AIX Racing have become the first team to confirm part of their plans for 2026 with the signing of Emerson Fittipaldi Jr for next season.
The Brazilian, son of two-time Formula 1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi, will make his F2 debut next season.
Fittipaldi Jr has been racing in the Eurocup-3 Championship in 2025 and is currently 13th in the standings.
Speaking about his confirmation for 2026, Fittipaldi Jr said that it was a huge opportunity, and that he was looking forward to working with the AIX outfit.
“I am very much looking forward to this opportunity. Racing in the FIA Formula 2 is going to be a big learning curve for me. I will be competing against the best drivers in the world, so it will be an honour to be racing against all of them on the race track. My expectations are that I will be learning a lot, every single day and every single week.”
Club stats (2025): 3 goals + 1 assist in 13 NWSL matches
Marta came out of international retirement in May for one last hurrah with her beloved Brazil, as she seeks a fourth Copa América title, having previously won in 2003, 2010, and 2018.
At 39, Marta is certainly a legend of the sport, with too many accolades to count. She is a six-time FIFA World Player of the Year winner, Brazil’s all-time top scorer with 119 goals, and her 17 World Cup goals are an all-time record in men’s and women’s football.
She earned her third Olympic silver medal at Paris 2024, before winning both the NWSL Championship and the NWSL Shield with the Orlando Pride later that year.
While it’s unclear how much playing time Marta will see in Ecuador, her veteran leadership—as well as her exceptional dribbling skills and rocket of a left foot—will be key to Brazil’s championship defense.
Big picture: India have the momentum after Edgbaston triumph
At Headingley, India lost the unlosable Test. At Edgbaston, they made spectacular amends, in circumstances that belied even their most optimistic pre-series hopes.
If there had been a quiet belief before the tour that Shubman Gill was too good to keep averaging below 30 in overseas Tests, then the captain’s match haul of 430 runs – second only to Graham Gooch in a famous forerunner of this latest Lord’s contest 35 years ago – was an insatiable response to his team’s hour of need.
And if India’s team selection – with their focus on batting depth in the lower-middle order – had implied a willingness to settle for a draw while their star strike bowler Jasprit Bumrah preserved his strength for the back end of the campaign, then no one told Akash Deep that he was intended as a conservative pick.
Akash Deep’s superb ten-wicket haul dripped with a new-ball threat of which Bumrah himself would have been proud, most particularly his candidate for ball of the series to Joe Root in the second innings (and no, it was not a back-foot no-ball – MCC has clarified the ruling).
With Mohammed Siraj stepping up as he has often done in Bumrah’s absence (his average in 15 Tests without Bumrah is almost eight points lower than when he plays second fiddle), India’s seamers harnessed an especially truculent Dukes ball and made sure that barely an over went to waste while it was at its shiniest and newest. England’s startling tally of six ducks in the first innings confirmed the extent to which England were caught cold by fast bowling of the highest class.
Not that England will be unduly rattled by the extent of this setback. It’s easy to mock their determination to take on any given run-chase, particularly when two of their last four fourth innings have resulted in defeats by 423 runs against New Zealand in Hamilton in December, and now by 336 runs at Edgbaston.
But six 250-plus chases in the Bazball era, with India on the receiving end of each of their two highest in history, confirms the extent of England’s divorce from precedent. Where once there might have been shame at such a monumental thumping in a Test match, now there’s merely a shrug, and a determination to do the same again next time, only better.
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Harmison draws parallels between Archer and Mo Salah
England will have the fast bowler back playing Test cricket again, and that’s big
Whether India allow England to improve on that showing, however, is a different matter. Gill’s relentless run-making at Edgbaston reflected his determination not to be drawn into playing his opponents’ game – as had arguably been the case when he holed out for 147 to trigger the dramatic collapse that allowed England back into that first Test. In the second, fatigue eventually got the better of him on 269 but, until that point, he had been in control of 93% of his shots across 386 balls, a remarkable figure that confirmed his refusal to give any suckers an even break.
Perhaps the return of Jofra Archer will give Gill the hurry-up that was so lacking at Edgbaston. The mind’s eye is sure to drift back to Archer’s stunning debut on this ground six years ago, when he felled Steven Smith in the midst of a witheringly quick spell in the 2019 Ashes.
