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Trump vows US will hit ‘any site’ where Iran is thinking about nuclear development
President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that the U.S. would hit “any site” where Iran is considering developing their nuclear capabilities.
Trump made the remark at the White House after reiterating his vow that Iran cannot a nuclear weapon.
Trump said “any site where they’re even thinking about nuclear, we’ll be hitting it very, very powerfully.”
“Now, nobody knows except the Iranians the damage that we’ve done to them. We have done damage that will take them 20, 25 years to recover from. So if we left tomorrow, we had a big success. But we’re not leaving tomorrow,” Trump added.
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New UK PM Burnham keeps British bases open for US defensive strikes on Iran: report
The United Kingdom’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has approved the use of British military bases by the United States for “defensive strikes against Iran,” Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing a source.
The outlet reported that former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer chaired a COBRA meeting on July 17 to discuss U.K. policy following the resumption of U.S. military operations and concerns over an escalating conflict.
Ministers decided to maintain the existing policy allowing U.S. aircraft to use bases at Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford to counter Iranian missile threats and strike sites used to target shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the source said.
Burnham, who became prime minister on July 20, was briefed on the decision and agreed to continue the previous government’s policy, according to Bloomberg’s sources.
President Donald Trump also held his first phone call with Burnham on July 20 and said the two leaders had a “very good conversation” about the “outstanding relationship” between the U.S. and the U.K.
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Explosive drones shot down near US Consulate in Iraq, airport halts flights
Three explosive-laden drones were shot down Tuesday near the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, according to security sources cited by Reuters.
Iraq’s state news agency also reported that Erbil International Airport had temporarily suspended flights following the incident.
The reported drone interceptions came just after the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad issued a global security alert warning that escalating tensions in the Middle East could lead to further attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities.
“Due to escalating tensions in the Middle East, the security situation remains complex, with the potential for unexpected escalation,” the embassy said in a statement posted on X.
“U.S. citizens currently in the Middle East should exercise caution and heighten their vigilance, preparing for the possibility of flight cancellations, temporary airspace closures, and disruptions to travel.”
“U.S. diplomatic facilities, including those outside the Middle East, have been targeted,” it added.
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CENTCOM showcases USS Mason being replenished at sea during Operation Epic Fury
U.S. Central Command released footage Tuesday showing the USS Mason guided-missile destroyer being replenished at sea in regional waters.
The American warship has operated in support of the U.S. military’s blockade of Iranian ports, which was reimposed last week.
Video released by CENTCOM showed a helicopter delivering supplies to the ship.
“As of July 20, the U.S. military has redirected 7 commercial vessels and disabled 1 to prevent the ships from leaving or entering Iranian ports,” CENTCOM said about the resumed blockade.
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Trump says US will have to ‘take care of business’ if Houthis impose Red Sea blockade
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. will “just have to take care of business” if the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen impose a blockade on the Red Sea.
“We’ll see what happens. So far, it hasn’t happened. Might happen, but we take care of things. If something like that happens, we take care of it,” Trump said.
Iran has reportedly instructed Yemen’s Houthi terrorists to prepare to close a critical Red Sea gateway if the United States attacks Iranian power infrastructure, Reuters reported last week, a threat experts warn could sharply disrupt global shipping even if the group cannot completely seal the waterway.
Three sources told Reuters on Thursday that Iran’s leadership had discussed using the Houthis to shut the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and recently conveyed the request to the group.
A source close to the Houthis said missiles and drones had been deployed near the waterway and that the group was awaiting an order to begin attacking shipping.
“I think that if there is something like that, we’ll just have to take care of business,” Trump said Tuesday.
Fox News’ Efrat Lachter contributed to this post.
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Israel’s military says it fired ‘warning shots’ during incident with Lebanese Armed Forces
Israel’s military said Tuesday that it fired “warning shots” after Lebanese forces breached barriers inside the Security Zone in southern Lebanon.
“Earlier today, IDF soldiers operating in the Security Zone in southern Lebanon identified Lebanese Armed Forces personnel, accompanied by an engineering vehicle, who crossed ~150 meters into the Security Zone and breached barriers in the area of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, contrary to the understandings between the parties,” the IDF said in a statement.
