed the force of the shaking.

In the Strait of Hormuz

Iran says it will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed unless the United States meets demands that include reparations for damage from five months of U.S.-Israeli bombardments. President Trump rejected the conditions. A prolonged closure threatens a major global oil-shipping route, creating an economic risk far beyond the Gulf.

In tech and the courts

A U.S. appeals court has allowed thousands of social-media addiction lawsuits against Meta and TikTok to continue. The Ninth Circuit said the companies appealed too early and found that Section 230 does not settle the claims at this stage, leaving them to confront litigation over alleged harms to young users.

In Colombia

Colombia has declared a national disaster after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the country’s west, killing at least 111 people. Dozens of buildings collapsed, and the death toll could rise as rescue crews assess the damage.

In the Middle East

Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed unless the United States meets Tehran’s demands, including lifting a naval blockade. Iranian officials said a possible shipping arrangement with Oman would not amount to a full reopening of the waterway, a critical route for global oil shipments.

In Washington

Todd Blanche, President Trump’s former personal lawyer, has been sworn in as attorney general after a narrow Senate confirmation. He had been serving in the role on an acting basis and becomes the administration’s second Senate-confirmed attorney general of Trump’s second term.

Trump has also signed an executive order seeking changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, including administering measles, mumps, and rubella shots separately rather than as the combined MMR vaccine. The order seeks to override CDC authority and reinforce earlier changes that a federal judge had halted. Separate appointments would also cost more than the combined vaccine.

In artificial intelligence

OpenAI has released a restricted cybersecurity version of GPT-5.6 to vetted security researchers through its Daybreak program. The company says the model was more willing to respond to advanced security-testing requests and identified two V8 flaws later fixed by Google, though its broader performance claims have not been independently verified.

Meanwhile, Nvidia and Wall Street asset managers are backing a $500 billion effort to finance AI infrastructure, another sign that building the AI boom now requires capital on a scale normally associated with national infrastructure projects.

In European security

U.S. intelligence experts reportedly believe Russia was behind last week’s explosive drone incident at Leipzig Airport. Germany has not publicly identified a suspect, but Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called it a new level of danger and cut short a holiday to visit the site.

Ukraine’s cyber agency says Russian military hackers linked to the GRU’s Sandworm unit have been posing as recruiters to target Ukrainian IT workers. The campaign has reportedly been running since at least May, using fake job outreach to gain access to systems and networks.

In the war in Ukraine

A Ukrainian drone strike hit the Taneko oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, roughly 1,200 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, killing at least 13 people, according to the city’s mayor. Kyiv said the refinery was targeted as part of its effort to reduce Russia’s military capacity.

In Colombia

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia, killing at least two people and collapsing dozens of buildings across the region. Emergency crews are assessing damage and searching affected areas.

On climate records

The European Union says July brought the highest ocean temperatures ever recorded, while western Europe had its hottest start to summer on record.

At the White House

President Trump says the United States is only “semi-negotiating” with Iran as the war approaches six months. In an Axios interview, he said Washington was watching Iran’s inflation and financial pressure, and predicted the situation would work out, without outlining a diplomatic timetable or terms.

Separately, Trump’s foreign real-estate licensing business brought in $59.5 million in 2025, according to CNBC. Revenue from overseas developers paying to use the Trump name rose 71 percent from the year before. The arrangement leaves a sitting president’s commercial brand doing notably well abroad while his administration handles foreign policy.

In Ukraine and Russia

At least 22 people were killed in a major Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Tatarstan republic, roughly 600 miles east of Moscow, and in Russian attacks on eastern Ukraine. The reports underscore the reach of Ukraine’s drone campaign as Russia continues strikes across Ukrainian territory.

Wildfires in North America

Wildfires across the western United States and Canada have forced evacuations, with other communities on alert for possible orders. Displaced residents are waiting to learn when they can return and what may remain of their homes.

In the British civil service

A coroner found that the Treasury materially contributed to the death of Chloe Moffat, a 26-year-old assistant who took her own life after flawed disciplinary proceedings. The coroner warned that comparable failures could lead to further deaths across the civil service and will issue a prevention-of-future-deaths report to the Treasury, Acas and the civil service chief.

Britain’s nuclear submarine backlog

Britain has not fully dismantled a retired nuclear submarine in 43 years, despite 23 former boats being kept in storage at Rosyth and Devonport. HMS Swiftsure is intended to be the first completed by the end of 2026, but the government rates the program Red because of supplier, planning and commercial problems. Twelve of the stored vessels still contain irradiated reactor fuel.

In Russia and Ukraine

A Ukrainian strike in Russia’s Tatarstan region killed 12 people and wounded 39, one of Kyiv’s deadliest attacks inside Russia during the war. Russian attacks in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region killed five people near the front line.

In the Gulf

The U.S. military says it stopped another 20 ships from entering or leaving Iranian ports, as prospects for renewed negotiations with Tehran worsen. The expanding maritime action raises the risk of further disruption to commercial shipping in the region.

Europe’s heat and energy strain

The UK could reach 36C or higher as a fifth summer heatwave approaches, with the Met Office considering amber or red extreme-heat warnings. Rail services and power networks could be affected.

Across Europe, warm rivers and low water levels are forcing nuclear plants to reduce output, while falling water on the Rhine threatens a major German freight route. A system built around dependable water is finding that dependable is doing a lot of work.

In China

Typhoon Dolphin is weakening but continues to disrupt travel and trigger flood precautions. Nearly 1,500 flights have been cancelled in Shanghai, while parts of Beijing remain under flood alert and evacuations are under way.

In public health

UK researchers say type 2 diabetes is rising fastest among women under 40. They warn that the condition is too often missed or diagnosed late in women, limiting opportunities to slow its progression through earlier treatment.