The reality, however, might be subtly different. At the age of 30 and with a litany of injuries now hopefully behind him, Archer would be within his rights to pitch himself as a different type of bowler for this second coming: a scalpel rather than the sledgehammer that Brydon Carse and Josh Tongue set out to be, with varying degrees of success, across the first two matches.
Either way, it promises to be the grandest of events. Last month, the most illustrious stage in the game proved utterly pivotal to the success of the World Test Championship (WTC) final. Now, Lord’s plays host to the modern game’s actual overlords, at the most perfect juncture of a compelling five-Test series. Neither team seems minded to take a backward step, but to judge by the battles that have gone before, someone will have been forced to blink by the time these five days are done.
Form guide
England LWWLW (last five Tests, most recent first) India WLLLD
In the spotlight: Jofra Archer and Jasprit Bumrah
There’s no denying the buzz of anticipation that Jofra Archer’s return to Test cricket has created. There aren’t many more box-office cricketers in England’s ranks, especially given his exploits here at Lord’s in 2019. To say a fair bit of water has flowed under the bridge since then is a gross understatement, but despite his well-documented elbow and back issues, Archer has now been injury-free for the best part of two years.
That said, his robustness hasn’t been tested to the fullest extent in white-ball cricket. He bowled just 18 overs on his comeback for Sussex last month, on an admittedly placid deck at Chester-le-Street, but that was sufficient for England to fast-track him back into the big time.
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Who makes way for Bumrah?
With India’s pace spearhead set to return to the team, Sanjay Manjrekar discusses India’s options
When it comes to box-office, even Archer has to cede status to the undisputed grandee of contemporary seam bowling. Every ball that Jasprit Bumrah bowled in the first Test at Headingley felt like a wicket about to happen – and so it proved in the first innings, when he struck in each of his first three spells, and would surely have powered India into an indomitable position had it not been for his costly overstep with Harry Brook on 0.
Even when his threat was negated in England’s second innings, it first required an outbreak of rare deference from Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett to set the course for their 371-run chase. He’ll be rested and raring to go at Lord’s, with a place on that dressing-room honours board very much in his sights.
Team news: Will India persist with Nair at No. 3?
True to form, England confirmed their XI well before the match, with Archer returning to the fray. He is the only change from the team that lost at Edgbaston, with Tongue – the series-leading wicket-taker with 11 at 33.63 – making way after his heavy workload in the first two Tests.
England: 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Ben Stokes (capt), 7 Jamie Smith (wk), 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Brydon Carse, 10 Jofra Archer, 11 Shoaib Bashir
Bumrah’s absence did not derail India’s ambitions at Edgbaston – far from it – but his return after a fortnight’s rest could turbo-charge their bid to move 2-1 up, in a series in which they’ve been on top for at least seven days out of ten. He is expected to slot back in in place of Prasidh Krishna, whose economy rate took a battering in the first two games.
With Akash Deep and Siraj sharing 17 wickets at Edgbaston, that seam unit suddenly looks potent in the extreme. Which is all the more reason why India will likely resist the temptation to include the wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav. Washington Sundar was the safer option and justified his pick with a key 42 from No. 8 in the first innings.
Harmison: England don’t want a traditional England pitch
The former fast bowler says Lord’s will have carry for the fast bowlers and will be good for batting
Pitch and conditions: Look up, not down
Lord’s, as the cliché goes, is a “look up, not down” venue, where the overhead conditions play a bigger role in the pitch’s behaviour than the surface itself. This notion was borne out at the WTC final last month, when the sun broke through for the final day and a bit, and a pitch on which both sides had struggled became a road.
That precedent is unlikely to discourage England from their preferred “we’ll have a chase” mentality, for all that Stokes insists his team are not webbed to the notion. A clear and dry forecast will be a factor, and so too a surface that still had a covering of live grass on the eve of the match and might offer some assistance on the first morning.
Stats and trivia: Root nears 3000
Archer is set to play his 14th Test, and his first since the tour of India in February 2021, 1595 days ago. In that period, he has missed 53 Tests across 18 series, home and away.
Gill has a current series tally of 585 runs at 146.25, with three hundreds and a best of 269. Among the many records he could challenge in the remaining three Tests, Gill needs just 18 more to pass Rahul Dravid’s haul of 602 in 2002, the most by an India batter in England.