“IDF soldiers operating in the area fired warning shots into the air only, which did not endanger the Lebanese Armed Forces personnel, in order to distance them from the area. The Lebanese Armed Forces personnel withdrew from the area, and no injuries were reported,” it added.
The State Department on Monday had announced the launch of the first “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon under a U.S.-brokered security agreement, calling the initiative a key step toward restoring Lebanese government control in areas dominated by the terrorist group Hezbollah.
The pilot zones are part of an agreement signed at the State Department in late June between Israel and Lebanon that calls for Israeli forces to withdraw from designated areas while the Lebanese Armed Forces assume security responsibilities.
The IDF said Tuesday that, “The area into which the Lebanese Armed Forces entered is not part of the ‘pilot’ area.”
“The IDF calls on the Lebanese Armed Forces to continue operating in accordance with the understandings and within the agreed areas. Any deviation from these areas without prior coordination could endanger its forces,” it also said.
Fox News Digital’s Emma Bussey contributed to this post.
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Trump suggests US will be hitting Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain ‘probably pretty soon’ and ‘very heavily’
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. will be striking Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain “probably pretty soon.”
Pickaxe Mountain is a heavily fortified underground complex near Iran’s damaged Natanz uranium enrichment facility. Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have not been allowed to visit the secret site.
After Trump was asked if he believes Iran has moved nuclear centrifuges to Pickaxe Mountain, the president said “they may have,” but that “we follow the material, that’s where the action is.”
“We’ll be hitting that area very, probably pretty soon. And there’s not a thing they can do about it. You know, normally I wouldn’t say that. If I thought they could do something about it, I would never say that. But we’ll be hitting that area pretty soon and very heavily,” Trump added.
Fox News’ CJ Womack and Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this post.
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Trump says Lebanon has a ‘Hezbollah problem,’ but he would speak to them
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Lebanon has a “Hezbollah problem,” but that he would speak to Hezbollah if Lebanese President Joseph Aoun wanted him to.
Trump made the comment while welcoming Aoun to the White House.
“I would speak to Hezbollah. Yeah, I speak to everybody. I’ll speak to people that a lot of people think I shouldn’t be speaking to, and things work out,” Trump said about the Iran-backed terrorist group.
“I would say this — if the president wanted me to speak to Hezbollah. You know, he’s lived with Hezbollah for a long time. And if the president wanted me to speak to Hezbollah, I would,” Trump added.
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Trump says US military blockade of Iranian ports is like a ‘steel wall’
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. military’s ongoing blockade of Iranian ports is like a “steel wall” and that “nobody gets through.”
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth added that “Iran has been given every opportunity to negotiate, to show that they’re reasonable on the Strait of Hormuz.”
“But if they’re going to shoot a commercial shipping, then we’re going to hit them, as the president said, ten times harder, which every night we’re degrading them further and further,” Hegheth said after U.S. Central Command completed ten consecutive days of strikes against Iranian military targets.
“And the president has all the options necessary. If they want to talk, they can talk. Otherwise they can deal with the War Department. And we’re prepared,” Hegseth added.
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Trump says Iran wants to ‘desperately meet’ following waves of US strikes
President Donald Trump said Tuesday at the White House that Iran wants to “desperately meet.”
The revelation comes after U.S. Central Command carried out waves of airstrikes against Iranian military targets in recent days.
“They can not have a nuclear weapon and they won’t have — they have no chance of having a nuclear weapon… But we are doing very well. We are degrading them at levels that nobody thought was possible,” Trump continued.
“They’re being degraded, really so seriously. They did slip something through in Jordan,” Trump said, refencing the deaths of two American service members.
“And if we had other operators, you know, would not happened unfortunately. Because we have the best equipment in the world, you know, we’ve stopped almost everything. But when you let other people do your job with the United States, we let other people do the job. And sometimes it doesn’t work out so well. But, we’re going to be going and paying our respects at Dover.”
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Bahrain, Kuwait say they are being attacked by Iran
The militaries of Bahrain and Kuwait said Tuesday they are defending their countries against fresh attacks by Iran.
