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Donald Trump said Lindsey Graham was a force in politics at the late senator's funeral in DC.

US official says Iran making 'unreasonable demands' for Hormuz fees A US official said on Tuesday that there will be no tolls or fees for passage through the Strait of Hormuz during ongoing ceasefire talks taking place between the US and Iran. The US official said Iran was making unreasonable demands that were rejected by Oman and the US after it proposed a temporary arrangement to reopen the strait that would allow Iran to have greater control over transit through the waterway. - Reporting by

The meeting between the US President and the Israeli Prime Minister is the first since the start of the war on Iran. Meanwhile, Iran has executed two men in relation to anti-government protests. Follow DW for more.

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A total of 226 combat engagements between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian troops were recorded on July 28, with the heaviest fighting continuing in the Pokrovsk sector, where Russian forces launched 29 assaults.

More than 20 US ships are currently operating in the Middle East to enforce the blockade against Iran

Kyiv claims its Caspian Sea strike targeted Russian warships, denying intent to harm civilian vessels or individuals.

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Allies have shipped Ukraine more than 1,700 M113s. Khartia's engineers just showed what one looks like with nobody inside.

President keeps press out of meeting amid fearing that widely covered sit-down, as he mulls renewing Iran offensive, would bolster belief that PM wields outsized influence over US The post Wary of appearance that Israel driving war, Trump and Netanyahu opt to avoid optics altogether appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Russian forces launched a drone attack on Kherson Oblast on Tuesday 28 July, killing a man in the village of Mykilske in the Darivka hromada. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Tehran has warned Kyiv of consequences, as pent-up tensions couple with what Iran believes is Ukrainian alignment with the US and Israel in the recent war.

Houthis spokesman: The naval blockade on the "Saudi enemy" will continue under the equation of "siege for siege, full escalation for full escalation."

US-Israel defence cooperation spans decades, including a $33bn, 10-year memorandum of understanding signed in 2016.

Israeli forces strike towns in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district again The Israeli army has attacked the Lebanese border towns of Majdal Zoun and al-Mansouri again, according to reports from Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA). This comes just hours after Israeli forces blew up buildings in the same towns, as well as Bint Jbeil, NNA said. Israel has continued its military activity and occupation of southern Lebanon despite the framework agreement signed with the country in June.

Oman has presented Iran with a Gulf-backed proposal to jointly manage the Strait of Hormuz, including a system of voluntary fees for ships using the strategic waterway, according to a Gulf source and a Western diplomat. The plan aims to provide a framework for restoring stable shipping through the strait after months of disruption caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran and further attacks on commercial vessels.

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Photos show a Russian ground launcher for the S8000 Banderol cruise missile, previously fired only from rare Orion drones.

Joint Base Charleston is slated to be renamed Joint Base Lindsey Graham, after the late senator.
Meanwhile, the IDF continues its strikes against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, with recent strikes killing a Hamas commander and the head of the Hamas-run Palestinian internal security service.

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The Trump administration is set to ban imports of new Chinese humanoid robots, quadruped robots, and connected power inverters, citing national security concerns. Officials say the move aims to protect the U.S. AI supply chain, reduce cybersecurity risks, and encourage domestic manufacturing. Source: CNBC
Saudi Arabia says it intercepted and destroyed several drones targeting oil facilities in the Eastern Province, blaming Iran-backed militias operating from Iraq.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s plan to create a $20 billion company running the World Cup with private investors including the Kushner family was announced Tuesday — and immediately attacked by European soccer body UEFA. “It is not FIFA’s to sell,” UEFA said in a statement. “None of us are the owners of football.” FRANCE 24's James Vasina reports.

Explosion in Sumy reported

"Contracts for military service in the first six months of this year were signed by about 200,000 people", he noted

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Though Iran continues to attack vessels as leverage in its war with the United States, data show that several shippers continue to transit the waterway.

About 200,000 troops leave the military each year, and this year they are entering a jobs market in flux, with the long-term effects of AI anybody's guess.
Iran has said the strait cannot go back to its pre-war status where shipping flowed freely, while Gulf states insist there be no mandatory payment of fees to Iran.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he had an "excellent" meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House, marking their first face-to-face talks since the war with Iran began in late February.
Russia's Medvedev: The enemy's attempts to carry out all sorts of purges about the fact that mobilization is being prepared in the country is nothing more than a deceitful provocation. This is part of the propaganda in anticipation of the elections. They are naturally trying to destabilize the situation in our country, create a negative mood. Once again, I will especially emphasize: there is no need for mobilization. This is the lie of the enemy, who himself is experiencing a shortage of hum

Iran says it seeks 'restitution' for Ukrainian attacks on vessel Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that, he was assured by his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha in a call that the attack on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea was "unintentional" and that Ukraine "seeks no escalation". "Iran does not seek escalation either, but made clear any attack on our citizens or interests is unacceptable. There must be restitution for losses," Araghchi said in a statement to X. This
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Explosion was reported in Kharkiv
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Anti-aircraft defenses intercept a drone attack in Erbil province, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
WATCH: Ukraine shot down a rare Russian Forpost-R heavy strike-recon drone over Kursk region, using a domestically built Chaklun-KM interceptor at 4,300 m. The Forpost-R is Russia's domesticized version of the Israeli IAI Searcher Mk II, a MALE-class ISR/strike platform capable of carrying laser-guided KAB-20 bombs. Ukrainian interceptors are now contesting the medium-altitude layer that Russian MALE drones previously used with relative impunity.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: Was assured by Ukrainian FM Sybiha that the attack on an Iranian ship was unintentional and Ukraine seeks no escalation. Iran does not seek escalation either, but made clear any attack on our citizens or interests is unacceptable. There must be restitution for losses.