Daily World Briefing, June 15

60 killed in Israeli airstrike on residential building in Iranian capital: state TV

At least 60 people, including 20 children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a 14-story building in a residential complex in the Iranian capital Tehran on Friday morning, state-run IRIB TV reported Saturday.

The residential complex, named Martyr Chamran, is located northeast of Tehran, and was among the places hit by Israel in its airstrikes on different parts of the capital and other Iranian cities, the report said.

Israel's Netanyahu hints at more attacks on Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement on Saturday that "we have paved a path to Tehran. In the very near future, Israeli jets will be seen over the skies of Tehran."

He warned that Israel would strike any site of Iran, "and what they have felt so far is nothing compared to what they will feel under our arms in the coming days."

Türkiye's Erdogan warns Israeli strikes on Iran risk full-scale crisis, nuclear fallout

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held phone calls on Saturday with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iran, Pakistan, and Egypt to discuss the escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, warning that Israel's latest military actions threaten to destabilize the entire region and undermine global security.

According to statements from Türkiye's Directorate of Communications, Erdogan spoke separately with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Jordanian King Abdullah II, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi. In the conversations, Erdogan strongly criticized Israel's recent airstrikes on Iranian territory, which resulted in civilian casualties and the deaths of senior military officials.

U.S. marines move into Los Angeles amid protests over immigration raids

About 200 U.S. marines have been deployed to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States, to protect a federal building there, the military said on Friday, after a week of protests over the current administration's immigration raids in the city.

U.S. Army Major General Scott Sherman, commander of the Task Force 51, which includes more than 4,000 California Army National Guard soldiers and about 700 marines, said at a press briefing that those marines had completed civil disturbance training.

Death toll rises to 274 in Air India plane crash: media

The death toll from Thursday's Air India plane crash near Ahmedabad Airport in Gujarat has risen to 274, with 33 on-ground deaths having been confirmed, The Times of India daily reported on Saturday.

The casualty count increasing beyond the 241 passengers and crew confirmed dead in the crash suggested that the other 33 victims were likely people on the campus of Ahmedabad's BJ Medical College, said the report.

China criticizes U.S. tariff narrative as "one-sided, misleading"

China has criticized the U.S. "reciprocal tariffs" policy for its "one-sided, misleading" narrative and erroneous logic, urging the United States to faithfully abide by rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and maintain stability of the global trading system.

At a meeting of the Council for Trade in Services on Friday at WTO headquarters here, the Chinese delegation pointed out that focusing only on goods trade while overlooking services trade, the U.S. narrative on "reciprocal tariffs" is one-sided and misleading.

Nippon Steel secures U.S. approval for U.S. steel acquisition

Nippon Steel announced Saturday that it had entered an agreement with the U.S. government to address security concerns surrounding its planned acquisition of U.S. Steel, clearing the way for the long-contested deal to proceed.

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a revised executive order on June 13 (U.S. Eastern Time), allowing the deal to go forward if the buyer agrees to terms set by the U.S. government through a national security framework.

Death toll rises to 86 in Eastern Cape floods in South Africa

The death toll from the devastating floods in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province has climbed to 86, a senior government official confirmed on Saturday.

South African Police Minister Senzo Mchunu announced the latest figure while addressing police officers and emergency personnel involved in rescue efforts in Mthatha, the area hardest hit by the disaster.■