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Cruz Hewitt, the 17-year-old son of former world number one Lleyton Hewitt, captured his first ATP Tour victory on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Washington Open.The Aussie teen, ranked 612th in the world, ousted fellow qualifier Marcos Giron of the United States 6-3, 6-4 in 74 minutes in his ATP main draw debut.Among his father’s 30 career ATP titles was the 2004 Washington crown, four years before Cruz was born.”It’s a pretty special moment,” Hewitt said. “Seeing my dad play this tournament and to get my first tour win, it feels really cool.”Hewitt plays for a quarter-final berth against the winner of a scheduled later match between Greek wildcard Stefanos Tsitsipas and top-seeded defending champion Alex de Minaur, a newlywed from Australia.Hewitt copied a celebration from his father after the victory, holding up his bent right arm with his hand curled back toward him.”He just always did it and when I was little I’ve just always seen it,” Hewitt said. “It’s cool to be able to do that now because obviously my dad has been a huge part of where I am today.”Hewitt was uncertain he could copy his father, who won his first ATP match at Adelaide in 1998 on the way to his first tour title.”I’ll try my best,” he said. “I’m just playing one match at a time.”Hewitt saw his father’s name on the ring of champions at center court during his qualifying wins.”It’s very surreal,” he said. “Pretty special to play my first two qualies matches on center court and my dad’s name being in the back. Kind of inspirational to look up at it as well. Super special to be back here.”Hewitt became familiar with ATP events while being at them with his father but said they have a different and special feel now.”Trying to forge my own path, use what advice my dad has from his experience, which I think helps a lot,” Hewitt said.”I do feel pretty comfortable to be at the tournaments. It’s pretty exciting because I’ve dreamed of playing at these tournaments and I’ve seen behind the scenes and to be in the gym and the locker room with these guys, it’s pretty cool.”France’s 47th-ranked Adrian Mannarino eliminated American fifth seed Learner Tien 7-5, 6-4 to book a second-round match against American Alex Michelsen, who ousted US lucky loser Mackenzie McDonald 6-4, 7-5.French eighth seed Arthur Fils was defeated, falling to Spain’s 19-year-old Rafael Jodar 7-6 (7/5), 6-3. The Spaniard reached a second-round match against Japan’s 36-year-old Kei Nishikori.Rain halted US third seed Ben Shelton’s match with US qualifier Martin Damm in the second set. Eala advancesFilipino 21-year-old left-hander Alexandra Eala rallied to defeat China’s Zheng Qinwen 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 after two hours and 26 minutes.Eala, ranked 28th, was down a set and a break but broke six times in all to oust the reigning Olympic champion.”Just being patient and being brave, waiting for my opportunities,” Eala said. “It was a very difficult match. I was at some difficult points but I’m happy with how I was able to turn it.”Eala will play for a quarter-final berth against seventh-seeded defending champion Leylah Fernandez of Canada.”She’s known to be a fighter and have a really good mentality on court,” Eala said. “I know I’ll have to bring what I have.”Venus Williams, a 46-year-old winner of seven Grand Slam singles titles, was scheduled to face Austria’s Anastasia Potapova in a later first-round match. Related Story Source link
The announcement comes after a meeting of the BCB Board of Directors at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur today. TBS Report 29 July, 2026,…
On a road in Gaza City’s Zeitoun district, Palestinian resident Assem Dawla loaded mattresses and bags onto a truck as concrete yellow blocks marking the edge of Israel’s expanding military zone stood amid the rubble nearby.He said it was the seventh or eighth time since the war began that he and his family had been forced to leave a shelter because of Israeli evacuation orders and the advance of what residents call the yellow line. Zeitoun is one of at least five locations across Gaza where residents and Hamas officials say Israel has expanded areas under its control in recent days by moving forward the yellow line, a military demarcation established under a US-brokered ceasefire reached in October.As men hoisted belongings onto a waiting truck, elderly relatives picked their way through debris. Continued Israeli military activity made it too dangerous to remain, Dawla said. “We are taking our belongings out and going to leave the place because the occupation (Israel) has moved the yellow line,” he said.With the October ceasefire, President Donald Trump set out a peace plan for Gaza that largely halted major fighting after two years of devastating Israeli war in Gaza.The plan called for a surge in humanitarian aid, governance by a civilian Palestinian administration, the disarmament of Hamas, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the deployment of an international force to help maintain security. But progress has stalled.Hamas has so far refused to disarm, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on May 28 that Israel intends to expand the area under its control to 70% of the enclave. Israeli forces have continued near-daily military strikes across Gaza.Residents in Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis, Gaza City’s Zeitoun, Tuffah and Shejaia neighbourhoods, as well as northern Rafah, told Reuters that Israeli forces have advanced the yellow block markers during the past 10 days, triggering new waves of displacement in areas already devastated by months of conflict.At least seven people interviewed by Reuters said residents in some affected areas received warnings via text messages or drone-mounted loudspeakers before leaving once again. The Israeli military said its forces are deployed in Gaza to protect Israel from attack and that the yellow line was being clearly marked on the ground to reduce the risk of contact between troops and civilians.