00:00Top World News Headlines Saturday, July 5, 2026
00:05Asterisk 1. U.S. 250th Anniversary Celebrations and Politics Asterisk
00:12President Donald Trump marked America's 250th anniversary with a rally on the National Mall
00:18in Washington, with military flyovers and a big fireworks display. Storms, heat over 100 degrees
00:25Fahrenheit 38 degrees Celsius, and tight security were in play. Trump also delivered a speech at
00:33Mount Rushmore warning about communism and tied it to immigration, ahead of midterm concerns.
00:38Hundreds of massed Patriot Front members marched through D.C. on July 4 ahead of festivities 7-5
00:44CA-5A-5B-9C-5-8. Asterisk 2. Iran Mourning and Middle East Asterisk
00:52Mass funeral ceremonies began in Tehran for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
00:58whose 37-year reign ended in February in a U.S.-Israel airstrike.
01:04Mourners chanted death to America and revenge as his coffin was displayed.
01:09Processions will continue to calm Najaf, Kerbala and Mashhad.
01:14Trump offered to help Putin find a deal with Ukraine in a phone call,
01:18with envoys Witkoff and Kushner set for another Moscow visit 5-5-0-8-4-F-6-C.
01:25Asterisk 3. Europe Asterisk.
01:29Thousands protested in Erfurt, Germany against far-right AFD ahead of its conference.
01:35AFD is polling strongly in eastern states and could win state power for first time.
01:40US VP J.D. Vance said Britain has been failed by leaders and hopes next PM Andy Burnham delivers change,
01:48after PM Keir Starmer announced resignation.
01:52Hundreds of Spanish firefighters battled a wildfire near Costa Brava, Spain 5539 A51 Ed 931.
02:01Asterisk 4. Disasters and other asterisk.
02:06Venezuela death toll from twin earthquakes rose to 2,954, with 16,592 injured and 16,309 homeless.
02:17Nearly 30,000 officials and 3,281 international rescuers deployed.
02:23Pope Leo XIV urged the US and Europe to welcome immigrants in a July 4 appeal from Lampedusa,
02:31praising America's history of welcoming people BCB 8D 40E.
02:36Asterisk 5. Sports asterisk.
02:40Madison Keys celebrated July 4 with a Wimbledon upset win over Amanda Anaisimova.
02:46World Cup 2026, Brazil beat Japan, Paraguay upset Germany on penalties,
02:52and Morocco beat Netherlands 3-2 on penalties 99 D628 F1.
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