🇨🇳 CHINA | 🇫🇷 FRANCE
🔴 Beijing Open to Broad Cooperation with France
🔸 China ready to work with France on AI, biotech, green energy, nuclear & aviation.
🔸 FM Wang Yi made the offer in Paris, final stop of EU tour after Brussels & Berlin.
🔸 China also seeks closer strategic dialogue on Ukraine & Middle East crises.
🇮🇷 IRAN | 🇺🇸 USA
🔴 Iran Signals Cooperation Amid Talks Rumors
🔸 Iran confirms commitment to NPT & safeguards, despite law halting IAEA cooperation.
🔸 Reports: Possible Iran–US meeting in Oslo next week with envoy Steve Witkoff.
🔸 Would mark first direct contact since Israel’s June 13 airstrikes.
🇩🇪 GERMANY | 🇺🇦 UKRAINE
🔴 Berlin Eyes More Patriots as US Halts Delivery
🔸 Germany sent 3 Patriot systems to Ukraine; key for defense against ballistic missiles.
🔸 With €38B in aid, Germany is Ukraine’s #2 military backer after the US.
🔸 Berlin also plans €25B tank order for NATO forces.
🇷🇺 RUSSIA | 🇺🇦 UKRAINE
🔴 Dutch Minister: Russia Using Chemical Weapons
🔸 Russia drops choking agents like chloropicrin via drones into trenches, says Dutch Defense Minister.
🔸 Ukraine claims ~9,000 chemical weapon incidents; at least 3 dead, 2,500+ injured.
🔸 OPCW: Chloropicrin is banned under the Geneva Convention.
🇮🇱 ISRAEL | 🇵🇸 GAZA
🔴 15 Killed as Trump Awaits Ceasefire Reply
🔸 Israeli strike hit a tent camp in Khan Younis, killing 15 Palestinians overnight.
🔸 Trump expects Hamas to respond within 24h to a 60-day ceasefire plan.
🔸 Hamas insists on a “permanent ceasefire” and says it’s still reviewing the proposal.
🔸 No comment yet from Netanyahu; reports of coalition disputes.
🇷🇺 RUSSIA | 🇺🇦 UKRAINE
🔴 Largest Airstrike Since War Began
🔸 Russia launched 550 drones & missiles across Ukraine—Kiev was the main target.
🔸 1 killed, 26 injured in 7-hour raid; major damage across the capital.
🔸 US paused some air defense missile shipments; Europe seeks alternatives.
🔸 Russia also hit Dnipro, Sumy, Kharkiv & Chernihiv.
🔸 Ukraine downed 270 targets; 208 likely jammed.
🇮🇷 IRAN
🔴 Iran Casts Doubt on Ceasefire, Warns of Readiness
🔸 Chief of Staff Mousavi questioned the U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Israel.
🔸 “We seriously doubt the enemy will honor its commitments,” he said, adding Iran is ready for renewed attacks.
🇷🇸 SERBIA
🔴 Anti-Government Protests in Belgrade
🔸 Tens of thousands marched in Belgrade demanding President Vucic's resignation and early elections.
🔸 Vucic rejected calls for a vote, saying no elections will take place before 2026.
🇹🇭 THAILAND
🔴 Mass Protests Demand PM Shinawatra's Resignation
🔸 Tens of thousands rallied in Bangkok, blaming PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra over a border crisis with Cambodia.
🔸 It's the largest protest against the ruling Pheu Thai Party since it took power in 2023.
🔸 The PM faces investigations by the Constitutional Court and anti-graft agency, raising removal risks.
🇵🇸 GAZA
🔴 At Least 72 Killed in Overnight Israeli Strikes
🔸 Israeli airstrikes killed 72 people in Gaza overnight, including a family of five in their sleep at Muwasi camp.
🔸 12 died near Palestine Stadium, 8 in an apartment building, and 11 in a street strike in Gaza City.
🔸 2 people were killed at the entrance to Bureij Refugee Camp.
