The World in Brief from The Economist

Andy Burnham, Britain’s new prime minister, began appointing his cabinet; A federal judge in California temporarily blocked Paramount’s planned takeover of Warner Bros Discovery

The US attack came shortly after America announced that three of its soldiers had been killed bv Iranian strikes. Also, Mr Burnham has made clear his disapproval of deregulation, privatisation and deindustrialisation.

Iran said two ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz using an “unsafe route” were involved in an unspecified “accident”; Ukraine hit four fuel-infrastructure facilities in southern Russia and oil tankers in the Black Sea.

Two American servicemen were killed in Jordan on Friday in an Iranian missile and drone attack, US Central Command said. Ukrainian drones hit two warehouses in Russia, killing eight people and injuring more than 60 others.

Jens Spahn resigned as parliamentary leader of Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union after coming under scrutiny for fathering a child through surrogacy in America

Jens Spahn resigned as parliamentary leader of Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union after coming under scrutiny for fathering a child through surrogacy in America

Iran launched missiles and drones at Bahrain and Kuwait after America attacked Iran for a seventh night in a row; For a second day, thousands of Ukrainians protested against Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to fire Mykhailo Fedorov, the country’s popular defence minister.

America said it destroyed a port surveillance tower in Iran, claiming it was being used to “track and target” commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz