The United States has used marine drones in combat for the first time to attack a submarine and vessel maintenance center in Iran, in a new episode of the military escalation between the two countries.
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The Parliament of Hungary approved this Monday a constitutional amendment that aims, among other things, to achieve the removal or dismissal of President Tamás Sulyok, whom Prime Minister Péter Magyar calls a “puppet” of the former Prime Minister, the ultranationalist Viktor Orbán. The amendment was approved by 139 votes in favor and 6 against out of the total 199 seats in the chamber. The Fidesz parliamentarians, Orbán’s party, had been absent in protest.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated this Monday that the United States will probably take control of the Strait of Hormuz and should be compensated financially for ensuring the security of that strategic maritime route. “We are going to hold the strait and probably manage it. We will become the guardians of the strait. We are going to protect it. And they will pay us to protect it. A lot of money,” Trump assured.
Europe took a new step this Monday to defend itself autonomously, without so much dependence on the United States. During a summit in Paris, ten countries, including Spain, launched “the coalition against ballistic missiles,” with a “purely defensive” vocation, aimed at jointly developing or at least coordinating efforts to equip themselves with systems that serve to protect against attacks like those carried out by Russia against Ukraine.
The Japanese have celebrated this Sunday the traditional Enoshima Tenno Festival in the city of Fujisawa, one of the most emblematic summer festivities in the region.
At least two people died in Argentina between Saturday night and early Sunday in the context of the match that Lionel Messi’s team won 3-1 against Switzerland in the quarterfinals of the 2026 Football World Cup, while other people had to be treated by emergency services.
At least 27 people died in a fire at a pub in Bangkok, the Thai capital, according to an official from the municipal emergency services. According to initial reports, there were 18 injured, eight of them in serious condition. This is one of the deadliest incidents of this type in the tourist capital in recent years.
Tensions in the Middle East have escalated in recent hours with a new wave of cross-attacks between Iran and the United States, which launched a series of bombings on the Persian country after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard attacked a container ship sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. Later, Tehran responded with missiles and drones targeted at Persian Gulf countries hosting US bases, such as Jordan, Kuwait, and Qatar.
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have raised the number of confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak declared in the east of the country on May 15 to 488, including 86 deaths, and warned of “rapid and continued community transmission.”