Joe Root needs 45 runs to become the first batter to score 3000 against India in Test cricket.
Chris Woakes has taken 32 wickets at 12.90 in seven Tests at Lord’s, including three five-wicket hauls. He has also scored 340 runs at 42.50, including his only Test century … against India in 2018.
India have won just three of their previous 19 Tests at Lord’s (against England’s 12 wins). However, two of those have come in their last three visits, in 2014 and in 2021, when Siraj claimed eight wickets in the match after KL Rahul’s match-defining hundred.
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“It’s great for English fans, but also for Jof. It’s been a long time coming for him. He can be pretty proud of himself that he’s managed to get himself back here after two pretty big injury scares.” Ben Stokes welcomes Jofra Archer back to the Test team after his four years on the sidelines
“Everything. How accurate he is, the way his mind works. It is just amazing. It is more difficult for a wicketkeeper than for a batsman.” Rishabh Pant is in awe of Bumrah, as he prepares to return for the Lord’s Test
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday notified a negative fuel cost adjustment (FCA) of Rs4.03 per unit for K-Electric (KE) consumers in July’s bills for power consumed in April.
According to a notification issued by Nepra today, the authority “decided to allow a negative FCA of 4.0349/kWh for April 2025, to be passed on to the consumers in the billing month of July 2025”.
Nepra said the negative FCA would apply to “all the consumer categories except lifeline consumers, domestic protected consumers, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS) and prepaid electricity consumers of all categories who opted for pre-paid tariff”.
The adjustment would be shown separately in the consumers’ bills on the basis of units billed to the consumers in the respective month to which the adjustment pertains, it said.
“In case any bills of July 2025 are issued before the notification of this decision, the same may be applied in the subsequent month,” the notification said.
It also said that KE shall reflect the fuel charges adjustment in respect of April in the billing month of July.
The notification said that the negative FCA of Rs.4.0349/kWh was being allowed on a “provisional basis subject to adjustment” once Nepra determined KE’s Multi-Year Tariff for FY2024-30. “The difference in cost, if any, based on the MYT FY 2024-30 would be allowed in future adjustments once the same is notified,” it added.
Separately, Nepra also notified a Rs0.49 per unit negative FCA following an adjustment on account of variation in fuel charges for May in the approved tariff of ex-Wapda distribution companies (Discos).
According to a separate notification issued today, the authority “has reviewed and assessed a National Average Uniform decrease of Rs.0.4952/kWh in the applicable tariff for Discos on account of variations in the fuel charges for May”.
The notification said that the FCA should apply to all the consumer categories except lifeline consumers, protected consumers, EVCS and pre-paid electricity consumers of all categories who opted for prepaid tariffs.
“Discos shall reflect the fuel charges adjustment in respect of May 2025 in the billing month of July 2025,” the notification said, adding that it would be shown separately in the consumers’ bills based on units utilised in May.
“In case any bills of July 2025 are issued before the notification of this decision, the same may be applied in the subsequent month,” it added.
When you’re establishing a fitness routine, making it to the gym is just one piece of the puzzle. Another big one? Figuring out when to eat. Will eating before exercise give you fuel or slow you down? And when should you time your pre-workout and post-workout snacks to get the best results?
According to dietitians, when you eat matters. If you head into a workout feeling hungry and weak, you may not have the energy to push yourself. But if you eat too close to a workout, you might feel nauseous—and that’s not ideal either.
To settle this debate once and for all, we asked dietitians whether you should eat before or after a workout—and what you should eat when you do. Here’s what they had to say.
Should You Eat Before or After a Workout?
The dietitians we spoke to agree: It’s generally a good idea to eat before a workout—about 30 minutes to 2 hours before exercise. But it’s more important to listen to your body.
“Some of the people I counsel can’t eat before a workout,” says Bonnie Taub-Dix, R.D.N., creator of BetterThanDieting.com and author of Read It Before You Eat It. “They feel nauseous and don’t feel great. But there are other people who need something to eat because they feel weak.”
The key? Ask yourself whether you’ll feel better if you eat before or after a workout, and pay attention to what happens when you do.
