SUMMER OF SOUND: Selfridges is launching a series of music-themed events and merch across its locations in London, Manchester and Birmingham this July and August with collaborators including Bravado, Young Space, Manchester International Festival, Are We On Air?, Elevator Music, Pirate Studio, Not/Applicable, Josh Baker and Nadine Noor.
In London, the windows of its Oxford Street flagship are set up as deconstructed gigs capturing the vibe of live music in the forms of a stage set and lights, a tour bus and a dance floor.
The corner window space by Oxford and Orchard Streets will host weekly live performances, programmed by Studio Inside Out.
From July 14, a record shop will open in the Wonder Room on the ground floor, featuring vinyl favorites, both old and new, curated by Rough Trade, the cult London-based independent record label and retailer founded in 1976.
Selfridges Birmingham store with Black Sabbath-inspired display.
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Judd Crane, executive director of buying and brand at Selfridges, said the Summer of Sound initiative is billed as “a celebration of the culture of music fandom, the influence of music merch and the unmistakeable sound of our cities.”
“Selfridges stores become places for fans to come together for live performances, workshops and talks, and the best merch. Building on a legacy of music-led collaboration, Selfridges will share its point of view at the intersection of fashion, retail, and pop culture,” he added.
In Birmingham, home of Heavy Metal, a special experience titled “Back to the Beginning” will be dedicated to Black Sabbath fans. The store’s windows feature visual creations by local artist Mr. Murals paying tribute to the band’s legacy and visual identity.
Selfridges will continue its partnership with the Manchester International Festival with its Exchange Square store, with three days of performance from Friday to Sunday. Additionally, an Epiphone Riviera donated and signed by Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis went on public display from Monday in store.
Merchandise and memorabilia exclusive to Selfridges from Oasis, Prince, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Rolling Stones, Post Malone, Lola Young and Gracie Abrams will go on sale in the period as well.
If you’re still on the hunt for a Switch 2 console, here’s an opportunity you might want to consider. AliExpress has the Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart World Tour Console Bundle available for $498.95 after you apply a $100 off coupon code “AEUS100” in your shopping cart. This console ships free. At this price, you’re not paying any additional markup.
This is a genuine gaming console that has been imported from another country (usually Japan, Hong Kong, Canada, or Mexico). Region locking is determined by your account, not by console, so all of these systems will play in the US without any problems. You’ll also be able to select English as your default language just like any console you buy here. Although the console itself is region unlocked, the Mario Kart World Tour game voucher is region locked. In order to redeem the download voucher on a US-based Nintendo account, one of the reviews mentions a workaround:
AliExpress offers a return window but the length varies depending on the item. These consoles all ship locally from the United States and usually arrive within one week.
Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart World Tour Bundle for $499
The Nintendo Switch 2 was released on June 5 and is currently sold out everywhere. We expect more units to trickle out from participating retailers throughout the year, but that won’t necessarily make it easy to get one. In his IGN review, Tom Marks sums up the Switch 2 as “a vital but unexciting upgrade to a console I already love.” The biggest Switch 2 video game release is Mario Kart World Tour. It retails for $79.99, but buying it as part of the launch bundle means you’ll effectively pay just $50. Logan Plant recently reviewed the game and wrote that “Mario Kart World may not make the most convincing case that going open-world was the boost the series needed, but excellent multiplayer racing, incredible polish, and the thrilling new Knockout Tour mode still more than live up to its legacy.”
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Widely regarded as one of the biggest DJs on the planet, Calvin Harris pulls fans from every corner of the globe. No stranger to sellouts, he has played to packed crowds at Playa d’en Bossa’s open-air super club, Ushuaïa Ibiza, since summer 2019.
But this year marks a bold new chapter: for the first time, Harris is taking on a double residency at the iconic venue, adding Tuesdays to his already dominant Friday slot. It’s an ambitious move. No other DJ has attempted to fill Ushuaïa twice a week. The question on our mind: will he be able to pull it off?
We joined the masses to find out. Catching some of that infamous Ushuaïa action where sunset euphoria meets stadium-scale production, and commercial dance music reigns supreme. Accompanying Harris for his grand opener was Australian up-and-comer Tyson O’Brien, followed by Steve Angello, who brought a dose of unmistakable Swedish House Mafia magic to the fray.
