The Indian rupee hit a record low of 87.97/$ after the US doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50%.

Trump signed an executive order making classical architecture the default style for new federal buildings, explicitly discouraging brutalist and modernist designs.

Israel is bombing eastern Gaza City.

Libya: GNU PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh is reportedly deploying forces in Tripoli to challenge RADA, which controls Mitiga airport and other key sites.

Russian Foreign Ministry:

Security guarantees for Kyiv should not be a condition for negotiations, but a result.

IDF:

We have begun preliminary operations and the initial stages of the attack on Gaza City.

Kremlin:

Putin does not rule out the possibility of a meeting with Zelensky. But it cannot yet be said that work at the expert level is in full swing.

Nigel Farage:

I am the antidote to the far right.

NEW: India and Japan will facilitate human resources exchange of 500,000 people in next 5 years.

BREAKING: Trump has canceled former Vice President Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection, effective September 1, 2025.

Zelensky:

Ukraine wants security guarantees from allies to be ratified by the respective parliaments.

NEW: Türkiye says it has completely cut trade with Israel. Turkish ships are banned from Israeli ports, and Israeli planes are denied access to Turkish airspace.

Zelensky:

Ukraine wants Trump to join discussions on security guarantees with allies.

NEW: Pakistan and Armenia agreed to consider establishing diplomatic ties.

Türkiye says Israel has shown it does not want a stable, strong, and united Syria.

"We will not allow Syria’s ancient, valuable communities to be exploited for this distorted goal."

Türkiye stress that "no other country has cut trade with Israel."

Zelensky:

The war will end in one way or another, Putin has nowhere to go.

Zelensky:

Russia has massed “up to 100,000” troops near Pokrovsk, a key city in eastern Ukraine.