US INVESTIGATORS PROBE POSSIBLE IRANIAN LINK TO CYBERATTACK ON MINNESOTA'S WATER SYSTEMS

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has warned water utilities across the United States to take their programmable logic controllers offline, after hackers targeted more than thirty municipal water systems in the US state of Minnesota on Sunday and Monday.

Minnesota IT Services says the attacks were aimed at technology used to remotely monitor and control equipment, though being affected did not necessarily mean water service was disrupted.

The FBI is investigating but has not publicly identified who was responsible.

Kate Fisher has more from Washington.

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US SENATE DEFEATS DEMOCRAT-BACKED IRAN WAR POWERS RESOLUTION BY SINGLE VOTE AS CONFLICT WIDENS

The US Senate has defeated a Democrat-backed war powers resolution by a single vote on Thursday, the thirteenth time lawmakers have tried and failed to force US President Donald Trump to step back from the conflict with Iran.

The vote came as the war spread further across the region. Egypt's cabinet confirmed a drone struck the port of Damietta on Wednesday, hitting a US-owned gas tanker in the first known attack on Egyptian territory. Iran has denied involvement, and the Iran-backed Houthi group has also denied responsibility.

The Strait of Hormuz has become a major flashpoint, with Saudi oil exports increasingly rerouted through the Red Sea.

Kate Fisher has more from Washington.

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Kate Fisher in Washington says the diplomatic effort to end the war has faltered, though Oman is said to be trying to revive talks between Washington and Tehran over the future of the Strait of Hormuz.

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IRAN VOWS TO 'PUNISH' US AFTER CENTCOM COMPLETES HEAVY WAVE OF STRIKES ON REVOLUTIONARY GUARD TARGETS

Iran has vowed to punish the United States after US Central Command completed a heavy wave of overnight strikes on dozens of Revolutionary Guard targets, in retaliation for Iranian missile attacks on American forces in Jordan.

China has denied a Reuters report that Beijing is preparing to send up to four hundred shoulder-fired air-defence missile launchers to Iran in a deal reportedly worth up to seventy million dollars.

From Washington, Jagruti Dave reports.

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TRUMP VOWS IRAN WILL GET A 'BEATING' AS TREASURY SANCTIONS TEHRAN'S OIL SHADOW FLEET

US President Donald Trump has vowed that Iran will get a "beating," as the US Treasury Department sanctioned eight companies running a shadow fleet of vessels transporting Iranian oil.

Saudi Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman has met US Vice President JD Vance in Washington, less than a day after the two countries conducted joint military operations against Iran-linked targets in Iraq.

The conflict is increasingly threatening to pull neighbouring countries into the fighting.

Jagruti Dave has more from Washington.

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UEFA meets after FIFA proposes plans to sell stake

Europe’s football governing body UEFA is holding an emergency meeting Thursday after criticizing FIFA’s plans to sell a minority stake to private investors.

Its president has suggested giving subsidiaries power to run events like the World Cup could generate billions of dollars.

William Denselow reports from Brussels.

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BORDEAUX WILDFIRE EVACUEES ALLOWED HOME UNDER CAUTION AS 42,000-HECTARE GIRONDE BLAZE STABILISES

Evacuees from three villages near Bordeaux were allowed to return home on Tuesday after the massive Gironde wildfire stabilised following a calm night — though French authorities warned residents they must be prepared to leave again at short notice.

The blaze has burned through some 42,000 hectares since it broke out on the 22nd of July, forcing more than 300,000 evacuations across France and Spain and killing at least one person.

Firefighters have held the fire's perimeter for several days, but have not yet fully extinguished it.

Ross Cullen reports from Bordeaux.

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Ross Cullen in Bordeaux says the wildfire crisis extends well beyond Gironde, with new fires breaking out across France and hundreds of arrests for suspected arson.

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Ross Cullen, reporting from Bordeaux, says firefighters are hoping the shift in weather conditions will finally allow them to put the fires out and let the remaining displaced residents go home.

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IRAN HIT BY 'MAJOR' US STRIKES

The US says it has hit dozens of targets linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The US military says it's in response to Iran firing at US bases in Jordan, and ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Tehran says three people, including a two year old child, were killed in US strikes on Qeshm island.

UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting says Britain is pushing for de-escalation.

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Japan quake toll hits 28 as survivors struggle in heat

INTRO: The death toll from a major eartquake in Japan has now climbed to 28. The search for those still trapped inside a badly damaged shopping mall continues - as aftershocks and record heat levels complicate efforts. Laura Westbrook has more.