Arriving at Ushuaïa around 20:30, Steve Angello was well in control, laying down a sunset vibes set full of nostalgia. He tapped into the golden era of 2010s EDM with a very energetic crowd dancing to the beat, with hands in the air all around.
Naturally, Angelo dropped a few classics from Swedish House Mafia’s catalogue, including the decade-defining Don’t You Worry Child, alongside crowd favourites like Save the World and Gala’s classic sing-along, Freed from Desire, setting the tone perfectly for the night ahead. Angelo’s set was proof that some tunes just don’t age. It was a full-tilt throwback, and by 21:15, the stage was well and truly warmed up for the main act, Calvin Harris.
We snuck around to the back of the venue to witness his walk on stage – a small but eager bunch of fans lay in wait, phones in the air and eyes locked forward. Calvin emerged, striding out with calm confidence and laser focus. A few moments later, the main crowd erupted as he made his appearance on stage.
It’s challenging to pin down highlights from the set, especially when you’re working with a catalogue as stacked with bangers as Calvin Harris’s Sweet Nothing lit up the venue, while Armand Van Helden’s You Don’t Know Me was one of those classics that kept everyone dancing. Then came You’ve Got the Love, punctuated by a full-blown pyro explosion on the drop, with Calvin slipping in a bit of acid to spice things up before Feel So Close sent the crowd into full choir mode.
A surprise drop of Insomnia by Faithless, followed by Children by Robert Miles blended with vocals from Under Control, brought a wave of nostalgia, with Harris fully embracing the deeper legacy of classic dance music. His latest tune, Blessings, popped off, raising heart rates, triggering a huge sing-along and a burst of fresh energy on the floor.
We stayed until the very end, tossing around guesses among ourselves about what Calvin would choose as his closing tune. After a set packed with hits, throwbacks, and surprises, he delivered a perfect send-off with his ‘2009 classic I’m Not Alone. As the opening notes rang out, hands shot into the air for one final moment. A fitting end to a night that balanced nostalgia, energy, and pure mainstage magic.
Calvin Harris’s Tuesday night Ushuaïa opener was everything you’d expect from one of the biggest names in dance music: slick, high-energy, and packed with timeless anthems. With a production scale to match the music and a crowd that was a vibrant mix of old and young who didn’t let up from start to finish, it was a reminder of why he remains a global force with universal appeal.
If this night was anything to go by, Harris, will definitely have what it takes to fill the venue twice a week, for the first time in Ibiza’s history.
Don’t miss out. Find out who is joining Calvin each week and bag your tickets below.
WIMBLEDON — Liudmila Samsonova had just reached the first Grand Slam quarterfinal of her career, a moment she called the “most emotional” she has experienced in tennis. But as she sat down for her postmatch press conference, her face was clouded with disbelief and frustration.
Raised and resident in Italy since the age of one, Samsonova had just been asked about Iga Swiatek’s enthusiasm for the Polish dish of pasta with strawberries, shared with Centre Court on Saturday in the No. 8 seed’s on-court interview.
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“I’m Italian, so I cannot say anything about that,” said Samsonova, throwing her hands up. “For Italian people, it’s something crazy. Like, it’s not even in the — it’s impossible to dream about this.”
It turns out Swiatek will be Samsonova’s opponent in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Not that Samsonova will know. Before meeting with the press, she made one request: Don’t tell her who she’s playing next. It’s a habit she’s kept for years.
“It’s helping me mentally,” she said. “Don’t think about [the match] too early because I’m starting to burn my mind, overthink.”
Samsonova doesn’t plan to find out until Tuesday night — “at the end of the day,” as she puts it — just before she plays. She jokes that she’s been successful in avoiding this information for so long because “social media, they don’t care about me.”
However, if she continues to deliver on the promise that many have seen in her ever since 2021, when she mowed down a series of higher-ranked opponents including Madison Keys and Belinda Bencic to capture the Berlin title as a qualifier, that may change.
