Iranian president says Israel tried to assassinate him
Masoud Pezeshkian did not specify whether alleged airstrike on meeting he was holding was during recent war
Mon 7 Jul 2025 15.28 BST
The Iranian president has said that Israel attempted to assassinate him by bombarding an area in which he was holding a meeting.
“They did try, yes. They acted accordingly, but they failed,” Masoud Pezeshkian told the US media personality Tucker Carlson in response to a question on whether he believed Israel had tried to kill him. Carlson’s interview, conducted via an interpreter and released on Monday, is one the first interviews the Iranian president has given with western media since the 12-day war fought between Israel and Iran last month.
Poland starts spot checks at German border
Temporary, random checks will be carried out along Poland's borders with Germany and Lithuania and come after the German government ordered a similar approach for entry into Germany.
Authorities in Poland on Monday began carrying out random checks at 52 border crossings at the country's border with Germany in a move contrary to the spirit of the European Union's visa-free Schengen zone.
The move comes after stricter German controls at the Germany-Poland border, which have been stepped up under Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government after they were reintroduced in November 2023.
The Polish border checks, which also apply to Poland's border with Lithuania, are set to run initially until August 5.
Erdogan, pro-Kurdish MPs meet in 'new phase' of rapprochement
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish DEM party Monday to discuss the next steps after PKK militants agreed to end their decades-long insurgency.
DEM, Turkey's third-biggest party, has played a key role in facilitating an emerging peace deal between the government and jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan, whose Kurdish militant group is expected to begin laying down its weapons later this week.
The meeting, which lasted just over an hour, brought together Erdogan, Efkan Ala, a senior figure in his ruling AKP, and spy chief Ibrahim Kalin with DEM lawmakers Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar.
Japan sees dip in U.S. student visas due to Trump’s policies
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 7, 2025 at 16:01 JST
The number of U.S. student visas issued to Japanese dropped by 40 percent in May compared to previous years, according to data released by the U.S. Department of State.
Known as F-1 visas, the decline in student visas issued to Japanese nationals studying abroad in the United States appears to be connected to U.S. President Donald Trump's tightening of restrictions on foreign students.
While some are desperate to seek entry, others have given up on the United States and are choosing other destinations.
‘Nail in a coffin’: Trump’s steel, aluminum tariffs bleed Indian foundries
The small ancillary units that depend on steel and aluminium exporters for their income are especially hard hit.
For the past several years, the United States has been a major market for Aditya Garodia to export more than 100 items of steel derivatives like fasteners from his factory in West Bengal state in eastern India.
But ever since US President Donald Trump took office and unleashed a range of tariffs – 25 percent on steel and aluminium initially, as well as standalone country tariffs – global markets have been on edge, creating significant uncertainty for businesses across sectors.
South Africa's police minister accused of links to criminal gangs
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has been accused of having ties to criminal gangs and of meddling in police investigations into politically motivated murders.
These explosive allegations were made by KwaZulu-Natal police boss Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi at a press briefing on Sunday.
He said Mr Mchunu was receiving financial support from an allegedly corrupt businessman to fund his "political endeavours".
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