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TRUMP VOWS HEAVY STRIKES ON IRAN AFTER US INTERCEPTS BALLISTIC MISSILE ATTACK ON FORCES IN JORDAN

US President Donald Trump has vowed to order heavy strikes on Iran after the country's Revolutionary Guard fired multiple ballistic missiles at American military installations in Jordan on Tuesday — all of which were intercepted.

The attack shattered a multiday pause in fighting and came as US and Saudi fighter jets launched joint strikes against Iran-aligned militia targets in Iraq, with Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces saying at least twenty people were killed.

Tehran says it does not seek escalation, but the conflict is now drawing in new countries across the region.

Kate Fisher reports from Washington.

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DOW PLUNGES MORE THAN 1,100 POINTS AS DIVIDED FED HOLDS RATES STEADY AND NASDAQ ENTERS CORRECTION

Wall Street has suffered its worst day since April 2025, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing more than 1,100 points lower after the Federal Reserve voted nine to three to hold interest rates steady at between 3.5 and 3.75 per cent.

The sell-off deepened as the conflict in the Middle East escalated, with Saudi Arabia drawn into the fighting, pushing oil prices higher, while investors continued to question the sustainability of spending on artificial intelligence.

The Nasdaq Composite has now fallen into correction territory, down ten per cent from its June peak.

Mitch Mccann reports from New York.

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Mitch Mccann in New York says the Federal Reserve's decision to hold rates initially raised hopes of a recovery, but heavy selling returned in the final minutes of trading.

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Mitch Mccann in New York says Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh gave little indication of where interest rates are headed, while stressing the central bank would take whatever steps are needed to curb inflation.

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UEFA HOLDS EMERGENCY MEETING OVER FIFA'S $20 BILLION WORLD CUP PRIVATISATION PLAN AS BOYCOTT THREAT LOOMS

UEFA is holding an emergency meeting on Wednesday to coordinate European opposition to FIFA's plan to privatise the FIFA World Cup, with a potential boycott of the tournament under discussion.

FIFA announced on Tuesday that it would create a new subsidiary — opening the door for private investors to buy minority stakes in an entity valued at around twenty billion dollars.

The plan has drawn fierce criticism from European leaders and football governing bodies.

William Denselow reports from Brussels.

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IRAN FIRES BALLISTIC MISSILES AT US FORCES IN JORDAN AS TRUMP THREATENS MASSIVE RETALIATION

The United States military says it has intercepted ballistic missiles fired by Iran's Revolutionary Guard at American forces based in Jordan, in what US Central Command described as an attempted surprise attack.

The missile strikes came hours after joint US and Saudi Arabian air strikes killed at least twenty Iran-backed militia fighters in eastern Iraq, and after US President Donald Trump warned Tehran it was "going to get a beating".

The escalation has raised fears the war is spreading beyond Iran's borders to engulf the wider region.

Jagruti Dave reports from Washington.

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Jagruti Dave in Washington says US Central Command has warned Iran and its proxy groups to cease operations or face further military action, while the economic consequences of the widening conflict are already being felt.

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Jagruti Dave, reporting from Washington, says the relationship between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has evolved significantly since the two leaders launched joint strikes against Iran in February.

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HEAT WAVE HITS SOUTHWEST FRANCE AS FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE GIRONDE MEGA-FIRE FOUR TIMES THE SIZE OF PARIS

Temperatures have climbed above 40 degrees Celsius in southwest France on Wednesday, threatening to reignite a mega-fire in the Gironde region that has already burned more than 40,000 hectares and forced 220,000 people from their homes.

The blaze, which ignited a week ago near Bordeaux, has destroyed more than 240 homes and is now four times the size of Paris, though firefighters say they have stabilised the fire without fully containing it.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called the situation the most severe France has faced since the Second World War.

Ross Cullen reports from Bordeaux.

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Ross Cullen in Bordeaux says one of the biggest challenges for officials has been persuading residents to leave homes that were not yet directly threatened by the flames.

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Rescuers in Japan haul survivors from collapsed mall as earthquake toll rises to 13

INTRO: Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae says at least 13 people died after a powerful earthquake struck the southern island of Kyushu on Tuesday.

The 6.8-magnitude tremor flattened homes, triggered fires, ruptured bridges and left tens of thousands without power, as Laura Westbrook reports.