Milestones unlocked in the 2025 grass swing
Before Wimbledon, Samsonova, ranked No. 19, was the third-highest player yet to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal. She’s a five-time WTA titlist and has reached two WTA 1000 finals (Montreal and Beijing in 2023), but had lost all four of her Grand Slam fourth-round matches.
Samsonova has finally broken through that barrier, edging Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 7-5, 7-5 on Court 2 on Monday. It comes hot on the heels of another first. Three weeks ago in Berlin, she triumphed 6-7(8), 7-5, 7-6(5) over defending champion Jessica Pegula in the second round.
At 3 hours and 21 minutes, it’s the second longest match of this year’s grass swing. It was also the first time Samsonova had won from match point down at tour level (she saved two down 5-4 in the third set). And it gave her serious boost ahead of Wimbledon.
“It was like, you know when you have to climb the mountain? It was that one,” Samsonova said. “When I won that match, I did something special, something that I was searching for since a lot of time. It was something that gave me so much confidence, that match. It was unbelievable.”
Quest for personal identity comes together
In a recent “Behind the Racquet” post, Samsonova admitted some of her early struggles derived from a lack of identity. She had been pulled in various sporting directions as a child. She was raised in Turin by Russian parents, but Italian citizenship laws meant that she could not acquire a passport of her resident country. Samsonova, who had represented Italy as a junior, reverted to her parents’ flag in 2018. She didn’t even know what game style best suited her.
Now, it’s all starting to make sense.
“It’s because … every person is growing in different time, like the maturity of the person,” Samsonova said. “It’s different from anyone. So I think I’m starting to know very well who I am, which player I am, and everything. The puzzle is just going, like, everything together.”
On Monday, Bluesky announced three updates to enhance notifications, allowing users to personalize their experience while decluttering their notification center and reducing unnecessary alerts.
The updates include the ability to receive activity notifications for specific accounts, as well as options to adjust notification preferences to control which alerts you receive. For instance, users can choose to be notified only when certain accounts reply to them.
Bluesky users can now navigate to Settings and then Notifications to customize alerts for various interactions, including new followers, likes, replies, mentions, quotes, and reposts. There is also an “Everything Else” option, which covers general notifications, such as when someone joins through a Starter Pack or verification alerts.
Each option can be customized to apply only to accounts they follow or to everyone, and can also be disabled entirely.
Additionally, users can now receive notifications when someone likes their repost or reposts content they’ve shared. This feature is especially useful for people who primarily reshare posts rather than create original content, helping them feel more engaged.
Bluesky said the previous “priority notifications” feature has been replaced. That feature allowed users to filter notifications to receive updates only from accounts they follow. To achieve the same result, users must change reply, mention, and quote notifications to “people you follow only.”
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The new activity notification feature resembles those found on platforms like X and Threads, allowing users to choose to be notified whenever an account posts something new or replies to a post.
To enable this feature, visit a profile and tap the bell icon next to the follow button to receive notifications every time that account publishes a new post. There is also a separate option for reply notifications.
Users can manage their activity notifications in settings, removing accounts from their list if they no longer wish to receive updates.
One caveat is that accounts can disable this feature entirely, meaning users may not be able to turn on activity notifications for every account they wish to follow. Account owners can also enable activity notifications for only the people they follow.
US President Donald Trump said Monday he was slapping 25 per cent tariffs on Japan and South Korea, in his first letters to trading partners ahead of a deadline to reach a deal with Washington.
Trump had said at the weekend that starting from Monday he would send a first batch of up to 15 letters to countries informing them that he would reimpose harsh levies that he had postponed in April.
In near-identically worded letters to the Japanese and South Korean leaders, Trump said the tariffs would apply from August 1 because their trading relationships with Washington were “unfortunately, far from Reciprocal.”
Trump warned the countries, both key US allies in East Asia, of an escalation if they responded to the new US tariffs. But he also said he was ready to modify levies “downwards” if Japan and South Korea changed their trade policies.
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday that he “won’t easily compromise” in trade talks with Washington.
Trump originally announced sweeping tariffs on world economies on what he called “Liberation Day” on April 2, claiming the United States was being “ripped off.”
