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Powerful explosions reported across Tehran Powerful explosions were heard across Iran’s capital on Monday as the war involving Israel and the United States continued to escalate, AFP journalists in Tehran reported. The blasts echoed through several districts of the city, according to reporters on the ground. It was not immediately clear what locations had been targeted.

G7 weighs releasing strategic oil reserves as Israeli-US war drives prices higher Finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) are set to discuss the possible use of strategic oil reserves during a videoconference meeting on Monday, a French government source told the AFP. The talks come as energy markets react to the widening Israeli-US war in the Middle East, which has pushed oil and gas prices sharply higher over the past week. "It's an option under consideration," the source told AFP. The meeting, chaired by France, is scheduled to begin at 1:30pm French time (12:30 GMT). Officials from the United States, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy will assess the economic fallout from the escalating conflict and potential measures to stabilise energy markets.

China says Iran’s leadership change is an internal matter China has said that Iran’s decision to appoint Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader is a domestic matter for Tehran. Speaking at a regular press briefing, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Beijing viewed the appointment as an issue for Iran to determine under its own constitutional framework. “This is a decision by the Iranian side based on its constitution,” Guo Jiakun told a news conference. Beijing’s comments follow earlier remarks from China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, who urged respect for Iran’s sovereignty and warned against attempts to reshape the country’s political system from outside. “Plotting a ‘colour’ revolution or seeking government change will find no popular support,” Wang said yesterday.

Iran names former supreme leader's son to succeed him as war sends oil prices soaring  Newsday

A video posted on X showed a small boat being blown up as it floated on the water

The UAE’s Ministry of Defence released video it says shows Iranian drones being intercepted and destroyed.

The United States and Iran have offered sharply different accounts of the sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean

Iran war: Is Europe prepared for the fallout?  Euronews.com

Wall St futures slump as Iran war drags on, oil near $120 stokes inflation worries  Reuters

Reza Pahlavi and J.K. Rowling join growing chorus urging Canberra to protect the players after Iranian state TV brands them 'wartime traitors' The post Calls grow for Australia to give Iran’s women’s soccer team asylum after anthem protest appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Cornish homeowners see heating oil bills affected by Iran war  BBC

US-Iran-Israel war LIVE | No Indian killed in Saudi Arabia; Mojtaba Khamenei appointed as new Supreme leader  WION

Will the Iran war trigger a stock market crash?  Yahoo Finance UK

Authorities say 26 people died in capital Nairobi as floodwaters submerged homes and carried away vehicles.

Iran’s national soccer team has finished the Women's Asian Cup group stage in Australia and now faces a return home to a country embroiled in war

Where things stand after another weekend of war  The Washington Post

Opinion | Iran-Israel War And The Limits Of India's 'Strategic Autonomy'  NDTV

Bangladesh relies on imports for 95 percent of energy needs which have been disrupted after conflict in the Middle East.

Live updates: Iran war news; Tehran names new leader, oil and gas prices soar  CNN

Oil worries and Iran war hammer Asian stocks, with Korea’s KOSPI taking the biggest hit  Fortune