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August 11: Colombia Earthquake and U.S.-Iran Strait Standoff
In Colombia
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake has devastated western Colombia, killing at least 132 people, destroying buildings and leaving hundreds missing. Rescue teams are still searching damaged areas, where survivors, including a baby recovered from rubble, have been pulled from collapsed structures.
In U.S.-Iran relations
President Trump is returning to sanctions after talks with Iran failed to produce an agreement, while both sides trade demands over reparations. Oil prices and U.S. bond yields rose as the dispute pushed any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz further from reach. Trump also claimed the United States has complete control of the strait and called the Navy blockade of Iran-bound shipping infallible, a word that tends to invite scrutiny.
In Ukraine
Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least nine people overnight across Ukraine, according to regional authorities. Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk were among the areas hit.
In Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected Trump’s 15-point Gaza peace plan, even as attacks in the territory slowed sharply this week.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo
Officials say the Ebola death toll has passed 2,000 in an outbreak declared in May, after the virus had reportedly been spreading for weeks in conflict-affected parts of the east and northeast.
In tech security
Mozilla has revoked and replaced a signing subkey used for Firefox and Thunderbird Linux downloads after an unencrypted private key was accidentally committed to a private GitHub repository. Mozilla says its audit records show no unauthorized access, though users who manually verify GPG signatures, and some RPM repository users, will need updated keys.
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