Grain Terminal Strikes Escalate as UK Battles Wildfires

Ukraine struck major Russian grain export terminals at Black Sea ports on Tuesday, the latest in a mounting exchange of port attacks that is cutting shipments from both countries and straining global grain markets. In Britain, a wildfire in the New Forest that has been burning since Sunday kept about 100 firefighters on the line as temperatures climbed and the ground stayed tinder-dry. With more hot, rainless weather ahead, Prime Minister Burnham urged retailers to voluntarily stop selling disposable barbecues, hoping to remove one common source of ignition and ease pressure on crews already stretched thin. Elsewhere, governments tightened their levers of control. Germany approved expanded powers for its intelligence agencies to fight cyberattacks, terrorism and extremism, meeting demands agencies had pressed for years. In Washington, immigration enforcement is spending $20 million on gloves that deliver electric shocks, which the maker calls safe if used correctly. Trump, meanwhile, was sued over a Truth Social plan selling early access to his market-moving posts for $100,000. By evening came lighter news: a record number of English students are expected to land their first-choice university place as A-level, T-level and BTec results go out, and Jose Mourinho returned to Real Madrid after 13 years, with analysts asking whether he can recapture past glory.