The Bahrain Defence Force said it “confronted, intercepted, and destroyed a number of treacherous Iranian aerial attacks” on Tuesday, and that “Iran continues its systematic hostile approach through its sinful attacks targeting civilians in the Kingdom of Bahrain.”
Kuwait’s Army said in a statement on X that “Kuwaiti air defenses are currently confronting hostile missile and drone attacks, following the sinful Iranian aggression.”
“The General Staff of the Army notes that if explosion sounds are heard, they are the result of the air defense systems intercepting the hostile attacks,” it added.
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State Department issues ‘worldwide caution’ for Americans, warns of Iran targeting US interests
The State Department warned Americans worldwide to “exercise increased caution” as Iran may target U.S. interests overseas.
“Due to heightened tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation,” the State Department said in a message on Monday.
“U.S. diplomatic facilities, including outside the Middle East, have been targeted. Iran and groups supportive of Iran may target other U.S. interests overseas or at locations associated with the United States and Americans throughout the world,” it added.
The State Department also said Americans that are currently in the Middle East “should exercise caution and heightened vigilance and should be prepared for possible flight cancellations, periodic airspace closures, and potential travel disruptions,” and those who are not “should reconsider travel to and through the region.”
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Army identifies US soldier killed in Iraq during operations against Iran
The Army on Tuesday identified Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, a 30-year-old air defense soldier from Fayetteville, North Carolina, as the U.S. service member killed while troops attempted to destroy a downed Iranian attack drone at an air base in Iraq.
Swinton was killed in action July 19 during a controlled detonation of the one-way unmanned aerial system at Erbil Air Base, the Department of War said. The incident remains under investigation.
His death brought the number of U.S. service members killed during the conflict with Iran to 17. The toll includes deaths from Iranian attacks as well as crashes and other incidents connected to American military operations in the region.
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UAE condemns ‘renewed hostile attacks by Iran’ on Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan
The United Arab Emirates foreign ministry issued a statement Tuesday saying it has “condemned in the strongest terms the renewed hostile attacks by Iran targeting the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with missiles and drones.”
The ministry said the “hostile attacks constitute a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the brotherly nations and a threat to their security and stability.”
“The Ministry reiterated the UAE’s full solidarity with the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and its support for all measures aimed at safeguarding their security and stability,” it added.
Iran has been launching attacks on countries in the Middle East in recent days at the U.S. military has been carrying out strikes against Iranian military targets.
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Ship reports being struck by ‘unknown projectile’ in Strait of Hormuz region
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Jordan intercepts 3 Iranian missiles and 5 drones, days after US troops killed
Jordan’s military intercepted three Iranian missiles and five drones on Tuesday, according to multiple reports from its state-run Petra news agency.
A military source told Petra that the three Iranian missiles were targeting Jordanian territory on Tuesday afternoon local time and that the interceptions resulted in no casualties or material damage.
Another source said Jordanian air defense systems neutralized five unmanned drones that originated from Iran overnight and Tuesday morning.
The incidents come days after U.S. Central Command said two U.S. service members in Jordan were killed in action on July 17 as CENTCOM and partner forces “defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks.”
The fallen soldiers were later identified as 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.
Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace contributed to this post.
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Lebanon’s president to meet with Trump at the White House
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will meet with President Donald Trump on Tuesday at the White House as the U.S. has been mediating talks between Israel and Lebanon.
Talks in June led to a signed trilateral framework agreement between the United States, Israel and Lebanon. It set a plan for Israeli forces to withdraw from southern Lebanon as well as the disarmament of Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terrorist group based in Lebanon.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Aoun on Sunday, where according to the State Department, he “commended the courage of the Government of Lebanon, under President Aoun’s leadership, for their determined effort to reclaim Lebanon’s sovereignty, disarm Hezbollah and dismantle its terrorist infrastructure, and move towards peace.”
“The Secretary reaffirmed the commitment of the United States to supporting the successful implementation of the Trilateral Framework and to backing the Government of Lebanon’s efforts to deliver peace, economic recovery, and a better future for the Lebanese people,” State Department Spokesperson Tommy Pigott added.
