Two soldiers die, one is missing in Iran missile attack of a Jordanian air base, Canada’s wildfires are proving hard to combat, the extreme heat is causing vintners in Europe to adopt new practices, and what was once the Aral Sea is a ticking time bomb. These stories and more are some of the top headlines GEORGE is covering today in the @World News Roundup.
GEORGE’s @The War Room feature now covers multiple battles and conflicts across the globe, including important dispatches in the Russo-Ukrainian War and the U.S.-Israeli War in Iran.
@THE SKETCH (above) Mr. Trump to levy tariffs on wildfire smoke entering the U.S.
@INTERMEZZO I The flag of Canada on display in British Columbia
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@INTERMEZZO II Canadian wildfires shroud New York skyline
@INTERMEZZO III Shops in Toronto
@INTERMEZZO V Design Museum Copenhagen
Background reading on the subjects behind today’s cartoon: Read the first two stories in @World News Roundup to see what the sparked the idea for today’s editorial cartoon.
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The flag of Canada displayed on a building in British Columbia
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— England won the bronze medal at the 2026 World Cup, defeating France 6-4 in the third-place playoff on 18 July 2026, at Miami Stadium in Florida. Bukayo Saka scored a hat-trick for England, and Kylian Mbappé netted twice for France.
— The Argentina’s football team may have won its semi-final against England but it is facing the possibility of sanctions after several members of the team waved a Falklands banner in the wake of their win. The sign, which read “Las Malvinas son Argentinas,” or “The Falklands are Argentine” and apparently brought by fans to the stadium, was carried onto the pitch during the full-time celebrations. Doing so It risked putting the team in breach of the International Football Association Board’s rules on political flags. The banner was condemned by multiple politicians and several suggested that the players involved – Argentine’s Cristian Romero and Giovani Lo Celso – should be suspended from Sunday’s final against Spain. FIFA, football’s governing body, said it was “assessing match reports” before deciding whether to punish Argentina over the incident.