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- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei said Iranian negotiators are experienced in formal and informal talks, responding to Donald Trump’s comparison of the conflict to chess.
- Baghaei said Tehran and Washington are exchanging messages through intermediaries rather than holding direct negotiations; he said talks could resume if the United States stops violating the agreement.
- Baghaei said safe international navigation cannot be guaranteed while the situation continues, adding that maritime services require something in return.
- FIFA said its leadership continues to support President Gianni Infantino after an emergency meeting in Salé, Morocco.
- The organization apologized to its 211 member federations and FIFA Council for errors in handling the withdrawn proposal.
- FIFA said the proposal to sell a stake in a company managing event commercial rights would not proceed.
- César Gastelum, 25, was shot in the head while broadcasting live on TikTok in Culiacán, Sinaloa.
- The attack occurred outside a fast-food restaurant as Gastelum and two friends took part in a delivery-outfit challenge.
- Two helmeted people on a motorcycle approached, and the passenger fired before both left the scene.
- South African police reported 15,798 arrests during nationwide Shanela II operations conducted with other law enforcement agencies and government departments.
- Between July 27 and August 2, police said they detained 329 alleged drug dealers and 3,242 people for suspected drug possession.
- At OR Tambo International Airport, police seized cocaine estimated at R28 million from cargo arriving from São Paulo, Brazil.
- Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni reaffirmed South Africa’s commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment at the exhibition launch in Pretoria.
- The Presidency, Charlotte Mannya-Maxeke Institute and participating diplomatic missions are presenting the inaugural International Portraits of Power exhibition.
- The exhibition honours women whose leadership and contributions have influenced societies, with participating countries nominating subjects for portraits.
- Northern Saitama was placed under caution for flooding in low-lying areas.
- The prefecture-wide advisory urged caution over lightning.
- Dense fog in the Chichibu region could reduce visibility.
- Twenty-two EU leaders requested an emergency videoconference of interior ministers to coordinate the bloc’s response to migrant arrivals in Ceuta.
- The signatories said they were seriously concerned and would consider temporary internal border controls among measures to address perceived migration and security risks.
- Spain said almost all of roughly 50,000 people who crossed from Morocco into Ceuta on Thursday had been returned.
- UEFA said it had lost confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino after the proposed private-investment vehicle was withdrawn.
- Carlos Cordeiro resigned as Infantino’s senior adviser over the plan, while FIFA chief operating officer Kevin Lamour made allegations that Infantino deceived employees.
- The proposal encountered opposition from UEFA’s 55 associations, CONCACAF’s 41 members and the Asian football confederation; UEFA also threatened a boycott of FIFA events.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the Gironde wildfire had been contained, indicating that its flames were no longer spreading.
- The Gironde blaze burned about 42,000 hectares during nine days and destroyed roughly 240 homes near Bordeaux, according to the existing report.
- Firefighters stopped a separate wildfire in southeastern Var after winds pushed it across approximately 1,000 hectares.
- FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced the proposed private-investment project would be scrapped after opposition within football.
- The proposal involved minority, non-controlling stakes in a subsidiary overseeing commercial operations and events, including World Cups.
- UEFA and its 55 member associations had threatened to boycott FIFA competitions unless the proposal was withdrawn and private ownership excluded.
- European Commission officials rejected Italy’s proposal to suspend Spain from the Schengen free-travel area, emphasizing protection of the EU’s external borders.
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni urged extraordinary measures, while Denmark and Finland supported reconsidering Spain’s participation in Schengen.
- Spain condemned Italy’s position and summoned its ambassador in Madrid to lodge a formal protest.
- Russian ballistic-missile strikes killed nine people and wounded 28 in Kyiv, including four children, Ukraine’s state emergency service said.
- The attack hit five Kyiv areas, damaging homes, vehicles and a five-storey residential building, while fires and rubble prompted rescue operations.
- Authorities reported seven deaths and 14 injuries in Darnytsky district, and two deaths and eight injuries in Solomiansky district.