The State Department announced Monday that operations in three villages deemed part of a “pilot zone” had begun, without giving details on what that entailed. Two of the three villages, Froun and Srifa, are not under Israeli military control and the Lebanese army is present there, while Israeli forces are in part of Zawtar al-Gharbieh, according to The Associated Press.
The Lebanese army in a statement said it was preparing for Israel to withdraw from Zawtar al-Gharbieh and that it had begun deploying troops to the area Tuesday. The Israeli military said it “will adjust its force posture in one of the pilot areas in order to enable the Lebanese Armed Forces to carry out their mission,” without specifying the location.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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CENTCOM completes new round of strikes on Iranian military targets
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed it had completed another round of new strikes against Iran at 9 p.m. ET on Monday.
The command said it struck Iranian military command centers, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems to “degrade Iran’s ability to continue attacking commercial vessels flowing through the Strait of Hormuz.”
“Commercial vessel transits through the vital international maritime corridor continue,” CENTCOM said in a post shared on X.
“Since early May, CENTCOM forces have helped facilitate the transit of approximately 900 commercial vessels and 450 million barrels of crude oil,” it added before stating that U.S. forces are “postured and prepared to hold Iran accountable for unwarranted aggression toward civilian mariners seeking to freely and openly transit the strait.”
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Trump team revisits regime change option as Iran diplomacy falters: report
Overthrowing Iran’s regime has returned to the agenda in parts of the Trump administration after diplomatic efforts appeared to have failed, the Financial Times reported Monday.
“Elements of the Trump administration are once again flirting with Plan A — which is to topple the Iranian regime,” the newspaper said.
In its analysis, the Financial Times also said efforts to encourage an internal uprising in Iran were back on Washington’s agenda.
The report added that an earlier Israeli proposal to arm Kurdish groups opposed to Tehran was rejected by the administration but could now be revived as policymakers search for alternative options.
Yesterday’s Fox News Digital live blog offers additional coverage of the war with Iran.
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Andrew Tate, a controversial influencer and brother Tristan appeared before a Miami federal courtroom to begin extradition proceedings for the UK. The charges include rape and trafficking in women.
A lawyer representing the brothers told reporters outside of the courtroom that they will fight the extradition.
Since their arrest in Florida on Saturday, the Tates are being held at a Florida prison after Crown Prosecution Service, which prosecutes cases of criminal nature in England and Wales announced 38 additional charges against them.
Tate Brothers, arriving in Florida 2025, after leaving Romania, where they are facing similar charges have denied all wrongdoing.
The pair appeared in court Monday wearing light brown prison clothing and handcuffed at both the ankle and waist.
The only time they spoke was when they were asked whether they knew their rights, to which both replied “yes” together.
After the hearing, Joe McBride told reporters that his client’s were innocent.
They’ve done nothing wrong. McBride stated that they shouldn’t extradited to face charges for crimes which they did not commit.
He called the proceedings in the US against President Donald Trump, a witch hunt. And he referred to any attempt at extradition as a form of “political kidnapping”.
McBride, when asked about the length of extradition proceedings before the hearing, estimated that they would last “around 60-days”.
According to AP News, the judge has scheduled the next hearing of his brother for July 27.
Trump’s administration would be the final authority on any decision regarding extradition.
According to the latest accusations, these men were accused of having committed crimes between July 2010 – August 2017.
Malcolm McHaffie of the Special Crime Division of the CPS said that the charges were “followed by receipt of an additional file of evidence” from Bedfordshire Police, bringing the number of victims in the case up to seven.
Police said that the brothers face a total 59 criminal charges. The brothers were arrested near a venue on Saturday where Andrew Tate had been scheduled to host a bar-knuckle fight event.
In Romania they are also facing charges of trafficking in human beings and creating an organized group for sexual exploitation. Andrew Tate was also accused of rape. The defendants deny these allegations.
Dual British and US citizens, the pair has been living in the US, since 2025. This is after Romanian prosecutors lifted their travel ban. Both are required to continue checking in with Romanian officials as they work through the procedural obstacles.
They also have to deal with a civil lawsuit in the US from a woman who claims that the brothers forced her into sexual work and defamed after she testified before Romanian authorities.

