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A federal court in Virginia has ruled that restrictions imposed by the US drug regulator on the abortion pill mifepristone are "unlawful" and ordered the Trump administration to reconsider them.

Trump's comment on Truth Social comes amid reports that Washington is investigating whether Moscow and Beijing are giving Iran targeting information, following a series of strikes on US bases.

In what is being described as Japan's biggest intelligence overhaul since World War II, the government is building a modern spy network of its own, according to a report by The Washington Post.

Exploratory discussions took place during a visit by Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni to Islamabad this week - his second within the last 10 days, the report said.

Canada scratched a joint gathering after President Donald Trump this week suddenly announced 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods entering the US.

Another person was under investigation for the same incident, the Guardia Civil said on X.

In a fresh statement on Friday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said information received from the Directorate General of Maritime Administration showed that the Guinea-Bissau-flagged vessel had loaded grain before departing Odesa on July 19.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the bloc "will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct, which I have consistently warned them about" and said a "substantial tariff" would be imposed "at the earliest possible moment".

The Indian Embassy in Tehran has been in close contact with the relevant authorities and has confirmed that all Indian crew members are safe.

Tehran maintains that any facility or base in the Middle East that the US military uses for strikes on Iran is considered a legitimate target for retaliatory attacks.

The black-tie gathering of journalists, politicians and administration officials was called off on April 25 after a man tried to force his way through a security checkpoint and fired a shotgun outside the ballroom where Trump and members of his cabinet were taking their seats.

The EU said minors' accounts should only be visible to those they have given permission to. Children aged 13 and over can use TikTok.

Musk's partner, Shivon Zilis, is half-Indian and grew up in Canada. The middle name of one of his sons with Zilis is Sekhar, named after Indian-American physicist and Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.

Hundreds of firefighters have, for the past few days, been fighting the flames dozens of kilometres west of Bordeaux.

"Fifteen brave sons of soil including twelve military, two policemen and a government official ex forest department rendered the ultimate sacrifice and embraced Shahadat (martyrdom)," the army said in a statement.

If Fordow could not be destroyed, the facility at Pickaxe is deeper, more concealed, and with added layers of concrete.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russian missile strike outside the Ukrainian capital killed six people, with a rescue operation ongoing.

Tehran argues that any facility or base in the Middle East that the US military uses for strikes on Iran is considered a legitimate target for retaliation.

French authorities ordered the total evacuation of nealy 40,00 people in the Cap Ferret peninsula, while more than 10,000 people were evacuated from the west of Madrid, Spain.

Shahabuddin, 76, has held the largely ceremonial post of president since April 2023, and is a former ally of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.