When you should time your pre-workout meals is up for debate. “I recommend eating 30 minutes to 2 hours ahead,” Taub-Dix says. But Frances Largeman-Roth, R.D.N., nutrition and wellness expert, runner, and author of Eating in Color recommends an even tighter window. “Ideally, you should be eating about 1 hour before a workout,” she says. “But if you’re time-crunched and need to head out the door, I recommend having a banana or a small energy bar, like [a] chia bar, for quick fuel.”
Both dietitians agree that fueling up wisely can help you get the most out of your workout and boost your sports performance. Eating a healthy snack that has a good combination of protein and carbs can give you the boost you need to run, jump, and lift the best you can.
What to Eat Before a Workout
Both dietitians say the best pre-workout snacks contain readily digestible ingredients—nothing heavy that your body will have to work hard to break down. Think: bananas, smoothies, Greek yogurt with nuts, and whole-grain toast with cheese or almond butter.
“I like to eat 1 cup of yogurt plus 2 teaspoons of muesli and a drizzle of honey,” Largeman-Roth says. “Or 1 cup of cottage cheese with 1/2 cup cubed cantaloupe or watermelon, plus 2 tablespoons of granola.”
Taub-Dix suggests making smoothies using greens, protein powder, Greek yogurt, and banana almond milk. (She likes Almond Breeze’s version, because it’s made with real bananas.) “Bananas are rich in potassium, which we lose from sweating,” she says. “[Potassium is] also important for muscle contraction.”
Aim for a snack that’s around 200 to 250 calories, Largeman-Roth says. You want to feel energized but not completely stuffed. Remember to drink plenty of water, too.
And no, the kind of workout you’re doing shouldn’t really change what you eat, Taub-Dix says. Enjoying a bowl of Greek yogurt before HIIT probably won’t benefit you more than eating it before Pilates. “But like I said, what you should eat largely depends on how your body feels,” she adds. A little trial and error can help you figure out the best pre-workout snacks for you.
What to Eat After a Workout
Protein is essential for repairing muscles after a tough workout, and carbs help replenish the energy you’ve used up. So the perfect post-workout snack has a combination of both.
“Post workout is when you’re restoring your body and helping to repair any micro tears in the muscles,” Largeman-Roth says. “So I advise having a combo of carbs, protein, healthy fats, and antioxidants to combat the oxidative stress that exercise puts on your body.” She recommends refueling 15 to 20 minutes after exercise to replenish muscle glycogen and help your body recover.
One quick and easy post-workout snack idea? A bowl of yogurt with nuts, hydrating fresh fruits (like grapes), and a drizzle of nut butter. “This snack is my go-to after a sweaty bootcamp workout in the park,” Largeman-Roth says.
Other simple post-workout combos include a whole-wheat English muffin with avocado, or overnight oats with cottage cheese, nuts, and fruit. These snacks deliver protein, carbs, healthy fats, and some minerals you might have lost during your workout.
And keeping healthy convenience snacks on hand is a good option if you have a busy schedule. Not having time to prepare a nutritious nosh shouldn’t keep you from refueling. “If I’m in a hurry, I’ll sometimes grab protein-rich mug muffins,” Largeman-Roth says. Look for an option that’s packed with protein and tastes good, too.
It’s been recognized for some time that Alzheimer’s disease affects brain regions differently and that tau – a protein known to misbehave – plays an important role in the disease. Normally, tau helps stabilize neurons, but in Alzheimer’s disease, it begins to misfold and tangle inside neurons. It spreads across the brain forming toxic clumps that impair neuronal function and ultimately lead to cell death.
Brain areas like the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus succumb early to tau tangles, while other areas, like the primary sensory cortices, remain resilient to the disease. In the quest to better understand this selective vulnerability (SV) or resilience (SR) to Alzheimer’s disease, researchers have looked to gene association and transgenic studies to identify Alzheimer’s risk genes. But past research has not shown a clear link between the location of genetic risk factors and associated tau pathology.
Now, a new study by UC San Francisco researchers has made a leap toward answering that question – by combining brain imaging, genetics, and advanced mathematical modeling into a powerful new lens. The study, published July 9 in Brain, shows multiple distinct pathways by which risk genes confer vulnerability or resilience in Alzheimer’s disease.