“IDF’s (Israel Defence Forces) defensive posture in the area includes a security zone, a physical barrier, intelligence capabilities, technological means, and operational activity by IDF troops,” the military said.For many Gazans ordered to move, the process has become painfully familiar: gathering whatever survived the previous displacement — a few blankets, a cooking pot, a child’s schoolbag — and setting out, often after dark, for another area designated as safe by the Israeli military. Near the shattered remains of buildings in Zeitoun, Dawla’s mother, Umm Sami, limped through what was left of the family’s property, collecting whatever could still be salvaged. “Why am I leaving? They (Israeli army) became close, they put the yellow line here. The day before, they struck there, and we left.” Like most of Gaza’s population, Dawla’s family has been displaced multiple times since the war began, rebuilding temporary shelters only to be ordered to move again days or weeks later.In a statement issued on July 20, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said an Israeli displacement order in Zeitoun forced 30 families from their tents, which were subsequently destroyed. As trucks carrying the remnants of household lives rolled away and a child walked past yellow blocks protruding from the wreckage, residents faced yet another uncertain journey. “The whole war is displacement, displacement. You can’t stay anywhere without (Israel) telling you, ‘Get out of here, we want to come in,’” Dawla said. Source link
Oman has presented Iran with a plan backed by Gulf states to manage the Strait of Hormuz, including collecting voluntary fees for using it, a Gulf source and a Western diplomat told Reuters yesterday. The Omani proposals are intended to serve as a basis to end the disruption to trade through the strait caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran.President Donald Trump, who abruptly called off a two-week US bombing campaign over the weekend in his latest strategic U-turn, said there were “good talks” under way with Iran but threatened to restart strikes unless negotiations deliver. Iran denies seeking to resume talks with the United States. Washington launched its renewed bombing campaign earlier this month to break Iran’s grip on the strait, through which about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas flowed before the war.Iran effectively shut the strait to ships other than its own after the United States and Israel attacked on February 28. A deal last month between the United States and Iran partially reopened it, but the agreement collapsed in early July after Iran fired on ships using a channel it does not approve. Iran has said it wants to manage the strait alongside Oman, which controls the opposite shore, and charge service fees to ships that use it. Washington wants to return to the status quo prior to the war, when ships were able to pass freely with no payments, and says charging mandatory fees would be illegal. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Tehran had proposed to Oman that Iran managed one-way shipping through its side of the strait and Muscat managed part but not all of the opposite direction. Under the Omani proposal, Iran would not exercise sole control and fees would be voluntary, the Gulf source and Western diplomat briefed on the matter told Reuters.The system would be analogous to one in place on Asia’s Strait of Malacca, where Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore ask ships to pay voluntary contributions to fund navigation, environmental protection and search-and-rescue operations. The Western diplomat compared it to a voluntary carbon tax for flights, where anyone buying a plane ticket can choose to tick a box if they want to pay to offset their emissions.Iran’s joint military command again rejected a plan put forward by Trump for damages to vessels to be paid from frozen Iranian assets, state media reported. It said that any country or company that accepted such payments would be denied passage through the Strait of Hormuz by Iran’s armed forces. Adding to the challenges for shipping in the region, the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen opened a new front against the US and its allies on July 20, when they declared a blockade of Saudi ports on the Red Sea.Late yesterday, the Houthis said they had fired ballistic missiles at a Saudi oil tanker, which they said was forced to turn back.Trump called off his latest campaign of airstrikes after receiving advice from military commanders that the strategy had run its course. The 13 nights of renewed US bombing killed scores in Iran and destroyed bridges and tunnels across the south as well as military targets.Iran had responded with attacks on US bases in neighbouring countries that killed four service members, and strikes on civil infrastructure in Gulf states that it said were in response to US strikes on civilian targets.Iran has said it would hold fire as long as Washington does. But drone attacks were reported in Jordan, Saudi Arabia and northern Iran on Monday, and Jordan reported another drone being downed yesterday. Trump also repeated a threat to potentially target Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, a fortified facility buried deep underground near one of Tehran’s main nuclear sites, saying: “If we don’t make a deal we’ll take it out very easily”. Source link
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi strongly condemned the continued ‘terrorist’ attacks on Saudi Arabia by Iran-aligned militias in Iraq.In a statement on Wednesday, Albudaiwi deemed these hostile acts a dangerous escalation, a flagrant violation of the Kingdom’s sovereignty, and a direct threat to its security and stability, as well as to regional peace and security.”The continuation of these terrorist assaults constitutes a direct threat to regional peace and security, undermining international efforts aimed at de-escalating tensions and consolidating security and stability,” read the statement.The Secretary General underscored that the GCC states stand as one alongside Saudi Arabia, fully supporting all measures it takes to protect its security, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. Source link
