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Large wildfires are spreading quickly in parts of France and Spain. Some people who came back to their towns found that their homes had been destroyed by fire.
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Wildfires are currently burning in France and Spain.
The fires have grown out of control, making them hard to stop.
Some residents who returned home discovered their houses were burned.
The situation is serious and affects communities in these European countries.
Reporters are covering the events from affected locations like Bordeaux in France.
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A White House teleprompter operator, Gabriel Perez, who reportedly used insider knowledge from President Donald Trump’s speeches to place bets on an online prediction market, is no longer employed by the federal government. Perez had been on unpaid leave after reports showed he won over $100,000 through such bets, raising concerns about insider trading in prediction markets.
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Gabriel Perez worked as a teleprompter operator for President Trump since 2016.
He used information about Trump’s speeches to place bets on Kalshi, a prediction market platform.
Perez won more than $100,000 betting on phrases Trump would say in major speeches.
Perez is no longer working for the federal government; it is unclear if he resigned or was fired.
Kalshi flagged and reported suspicious trades to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Prediction markets let users bet on future events, and their trading volume on Kalshi grew from $100 million to $3 billion in one year.
Critics say prediction markets resemble unregulated gambling and have raised legal concerns.
President Trump supports leaving regulation of prediction markets to the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission rather than states.
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Wildfires have forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate areas west of Madrid in Spain and in southwestern France near Bordeaux. While some residents in Spain have been allowed to return home, new fires and a coming heatwave in France risk causing more evacuations.
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Spain lifted evacuation orders for 15 towns near Madrid, allowing residents to return after severe wildfires.
About 50 homes were destroyed and another 50 damaged in the Spanish village of Navas del Rey.
In France, more than 220,000 people were evacuated from Gironde and Landes regions due to the largest wildfire since 1949.
The French fire near Bordeaux has destroyed 240 houses and forced thousands to leave.
Although the fire near Bordeaux has stabilized, 14 other fires have reignited in the region.
Volunteers in France are helping firefighters by supplying water to fight the fires continuously.
The French government plans a meeting to discuss the economic impact, as about 130,000 workers cannot go to their jobs because of the fires.
Spain’s Prime Minister said the country is starting to get control over the fires after a long fight.
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American Airlines experienced a nationwide halt in flights due to a technology system outage. The airline said the problem was fixed and flights have resumed after a temporary ground stop.
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American Airlines had to stop flights nationwide because of an IT system failure.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that all airports and facilities were affected.
The airline apologized to customers for the disruption.
Their IT team worked quickly to restore the system.
Flights started departing again once the systems came back online.
The airline communicated updates through their social media account on X.
The outage happened on a Tuesday evening.
The situation was temporary and has since been resolved.
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President Donald Trump met separately with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday. This was the first in-person meeting between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu since the start of the Iran war.
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President Trump held a meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on Tuesday.
He also met face-to-face with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
The meeting with Netanyahu was the first since the beginning of the Iran war.
Both meetings took place separately on the same day.
The events were reported by CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes.
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The Senate approved Jay Clayton to be the director of national intelligence by a 51-47 vote. He replaces Bill Pulte and his confirmation may help restart a key government surveillance law that expired over six weeks ago.
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Jay Clayton was confirmed by the Senate as director of national intelligence.
The vote was along party lines, 51 in favor and 47 against.
Clayton replaces Bill Pulte, who temporarily held the job without intelligence experience.
The confirmation could help revive Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a law that expired more than six weeks ago.
Clayton is a former U.S. attorney from Manhattan.
During his confirmation hearing, Clayton avoided directly saying President Biden won the 2020 election, using the word "certified" instead.
Some Democrats expressed doubt about Clayton’s ability to resist political pressure.
The full renewal of the surveillance law may still be delayed because both the Senate and House are on recess until late August or mid-September.
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Mexican drug cartels have set up methamphetamine labs in Nigeria, working with local criminals to produce synthetic drugs. Nigerian authorities recently raided large labs and arrested suspects, highlighting West Africa's growing role in global meth production.
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Nigerian authorities found a large meth lab in a forest two hours from Lagos, seizing over two tonnes of the drug worth about $360 million.
Three Mexicans and seven Nigerians were arrested at this meth lab.
Another lab was found in nearby Oyo State, where five suspects, including a Mexican meth expert, were arrested.
Mexican methamphetamine makers, known as "cooks," have been involved in labs across Africa and Europe.
