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Donald Trump says he and Israel have agreed to suspend a large-scale strike on Iran, at the request of Tehran and other Middle Eastern countries, conditional on a deal reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Eleven countries read the pause differently: a retreat, a trap, or a diplomatic opening.
A day after Donald Trump announced a disarmament deal, Hamas has made it conditional on a prior withdrawal of the Israeli military and says Israel must first approve the text. Trump speaks of an "understanding" with Israel while conceding implementation will be complex. Riyadh welcomed the deal and Doha was thanked for mediating, but the Israeli military struck Gaza again. Ten countries measure the gap between the announcement and the ground differently.
In twenty-four hours, up to 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, leaving 34 to 57 dead. Madrid says most have been returned to Morocco. Italy suspended the Schengen agreement with Spain, France tightened its border and Donald Trump blamed Madrid. Eleven countries read the same episode as a humanitarian crisis, a failure of border control, or a test of leverage with Rabat.
On July 28, 2026, Donald Trump separately received Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, who requested 300 Patriot missiles before winter and a revival of talks with Russia, then Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hosted for ninety minutes. Trump publicly aired his irritation over Iran, a sign of cooling ties between Washington and its Israeli ally, as the wars in Ukraine and Iran converge.
On July 30, 2026, after a brief lull, the United States launched a massive wave of strikes against dozens of targets in Iran, retaliating for Iranian missile fire on American bases in Jordan. The same day, US and Saudi forces jointly struck pro-Iranian militias in Iraq for the first time, killing at least twenty. Riyadh's entry and the threat to the Strait of Hormuz mark a regional escalation.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28, killing at least 13 people and partly collapsing a shopping mall where dozens remain missing. A tsunami warning was lifted, thousands of residents were evacuated, and Toyota halted three plants in the south of the country.
After thirteen nights of U.S. bombing, Donald Trump orders a pause that Iran says it reciprocates by halting its reprisals. Tehran denies any direct negotiation despite Qatari and Pakistani mediation, while oil prices retreat and the Strait of Hormuz stays tense.
Typhoon Noul, described as the most powerful of 2026, made landfall on 26-27 July in China's Guangdong province, forcing the evacuation of several hundred thousand people (up to 710,000 by some accounts), grounding flights and halting trains in Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, and bringing torrential rain and flooding. Authorities raised the alert to its highest level.
Overnight from 25 to 26 July 2026, Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques in the occupied West Bank and attacked villages, a day after a deadly clash (six killed). The army carried out a wave of arrests. The escalation of settler violence drew Arab and international condemnation, against the backdrop of an Israeli election campaign.
Donald Trump raised tariffs on Australian imports from 10 to 12.5 percent, citing the fight against forced labour. The move hits a close ally, pushes Australian exporters to seek carve-outs and strains the Canberra-Washington alliance, while fuelling debate over the US administration's global trade war.
The European Commission fined Google/Alphabet a combined roughly one billion dollars for abuse of dominance tied to Google Play and its search engine. Landing on the eve of a trade deadline with Washington, the penalty risks angering the Trump administration and deepening transatlantic tensions over Big Tech regulation.
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