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Amid market turmoil, Trump then suspended the initial tariffs for 90 days, a deadline that expires on Wednesday. But the Trump administration has said that the duties will not “boomerang” back until August 1, apparently extending the deadline despite denials from officials.
While the Trump administration has signaled hopes of striking dozens of deals by early July — at one point boasting of “90 deals in 90 days” — there have been limited results so far.
Washington has unveiled pacts with only Britain and Vietnam, while the United States and China agreed to temporarily lower tariff levels on each other’s products that earlier reached three-digits.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said there would be a number of deals coming up.
“We are going to have several announcements in the next 48 hours,” Bessent told CNBC in an interview Monday. “We’ve had a lot of people change their tune in terms of negotiations. So my mailbox was full last night with a lot of new offers, a lot of new proposals,” he said.
There was no immediate response from the White House on whether Trump would formally extend the Wednesday deadline for the tariffs to snap back.
Asked about Trump’s letters, Bessent said these would inform partners of the tariff rate their products face when trading with the United States, unless they want to “come back and try to negotiate.”
Bessent told CNBC Monday that he would “be meeting with my Chinese counterpart sometime in the next couple of weeks.”
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The two sides have so far held high-level talks in Geneva and London. But Washington and Beijing’s pause on tit-for-tat tariffs is due to expire in mid-August.
On whether he was disappointed in the number of trade deals achieved so far, Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro maintained that he is “happy with the progress we’ve had.” “Every country that we run a major deficit with is fully engaged,” he told CNBC on Monday.
Trump has also threatened another 10 percent tariff on countries aligning themselves with the emerging BRICS nations, accusing them of “Anti-American policies” after they slammed his duties at a summit.
For now, partners are still rushing to avert Trump’s tariffs altogether. The European Commission said that EU chief Ursula von der Leyen had a “good exchange” with Trump on trade when the pair spoke Sunday.
Consuming fewer calories is largely accepted as a way to improve health and lose weight, but a recently published study in Nature Metabolism points to a specific sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine as a key component in weight loss. In the study “Cysteine depletion triggers adipose tissue thermogenesis and weight loss,” researchers discovered that when study participants restricted their calorie intake, it resulted in reduced levels of cysteine in white fat.
Pennington Biomedical researchers Dr. Eric Ravussin and Dr. Krisztian Stadler contributed to the study in which they and colleagues examined cysteine and discovered that it triggered the transition of white fat cells to brown fat cells, which are a more active form of fat cells that burn energy to produce heat and maintain body temperature. When researchers restricted cysteine in animal models entirely, it drove high levels of weight loss and increased fat burning and browning of fat cells, further demonstrating cysteine’s importance in metabolism.
“In addition to the dramatic weight loss and increase in fat burning resulting from the removal of cysteine, the amino acid is also central to redox balance and redox pathways in biology,” said Dr. Stadler, who directs the Oxidative Stress and Disease laboratory at Pennington Biomedical. “These results suggest future weight management strategies that might not rely exclusively on reducing caloric intake.”
The article is based on results from trials involving both human participants and animal models. For the human trials, researchers examined fat tissue samples taken from trial participants who had actively restricted calorie intake over a year. When examining the fat tissue samples, they looked for changes in the thousands of metabolites, which are compounds formed when the body breaks down food and stores energy. The exploration of these metabolites indicated a reduced level of cysteine.
“Reverse translation of a human caloric restriction trial identified a new player in energy metabolism,” said Dr. Ravussin, who holds the Douglas L. Gordon Chair in Diabetes and Metabolism at Pennington Biomedical and oversees its Human Translation Physiology Lab. “Systemic cysteine depletion in mice causes weight loss with increased fat utilization and browning of adipocytes.”
The tissue samples came from participants in the CALERIE clinical trial, which recruited healthy young and middle-aged men and women who were instructed to reduce their calorie intake by an average of 14% over two years. With the reduction of cysteine, the participants also experienced subsequent weight loss, improved muscle health, and reduced inflammation.
In the animal models, researchers provided meals with reduced calories. This resulted in a 40% drop in body temperature, but regardless of the cellular stress, the animal models did not exhibit tissue damage, suggesting that protective systems may kick in when cysteine is low.
