World

Fireworks and flyovers marked America 250 in Washington DC, but scorching heat and operational delays affected parts of the celebration and attendee plans.

BBC reports Zion Church founder Jin Mingri has been freed from prison. The timing is linked in the BBC story to an alleged plea by Donald Trump to Xi Jinping, but that causal link is not independently confirmed.

Authorities say up to 20 million people could attend funeral ceremonies across Iran and Iraq over the coming days, in what officials call an “intensely political moment.” Figures are estimates and may be revised.

Large crowds gathered at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla as the Ayatollah Khamenei funeral began. The body will lie in state in Tehran before reported travel across Iran and Iraq; plans remain provisional.

BBC News reports Keiko Fujimori has been declared winner of Peru’s closely contested presidential election nearly a month after voting. The result ends weeks of uncertainty and focuses attention on the transition ahead.

BBC reporting says mass school closures Kenya could affect more than 2,000 rural primary schools. This analysis reviews the reported scale, local examples, likely impacts and what to watch next.

After a Venezuela quake, families were forced to identify loved ones at makeshift morgues as emergency and burial services struggled to cope, according to BBC News.

Iran has opened a period of public mourning and will hold a lying-in-state at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla ahead of days-long funeral events, the BBC reports. Officials say the figure was killed in February.

Hong Kong’s Correctional Services Department removed an AI anti-drug video after critics said its K-pop style risked making substances look appealing. BBC reported the clip was pulled amid public backlash.

BBC reported Kyiv airstrikes killed at least one person after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of a “massive” attack. Emergency teams responded amid preliminary casualty reports.