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Iran’s nuclear programme is “galloping ahead”, IAEA chief says -El Pais

MADRID (Reuters) – Iran’s nuclear programme is “galloping ahead” and the International Atomic Energy Agency has very limited visibility on what is happening, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told Spain’s El Pais newspaper in an interview published on Friday. In June, Iran began removing essentially all the agency’s monitoring equipment, installed under its 2015 nuclear deal …

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Trump watched Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot unfold on TV, ignored pleas to call for peace

By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump sat for hours watching the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol unfold on live TV, ignoring pleas by his children and other close advisers to urge his supporters to stop the violence, witnesses told a congressional hearing on Thursday. The House of Representatives …

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Russia says it destroyed 4 HIMARS launchers in Ukraine

LONDON (Reuters) -Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday its forces had destroyed four U.S.-supplied high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) between July 5-20. “Four launchers and one reloading vehicle for the U.S.-made multiple launch rocket systems (HIMARS) were destroyed,” it said in a daily briefing. Reuters could not verify battlefield reports. Kyiv has hailed the …

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Belarus appoints new envoy to Moscow

(Reuters) – Belarus has appointed a new ambassador to Russia, state news agencies reported on Friday, as Moscow and Minsk continue to forge closer ties amid their mounting isolation from the West. Moscow is Belarus’ key backer and the two sides – officially part of a borderless “Union State” – have accelerated integration talks in …

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Seven killed in Russian strikes on Syria – monitor, rescuers

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russian air strikes on a rural swath of northwest Syria on Friday killed at least seven people including four children, a war monitoring group and rescuers said, following months of relative calm in the area. Four strikes by aircraft identified as Russian by ground spotters hit the countryside in Idlib, the last …

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Breakaway Transdniestria still wants to join Russia – RIA cites foreign minister

(Reuters) – The goal of Moldova’s breakaway region of Transdniestria to become a part of Russia remains unaffected by the war in neighbouring Ukraine, the region’s foreign minister told RIA Novosti news agency on Friday. Transdniestria, which is internationally recognised as part of Moldova, lies on a thin strip of land along Ukraine’s southwest border. …

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Polio case found in New York City suburb, first in nearly a decade

By Brendan O’Brien and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -An adult resident of suburban New York City was diagnosed with polio after experiencing paralysis a month ago, state and local health officials said on Thursday, marking the nation’s first confirmed case of the disease in nearly 10 years. Testing suggested the Rockland County case of the highly …

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Biden says he is ‘doing well,’ working after testing positive for COVID

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, has tested positive for COVID-19, is experiencing mild symptoms and will continue working but in isolation, the White House said on Thursday. Biden, 79, has a runny nose, fatigue and an …

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