Israel-Hamas war cease-fire, hostage talks will continue after weekend meetings didn’t resolve gaps

JERUSALEM (AP) — A round of high-level talks in Cairo meant to bring about a cease-fire and hostage deal to at least temporarily end the 10-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has ended without a final agreement. But talks will continue at lower levels in the coming days in an effort to bridge remaining gaps. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the talks, said lower level “working teams” will remain in Cairo to meet with mediators the United States, Qatar, and Egypt in hopes to addressing remaining disagreements. The official called the conversations that began Thursday in Cairo and continued through Sunday constructive.

Israel-Hamas war latest: Iran’s foreign minister vows ‘definitive’ retaliation against Israel

Iran’s foreign minister again has referenced his country’s planned retaliation over the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Abbas Araghchi said late Sunday he made the remark in a conversation with Italy’s foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, by telephone. “Iran reaction to Israeli terrorist attack in Tehran is definitive, and will be measured & well calculated,” Araghchi wrote on the social platform X. “We do not fear escalation, yet do not seek it — unlike Israel.” Meanwhile, a round of high-level talks in Cairo meant to bring about a cease-fire and hostage deal to at least temporarily end the 10-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza ended Sunday without a final agreement.

Trump would veto legislation establishing a federal abortion ban, Vance says

NEW YORK (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance says Donald Trump wouldn’t support a national abortion ban if elected president and would veto such legislation if it landed on his desk. Vance’s comments in an NBC interview come after Democrats spent much of their national convention in Chicago last week assailing Trump for his role in appointing the Supreme Court Justices who overturned Roe v. Wade. But efforts to try to neutralize an issue that Democrats hope will galvanize voters also risk alienating parts of Trump’s core supporters who are base opposed to abortion rights. Trump has begun pushing back on Democrats’ warnings that he’d further restrict abortion access if he wins a second term.

Member of British journalist team dies after Russian missile hits hotel in eastern Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A British safety adviser working with a team of Reuters journalists was killed when a Russian missile struck a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. Ryan Evans was staying at the Hotel Sapphire with colleagues in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region when it was hit by a Russian missile Saturday night. Two other members of the six-person Reuters crew were hospitalized with injuries. Local officials said the hotel was struck by an Iskander-M Russian ballistic missile, leaving the reporters with blast injuries. Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region also came under Russian fire, resulting in multiple civilian injuries. In Russia, five people died in Ukrainian shelling in of the border region of Belgorod.

French authorities arrest Telegram CEO Pavel Durov at a Paris airport, French media report

NICE, France (AP) — French broadcast media reports say the founder and CEO of the popular messaging service Telegram has been detained at a Paris airport. Pavel Durov is being held on an arrest warrant alleging his platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other offenses. Durov is a dual citizen of France and Russia. French broadcasters LCI and TF1 reported that Durov was arrested at Paris-Le Bourget Airport on Saturday evening after landing in France from Azerbaijan. French prosecutors declined to comment on Durov’s arrest when contacted by The Associated Press on Sunday. Durov’s representatives couldn’t be immediately reached for comment.

Protesters against judiciary overhaul plan urge Mexican president to ‘respect democracy’

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Protesters have marched across Mexico in the latest opposition to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed judicial overhaul and other moves by the governing party that critics say will weaken democratic checks and balances. Demonstrators rallied Sunday in Mexico City as well as in Michoacan, Puebla, Leon, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Veracruz and a number of other states. In the capital, throngs of people, many of them striking court workers and judges, ended their march outside the Supreme Court building. They waved flags reading “Judicial independence” and “Respect democracy.”

The suspect in the Germany attack was motivated by Islamic State group ideology, prosecutors say

SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — A 26-year-old Syrian man has been ordered held on suspicion of murder and membership in a terrorist organization in connection with the Solingen knife attack. The attack on Friday night left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary. A judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsrue ordered Issa Al H. held on Sunday pending further investigation. Federal prosecutors said that the suspect shared the radical ideology of the Islamic State extremist group. Prosecutors said that the man was acting on those beliefs when he stabbed his victims repeatedly from behind in the head and upper body. The ruling came after the suspect turned himself in.

‘We were expendable’: Downwinders from world’s 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Not many people know the world’s first detonation of an atomic bomb was on U.S. soil. It would be weeks later that humanity would witness the power of atomic weapons when bombs were dropped on Japan during World War II. While the damage in Japan has been well documented, the story of New Mexico downwinders and the health effects that resulted from Trinity Test fallout is relatively unknown. The documentary “First We Bombed New Mexico” is now screening in Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atomic bomb, as part of the Oppenheimer Film Festival. Director Lois Lipman hopes the film resonates with Congress and other elected leaders as advocates push for compensation for survivors of the first atomic blast.

Hurricane Hone sweeps past Hawaii, dumping enough rain to ease wildfire fears

HONOLULU (AP) — The National Hurricane Center has tweeted that Tropical Storm Hector has formed well out at sea in the eastern Pacific. The center said Sunday that there were no coastal watches or warnings in effect. Meanwhile, Hurricane Hone is passing just south of Hawaii. The rain falling on southeastern slopes Sunday could total a foot or more. That’s enough for the National Weather Service to cancel red flag fire warnings for the entire island chain. Hurricane Gilma has weakened meanwhile to a Category 3 hurricane and should be no more than a depression by the time it reaches Hawaii late in the week.

Lake Mary, Florida, rallies to beat Taiwan 2-1 in 8 innings to win Little League World Series title

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Lathan Norton scored from second base on an overthrow at first as Lake Mary, Florida, rallied Sunday to beat Taiwan 2-1 in eight innings and claim the Little League World Series championship. This is the first championship in nine tries for Florida, which also came from behind in its 10-7 semifinal win over Texas on Saturday, scoring five runs in its final at-bat. Taiwan was a dominant team at the LLWS from 1969, when it won its first championship, to 1996, when it claimed its 17th. But it had only made the title game once since, in 2009, a loss to California, before Sunday.