Israel intercepted a humanitarian aid ship trying to reach Gaza that was carrying activists including Swedish climate advocate Greta Thunberg, the group operating the vessel says. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4ku5vE7

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Shares of Chinese defense companies rallied, after Pakistan said it intends to buy one of the Asian power’s most-advanced fighter jets as a part of major arms purchase. See the list of everything Pakistan said it would acquire from China: https://bloom.bg/4ky1aA1

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Mark Zuckerberg, frustrated with Meta’s shortfalls in AI, is assembling a team of experts to achieve artificial general intelligence, recruiting from a brain trust of AI researchers and engineers who’ve met with him in recent weeks at his homes in Lake Tahoe and Palo Alto. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4451obT

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The US and China deescalated trade tensions, agreeing to a preliminary deal on how to implement the consensus the two sides reached in Geneva, negotiators for both sides said. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4kU29do

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BREAKING: Donald Trump's global tariffs can continue for now, a US federal appeals court says. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4mNocEm

Chinese banks have scaled back travel perks since last year, barring staff from flying business class and booking pricey hotels.

That’s giving domestic chains a boost: https://bloom.bg/3FYgGpw

Singapore-based Jetstar Asia will close next month, freeing up as much as $327 million to fund owner Qantas’s fleet renewal program. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3HAMm52

📷: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

For months, Trump pushed tariffs and trade restrictions on China to unprecedented levels to force Xi into talks. Now, Beijing has shown it can fire back, using its control over rare earth exports. Read here: https://bloom.bg/3FR8ese

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The US ordered some staff to depart the embassy in Baghdad and allowed military service members’ families to leave the Middle East, officials said. Read here: https://bloom.bg/3FLviss

Trump's tariffs threaten the world's biggest carmakers with Toyota, Honda, Subaru and others bracing for a profit hit of more than $19 billion. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4e33soc

🎙 Japan is experiencing an intense talent war as recruiters for Wall Street banks court new hires with increased salaries, fancy dinners and other perks.

Find out more on the Big Take Asia Podcast: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy

Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, in a major escalation in the standoff over Tehran’s atomic program that risks sparking a new war in the Middle East. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4kXwYOm

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🚨 LIVE BLOG: Israel has launched airstrikes on Iran and is bracing for retaliatory action.

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🚨 Here's the latest:

• Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear, ballistic missile programs
• Iran vows blow against Israel, US; Says no damage to refineries
• Israeli airstrikes killed commander of Revolutionary Guard
• US says not involved, warned Iran against targeting US assets
• Crude oil, gold surge as stocks drop on concern at attack

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Iran fired hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel in response to an unprecedented attack on its nuclear facilities on Thursday, which killed top Iranian generals and badly damaged key military infrastructure. Three people were killed in the Tel Aviv area and at least 40 were injured in multiple strikes, according to police and emergency services: https://bloom.bg/4lbdSod

📷: Tomer Neuberg/AP Photo

President Donald Trump said he believed it’s possible Israel and Iran could reach an agreement to end their conflict, though the two sides may need to continue fighting before they’re ready to broker a peace deal. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4kIahOo

Relatives of people feared dead or missing after last week’s Air India Boeing 787 jet crash have become frustrated by a lack of information about the cause of the disaster and slow-moving recovery operations. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4enT0bf

📷: Siddharaj Solanki/Bloomberg

The suspect in the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers has been taken into custody after a manhunt, the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office said: https://bloom.bg/43LuYmL

Breaking: Donald Trump is cutting short his visit to the G-7 leaders’ summit and returning to Washington. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/45Vg6DG

Search crews sifting through the wreckage of the Air India jetliner that crashed last week retrieved the second black box, as they seek to gain more evidence to understand what caused the accident that killed all but one of the 242 people on board. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/446MqAU

The US Embassy in Jerusalem will remain closed for the next three days, the State Department said, as speculation grows that the Trump administration may be on the verge of joining Israel’s attack against Iran. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/45ZFrfC