💥🇮🇷 - A powerful explosion at the #Aftab oil refinery in #BandarAbbas.

The refinery is situated in #BandarAbbas, a key #Iranian port city on the #StraitOfHormuz, critical for oil exports and military activity.

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💥 - According to #Iranian officials, the explosion caused an #earthquake. The cause is yet to be determined.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦🇻🇦⚡️ - #US #President #Trump and #Ukrainian #President #Zelensky had a very brief talk during the funeral of #PopeFrancis at the #Vatican.

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🇻🇦 - British Prime Kier Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron were also involved in brief talks between Trump and Zelensky just before the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican.

🇮🇷 - The moment of explosion at Bandar Abbas Port, southern Iran.

🇮🇷⚡️ - The death toll has risen to 6, with over 50 injured from the explosion at #BandarAbbas #Port, southern #Iran.

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✈️🇮🇷 - #Iran suspends all air traffic over #BandarAbbas, south #Iran.

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🇮🇷⚡ - Scenes from #BandarAbbas, south #Iran.

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🇮🇷⚡️ - Casualties soar, as 80+ have been injured - #Tasnim #News #Agency.

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🇷🇺⚔️ - #Russia's Chief of Staff #ValeryGerasimov announces that #Russian forces have recaptured all of the #Kursk region from #Ukrainian forces.

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🇮🇷⚡️ - The number of injuries has risen to 195 from the explosion at #BandarAbbas #Port, southern #Iran - #TasnimNewsAgency.

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🇩🇪💥 - "The explosion site was the same as the storage location for the #ballisticmissile fuel that arrived in #BandarAbbas from #China," - #DW, #German outlet.

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📈 - Risen to #281.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦🇰🇵⚡️ - #Russia's Chief of Staff #Gerasimov has admitted that #NorthKorean troops were involved in recapturing the #Kursk region from #Ukraine.

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🇺🇦⚔️ - #Ukraine denies the claim, stating that its forces are still in the region.

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📈🔍 - Latest estimates have risen to over 500.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡ - BREAKING: Following the talks between #Trump and #Zelensky, including #KeirStarmer and #EmmanuelMacron, the #US rejects #Russia's demand for #Ukrainian troops to withdraw from #Donetsk, #Kherson, #Lugansk, and #Zaporozhye regions - according to the #NewYorkTimes.

"#US called the demand unfounded and unworkable and assured #Kiev that they would not support it," - #TheNewYorkTimes.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡ - BREAKING: #Trump blasts #Putin!

"There was no reason for #Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities, and towns, over the last few days. It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt with differently, through “Banking” or “Secondary Sanctions?” Too many people are dying!!!" - #DonaldTrump, #US President.

#Trump's comments follow the #NYT article, which followed the #Trump-#Starmer-#Macron-#Zelensky talks at the #Vatican.

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