These labs produce high-purity methamphetamine, considered by experts to be the best quality worldwide.
Since 2016, multiple large Mexican-linked meth labs have been found in African countries like Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, and Nigeria.
From 2023 to 2025, at least 14 Mexican-operated meth labs have been raided across Africa.
These labs are linked to Mexico’s biggest drug cartels, including the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco cartel.
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A 16-year-old boy named Colt Gray received a life prison sentence for a school shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia. The shooting in 2024 resulted in the deaths of four people.
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Colt Gray is 16 years old.
He was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday.
The crime was a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia.
Four people were killed in the shooting.
The event took place in 2024.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has banned humanoid robots from China because they believe these robots pose serious national security risks. The ban includes advanced robots and power inverters that connect renewable energy to power grids. This action is part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to protect U.S. technology and encourage domestic manufacturing.
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The FCC banned humanoid robots and animal-like robots from China, calling them "advanced robotic devices."
These robots could be used to spy on Americans or help foreign intelligence services.
Power inverters from China, which connect renewable energy sources to power grids, are also banned.
The ban applies only to new robot and inverter models that are not yet sold in the U.S., but the FCC can revoke approval for existing models.
The U.S. wants to have reliable and secure supply chains for important technologies like robots and power inverters.
China is the largest producer of power inverters, with companies like Sungrow and Huawei, which face other U.S. sanctions.
This move fits into a broader plan by the Trump administration to strengthen American technology industries.
The Chinese embassy in Washington did not respond to requests for comment.
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Edward Gene Smith, a former managing director at Citigroup, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex crimes committed over ten years. He pleaded guilty to offenses including drugging and sexually assaulting women, as well as possessing child pornography.
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Edward Gene Smith worked at Citigroup from 2021 until his arrest in 2024.
He was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 30 years in prison.
Smith pleaded guilty to sex crimes, receiving child pornography, and obstructing justice.
Prosecutors said he drugged women to sexually assault them and kept thousands of child abuse images.
Smith used promises of financial help to lure vulnerable women to his New York residence.
His lawyers claimed autism influenced his behavior, but prosecutors rejected this claim.
Smith expressed remorse in a letter, saying he no longer wants to be the person he was.
Citigroup terminated Smith immediately after learning of the investigation and cooperated with authorities.
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The US Senate confirmed Jay Clayton as the new director of national intelligence with a 51-47 vote mostly along party lines. Clayton, previously the US attorney for southern New York and former SEC chairman under President Trump, replaces Bill Pulte who served temporarily.
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Jay Clayton was confirmed as director of national intelligence by the Senate on a 51-47 vote.
The vote was mostly divided along party lines.
Clayton was the US attorney for southern New York before this appointment.
He served as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission during President Trump’s first term.
Clayton replaced Bill Pulte, who had been acting director since June.
Clayton avoided confirming whether President Trump lost the 2020 election during his confirmation hearing.
He expressed concerns about voting integrity and ballot counting delays in California on CNBC.
Clayton’s office withdrew subpoenas to New York Times journalists after a judge challenged errors in them.
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Deadly storms are hitting the Northeast region, causing heavy rain and flash floods that put over 50 million people at risk. These storms have led to big delays and problems at airports during the busy summer travel time.
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The Northeast is facing severe storms with heavy rain.
More than 50 million people are at risk of rain and sudden floods.
The storms have caused travel disruptions, especially at airports.
Airport delays are occurring during the busiest part of the summer travel season.
The weather forecast is being closely monitored due to ongoing storm threats.
The situation affects travel safety and transportation in the region.
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Yemen’s Houthi group said it fired ballistic missiles at a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea, following their recent naval blockade on Saudi ships. The UK maritime monitor confirmed an explosion on a tanker but reported no injuries or environmental harm.
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The Houthi group controls Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and has fought the Yemeni government for over ten years.
Houthis announced a naval blockade against Saudi vessels on July 20, calling it a response to Saudi Arabia’s blockade on Yemen.
The targeted tanker is named NCC GHAZAL, and the Houthis said they used several ballistic missiles.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations confirmed a tanker explosion but said the crew is safe and no environmental damage occurred.
Houthis also claimed attacks on two Saudi tankers, Encelia and Layla, last week.
The Bab al-Mandeb strait, near Yemen, is a crucial shipping route for about 5% of the world’s oil.
The strait is narrow, only 29 km wide at its tightest point, making shipping traffic limited to two channels.