The study introduced a model of disease spread called the extended Network Diffusion Model (eNDM). The researchers applied this model on brain scans from 196 individuals at various stages of Alzheimer’s. They subtracted what the model predicted from what they saw in the scans. The leftovers, called “residual tau,” pointed to areas where something else besides brain connections influence the buildup of tau – in this case, genes.
Using brain gene expression maps from the Allen Human Brain Atlas, the researchers tested the degree to which Alzheimer’s risk genes explain the patterns of both actual and residual tau. This allowed them to tease apart genetic effects that act with or independently of the brain’s wiring.
We think of our model as Google Maps for tau. It predicts where the protein will likely go next, using real-world brain connection data from healthy people.”
Ashish Raj, PhD, senior study author, UCSF professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
This upends traditional view of how tau moves in the brain
The study team uncovered four distinct gene types based on how much and in what manner they were predictive of tau: Network-Aligned Vulnerability (SV-NA), which are genes that boost tau spread along the brain’s wiring; Network-Independent Vulnerability (SV-NI), which are genes that promote tau buildup in ways unrelated to connectivity; Network-Aligned Resilience (SR-NA), which are genes that help protect regions that are otherwise tau hotspots; and Network-Independent Resilience (SR-NI), which are genes that offer protection outside of the network’s usual path – like hidden shields in unlikely spots.
“Vulnerability-aligned genes dealt with stress, metabolism, and cell death; resilience-related ones were involved in immune response and the cleanup of amyloid-beta – another Alzheimer’s culprit,” said study first author Chaitali Anand, PhD, a UCSF post-doctoral researcher. “In essence, the genes that make parts of the brain more or less likely to be affected by Alzheimer’s are working through different jobs – some controlling how tau moves, others dealing with internal defenses or cleanup systems.”
This research built on another recent UCSF study in mice, published May 21 in Alzheimer’s & Dementia, which demonstrated that tau does not travel randomly or diffuse passively; instead, it follows the brain’s wiring pathways with a distinct directional preference. Using a system of differential equations called the Network Diffusion Model (NDM), the research team was able to show the dynamics of tau spread between connected brain regions, challenging the traditional view that tau spreads simply by diffusing through extracellular space or leaking from dying neurons.
“Our research showed that tau propagates trans-synaptically, traveling along axonal projections driven by active transport processes rather than passive diffusion, and exploiting active neural pathways in the preferred retrograde direction,” said Justin Torok, PhD, a post-doctoral researcher working in the Raj lab.
In the current study, network-based analyses complemented the existing approaches for validating and identifying gene-based determinants of selective vulnerability and resilience. Genes that respond independently of the network having different biological functions than those genes that respond in concert with the network.
“This study offers a hopeful map forward: one that blends biology and brain maps into a smarter strategy for understanding and eventually stopping Alzheimer’s disease,” said Raj. “Our findings offer new insights into vulnerability signatures in Alzheimer’s disease and may prove helpful in identifying potential intervention targets.”
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University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Journal reference:
Anand, C., et al. (2025) Selective vulnerability and resilience to Alzheimer’s disease tauopathy as a function of genes and the connectome. Brain. doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaf179.
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has slashed power tariffs under the monthly fuel cost adjustment, offering relief to both K-Electric users in Karachi and consumers across the rest of the country served by government-run distribution companies (DISCOs).
According to a notification issued on Wednesday, the electricity tariff for K-Electric consumers has been reduced by Rs4.03 per unit, while a reduction of Rs0.50 per unit has been approved for consumers in other parts of the country. The separate notifications clarify that the relief will be reflected in electricity bills for July 2025.
Nepra stated that the reduction for K-Electric applies to the monthly adjustment for April 2025, whereas the decrease for DISCO consumers is based on the adjustment for May 2025.
K-Electric had requested a reduction of Rs4.69 per unit for April, while the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) sought an increase of Rs0.10 per unit for May on behalf of the DISCOs. However, the regulator approved a lower adjustment, granting relief instead.
Read More: NEPRA cuts basic power tariff by Rs1.15/unit
This announcement follows Nepra’s earlier decision last week to reduce the national base power tariff by Rs1.15 per unit. The proposal has been forwarded to the federal government for final approval and implementation and is aimed at providing relief to domestic consumers facing increasing utility costs.
