Hamas said it has dissolved the emergency body that governed Gaza and is ready to hand civilian authority to a U.S.-backed technocratic committee. The announcement leaves unresolved the central issue of Hamas’s weapons and security control in the enclave.
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British F-35 jets escorted a Russian Bear-F patrol aircraft away from HMS Prince of Wales after it approached the NATO carrier group at low altitude and dropped sonar devices nearby, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said. The incident comes as the U.K. faces scrutiny over defence spending and warnings about rising Russian threats.
Buckingham Palace says Prince Harry will not stay at the palace during his U.K. visit, disputing his team’s claim that he had accepted an invitation. The disagreement comes as Harry travels without Meghan and their children amid continuing security concerns.
Massive crowds filled Tehran for the funeral procession of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with mourners chanting against the U.S. and Israel and officials pledging revenge. The ceremonies are set to continue through Thursday, when Khamenei is to be buried in Mashhad.
Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv, killing at least 11 people and highlighting Ukraine’s shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles. Zelenskyy urged U.S. and European leaders at a NATO summit in Ankara to make stronger commitments on air defense.
Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least 10 people in Kyiv and injured dozens more, Ukrainian officials said. The attack came hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of a possible large-scale assault before a NATO summit in Turkiye.
China fired a long-range ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine in the South Pacific, saying it was a routine training test. Australia, New Zealand and Japan criticized the launch as concerning and destabilizing.
Flood alerts covered 34 million people in the Northeast after a weekend of record heat and severe storms that caused deaths, outages and holiday disruptions. New Jersey reported the bulk of suspected heat-related deaths, while three children died after a boat capsized in Wisconsin.