00:00Here are the top world news headlines for today, Wednesday 12 August 2026 backhand index pointing
00:06down. Conflict and security. Shipping attacks escalate, new attacks on shipping reported as
00:14Iran war talks hit a fresh impasse. US forces fired missiles at a commercial vessel trying
00:20to reach Iran, and four crew plus two rescuers were killed in a Red Sea attack. Ukraine,
00:26Russian strike killed seven at a Zaporizhia steel plant.
00:30Kiev says Moscow used North Korean missiles. North Korea, fired a ballistic missile ahead of
00:37major US-South Korea military drills. Taiwan, condemned dangerous planned Chinese
00:43navy drill with Indonesia east of Taiwan, calling it a military provocation. B3B69037C5738B7AB042732B.
00:55Natural disasters. Columbia earthquake, death toll tops 250 as rescuers race to find survivors.
01:04Updated reports put it at 224 plus. Typhoon dolphin remnants, bringing torrential rain to Beijing.
01:13Wildfires, hundreds evacuated in northwestern Spain as fires spread. Fire hit region in France also
01:20reported. D84F9037C-D3F808B1C. Politics and diplomacy. Syria, sentences absent Bashar al-Assad to
01:32death over killings and torture. New Zealand, PM Christopher Luxon survives confidence vote
01:39amid leadership speculation. US, dollar subdued as markets await US inflation data for Fed clues.
01:46US federal budget deficit on track to surpass $2T this fiscal year. UK, seeks to reboot high-level
01:55military contacts with Russia. Iraq-Iran, signed security Mao to boost border coordination.
02:083762505C7E3390378FEE. Other headlines. Tech, Google confirms Pixel 11 launch event for August 12 in
02:16NYC. Brazil, Bolsonaro campaign drafts debt-linked fiscal rule to replace Brazil framework.
02:24Markets, oil prices climbed to a one-week high on US-Iran deal doubts.
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