Ongoing Middle East conflicts include a Houthi drone strike on an Israeli airport and rising Egypt-Israel tensions over Gaza, while Greta Thunberg's aid flotilla reached Tunisia and Iran reiterated its stance on nuclear monitoring for lifted sanctions.

• A View From Inside Iran — New York Times World -
• Greta Thunberg's Gaza flotilla arrives in Tunisia — BBC World -
• Greta Thunberg's Gaza flotilla arrives in Tunisia — BBC World -

• Houthi Drone Hits Israeli Airport After Warning System Failure — New York Times World -
• Israel’s top court says government is not giving Palestinian prisoners enough food — The Guardian -
• Palestinians to ask UK to own up to ‘law violations’ between 1917 and 1948 — The Guardian -
• As Syria Tries to Move Away From Dictatorship, Signs of Authoritarianism Linger — New York Times World -
• Thousands throng Jerusalem to press Netanyahu to make hostage release deal — BBC World -
• Egypt-Israel Tensions Rise Over Attack on Gaza City — New York Times World -
• Iran will exchange nuclear monitoring for lifted sanctions, says its foreign minister — The Guardian -
• Microsoft cloud services disrupted by Red Sea cable cuts — BBC World -
• Microsoft cloud services disrupted by Red Sea cable cuts — BBC World -
• Keir Starmer has ‘legal duty to stop Gaza genocide’, says Greta Thunberg — The Guardian -
• Recognition of Palestinian state is 'disastrous', US ambassador says — BBC World -
• Recognition of Palestinian state is 'disastrous', US ambassador says — BBC World -
• Homeless and Hungry, Gazans Fear a Repeat of 1948 History — New York Times World -

Russia launched its largest drone assault on Kyiv, damaging government buildings and a football star's home, as the US weighs private military contractor involvement in postwar Ukraine and a World War II dispute between Ukraine and Poland is being laid to rest.

• Zelensky condemns 'ruthless attack' after Russia hits main government building in Kyiv — BBC World -
• Russia Strikes Ukraine Government Building in Largest Drone Assault of War — New York Times World -
• Largest Russian air attack of war sets fire to Ukrainian cabinet building — The Guardian -

• Home of Ukraine football star damaged in strike — BBC World -
• For Americans in Ukraine, Opportunity and the Lure of Combat — New York Times World -
• Blackwater founder and Maga disciple Erik Prince pitching services in Ukraine — The Guardian -
• Watch: BBC at the scene of Ukrainian government building strike — BBC World -
• A World War II Dispute Between Ukraine and Poland Is Put to Rest — New York Times World -

President Trump's tariffs are under scrutiny as critics, including his own treasury secretary, question their economic impact, while a US immigration raid at a Hyundai plant led to hundreds of detentions, and **LGBTQ+ Americans consider moving to Canada** amid rising anti-gay rhetoric.

• In US town hoping for revival, Trump's tariffs put to test — BBC World -
• South Korean worker tells BBC of panic during US immigration raid at Hyundai plant — BBC World -
• Ex-congressman John Burton, influential California Democrat, dies at 92 — The Guardian -

• Florida plan to drop school vaccine mandates won’t take effect for 90 days — The Guardian -
• US treasury secretary denies Trump tariffs are tax on Americans — The Guardian -
• Chicago churches urge calm resistance as Trump threatens intervention — The Guardian -
• Crowd greets Donald Trump with boos and cheers at US Open men’s final — The Guardian -
• 300 South Koreans detained at Hyundai plant in US to be released, says Seoul — The Guardian -
• Republican condemns Vance for ‘despicable’ comments on Venezuelan boat strike — The Guardian -
• South Korea Negotiates Release of Korean Workers Detained in Georgia Raid — New York Times World -
• Black man targeted in racist attack says South Carolina needs hate crime law — The Guardian -
• Arizona Republicans seek to expel lawmaker who reposted Ice raid information — The Guardian -
• Howard Stern’s future at Sirius XM in doubt as copycat podcasts poach his audience — The Guardian -
• Texas attorney general wants students to pray in school – unless they’re Muslim — The Guardian -
• ‘No outreach’ to Epstein victims despite Trump’s vow to investigate, lawyers say — The Guardian -
• LGBTQ+ Americans consider move to Canada to escape Trump: ‘I’m afraid of living here’ — The Guardian -
• Peter Mandelson lauds Trump as ‘risk-taker’ in call for US-UK tech alliance — The Guardian -
• South Korea reaches deal to release nationals detained in Hyundai raid in US — BBC World -
• ‘We have the people’: Bernie Sanders campaigns with Zohran Mamdani as New York mayoral race enters final stretch — The Guardian -
• Mexican festivals in Chicago canceled amid Trump plans to deploy troops — The Guardian -
• Immigration Raid on Hyundai-LG Plant in Georgia Rattles South Korea — New York Times World -

The UK faces Labour party internal criticism and escalating London tube strikes, while the new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood prepares to host a Five Eyes meeting on people-smuggling and a nationwide emergency alert system was successfully tested.