Dr. Ravussin, Dr. Stadler, and their colleagues have made a remarkable discovery showing that cysteine regulates the transition from white to brown fat cells, opening new therapeutic avenues for treating obesity. I would like to congratulate this research team on uncovering this important metabolic mechanism that could eventually transform how we approach weight management interventions.”
Dr. John Kirwan, Executive Director of Pennington Biomedical Research Center
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Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Journal reference:
Lee, A. H., et al. (2025). Cysteine depletion triggers adipose tissue thermogenesis and weight loss. Nature Metabolism. doi.org/10.1038/s42255-025-01297-8.
GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo – “I wanted three children,” Ombeni Mburano, 31, told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. “I’ve already had five, and the sixth is coming soon. I never had a choice.”
According to UNFPA’s recently released State of the World Population report, 44 per cent of women and girls worldwide don’t have decision-making power or bodily autonomy over sexual relations, contraception or reproductive healthcare. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this rises to a staggering 69 per cent.
“In our country, it’s not always you who decides whether you want a child or not. Sometimes it’s your family, your husband… or just life’s circumstances,” Ombeni explained.
A survey conducted for the report also revealed that around one in three respondents had experienced an unintended pregnancy. These figures are particularly stark in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country with one of the highest total fertility rates in the world. Poverty, sexual violence, child marriage, conflict and displacement, and lack of access to sexual and reproductive healthcare all too often undermine true and free choice when planning whether and when to have children.
In Goma, at a health centre supported by UNFPA, midwife Espérance explained, “Many young women say they want to wait before having a child. But they have neither the means to protect themselves nor the ability to say no.”
Insufficient information about, and access to, contraceptive services hampers people’s ability to plan the timing and size of the family they want. Data from 2023-2024 show that one in five women in the country wants to delay or avoid pregnancy, but can’t access the contraception they need. As a result, adolescent birth rates are extremely high – with 11 per cent of births being to mothers aged only 15 to 19 years old.
Futures disrupted, families struggling
Esther, a young displaced woman from Rutshuru in the North Kivu Province, is barely 18 years old – and seven months pregnant. Neither she nor her partner Samuel, 25, had much knowledge about sexual and reproductive health or contraception. She became pregnant soon after they started dating.
Without any means of support, Esther moved in with Samuel’s mother, Thérèse. But this won’t be Thérèse’s first grandchild.
Years earlier, Samuel’s first girlfriend fell pregnant, but he was too ashamed and afraid to handle the situation. He fled, and never heard from the girlfriend again. His sister also had a baby meanwhile – but that father abandoned them too.
Through a modest vegetable business, 62-year-old Thérèse is struggling to support her daughter and grandchild, as well as Samuel and Esther. And another baby is on the way.
Samuel alternates between odd jobs, searching for a way to earn enough to survive each day. His situation is all too common: More than 60 per cent of young people under the age of 30 in the country do not have access to stable formal employment, according to the World Bank. Most work informally, often without contracts, social protection, or prospects for advancement – a troubling situation for young parents-to-be.
“When Esther got pregnant, I had no home, no job, no plans,” said Samuel. “My mother had to take her in, just as she had done for my sister. I feel stuck, forced to take responsibility without being ready.”
Empowering young people to create the families they want
Investing in young people and their well-being and autonomy is key to enabling them to create the families they desire.
“Having a child should be an informed and shared decision, never a consequence suffered by default,” said Dr. Solange N. Ngane, coordinator of UNFPA’s sexual and reproductive health programme in Goma.
In the eastern part of the country, where escalating conflict has led to mass displacement and extensive damage to health facilities, UNFPA is working to strengthen access to family planning and reproductive healthcare.
UNFPA-supported mobile teams of community health workers and youth peer educators are reaching displaced populations with contraceptive supplies, information campaigns about sexual and reproductive health, and referrals to available facilities.
UNFPA is also supplying health facilities with reproductive health kits and has deployed 148 midwives to ensure that sexual and reproductive health services remain available for displaced women and girls, returnees and host communities.
One of these facilities is the Buhimba health centre, where Esther and Samuel recently attended a prenatal consultation. Together with other couples, they benefited from an information session led by a midwife and a psychosocial assistant. These services are free for displaced women like Esther.
