Trump threatens massive missile strike on Iran if Tehran acts to assassinate him
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to launch 1,000 missiles against Iran, "with thousands of more to immediately follow," if Tehran acts on its threat to assassinate him.
"Orders have already been given, and the U.S. Military is ready, willing, and able, for a one year period of time, subject to extension, to completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran," he wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Earlier Friday, Trump said that Washington has agreed to continue negotiations with Iran, although it has informed Tehran that the ceasefire is over.
Iran says talks impossible till U.S. retreats from its positions, vows to revenge for late supreme leader's death
Iran will not enter negotiations with the United States until Washington backs down from its positions, semi-official Fars news agency reported Saturday, rejecting earlier media reports that Iran had sought such negotiations.
Citing a source close to the Iranian negotiating team, Fars said the start of negotiations would depend on U.S. implementation of the recently signed peace memorandum of understanding (MoU), including ending the war and securing an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, as well as resolving issues related to maritime transit through the Strait of Hormuz, among other issues.
Also on Saturday, Iranian media released a written message by Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, in which he said the deaths of late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and others killed in the Israel-Iran war in June last year and the U.S.-Israel-Iran war in February this year must be avenged.
Venezuela quake death toll rises to 4,333
The death toll from the June 24 earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to 4,333, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said Saturday.
Rodriguez said 16,740 people were injured and 6,462 had been rescued. Authorities have set up 94 temporary camps sheltering more than 18,000 people.
He said about 30,000 volunteers had signed up to help victims during the critical phase of the disaster, and that the government has proposed involving them in home construction and repair.
As many families remain homeless, Rodriguez said the government had launched a Unified Housing Registry, which will serve both as a census and as a database for state-ordered financial assistance to quake victims.
15 killed after boat capsizes off Vietnam's Phu Quoc island
Fifteen people were killed after a boat capsized off Vietnam's southern Phu Quoc island on Saturday afternoon, local media VnExpress reported.
The vessel, carrying 32 Indian tourists and four crew and service members, overturned in the waters off Phu Quoc, according to the report.
Twenty-one people were rescued and brought ashore, while the bodies of 15 victims were recovered.
Rescue forces, including local authorities, coast guards and nearby vessels, were deployed to the scene following the incident.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.
China issues red alerts for flash floods, geological disasters
China's Ministry of Water Resources and the China Meteorological Administration jointly issued a red alert for flash floods at 6 p.m. on Saturday, warning of heightened disaster risks across multiple regions of the country.
From 8 p.m. on July 11 to 8 p.m. on July 12, a high risk of flash floods is forecast in parts of eastern Beijing, northern Tianjin, northeastern Hebei, eastern Inner Mongolia, western Liaoning, northeastern Jilin, southern Heilongjiang, central and southern Zhejiang, southern Anhui, northern Fujian, northeastern Jiangxi, and central Sichuan, according to the alert.
Some areas in eastern Beijing, northeastern Hebei, central and southern Zhejiang, and southern Anhui face a very high risk of flash floods under the red alert, while short-duration torrential rainfall could also trigger flash floods in other areas.■
