🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: Russia's Chief of Staff Gerasimov announces that Russian forces have recaptured all of the Kursk region back from Ukrainian forces.

🇮🇷⚡- "It is highly likely that the explosion originated from a depot of dangerous goods and chemicals located in the port area," - Student News Network, Iranian reformist outlet.

🇨🇳🇮🇷⚡- "The explosion site was the same as the storage location for the ballistic missile fuel that arrived in Bandar Abbas from China," - DW, German outlet.

🇮🇷⚡- Iran's reformist outlet, Student News Network, says several explosions followed the initial explosion, indicating missile fuel was likely present at the site which was setting off.

🇮🇷⚡- "It appears that the accident occurred due to negligence," - Student News Network, Iranian outlet.

🇮🇷⚡- Number of injuries from the Bandar Abbas Port explosion in southern Iran rises to 281 - Tasnim News Agency, Iranian outlet.

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

🇻🇦⚡- The Papal Hearse carrying Pope Francis passes by the Colosseum in Rome, as it makes its way to to the Pope's final resting place.

🇺🇦🇫🇷🇻🇦⚡- French President Macron briefly met with Ukrainian President Zelensky following the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican.

🇻🇦🇵🇸⚡- Palestinian flags present at the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican.

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇻🇦⚡- US President Donald Trump meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the funeral of Pope Francis, Vatican.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇻🇦⚡- "Good meeting. We discussed a lot one on one. Hoping for results on everything we covered. Protecting lives of our people. Full and unconditional ceasefire. Reliable and lasting peace that will prevent another war from breaking out. Very symbolic meeting that has potential to become historic, if we achieve joint result," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, on his brief talk with President Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇴🇲 - US-Iran talks in Muscat, Oman, have now been ongoing for 4 hours.

🇺🇸🇻🇦⚡- US President Trump departs from Rome, Italy, following the funeral of Pope Francis.

🇬🇧🇺🇦🇻🇦⚡- UK Prime Minister Starmer and Ukrainian President Zelensky are now meeting following the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican.

🇬🇧🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Instead of clashing in Kashmir, Indian and Pakistani economic immigrants clash on streets of London.

🇬🇧🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Pakistani Colonel Talmoor Rahat threatens to behead Indian economic immigrants protesting outside the Pakistani High Commission Office in London.

🇮🇷⚡- CCTV footage captures the very moment the explosion occured at Bandar Abbas Port, south Iran.

🇮🇷⚡- Scenes from Bandar Abbas Port, southern Iran, show catastrophic damage.