Global Tensions Escalate: Submarines, Ballistic Missiles, and Political Turmoil

The summary covers various global events, including Russian submarine deployments near the Irish Sea, terrorist activities in Dagestan, political maneuvers in France, ongoing conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, intense hurricanes in the Caribbean, North Korean missile tests, Palestinian-Israeli clashes, Yulia Navalnaya's new leadership role, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Trump's immunity, and Argentine President Milei's controversial visit to Brazil.

Following is a summary of current world news briefs.

Russia sent Kilo attack submarine toward Irish Sea twice, Bloomberg News reports

Russian attack submarines have conducted missions around the Irish Sea twice since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing three people familiar with the matter. The first deployment of a Russian Kilo-class submarine close to the Irish Sea, happened around 18 months ago while the second occurrence took place more recently, the report added.

Leader of Russia's Dagestan blames attacks on 'international terrorists'

The leader of Russia's mainly Muslim Dagestan region where gunmen last month staged deadly attacks in two cities said on Monday that the security threat was coming from "international terrorist organisations". State media quoted Sergei Melikov as saying 22 people had died in the June 23 attacks, whose targets included churches and synagogues.

Rival French parties seek to build anti-far right front

Opponents of France's far right sought to build a united front to block the path to government of Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) on Monday, after the party made historic gains to win the first round of a parliamentary election. The RN and its allies won Sunday's round with 33% of the vote, followed by a left-wing bloc with 28% and well ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's broad alliance of centrists, who scored just 22%, official results showed.

Russian military says it captured two east Ukrainian villages, Ukraine contests account

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Monday that its forces had taken control of two villages in eastern Ukraine. It was the second day in succession that Moscow has announced the capture of new localities. Ukrainian military statements have, at least in part, denied the Russian assertion.

Hurricane Beryl 'extremely dangerous' as it gains strength in Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl unleashed powerful winds over the Eastern Caribbean on Monday, downing power lines and ripping roofs from buildings, as scientists argue that climate change likely added to how quickly the unusually fierce, early storm formed. Beryl struck the southeastern Caribbean at Category 4 strength on the Saffir-Simpson five-point scale, spiraling toward the Caribbean's Windward Islands and threatening devastating flooding as potentially deadly winds picked up speed.

North Korea says it tested ballistic missile capable of carrying super-large warhead

North Korea said it successfully tested a new tactical ballistic missile on Monday capable of carrying a 4.5-ton super-large warhead, state news agency KCNA reported on Tuesday.

A day earlier, South Korea reported the launch of two ballistic missiles by North Korea and said the second likely failed soon after launch, blowing up in flight over land.

Palestinian militants fire rockets into Israel, tanks advance in Gaza

The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday as fighting raged in Gaza and Israeli tanks advanced deeper in parts of the enclave, residents and officials said. Islamic Jihad, an ally of Hamas - both of whom are backed by Iran - said its fighters fired rockets towards several Israeli communities near the fence with Gaza in response to "the crimes of the Zionist enemy against our Palestinian people".

Yulia Navalnaya pledges to use US-based rights role to step up battle against Putin

Yulia Navalnaya, widow of late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, said on Monday she would use a new role as chair of the U.S.-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) to step up her husband's struggle against President Vladimir Putin.

The New York-based HRF said in a statement on Monday it had appointed Navalnaya to succeed former world chess champion and Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov as chair of the non-profit rights group, which provides humanitarian aid to Ukraine and runs campaigns against authoritarian leaders around the world.

US Supreme Court finds Trump has broad immunity from prosecution

The U.S. Supreme Court found on Monday that Donald Trump cannot be prosecuted for actions that were within his constitutional powers as president in a landmark ruling recognizing for the first time any form of presidential immunity from prosecution. The justices, in a 6-3 ruling authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, threw out a lower court's decision that had rejected Trump's claim of immunity from federal criminal charges involving his efforts to undo his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. The six conservative justices were in the majority, while its three liberal members dissented.

Argentina's Milei to shun Lula for Bolsonaro in first Brazil trip

Argentine President Javier Milei will travel this weekend to Brazil for the first time since taking office, his spokesman said on Monday, but plans to meet with the neighboring nation's former right-wing leader instead of the current president. Outspoken libertarian Milei and leftist Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have often clashed, with the Argentine leader criticizing Lula on the campaign trail, calling him an "angry communist" and "corrupt."

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