Evening in Brief

The most shocking event of the day came from Russia's Black Sea coast, where a drone struck a crowded holiday beach near Arkhipo-Osipovka in the Krasnodar region, killing seven people including three children and wounding 40 more. The attack is one of the deadliest strikes on Russian civilian targets since the war began, and Kyiv has not commented. On the diplomatic front, sharp contradictions emerged between Washington and Tehran. President Trump announced new Iran-US negotiations and said he had called off planned strikes on Iran, but Tehran flatly denied any direct talks, stating it was negotiating only with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz. Trump responded by calling Iranian leaders "unbelievably duplicitous." Meanwhile, analysts warned that the threat to oil tankers in the Middle East has reached its worst level since the start of the Iran war. Separately, the EU moved to contain the fallout from last week's mass border breach at Ceuta, where around 50,000 people crossed into the Spanish exclave. European Commission President von der Leyen called border security a "shared European responsibility" and emergency talks between EU interior ministers are set for Tuesday. In domestic British news, Nigel Farage admitted he had discussed returning to front-line politics months before the 2024 election, adding a new dimension to the debate about his long-term ambitions. Crime author Lynda La Plante, 83, was banned from driving for six months despite tearfully telling the court that the ban would end her writing career. In sport, Emma Raducanu confirmed she will miss the US Open as she continues recovering from a stress fracture in her right leg.