NEW DELHI — Thousands of protesters marched to India’s Parliament on Monday, facing a police crackdown as the demonstrators demanded the resignation of the country’s education minister, in one of the biggest confrontations of an emerging, youth-led movement.
The demonstrators call themselves the Cockroach Janta Party (“Cockroach People’s Party”), and they want to overhaul the way India is run, starting with an education system they say is corrupt. They are making their voices heard as they come up against the country’s rising cost of living and a lack of quality jobs.
The protests mark a rare show of defiance against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Critics say the 12-year rule of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has marked a crackdown on civil society and jailing of political opponents. Despite rapid economic growth under Modi, analysts say, India’s youth unemployment remains stubbornly high.
The Modi government has portrayed the demonstrators as villains. “These are people who want to make the country hollow,” BJP chief Nitin Nabhi said in a speech last month.
But on Monday, the government appeared to make its first outreach to the protest group. Saurav Das, a spokesperson of the Cockroach Janta Party, said Indian Health Minister J.P. Nadda had met them for 10 minutes at the minister’s residence. Another Cockroach spokesperson, Ashutosh Ranka, said the health minister asked for time to discuss the movement’s demands, which include the release of a detained activist and the education minister’s resignation.
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has so far refused to step down.
Pradhan did not respond to a list of NPR’s questions. BJP spokespeople did not respond to requests for an interview.
Tear gas and wooden sticks
For more than a month, hundreds of Indian young people had camped at Jantar Mantar, one of the few open spaces in the Indian capital where the government allows mass protests. On Monday, they mobilized a major march to Parliament.
Authorities in New Delhi cut off mobile internet, put up barricades and shut off metro train stations near the protest site. Then, the riot police charged into protesters with batons and shields.
Protesters say police hit dozens of them with batons in their heads. While Delhi police denied using violence, NPR witnessed police fire tear gas to disperse the protests and hit the demonstrators with wooden sticks at several points in central Delhi.
Protester Mohammed Nasir, a high-school graduate, said tear gas shells fell near him and he witnessed officers hurting a protester. “I saw three to four personnel kicking a woman in her abdomen,” he said. “She couldn’t get up from the road after.”
Many demonstrators retaliated by pelting stones at the police, injuring about 50 officers, according to local news reports.
Protesters were on New Delhi’s streets until the evening, singing, sloganeering, waving the Indian tricolor flag.
“Whenever Modi is scared, he sends the police out,” a group chanted near metal barricades. “Let’s test the limits of your oppression,” another group of men and women chanted as a dozen police hovered nearby. “Let’s find out how much space you have in your jails.”
The “cockroach” movement started as a parody
The “cockroaches” took their name as a mocking response to a pointed comment from India’s top judge.
During a hearing in May, India’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Surya Kant compared the country’s unemployed young adults to roaches while referring to criticism of judges on social media. “There are youngsters like cockroaches, they don’t get any employment, they don’t have any place in profession,” the Indian Express newspaper reported him saying. He said some become social media creators, some become activists, and “they start attacking everyone.” He later said he was misunderstood. But it was too late.
Days after the remarks, Abhijeet Dipke, a 30-year-old with a master’s in public relations from Boston University, launched the Cockroach Janta Party as a satirical online collective. Millions of people followed them on social media, drawing support from activists, movie stars and some opposition politicians.
“In India, if you’re rich, the system dances at your fingertips. If you’re poor, nobody will be there for you,” Dipke says. “We’re frustrated because the government has stopped listening.”
The Indian government banned the party’s first X account, citing “threats to national security.” So Dipke created another one, saying, “Cockroaches don’t die.” On Instagram, the group racked up nearly 22 million followers, more than twice that of India’s ruling BJP. The satire had turned serious.
Dipke says he was born into a Dalit family. Considered the lowest of South Asia’s hierarchical caste system, Dalits were once known as outcasts and many are still treated that way. Dipke says he spent his summers in his grandparents’ village in central India. “We’d often share one roti among two people. If there was a drought, we’d travel miles on a bullock cart to fill water from a well.”
In his 20s, he worked with an anti-corruption party’s social media team.
Then, taking a cue from many of his peers, he applied to study in the U.S. in 2024. He didn’t want to return — even when he says he experienced racism there. “It wasn’t too different from the casteism I experienced in India,” he says. “But at least in the U.S., you are able to feed your family.”
But after his parody party went viral, Dipke returned and launched a sit-in in New Delhi.
Exam question leaks
The group’s immediate demand is the resignation Education Minister Pradhan after a series of exam leaks. Every year, the Education Ministry conducts a set of screening exams for students seeking higher education, and for academics who want to teach in public schools and universities. With millions of candidates fighting for a highly limited pool of university seats and government jobs, a single exam can determine their entire economic future.
In the latest incident, a file allegedly containing test questions circulated on messaging apps ahead of a nationwide exam held in May. It affected more than 2 million aspiring doctors applying for a fraction of seats in India’s medical colleges. Those students were informed about it two weeks after they took the exam. Local media reported at the time that at least a dozen students had died by suicide after hearing they’d have to re-sit an exam that many prepare for over years — and at great expense to their parents.
Dipke says it’s why a chunk of those turning up for the protests are parents. “I have seen them come with their 10-year-olds. They tell me they want to make the system fairer by the time their kids appear for their medical college exams,” he says.
Another of the movement’s demands, according to spokesperson Ranka, is compensation for the families of the people who took their lives.
Scant quality jobs
Dipke says it is getting harder to afford a decent education and find well-paying jobs in India and the ways to get them seem rigged.
India’s economyhas grown by more than 7% most years over the past decade. Even as it became the most populous country, it has reduced extreme poverty and improved education levels.
Yet, many of India’s 300 million youth aren’t seeing their lives improve, says Rosa Abraham, an economist at Azim Premji University. She says that’s because “we’re not creating enough jobs given the number of graduates we are producing.”
Abraham says around 40% of India’s university graduates under the age of 25 are unemployed: “It’s among the highest rates in decades.”
Even when they get a job, the entry-level salaries are lower than they used to be more than a decade ago, adjusting for inflation. The lack of options, she says, forces many to take up physical labor in agriculture or construction, where the pay is lower and there’s no guarantee of income.
Bhanu Joshi, a political scientist and co-founder of Data Action Lab for Emerging Societies, says successive governments have struggled to create employment for Indian youth. But even as the problem became more acute under Prime Minister Modi, Joshi says the government has primarily addressed it using welfare or unemployment benefits. “It’s like saying, unemployment is a huge issue but I cannot solve it. Let me give you 1,500 rupees [under $16] and take care of your grievance.”
Economists say the concerns of young adults in India need structural solutions.
“We are sitting with a generation of the most educated group of youngsters we’ve ever had in the country,” says Abraham, who heads Azim Premji’s Centre for Sustainable Employment. “If they are not given the means to kind of utilize this education, fulfill at least some of their aspirations, that’s going to lead to frustration, which can come out in different forms of unrest.”
Unrest — like the ongoing protests in New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar grounds.
Defying diktats
At the Jantar Mantar protest site, satire continues to be the bedrock of the Cockroach Janta Party’s campaign. One evening, demonstrators invited people to sign diapers and mail them to the federal education minister to help plug exam paper “leaks.”
On another occasion, they danced and banged plates while demanding the minister’s resignation.
Two weeks ago, the prominent environmentalist and education activist Sonam Wangchuk joined them and launched a hunger strike. According to a Cockroach Janta Party press release, he lost more than 18 pounds in 18 days. Over the weekend, dozens of plain-clothes policemen entered the protest site and dragged Wangchuk into an ambulance.
Spokesperson Ranka said the party was demanding Wangchuk’s release.
On Monday, local media reported that the police entered the protest site again, dismantled the stage and tents, and evacuated the protesters.
Even as the protesters accuse the education ministry of failing to prevent leaks, Education Minister Pradhan has refused to resign. In an interview with the news channel NDTV, he called the protesters “a B-team of terrorists” who were trying to “divide the country.”
Dipke rejected the claim. Last week, Dipke also shared a montage of Pradhan’s photos set to the lyrics of Taylor Swift’s song “Anti-Hero.” “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem.”
