Top news: journalist's death in Beirut, tragedy in Mexico, and bridge with North Korea
- Journalists protested in Beirut following the death of Al-Akbar correspondent Amal Khalil. She became the 11th Lebanese journalist killed in Israeli attacks.
- An Iranian MP accused Donald Trump of making a strategic mistake in the attack on a school in Minap, where 160 children died. Tehran demands that Washington acknowledge responsibility, pay compensation, and withdraw troops before any negotiations. Tehran claims that opening the Strait of Hormuz is impossible.
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum demanded that the US respect the country's sovereignty following the deaths of two CIA agents and two Mexican officials in a traffic accident during a joint operation in Chihuahua.
- Vladimir Putin called the Northern Sea Route the safest and most reliable transport corridor amid global upheaval. Russia is ready to cooperate with all interested countries, but will firmly defend its national interests.
- Pope Leo XIV concluded his 11-day apostolic journey through Africa, visiting Algeria, Cameroon, and Angola.
- Russia announced new initiatives to combat infectious diseases in Africa: supporting Burundi in investigating an outbreak of an unknown disease with symptoms similar to Ebola (35 cases, 5 deaths), establishing an epidemiology center in the Republic of Congo, expanding educational programs in Uganda, and supplying mobile laboratories to Burkina Faso.
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