According to the revised tariff structure, the maximum rate for domestic consumers using 100 to 500 units per month will now stand at Rs47.69 per unit. Meanwhile, lifeline consumers using up to 50 units per month will continue to be charged Rs3.95 per unit. For those consuming between 51 and 100 units, the tariff has been fixed at Rs7.74 per unit.
Protected domestic consumers using 1 to 100 units will be charged Rs10.54 per unit, while those using between 101 and 200 units will pay Rs13.01 per unit. For non-protected consumers, the rate has been set at Rs22.44 per unit for usage between 1 and 100 units, Rs28.91 for 101 to 200 units, and Rs33.10 for 201 to 300 units.
Those consuming between 301 and 400 units will be charged Rs37.99 per unit, while consumption between 401 and 500 units will cost Rs40.20 per unit. The rate increases to Rs41.62 for usage between 501 and 600 units, Rs42.76 for 601 to 700 units, and reaches the maximum of Rs47.69 per unit for consumers using more than 700 units per month.
Maritime security firm Diaplous released a photo showing at least five Eternity C crew members being rescued
Six crew members have been rescued and at least three others killed after a cargo ship was attacked by Yemen’s Houthis and sank in the Red Sea, a European naval mission says.
The Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated Eternity C was carrying 25 crew when it sustained significant damage and lost all propulsion after being hit by rocket-propelled grenades fired from small boats on Monday, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency.
The attack continued on Tuesday and search rescue operations commenced overnight.
The Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked the Eternity C because it was heading to Israel, and that they took an unspecified number of crew to a “safe location”.
The US embassy in Yemen said the Houthis had “kidnapped many surviving crew members” and called for their immediate release.
Authorities in the Philippines said 21 of the crew were citizens. Another of them is a Russian national who was severely wounded in the attack and lost a leg.
It is the second vessel the Houthis have sunk in a week, after the group on Sunday launched missiles and drones at another Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated cargo ship, Magic Seas, which they claimed “belong[ed] to a company that violated the entry ban to the ports of occupied Palestine”.
Video footage released by the Houthis on Tuesday showed armed men boarding the vessel and setting off a series of explosions which caused it to sink.
All 22 crew of Magic Seas were safely rescued by a passing merchant vessel.
Since November 2023, the Houthis have targeted around 70 merchant vessels with missiles, drones and small boat attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
They have now sunk four ships, seized a fifth, and killed at least seven crew members.
The group has said it is acting in support of the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and have claimed – often falsely – that they are targeting ships only linked to Israel, the US or the UK, which have carried out air strikes on Yemen in response.
EPA
The Houthis released video footage on Tuesday showing armed men boarding another cargo ship, Magic Seas, and detonating explosive charges
On Wednesday the EU’s naval mission in the Red Sea, Operation Aspides, said it was participating in the international response to the attack on the Eternity C and that “currently six castaway crew members have been recovered from the sea”.
An Aspides official told AFP news agency that five were Filipinos and one was Indian, and that 19 others were still missing.
The Greece-based maritime security firm Diaplous released a video on Wednesday that showed the rescue of at least five seafarers who it said had spent more then 24 hours in the water, according to Reuters news agency.
“We will continue to search for the remaining crew until the last light,” Diaplous said.
Reuters also cited maritime security firms as saying that the death toll was four.
The US state department condemned the attacks on the Magic Seas and Eternity C, which it said “demonstrate the ongoing threat that Iran-backed Houthi rebels pose to freedom of navigation and to regional economic and maritime security”.
“The United States has been clear: we will continue to take necessary action to protect freedom of navigation and commercial shipping from Houthi terrorist attacks, which must be condemned by all members of the international community.”
In May, the Houthis agreed a ceasefire deal with the US following seven weeks of intensified US strikes on Yemen in response to the attacks on international shipping.
However, they said the agreement did not include an end to attacks on Israel, which has conducted multiple rounds of retaliatory strikes on Yemen.
The secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) called for intensified diplomatic efforts following the new wave of attacks.
“After several months of calm, the resumption of deplorable attacks in the Red Sea constitutes a renewed violation of international law and freedom of navigation,” Arsenio Dominguez said.
“Innocent seafarers and local populations are the main victims of these attacks and the pollution they cause,” he warned.
