Sanitation: US-Iran talks stalls as US launch new strikes

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By Claire Beers

Hello. The US has launched new strikes on Iran as talks stall, Russia urged foreigners to leave after warning of more strikes on Kyiv and Ebola patients flee health facilities amid attacks.

Plus, a symbol of recovery one year after a collapsing glacier destroyed the village of Blatten, Switzerland.

Today's Top News

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran. Majid Asgaripour/WANA/REUTERS

War in Iran

Hopes for an imminent end to the conflict faded after the US said it had carried out fresh strikes and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said negotiating a deal with Iran could "take a few days." Follow our live page for the latest updates.
US President Donald Trump said that he asked Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan to join the Abraham Accords en masse to normalize relations with ‌Israel as he tries to negotiate an agreement to end the war with Iran.
Iran's national soccer team will sleep in Mexico and travel to the US on the days of its three World Cup matches after Washington declined to host the squad for the tournament, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said.

In other news

Russia said that it intended to launch "systematic strikes" on targets in Kyiv, and urged foreigners to leave, a day after one of ‌its heaviest bombardments of the city since the start of the war.
The foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan and the US agreed to jointly build a port in Fiji and signed pacts covering critical minerals and energy security, as they sought to ‌inject fresh energy into the grouping
Pope Leo urged governments to slow down and closely regulate the development of AI systems in his first major document, warning that they spread misinformation, prioritize conflict and risk leading the world down a path of unending war.
Indian officials investigating last year's deadly Air India crash are preparing an interim report rather than a final one ahead of the anniversary of the accident that killed 260 people.

Business & Markets

An activist smashes Starbucks tumblers and mugs during a protest against Starbucks' "Tank Day" campaign. Yonhap/REUTERS

Starbucks Korea has suffered a "very significant" drop in sales after a ‌marketing campaign that evoked a brutal 1980 military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters triggered a public outcry.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the rapid development and adoption of AI would not lead ‌to a global "jobs apocalypse" and the technology had not claimed as many white-collar jobs as he had feared.
Oil prices rose and stocks dithered as investor optimism over an imminent US-Iran peace deal was tempered ‌by new US strikes in the Middle East.
Wall Street is abuzz with next month's expected blockbuster debut of Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker SpaceX, but few of the biggest IPOs in recent years have paid off for investors who bought in when the deals came to market.
Sri Lanka's ‌central bank stunned markets by raising its policy rate by an outsized 100 basis points, the biggest hike in three years, as policymakers scrambled to stem inflation and support a currency buckling under soaring energy prices.
A Samsung Electronics' union representing ‌the conglomerate's consumer electronics workers said it has asked a South Korean court to block a vote on a pay deal that primarily benefits their colleagues in the company's chip divisions.

Ebola patients flee in attacks on Congo health facilities, hobbling response

Medical Director of Mungwalu General Hospital Richard Lokudu speaks to Reuters next to the burned remains of a destroyed emergency isolation tent. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Doctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Congo, already grappling with shortages of basic supplies, are now also having to deal with attacks on their facilities and fleeing patients as the virus spreads ‌rapidly.

At least three such incidents have occurred in the northeastern province of Ituri, where the first Ebola cases were reported, including two targeting the same hospital that permitted more than two dozen patients to run away.

Alongside attacks on health facilities, experts warn that unsafe burials are a leading driver of Ebola transmission. Bureau chief for West and Central Africa, Robbie Corey-Boulet, tells the Reuters World News podcast that those burial traditions hold deep significance in parts of Congo.

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And Finally...

The village of Wiler, overlooking the landslide area nearly a year after a massive rock and ice slide destroyed much of the village of Blatten, Switzerland. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Hotel Momentum stands above Switzerland's Loetschen Valley as a symbol of recovery, a year after a collapsing glacier destroyed the village of Blatten.

Built in just 105 days near the neighboring town of Wiler, the wooden hotel is one of the clearest signs of how displaced residents are rebuilding their lives after the disaster.

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