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Several migrants said they had been motivated by social media messages claiming that the Spanish border was open, though the origin of those messages remained unclear. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/yaGsLbM

Iran sent military aid to Russia for its war against Ukraine. Now the question is whether that conflict and the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran are converging. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/svMkCeo

The arrivals in Ceuta, a six-mile-long peninsula on Morocco’s northern coast that Spain has governed for centuries, have fueled political tensions. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/xt3uvWi

Residents in Bordeaux in southwestern France are doing everything in their power to stop a wildfire that’s been burning for more than a week. The flames are too spread out for professional firefighters to be everywhere, so for now, civilian volunteers are the only thing standing between the fire and a major French city. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/F86Ui7Z

Record heat and wildfires are devastating the continent, and scientists warn the climate crisis is getting worse. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/KJ0ErxO

The kingdom’s defense ministry said airstrikes in Iraq targeting Iran-backed militias were in retaliation for attacks on Saudi oil facilities this week. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/8dAQ4vC

With their ally, Iran, bottling up the Strait of Hormuz, the Houthi group in Yemen is escalating its declared blockade of Saudi shipping in another vital waterway, the Red Sea. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/6u3UgDZ

It’s been six months since the U.S. cut off the island’s fuel sources. Our reporters went there and found remarkable stories of resilience. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/NpZPR8W

Human rights activists say the Iranian government has been rapidly escalating executions. The latest prompted public protest, videos appear to show. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/AvxPFus

At least one person who was found in a collapsed house was killed, and about 50 others were injured on Tuesday in the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/TXAMEyZ

The record wildfires, which have destroyed more than 200 homes and prompted large evacuations, could intensify with the arrival of a new heat wave. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/QiNC1jR

Spain’s center-left accused conservatives of underfunding the disaster response, while critics of France’s government decried delays. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Kz5dmYV

The police said that it was too early to say if the episode was linked to a shooting that targeted the diplomatic post in March. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/jT9m0YV

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Anti-immigrant activism reveals the contradictions of a country that projects itself as a bastion of human rights. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/i0CyvXh

In central Spain, thousands of people sleep in shelters or in their cars, some of them evacuated multiple times ahead of the advancing flames, awaiting word on what they left behind. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/AQmqeG3

Nearly 300,000 have been told to evacuate or take shelter as major fires edged closer to Madrid and Bordeaux. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/GLIJzp0

Among the worries is that expanded hostilities could dangerously drain the diminished stockpile of air defense munitions in the Middle East. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/QPHDRlt

The police said a hunt for suspects was underway after the episode at one of Europe’s biggest gay-themed festivals. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/uNDOHxI

Brazilian authorities refused to grant visas to two senior U.S. officials out of concern they planned to sow doubt about the security of the country’s voting systems. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/lJYHybC

President Trump has insisted the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran would be a relatively short “excursion,” although it has now lasted nearly five months, with no end in sight. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/5VX2CvZ

President Trump threatened attacks on Houthi militants after the Iranian ally said it had hit two Saudi Arabian-flagged vessels. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/wYUrEAh

Saudi Arabia has long said that a condition of normalizing relations with Israel would be a pathway toward Palestinian statehood, a prospect that Israel’s current government has rejected. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/u3szlPG

A Dubai-based logistics giant unveiled a deal with the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday to develop a new port system that would bypass the Strait of Hormuz. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/AMzfeNH

Two Israeli financial firms have long served as partners to Palestinian banks, handling transactions that make possible much of West Bank imports and exports. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/OBo5zFv

Several days of airstrikes have hit water and energy plants in Kuwait, a nation that relies on desalination for 90 percent of its drinking water. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/oae4vhQ

As the nation convulses with protests and violence, data and research suggest that some of the biggest arguments against foreigners don’t stand up against the facts. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/zrXyBxF

Many in the enclave supported Spain, which has recognized Palestinian statehood. Argentina had strong support among Israeli soccer fans. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/xw9gAUP

As Andy Burnham became Britain’s seventh leader in a decade on Monday, he tried to show that he will govern differently. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/5Y1e39s

Volunteers are reuniting pets with families, offering Venezuelans comfort amid loss and devastation. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Up9dazL

The mayor of New York City talks about Andy Burnham, Netanyahu and the controversial U.S. red card. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/kNZrLv7

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Hundreds of wildfires in Canada and the United States have blanketed large sections of North America in dense smoke over the past week. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/MwNOQJ1

Nearly 200 fires continued to devastate swaths of the province as smoke continued to drift across parts of Canada and the United States. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/JLOpNfz

One of five booksellers kidnapped by Chinese officials in 2015, Mr. Lam spoke out after his release and became an international cause célèbre. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/lbtHaVu

At a time of political upheaval and economic stagnation, Andy Burnham will on Monday become the seventh prime minister in a decade. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/gpjnOQ8

Not all the best moments from the tournament were on the pitch. We revisit some of our favorites ahead of Sunday’s final. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/WtEUfGj

From an underground parking garage, Ukraine’s newly dismissed defense minister aired the most dramatic, public critique of the military command to emerge during the war. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/FDZj8gO

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed a series of laws undermining legal oversight of the government, benefiting allied media outlets and aiming to shore up ultra-Orthodox political support. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/a16dXF7