• UK advertising watchdog accused of breaking rules in its own ad campaign — The Guardian -
• Londoners buying lowest share of property outside capital since 2013 — The Guardian -
• New business secretary Peter Kyle going to China for trade talks this week — The Guardian -

• Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes — The Guardian -
• Labour insiders form new centre-left network in bid to change party’s direction — The Guardian -
• As home secretary, Shabana Mahmood will face enormous challenges — The Guardian -
• Shabana Mahmood to host Five Eyes meeting on people-smuggling — The Guardian -
• Watchdog fails wrongly convicted owing to lack of forensic expertise, experts say — The Guardian -
• Disruption to Jaguar Land Rover after cyber-attack may last until October — The Guardian -
• Millions of UK mobiles activated as government tests national alert system — The Guardian -
• Couple tell of ordeal when kittens went missing after being left in plane hold — The Guardian -
• Emergency alert: millions of UK mobile phones to receive test message on Sunday — The Guardian -
• Over 800 Arrested at Protest After Pro-Palestinian Group Banned as Terrorist — New York Times World -
• London tube users warned to plan for disruption as strike action escalates — The Guardian -
• Labour is dead, says Zarah Sultana as she calls for patience over party launch — The Guardian -
• Andy Burnham says government needs ‘reset’ to become more decisive — The Guardian -
• Farage rows back on promise to stop small boats within two weeks if he becomes PM – as it happened — The Guardian -
• Nigel Farage says Reform UK will not make pact with Boris Johnson — The Guardian -
• Drawings reveal Victorian proposal for London’s own Grand Central station — The Guardian -
• One of America's most wanted evaded the FBI for 21 years - only to be found in Wales — BBC World -
• South West Water taken to court over cryptosporidium outbreak in Devon — The Guardian -
• Private menopause tests risk undermining NHS care, doctors say — The Guardian -
• Roman Abramovich under investigation in Jersey over corruption and money-laundering claims — The Guardian -

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigned after a year, France is poised to vote out another PM, and **Greece unveiled a €1.6bn relief package to combat population decline, while China accused Australian and Canadian warships** of provocation in the Taiwan Strait.

• France is set to vote out another PM. Can anything break its political deadlock? — BBC World -
• 'I don't dare go back': BBC visits Cambodian villages caught in Thai border conflict — BBC World -
• Greece announces €1.6bn relief package to tackle population decline — The Guardian -

• Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan Says He Will Step Down — New York Times World -
• Nepal Bans 26 Social Media Platforms, Including Facebook and YouTube — New York Times World -
• Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigns after election defeats — BBC World -
• Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigns after election defeats — BBC World -
• Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba to resign amid fallout from disastrous elections — The Guardian -
• China’s military follows Australian and Canadian warships in Taiwan Strait accusing them of ‘provocation’ — The Guardian -
• Ethiopia outfoxes Egypt over the Nile's waters with its mighty dam — BBC World -

A London-born teenager, Carlo Acutis, was canonized as the first millennial saint, an American pilot was released after being stuck in Antarctica, and an Argentine rights activist Rosa Roisinblit died at 106, alongside news of Australia's koala national park plan and a record-breaking strudel chain in Croatia.

• American Pilot Ethan Guo Is Released After Being Stuck Off Antarctica — New York Times World -
• Timelapse shows Blood Moon rising around the world — BBC World -
• Argentine rights activist Rosa Roisinblit dies aged 106 — BBC World -

• Argentine rights activist Rosa Roisinblit dies aged 106 — BBC World -
• Thousands flock to Vatican as teenager made first millennial saint — BBC World -
• Carlo Acutis, Known as ‘God’s Influencer,’ Is Declared a Saint by Pope Leo XIV — New York Times World -
• US pilot and influencer released from Chilean air base in Antarctica — BBC World -
• Carlo Acutis, ‘God’s influencer’ who died age 15, declared a saint by Pope Leo — The Guardian -
• Minns’s $140m great koala national park will ‘obliterate’ regional towns, Coalition claims — The Guardian -
• Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson to learn fate at sentence hearing in Victorian supreme court — The Guardian -
• Czech police finally catch up with 'phantom racing car driver' — BBC World -
• Czech police finally catch up with 'phantom racing car driver' — BBC World -
• Cod digits and striped equids: new book celebrates media staple ‘the second mention’ — The Guardian -
• String Theory — New York Times World -
• Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones — The Guardian -
• Croatian village breaks world record with 3km strudel chain — The Guardian -
• Teen gamer who 'performed miracles' becomes first millennial saint — BBC World -
• Teen gamer who 'performed miracles' becomes first millennial saint — BBC World -
• Brainless bodies and pig organs: does science back up Putin and Xi’s longevity claims? — The Guardian -
• Two boys, 12 and 15, killed in Melbourne attacked by eight knife and machete wielding suspects — The Guardian -
• India's iconic Parsi magazine to shut after 60 years — BBC World -