“We learned how to recognize the signs of danger in pregnant women, but also about the methods of contraception we can choose after giving birth. I didn’t know we could be so well received, even without money. Now I feel safe, and Samuel also understands that we can decide together,” said Esther.
Support is needed for young people to choose their own futures
Programmes like the one at the Buhimba health centre are funded through support from the European Union, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
But towering needs are outstripping resources: In the first quarter of 2025, only 7 per cent of the people targeted for sexual and reproductive health services in the Humanitarian Needs Analysis and Response Plan for the Democratic Republic of the Congo were reached. This dire situation was exacerbated by the withdrawal of support from the United States, which led to sexual and reproductive health funding in the country being reduced by more than half.
UNFPA analysis shows this has led to a surge in unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions, sexually transmitted infections, and maternal and infant deaths; a reminder that the most affected are, as always, the most vulnerable.
“When a girl becomes pregnant without meaning to, her life is often turned upside down,” said Dr. Ngane. “Investing in young people means allowing them to freely decide if they want to become parents, when, and under what conditions. That is true reproductive justice.”
Israel has carried out its first strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen since the Israel-Iran ceasefire, attacking ports and a power plant around midnight local time Sunday night into Monday morning.
The strikes come after at least three Houthi ballistic missiles were launched at Israel, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), including one missile that was intercepted Saturday.
The Iran-backed Houthis also claimed responsibility for an attack on the bulk carrier ‘Magic Seas’ in the Red Sea on Sunday, the first on commercial shipping in the region by the rebels this year.
Israel struck the ports of Hodeida, Ras Isa, Salif and the Ras Kanatib power plant along the Red Sea. The IDF also hit the Galaxy Leader, a cargo ship seized by the Houthis in November 2023.
“Houthi forces installed a radar system on the ship and have been using it to track vessels in the international maritime arena to facilitate further terrorist activities,” the IDF said in a statement following the strikes.
A short time before the wave of attacks, the IDF’s Arabic language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, issued an evacuation warning for the ports and the power station.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said the strikes were part of the newly named Operation “Black Flag.” In a statement on social media, Katz said, “The Houthis will continue to pay a heavy price for their actions” and promised more attacks would follow if the Houthis kept launching drones and ballistic missiles at Israel.
The Houthi military confirmed the strikes but said, “Yemeni air defenses effectively confronted the Israeli aggression,” using, “a massive barrage of locally manufactured surface-to-air missiles,” in a short statement on early Monday morning.
There are no immediate reports of casualties from the strikes.
Houthi political bureau member Mohammed Al Farah said targeting Yemeni ports, power stations, and other “civilian facilities is an attempt to harm civilians and has no connection to any military activity,” according to the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV.
Since Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza started in October 2023, the country has come under fire from missiles and rockets from Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen, who claim to strike Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians.
On Sunday, the Houthis attacked the ‘Magic Seas’ ship, claiming that the its owner had used Israeli ports.
The rebels said they had struck the vessel with unmanned boats, missiles and drones, and it had now sunk. They have warned that they will target shipping that uses ports in Israel, which they describe as “occupied Palestine.”
The vessel’s operator – Stem Shipping – told Reuters that the ‘Magic Seas’ had made a port call to Israel in the past, but the latest transit of the region appeared low-risk as it had nothing to do with Israel.
The ‘Magic Seas’ crew of 19 left the boat on Sunday and were being taken by another ship to Djibouti.
The United Arab Emirates foreign ministry said an Emirati operation rescued everyone aboard the ship, in close coordination with organizations like the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). A vessel responded to a distress call from the ‘Magic Seas’ after it came under attack and sustained “damage” to its structure, causing its crew to abandon ship under “difficult maritime conditions” the ministry said.
In May, the Houthi group – which controls much of northern and central Yemen – agreed to halt attacks on US warships in the Red Sea after more than a month of airstrikes by US forces on its strongholds and missile infrastructure.
But it did not pledge to end attacks on other shipping with alleged connections to Israel and has continued to fire ballistic missiles at Israel in support of the Palestinian population in Gaza.
This story has been updated with additional developments.
