USA - Melania and Barron Trump targeted by Iran in disturbing video encouraging their assassination. First lady Melania Trump and son Barron are the latest targets of Iran’s sick anti-US propaganda. A new video out of Iran is encouraging supporters of the Islamic regime to assassinate President Trump’s wife. Entitled “How to Kill Melania Trump,” the video shows images of the first lady in the motorcade and in some locations around New York City, even naming some of the designer stores that she shops. President Trump also has faced threats from Iran and acknowledged he’s their number one target, after a US-Israel operation knocked off its supreme leader and regime figures.

IRAN - Iran has urged countries worldwide against aiding the US in the war against the country, warning that any support for the aggression will make them legitimate targets for retaliation. The US and Iran have been trading tit-for-tat strikes for the past two weeks following the collapse of a tentative ceasefire earlier this month. The Pentagon has been largely focused on targets across southern and central Iran, while Tehran has attacked US military installations across the region. The renewed hostilities have disrupted maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and a number of merchant ships have been struck.

GERMANY - The majority of Germans do not believe their armed forces are capable of protecting the country, a recent YouGov survey has found. According to the International Flagship Survey published on Friday, 70% of respondents in Germany said they are not confident their armed forces are strong enough to fend off an attack. The German economy is reeling from the cost-of-living crisis and high energy prices, exacerbated by the phaseout of Russian energy and the ongoing war in the Middle East.

UK - For much of modern history, religion and science have been cast as natural enemies. But today there is a growing (albeit minority) view among scientists that God may well be behind their new discoveries. As they continue to untangle the complexities of the universe and molecular biology, they see a system that only a higher power could construct. Simple mechanical explanations simply fail to meet the explanatory test. “The new discoveries in science push us in this direction,” notes Dr Stephen C Meyer. As scientists learn more about cells and chromosomes and the programming they share, some are openly challenging Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution with a view that sees a purpose behind natural phenomena.

IRAN - Iran’s Hadid 110 drone has had an upgrade. Now, it flies lower, faster and is harder to see. Jet-powered, with a top speed of more than 300mph, the new stealth drone has been built to slip through American air defences. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had been deployed for the first time in the past fortnight, fired towards US bases and warships in the region. The Telegraph understands that the drone is an advanced version of their standard Hadid 110, a weapon Iranian officials consider one of their most capable. The suicide drone was first shown to Ali Khamenei last year, before the then ayatollah was killed in the war’s opening strikes. What distinguishes the new Hadid 110 is speed and stealth. Where most of Iran’s attack drones are propeller-driven and slow, this one carries a turbojet engine that Iranian sources say pushes it to 316mph, making it the fastest-known Iranian drone. It is launched by a solid-fuel booster that lifts it to speed and altitude before the jet ignites, allowing rapid deployment from the field. The speed offers it a huge battlefield advantage.

TURKEY - Donald Trump has told Benjamin Netanyahu that “nobody can tell me what to do”, in a row over the United States selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. The US president said during this month’s NATO summit in Ankara that he was lifting US sanctions imposed on Turkey that blocked it from the F-35 programme over purchasing missiles from Russia in 2019. But the suggestion has raised fears in Israel that bolstering the Muslim country’s firepower would upset a delicate balance of power in the Middle East. Turkey, unlike its NATO allies, does not consider Hamas a terrorist organisation. Turkey and Israel are also jockeying for greater influence in Syria. Mr Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has personally lobbied Mr Trump about the potential sale, publicly describing Turkey as a “nation infected with the Muslim Brotherhood” and claiming that Turkey has “aggressive aspirations”.

USA - One world leader visiting Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday has a thirst for war. The other wants nothing more than for the fighting to stop. The wars in Ukraine and Iran are lingering over the upcoming November Midterms like a bad smell. Volodymyr Zelensky is hoping to convince his US counterpart to help him finally bring an end to almost five years of fighting with Russia. The same cannot be said of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, who believes a full-scale resumption of the war with Iran is the only way to topple the Islamic Republic’s regime and end its nuclear weapons programme. Both men are in Washington to attend the funeral of Lindsey Graham, who was arguably Ukraine’s biggest ally in the Senate, but also a cheerleader for strikes on Iran. The contrasts between the two meetings couldn’t be starker. Mr Zelensky arrives hoping diplomacy can deliver more weapons. Mr Netanyahu arrives hoping diplomacy has already failed and strikes on Tehran can continue at pace.

CHINA - Global tech stocks plunged after China achieved a breakthrough in developing machinery crucial to the AI boom. Trading was briefly halted on South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index, which collapsed nearly 11 percent overnight in a worldwide sell-off of semiconductor companies. The downturn was triggered by reports that China has begun mass production of machinery critical to the manufacture of advanced microchips. China’s Shanghai Yuliangsheng began production of so-called deep ultraviolet lithography tools crucial in the process of making semiconductors, according to tech publication The Information. Its version of the machines is expected to be delivered this year to leading Chinese chipmakers.Lithography machines, which are roughly the size of a double-decker bus, use high-powered lasers to imprint designs onto silicon wafers, which are used to make chips. Until now, this technology had been dominated by Western chip giants.

UK - There are moments when you want to hit pause on the world and demand to get off. For me, that moment arrives the instant we start normalising make-up for eight-year-olds. We already watched influencers shepherd pre-pubescent girls down the rabbit hole of obsessive skincare regimes. Now celebrity offspring are actively hawking beauty brands to their non-celebrity peers. The real alarm bell is Valencia Fury, the eight-year-old daughter of Tyson and Paris Fury, who has just landed a collaboration with Superdrug. In a predictably self-promotional social-media video, the child announces: “Hi, I’m Valencia Fury, I’m eight years old and I’m obsessed with make-up.” Superdrug sent her their “fantasy range” for kids – hair accessories, lip balm, jewellery. It sounds harmless until you picture an eight-year-old browsing the cosmetics counter instead of tearing around a soft-play centre or building a teddy bear. This is not innocent fun. It is the commercial acceleration of a disturbing trend.

FRANCE - 'Apocalyptic' fire bears down on Bordeaux: Inferno so big it generates its own thunderstorms threatens entire city with 38C heat set to fan the flames. More than 325,000 people have fled the region in southern France as the inferno burns down forests and destroys villages. Some 2,500 firefighters, 1,500 military personnel and around 1,200 police have been deployed to the Gironde region. It ranks among one of the worst fires to hit France in peacetime as Italy and Spain also continue attempts to suppress their own terrifying infernos. The Bordeaux blaze has caused an unprecedented 'pyrocumulonimbus' - a gigantic fire cloud that creates its own winds and packs lightning that causes more fires. But despite the efforts of emergency services, who have been battling the fire for days now, 38C temperatures threaten to spread the flames.