Students and professionals come to the protest site from across the city and neighboring states. Many speak of being let down by “the system.”
Twenty-year-old Mohammad Arshad says the medical exam paper leak in May destroyed his faith in the fairness of the system after spending two years preparing. “I appeared for the re-exam last month but I can no longer trust the process is fair.” It has driven some of his friends to study medicine abroad, even in Russia. “They lost hope in India’s education system,” he says.
Kajal Singh, 22, says she traveled nearly three hours with her friend to join the protest. She wears a white mask, “because I haven’t told my parents,” and says she wants government accountability. “We are not anti-nationals,” she says, referring to the term the ruling party uses for critics. “We are students. Listen to us.”

DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) – The United States launched a second round of airstrikes against Iran early on Monday after announcing that another American serviceman had died. They targeted a city in the north-west believed to have underground missile bases. Iran responded with an attack on Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet and Kuwait.
These latest attacks showed that the U.S. has been moving closer and closer to war with Iran, as the interim agreement signed last month to end fighting permanently has fallen apart and the shipping in the Strait of Hormuz is largely stopped. The two sides are targeting civilian infrastructure that is used by millions. Brent crude, the benchmark oil, rose to $90 per barrel on Monday, fueling an energy crisis around the world.
U.S. Military said that the U.S. servicemember was killed on Saturday in Iraq during a “controlled explosion” of an Iranian drone.
Donald Trump, the U.S. president said: “We struck them again very hard tonight.” He said, “We did it in honor” of those soldiers who were killed.
US strikes Iran for the ninth time in a row
Central Command, the U.S. Military’s Central Command, announced new strikes on Monday morning. This is now their ninth night of attacks. Central Command stated that it had targeted “Iranian command centers, coastal and air surveillance, maritime capabilities and missile launch sites as well as communications networks and satellites.”
Iran’s IRNA state news agency said that at least one American was killed in the area of Tabriz. Tabriz is a city located about 520 km (325 miles), north-west from Tehran. Tabriz may host Iranian Revolutionary Guard underground missile bases.
IRNA reports that U.S. strike likely hit Bandar Imam Khomeini, in Khuzestan Province, Sirik, Jask, in Hormozgan, and Konarak, Chahbahar, in Sistan-Baluchistan.
The British military reported that a ship was on fire as the airstrikes began early Monday morning in the Strait of Hormuz, near Oman’s coastline. The cause of the fire off Oman is not known, but the U.S. Military has encouraged vessels to use this route to escape Iran’s influence. Later, the Guard claimed that it had been targeting oil tankers within the Strait.
Tehran has responded by attacking U.S.-allied nations throughout the Middle East. Bahrain’s missile warning sirens were sounded Monday morning. Kuwait claimed that its air defence was firing on an Iranian barrage.
Strait of Hormuz is still a key conflict area
Trump has warned that he will target Iran’s bridges and power plants to force Tehran to release its grip on the Strait of Hormuz. This is where one fifth of the world oil trade was transported before the War. Recent US military attacks seem to confirm that this plan is being carried out.
In the last week, U.S. reimposed its naval blockade against Iranian ports in order to stop their crude oil shipments. On Saturday, the military said that it has redirected 6 ships since then and disabled 1.
In 60 days, the agreement set out to end the war permanently and discuss other issues including Iran’s nuke program has reached its halfway point.
U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio said to reporters that the U.S. was still willing to negotiate with Iran, but “it had to be genuine.”
We’ll continue to react. Rubio stated that if the door to diplomacy opens — if those who want to be productive and do good for Iran are successful, they can take over the system or the negotiations. This will be a positive outcome. Unfortunately, that’s not the situation we find ourselves in tonight.
In an article published by Foreign Policy on Monday, Mohammad Javad Zarif – a former Iranian Foreign Minister who was instrumental in the election of reformist Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian – acknowledged that the “deal could not survive such dissonances” regarding the Strait of Hormuz.
Zarif said that Washington could not eliminate the Iranian Government, as the conflict currently underway has shown. Zarif wrote that Washington could not eliminate the Iranian government through military action.
Zarif warned the theocracy of Iran that “if Iran threatens maritime trade repeatedly, the whole world could be against them.”
