Global Summary

Brazil recalled its ambassador to Argentina after President Javier Milei called Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a "convict" and a "thief" at a campaign event for Flavio Bolsonaro, its sharpest diplomatic rupture with Buenos Aires in years. Qatar, Egypt and Turkey are pressing Hamas to accept a Gaza disarmament framework from the US-backed Board of Peace, while an Israeli official says the current draft has been rejected over withdrawal terms. A drone strike of unclaimed origin hit a US-owned LNG vessel at Egypt's Damietta port, prompting a warning from President El Sisi over regional escalation and a vow of forceful response from President Trump. A Russian missile destroyed a Kyiv factory owned by the Delaware-registered drone maker Terminal Autonomy, in what has been reported the first confirmed Russian strike on a US-owned company since the invasion began. Uganda declared itself Ebola-free on July 28 as the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo passed 3,360 confirmed cases and began compounding a separate hunger emergency in the east.

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