Saudi Arabia supports the Yemeni government in the ongoing conflict against the Houthis.
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Users of the Claude chatbot found that some of their chat conversations could appear in search engine results like Google and Bing if they were shared via public links. This raised concerns about how much control people have over their shared online information and how easily private chats or documents might become public.
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Claude chatbot users can share public links to their chat conversations, making them accessible to anyone with the link.
Some of these shared chat conversations were discoverable on search engines like Google and Bing.
As of Tuesday morning, the chats previously found in searches no longer appeared on Google or Bing.
Publicly shareable chat links that lack protection can be indexed by search engines if those links are posted online or on social media.
Anthropic, the company behind Claude, uses a “robots.txt” file to guide search engines, but may not have used other measures needed to block all chat pages from being indexed.
Google Drive documents with public links can also be found via search engines, sometimes including sensitive information.
Neither Anthropic nor Google currently warn users that sharing links may make their content searchable on the internet.
Privacy experts warn that sharing links widely can lead to unintended public exposure if those links are shared further or posted online.
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The Senate confirmed Jay Clayton as the director of national intelligence with a 51-47 vote along party lines. Clayton was previously a U.S. attorney and led the Securities and Exchange Commission during President Trump’s first term.
Key Facts
Jay Clayton was confirmed as director of national intelligence on Tuesday.
The Senate vote was 51 in favor and 47 against, mostly along party lines.
Clayton is currently a U.S. attorney.
He led the Securities and Exchange Commission during President Trump’s first administration.
His appointment may restart discussions on renewing government surveillance powers without warrants.
The director of national intelligence oversees U.S. intelligence agencies.
The confirmation ended a delay in filling this key national security position.
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Reviewers say the new movie "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," starring Tom Holland as Spider-Man, is the best film of his career so far. The movie just had its world premiere in Hollywood.
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"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" is the fourth solo Spider-Man movie starring Tom Holland.
Critics are praising Tom Holland’s acting in this new Spider-Man film.
The movie recently held its world premiere event in Hollywood.
The film is part of the popular Spider-Man series in which Tom Holland plays the main role.
The article is focused on pop culture and entertainment news related to this film.
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President Donald Trump’s approval rating has dropped to its lowest point since he began his current term last year, according to a poll by The Economist/YouGov. Only 34% of people surveyed supported his job performance, while 62% did not.
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The poll was conducted by The Economist in partnership with YouGov.
President Trump’s approval rating is currently at 34%.
Sixty-two percent of respondents disapproved of his job performance.
This is the lowest approval rating Trump has had since returning to office last year.
The poll measures how people feel about President Trump’s work as president.
The terms “somewhat” and “strongly” were used to gauge levels of support or disapproval.
The results show a significant gap between supporters and opponents of President Trump’s leadership.
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A UK thinktank says Prime Minister Andy Burnham will face tough choices in the next budget because high oil prices and inflation from the Iran war are raising costs. The government may need to borrow more money or find new taxes to pay for public services and support programs while managing slower economic growth.
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The Iran war has pushed oil prices above $100 a barrel and caused inflation to rise.
Inflation is expected to reach 3.8% over the next seven months in the UK.
The UK Chancellor, John Healey, may need an extra £24 billion by 2030 to maintain services and welfare payments.
The thinktank lowered its estimate of available government spending from £7 billion to about £3 billion.
UK economic growth is predicted to slow to 1.1% this year and next, losing £28 billion in growth compared to January forecasts.
The UK’s national debt is nearly £3 trillion, about 95% of the country's yearly income, and may rise if borrowing increases.
The thinktank advises funding new spending through taxes or savings, not more borrowing, to avoid bigger problems later.
Proposed government plans include an adult social care system costing £18.5 billion by 2035 and more support for young people not in education or work.
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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said that President Biden’s pardon for Dr. Anthony Fauci does not protect him from having to testify before the Senate this week. Dr. Fauci will appear at a Senate hearing despite the pardon.
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James Comer is the Chairman of the House Oversight Committee.
Comer told Dr. Fauci the presidential pardon does not cover his upcoming testimony.
President Biden granted Dr. Fauci a pardon before this testimony.
Dr. Fauci used to lead the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Fauci will testify before a Senate panel on Wednesday.
Senator Rand Paul released something related to this issue before the hearing.
The hearing is taking place at Capitol Hill, where the U.S. Congress meets.
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