The Iranian government announced on Sunday that at least 517 people were injured and 50 killed in the most recent U.S. airstrikes. Since February 28, 2017, 17 U.S. military personnel have died.
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This report was contributed by Associated Press journalists Nasser Karri in Tehran, Iran and Michelle L. Price at Washington.

Zorua’s Hide and Sneak Contest allows you to either participate alone or with players from other worlds. You can earn rewards by competing in Zorua contests. A trophy is possible! Here’s the guide to Zorua’s Hide and Sneak Contest.
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Dates for Zorua’s Hide and Sneak Contest
Zorua’s Hide and Sneak Contest begins on Sunday, 19th of July at 5am local time and concludes on Monday, 27th at 4:59am.
Pokopia no longer allows time travel, so you’ll need to wait until the contest starts naturally to begin.
Start Zorua’s Hide and Sneak Contest
You must speak with Zorua in order to start the Zorua Hide and Sneak Contest. This can be done outside of any rebuilt Pokemon Center. You’ll still need to talk to Zorua outside of a Pokemon Center, even if they’re already in your possession and you have their habitat.
Zorua can be found outside of any rebuilt Pokemon Centre. You must have completed at least one to be eligible to enter this contest.
Select ‘Is there a hiding-and-sneaking contest happening right now’ when you speak to the person.
Click on ‘Yeah! I’ll Try’ to start the contest. Start the competition by selecting ‘Yeah, I’ll try!
What you need to do to be eligible for Zorua’s Hide and Sneak Contest
You must reach the computer outside of a Pokemon Centre without being seen to win the Hide and Sneak Contest. We found these tips useful to win the contest, and beat our best time.
Three minutes are allotted to get the computer. There’s a set time limit because this is a competition. As long as you make it to the Pokemon Center PC before this deadline, you’ll receive a prize. You can get the reward from the previous tiers if you arrive quickly.
You will be searched for by multiple Pokemon. Zorua will not be the only one hunting you, as that seems unfair. At least two Pokemon will hunt you. It’s easy to tell which Pokemon is helping Zorua, because there will be speech bubbles over their heads.
Avoid being spotted. Avoid being seen. They will stay mostly around the PC at the Pokemon Center, which gives you plenty of space to approach them. If you’re within range of their Pokemon, move slowly. Make sure that they are looking the other way when you approach.
Switch on the rumble setting. The rumble settings are recommended for this contest, as they will make the console rumble when a Pokemon spots you. It’s useful when your camera doesn’t show all the Pokemon that are hunting you. When you use Camouflage the Pokemon that spotted you may walk toward you until they turn around. When the question mark appears above their heads, wait until they are looking somewhere else before you move again.
Camouflage is a great way to hide. Camouflage turns you into whatever is nearby. It can range from furniture to blocks. This move makes it much easier to win Zorua’s contest because, you know, you are disguised. While disguised you can still touch your PC, increasing the chances that you will win.
Choose a place where there is a lot of cover around the Pokemon Center. Try playing the contest at a place where there is a lot of cover, such as furniture, blocks, or buildings, around the Pokemon Center if you are having difficulty winning Zorua’s contest. It will be easier for you to conceal yourself from Pokemon that are hunting you. For example, I won the contest easier in Withered Wastelands than Rocky Ridges because I kept the hills surrounding the Pokemon Center.
When the contest timer expires, it ends. You can still win the round even if you get caught. So long as the timer is still ticking. You will be taken to a different location in the area if you are caught. This gives you a second opportunity at sneaking on the computer. This is a great opportunity to find another way of reaching the PC.
Zorua’s Hide and Sneak Contest Rewards
You must reach the PC at the Pokemon Center within a specified time to earn Zorua’s Hide and Sneak prizes. You’ll get more prizes if you arrive at the PC faster.
This is all the prizes I won in the Zorua’s Hide and Sneak Contest with a time of 1:11.
Lumber
Leppa Berries
Honey
Star Piece
Large Lost Relic
Rainbow Feather
Silver Feather
Hide-and-Sneak Trophy
This is all there is for the moment! Check out the pages on how to obtain Wheat, Iron Ingots and Concrete if you need more help.