The share price of US Steel fell by more than 17% after reports emerged that President Joe Biden was preparing to block the steelmaker’s takeover by Nippon Steel, a Japanese firm.

A Russian missile attack killed more than 50 people and injured more than 219 in Poltava, a city in central Ukraine.

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, defended his country’s war in Gaza, and his refusal to agree to a ceasefire, in a defiant press conference.

Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets to urge the government to negotiate a ceasefire that would secure the release of hostages captured by Hamas on October 7th.

Ukrainian strikes killed five people and injured 46 more in Belgorod, a city in south-western Russia, according to Russian authorities.

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge held steady at an annualised 2.5% in July

The Israel Defence Forces and Hamas agreed to three, three-day humanitarian pauses in different parts of Gaza to allow children to receive polio vaccinations, the World Health Organisation said.

Pavel Durov, the founder and chief executive of Telegram, was charged by French authorities for crimes related to illegal activity on the social-media app.

Oleksandr Syrsky, the head of Ukraine’s army, said his soldiers had captured nearly 600 Russian soldiers since Ukraine began its incursion into Kursk.

Israel said that Hizbullah had suffered a “crushing blow” from Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon, which it claimed foiled Hizbullah’s plans for a bigger attack.