⚽️ World Cup Day 1⃣
The wait is almost over.
World Cup 2026 kicks off today as hosts Mexico take on South Africa in the tournament opener at Mexico City Stadium.
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🇮🇷 Iran’s national football team just dropped their official World Cup video: “Our players have unwavering faith in Imam Hussein (PBUH).”
They’re really going full crusade mode before kickoff...
TBH, I'm surprised, and a little bit disappointed they didn't do a Lego AI one
Source: @IrnaEnglish (not embedding due to X glitch) / Writers: Claudio, Ian
US journalists are contending with a president who's turned traditional media relations upside down. Donald Trump, who frequently chooses to use his own social media platform 'Truth Social', has labelled legacy organisations as 'fake news'.
Al Jazeera’s @KimberlyHalkett reports.
Iraq’s Ministry of the Interior has warned farmers and residents to be on the alert for an invasion of datura plants – commonly known as jimsonweed, thorn apple or devil’s trumpet.
Read more https://t.co/vCHvwaIZ0t
A group of US lawmakers are joining protesters in demanding a controversial immigration detention centre be shut down.
Detainees at Delaney Hall in New Jersey say they have been given rotten, maggot-infested food and are denied adequate medical care.
European countries are issuing heat warnings as an unseasonal heatwave drives record temperatures, amid a UN-backed warning that Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average.
Families in the Lebanese city of Tyre saw their homes destroyed by Israeli bombs just hours after they were ordered to evacuate the city. Despite the Israeli aggression, many are refusing to leave, saying they’ll live on the rubble of their shattered houses.
Israeli military issues forced displacement orders for all of southern Lebanon, calling areas south of the river “combat zones,” as aid agencies warn of catastrophe amid attacks and ground escalation.
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US CENTCOM has denied earlier reports circulating in Iranian media that a US aircraft was shot down in the country.
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World Cup hosts the US, Mexico and Canada agree on steps to counter the Ebola threat after the WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern https://t.co/Z3I5CsSJ1P
The US government has returned the UN’s expert on the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, to a list of sanctioned individuals after a judge had granted a temporary injunction against the designation.
Here’s a timeline of events https://t.co/2BN7A4sR8W
Tributes have poured in for security guard Amin Abdullah, who was among the three people killed in the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.
Here’s what we know about Abdullah and the attack on the mosque complex https://t.co/G1vGL8sQp8
The man who heals what medicine can't:
Dr. Gabor Maté.
This 80-year-old physician says true healing comes from nervous system regulation, not drugs or meditation.
Here are his 7 forgotten laws for ending chronic stress at the root: 🧵
BREAKING: Defense officials say $5.6bn of ammunition was used in the first two days of the US-Israel war on Iran, including 1,200 Patriot missiles at over $4mn, according to US media reports.
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Iran announced a new closure of the Strait of Hormuz after reopening it, accusing the US of piracy after it failed to end its own naval blockade.
Meanwhile, US President Trump said he banned Israel from bombing Lebanon.
Al Jazeera's @MarahRayan has the latest.