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EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas visited personnel serving with the EU's ASPIDES and ATALANTA naval missions, receiving operational briefings and meeting troops deployed to help protect shipping routes in the Red Sea. Euronews correspondent Toby Gregory accompanied Kallas during the visit.

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A 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook the coasts of Mexico and Guatemala on Friday, its epicentre off Chiapas at about 15 km deep.

Officials in many cities urged residents to stay indoors or wear masks outside as air quality reached unhealthy to hazardous levels, meaning it posed a health risk to everyone,

At a daily briefing in Beijing, a spokesperson called on the US to stop making what it described as 'groundless accusations' against China.

Xi Jinping and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed more than 70 commercial agreements on the sidelines of the World AI Conference in Shanghai, including Central Asia's first battery plant with CATL and a new Caspian port terminal.

China launched a large-scale rescue operation after a landslide struck Pengshui County in Chongqing municipality on 17 July, burying part of a residential area and trapping an unknown number of people.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas visited Djibouti and signed a new security agreement to strengthen Europe's naval presence, as reports say Tehran has asked the Houthis to shut the Bab el-Mandeb if the US strikes Iranian infrastructure, threatening a second global shipping chokepoint.

CIA documents declassified by Donald Trump confirm that the Venezuelan regime had, from 2012, a system capable of altering up to 1.5 million votes, though they do not prove fraud in every election mentioned.

India launches its first hydrogen-powered passenger train, NaMo Green Rail, boosting clean rail transport and cutting diesel emissions.

China has sought to reassert its position in the Korean peninsula in recent years. Chinese President Xi Jinping made his own visit to Pyongyang in June as part of this push.

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US Navy Blue Angels jets flew low over a crowded Florida beach, startling beachgoers as chairs and tents were blown away and children covered their ears. The dramatic flyover sparked renewed debate over the safety of low-altitude military demonstrations.

Pedro Sánchez will fly to New York for the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, after days of doubt about his timetable. After the match, the prime minister will travel on to Algeria for an official meeting on Monday.

Chile's central coast has been hit by an exceptional storm surge that flooded homes and damaged infrastructure. Authorities are urging residents to stay away from the shoreline as dangerous sea conditions continue.

Iran has unleashed a new wave of attacks across the Gulf, targeting Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, following Tehran’s continuous threats of dragging the Gulf countries back into its escalating confrontation with the US over the Strait of Hormuz.

Nationwide opinion polls in Japan have suggested broad public support for a female emperor, but some conservative political figures remain opposed to the idea.

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In a primetime address to the nation, Trump said the US was "winning big in Iran" and the public would see "the fruits of that labour". However, a deal seems far out of reach as fighting in the region continues to escalate.

The US president said he would declassify intelligence data that revealed China had illicitly acquired 220 million US voter files. Trump's claim contradicts reviews that have found no evidence of significant interference in the 2020 election.