It’s the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/1qY4kn9

Threatening imagery in Enghelab Square is nothing new, but has rarely taken such lurid form. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/WqgPkha

The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had attacked Iranian cruise missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb, one of several small islands in the Strait of Hormuz subject to a decades-old territorial dispute. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/TEHQVZ3

The ejection of the Argentine soccer star during a 1966 match against England led to the introduction of yellow and red cards. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/i4l3snh

The House Democratic leader said he would not seek to persuade other Democrats to vote against the measure, which has divided the party amid a deep rift over support for Israel. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/ZCyw7Lh

The use of unmanned vessels to attack Iranian naval installations offers new evidence of how drones are taking over modern warfare. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/t05lLax

President Trump said the United States could collect tolls or fees, despite Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying no country could do so. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/YdAfbmQ

Children who played for Venezuela’s youth baseball league, a symbol of national pride, have been left injured, orphaned or dead. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/HskZhFv

Under Sheikh Hamad, the tiny nation of Qatar developed immense natural gas wealth and cultivated influence far beyond its borders. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/UZXCVdH

The shooting disrupted a weekend Latino celebration where hundreds had gathered on Saturday evening. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/xXtn2Z5

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Surveillance footage obtained by The Times shows ICE agents driving aggressively in unmarked vehicles, but the moment of the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo remains murky. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/giskWyK

The nation’s president vowed to go “beyond diplomatic notes” after a U.S. immigration agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican man, in Texas this week. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/BI3nEe9

Friday’s visit to King Charles and Queen Camilla signaled a détente in relations with Prince Harry and his wife, who renounced their royal titles and moved to the United States in 2020. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/yIOYWQC

The move could open up habitats to drilling and mining, and hasten the demise of many imperiled animals, experts say. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/ZnSJuav

As oil prices fall back to levels not seen since before the Middle East war began, the Kremlin will be forced to confront a deepening budget deficit. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/D2AjMrK

This difference reflects Iran’s limited firepower and degraded air defenses, and highlights how the war is taking a disproportionate toll on Iranians. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Dky5n6g

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Analysts expressed skepticism that the vote would take place as planned. In 2021, Mahmoud Abbas, the authority’s leader, scheduled and then canceled a similar election. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/mBAQS92

A Times reporter in Iran said the events “surpassed anything I’ve ever witnessed.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/z5ZN0WB

A wave of U.S. attacks were followed by Iranian strikes, halting ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz again. Oil prices rose sharply. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/PqCO6SL

The raids targeted a military contractor and its owner, who also co-owns a news outlet that recently exposed abuse of soldiers. Journalists said it was no coincidence. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/WU7Y6ri

The far-right leader’s battle with the French judiciary evokes legal standoffs across the populist world, including ones with President Trump and Nigel Farage. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Gw9N4l1

The International Olympic Committee “provisionally” removed the ban imposed in relation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A previous ban for systematic doping had already ended. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/5WwuA6r

In selecting a joint bid from Germany and Norway, Prime Minister Mark Carney is elevating Canada’s naval power and reducing its military and economic dependency on the United States. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Rsraxlb

Million of people filled the streets of Iran to bid farewell to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the war with the United States and Israel. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/x49IN8A

The birds are particularly vulnerable to high temperatures, and France’s torrid June took a heavy toll. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/QNqKH4u

Kelsey Pfendler, a Grand Canyon river-rafting guide, completed the journey of more than 2,300 miles in a rowboat named Lily in just under 44 days, according to data from the Ocean Rowing Society International. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/nLZ4Rmg

A resolution by the country’s cabinet escalated a long-running conflict between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s judiciary. A senior government official later walked that back. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/XNmgVkr

Closing the Strait of Hormuz was a huge source of leverage during the war. But playing the same card over and over is risky. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/ZaCjwMq

In South Africa, where the Black majority was excluded from the economy for generations, the annual Durban July event is a chance to celebrate luxury and high society. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/xbQCR1w

A surprising World Cup run ended on Saturday against Morocco, but the Canadian successes, as a team and a host, are likely to endure. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/1YG0O9e

The prince’s wife, Meghan, and their children could still join him for other parts of his trip outside the capital, a person close to the family said. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/PkZjoaI

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After lying in state in Tehran, Mr. Khamenei’s body will be taken to some of the holiest sites in Shiite Islam during a four-day procession that is expected to draw millions. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/QkTZC7W

The Russian leader denounced Ukraine’s “imaginary achievements” on the battlefield of late, calling its leaders “play actors.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3q0FoPx

The 44-year-old security guard was pulled alive from a pancaked basement, offering a fleeting moment of hope amid a soaring death toll. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/5nuMzZk

Under the proposal, Iran and Oman would collect payment for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to officials and diplomats with knowledge of the matter. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/lekgpXI

Kyiv’s aim is simple: Put enough pressure on President Vladimir Putin that he agrees to end the war. Will it work? from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/izeCNMD

Three crew members were rescued, though a fourth remained missing. There is no indication that the landing was caused by “hostile action,” the Navy said. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/xqHgZMW

As the death toll mounts, thousands of bodies have overwhelmed Venezuela’s forensic system, turning a seaport into a temporary morgue. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/TkKthN8