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France said it would send 500 additional soldiers to help put out forest fires.
Former Austrian Defense Attaché Wolfgang Pusztai said that the United States is trying to use all means against Iran, including diplomacy, economic pressure through a naval blockade, and military operations. "These three means are advanced in a coordinated manner to achieve U.S. strategic goals. This means that the current primary goal is to open the Strait of Hormuz," Putstedt said. "The United States adopted a 'hot and cold' tactic to promote Iran's willingness to end the entire war. In other words, they were bombed one night and were safe the other night. This is also a kind of psychological pressure on the Iranians, " he added. Pusztai said that although Trump is pursuing negotiations, there are two factions within the Iranian leadership: one wants to restore the memorandum of understanding, and the other "seeks first to establish control of the Strait of Hormuz through military means."
Two Brazilian sources: The United States plans to send a special envoy aimed at influencing Brazil's October presidential election.
The Interfax news agency quoted the Russian Deputy Prime Minister as saying that the ban on Russian gasoline exports will be extended until the end of this year and will be lifted "after the market recovers."
Security sources: Iraqi air defenses shot down a drone near the US consulate in Erbil.
The death toll from an attack on a holiday camp in the Russian-controlled area of Ukraine's Zaporozhye region has risen to 11, including four children, the Russian-appointed governor said.
French anti-terrorism prosecutors say six people have been detained pending trial in connection with the attempted attack on a synagogue in the Paris region in early July.
Ukrainian Security Service: Ukraine attacked Russia’s Filanovsky oil platform and two cargo ships in the Caspian Sea.
The UK Maritime Trade Organization received a report on Friday regarding an incident in the Gulf of Oman involving an oil tanker and military forces.
The Russian-appointed governor said that eight people were killed in an attack on a tourist camp in the Russian-controlled Zaporozhye region.
The local governor said that a drone caused a fire at an oil refinery in the Tumen region of Russia.
According to data from the National Grid of the United Kingdom, the Heysham 2-7 nuclear reactor in the United Kingdom has been shut down.
Emergency services say a Russian attack on Sumy, Ukraine, killed three people.
The Russian Ministry of Defense: Russian air defense systems shot down 328 Ukrainian drones at night.
The Indian government has extended mobile internet blackout in central Delhi until midnight on Saturday, sources said.
SK Hynix: Establishing long-term AI memory partnership with NVIDIA.
SK Group and NVIDIA deepen their strategic partnership, covering AI factories and next-generation storage technology.
According to the South Korean media Newsis quoted the South Korean presidential adviser: South Korea is promoting cooperation between SK Telecom and Nvidia to build an AI data center equipped with 2 million GPUs.
According to Yonhap News Agency: South Korean Internet portal operator Naver has received a total investment commitment of US$10 billion from Nvidia and US private equity firm Brookfield to fund its plan to build an artificial intelligence (AI) data center in South Korea.
According to Yonhap News Agency: SK Group will supply chips worth US$750 billion to US technology companies including Nvidia.