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrives at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 28, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed a “good meeting” with US counterpart Donald Trump at the White House yesterday, saying they discussed licenses to produce Patriot air-defence interceptors and ways to revive negotiations with Russia.Zelensky spent just over an hour with Trump, in talks that came with Kyiv and Moscow intensifying long-range strikes and US-led diplomatic efforts to end the war stalled.“Thank you for everything we do together to protect the lives of Ukrainians and advance peace,” Zelensky said afterward in a statement on X. “The President and I discussed licenses for Patriot interceptor production and several other ideas that could help,” he added. “We also spoke about diplomacy — it’s important that the diplomatic process be reinvigorated.” Zelensky said officials from the two countries would arrange further discussions, adding that he was grateful for Washington’s “firm support.” Relations between Zelensky and Trump have warmed since the start of the US president’s second term, with Trump suggesting earlier this month that Ukrainian strikes inside Russia could help end the war.Ahead of the meeting, a senior Ukrainian official told AFP that Kyiv’s priorities were fresh supplies of anti-ballistic missiles and ways to revive diplomacy, more than four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion.Last month was the deadliest for Ukraine civilians since April 2022, according to the UN, as Russia increased its use of difficult-to-intercept ballistic missiles. “It is crucial that Washington approve the purchase of a package of Patriot missiles. That is super important,” the Ukrainian official said.Zelensky said he had offered Trump his condolences over Graham’s death, calling the senator “a true friend of Ukraine.” — ‘Amazing job’ — Since returning to power last year, Trump has ended direct deliveries of US arms to Kyiv, instead allowing European countries to buy weapons for Ukraine.Washington nevertheless remains a major ally, supplying intelligence and access to the Starlink satellite system used for battleground communications.Relations between the two leaders have recovered since their extraordinary Oval Office confrontation in February 2025, when Trump accused Zelensky of ingratitude and “gambling with World War III. ” At their latest meeting in Turkiye this month, Trump praised Zelensky for doing “an amazing job” and offered Kyiv licenses to manufacture Patriot missiles.Zelensky spoke last week with Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner about how to “reinvigorate diplomacy” after the Middle East war pushed Ukraine talks down Washington’s agenda.Previous US mediation efforts foundered over Ukrainian territory claimed by Russia.After the White House meeting and Graham memorial, Zelensky was expected to address senators, shortly before an initial procedural vote on a bipartisan Russia sanctions bill.Graham had spent more than a year championing the measure and reached an agreement with the White House on revisions shortly before his death. The bill has 62 Senate co-sponsors, but some Democrats are uneasy about provisions that would expand Trump’s power to impose tariffs on countries buying Russian energy.Supporters hope a strong bipartisan vote will speed final passage and increase pressure on the House of Representatives, where the legislation faces deeper divisions. Relations between Moscow and Washington have meanwhile cooled since Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last August.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied Monday that talks on an aerial ceasefire were underway and has warned that increased Ukrainian attacks inside Russia will prolong the war.Ukraine has recently stepped up strikes on Russian oil depots, refineries and shipping, contributing to fuel shortages.Hours before Zelensky’s meeting with Trump, Kyiv launched hundreds of drones at Russia.Moscow, meanwhile, fired more than 100 drones at Ukraine overnight and has continued attacking the port of Odesa and ships carrying Ukrainian agricultural exports. Source link
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) confirmed that at least 23 children have been killed and 25 others injured in North Kordofan, western Sudan, since the conflict around the city of Al Obeid escalated in the past two months.Reports indicated that at least four children were recently killed in the Burbur area south of Al Obeid, bringing the total number of children killed or injured this month to at least eight, UNICEF explained in a statement.”Four more children have lost their lives in a conflict that continues to put children and their families in grave danger,” UNICEF Representative for Sudan Sheldon Yett said. “Behind every number is a child whose life has been cut short and a family whose future has been altered forever. Children continue to be the victims of this conflict. Their safety, their rights and the services they depend on must be protected.”Across Sudan, 330 children were reportedly killed or injured during the first six months of 2026, UNICEF reported. It stressed that ongoing violence, repeated displacement and damage to civilian infrastructure are putting children’s lives, wellbeing and future at risk. Source link
Jordanian air defence systems intercepted and destroyed five missiles fired from Iran toward the Kingdom early Wednesday, the official spokesperson of the Jordanian Armed Forces announced.In a statement, the military’s spokesperson said the missiles were detected through the Armed Forces’ surveillance and monitoring network before being intercepted and brought down in accordance with the approved rules of engagement.The spokesperson reaffirmed that the Armed Forces remain fully committed to safeguarding the Kingdom’s airspace and preserving its security and sovereignty. It will not tolerate any threat targeting the Kingdom’s security or the safety of its citizens. Source link