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RSF LEADER HEMEDTI DECLARES FIGHTERS 'UNLEASHED' AFTER SUDANESE ARMY RECAPTURES KEY NORTH KORDOFAN TOWNS AND KHARTOUM HIGHWAY

The leader of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces has ordered his commanders to go on the offensive, declaring his fighters "unleashed" after the Sudanese army recaptured several key towns in North Kordofan state and seized control of the strategic road linking Khartoum to El Obeid.

Army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visited forward positions in the recaptured areas on Monday, as allied forces said they had destroyed or captured more than a hundred RSF combat vehicles during the weekend's operations.

The gains mark a significant shift in the war's main theatre, after the army lost much of Darfur with the fall of El Fasher last year.

Naba Mohiedeen reports from Khartoum.

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Naba Mohiedeen in Khartoum says the war, now in its fourth year, has displaced more than thirteen million people and left millions more in desperate need of aid.

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FRENCH AUTHORITIES EVACUATE THOUSANDS MORE AS REIGNITED BLAZES THREATEN FRAGILE HOLD ON BORDEAUX WILDFIRE

French authorities ordered the evacuation of nearly four thousand more people from tourist sites on the Atlantic coast on Tuesday, as rising temperatures threatened firefighters' fragile hold on the vast wildfire west of Bordeaux.

The main blaze in the Gironde department has been described as stabilised, with the burned area holding steady at four hundred and twenty square kilometres — but officials have counted fourteen smaller fires that have reignited around it.

Across France and Spain combined, roughly three hundred and thirty thousand people have been displaced by wildfires.

Ross Cullen reports from Bordeaux.

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Ross Cullen, reporting from Bordeaux, says the number of evacuees is beginning to fall as more villages are declared safe from the fire.

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INDIA'S COCKROACH JANTA PARTY THREATENS TO RESUME PROTESTS OVER POST-DEMONSTRATION ARRESTS

The Cockroach Janta Party in India is threatening to resume its mass protests after accusing the government of breaking a promise not to target demonstrators.

The student-led movement called off its weeks-long occupation of a protest site near parliament on Friday after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned over exam paper leak scandals.

Delhi Police say they have since identified nearly three thousand protesters with criminal backgrounds from surveillance footage of the demonstrations.

Neha Poonia reports from New Delhi.

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Neha Poonia in New Delhi says the protest movement represented the largest show of public dissent against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party in more than a decade, forcing a rare government climbdown.

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BORDEAUX WILDFIRE STABILISED BUT 14 FLARE-UPS DETECTED AS FRANCE BRACES FOR EXTREME HEAT

Residents of three suburbs near Bordeaux have been allowed to return home after French authorities lifted evacuation orders, though they have been told to keep their phones on and be prepared to leave again at short notice.

The wildfire in the Gironde region has burned an area four times the size of Paris and forced some two hundred and twenty thousand people from their homes — what France's interior minister has called very likely the largest civilian evacuation in the country outside wartime.

The European Union has been holding regular briefings on the wildfire crisis across southern Europe.

Ross Cullen has more from Bordeaux.

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THOUSANDS MORE EVACUATED FROM FRANCE'S GIRONDE AS WILDFIRE FLARE-UPS THREATEN FIREFIGHTING GAINS

Around four thousand more people have been ordered to leave the popular tourist area of Lacanau in south-west France, even as the main wildfire front in the Gironde region has been declared stabilised.

The regional prefect says fourteen renewed blazes have broken out in areas the fire had already passed through, while some evacuees from villages closer to Bordeaux have been allowed to return home on condition they remain ready to leave again at short notice.

More than a quarter of a million people have now been evacuated across France in what officials are calling the country's largest peacetime evacuation.

Ross Cullen reports from Bordeaux.

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IRAN VOWS 'ANY ACTION' TO KEEP CONTROL OF STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS TRUMP AND NETANYAHU DISCUSS TEHRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has said on Tuesday that Tehran will take any action to keep control of the Strait of Hormuz, rejecting an Omani proposal to divide shipping routes and refusing to negotiate with Washington.

The declaration came as US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded White House talks the two described as excellent — with both leaders reaffirming what the White House called an ironclad commitment to preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

Attention has now turned to whether Washington has given Israel permission to strike Iranian energy infrastructure — something Israel's defence minister says the United States has so far blocked.

Mitch Mccann has more from New York.

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Mitch Mccann in New York says both of President Trump's meetings on Tuesday were held behind closed doors, with no press access — making it difficult to gauge the atmosphere in the room.

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