Here, in brief, is some of the important news from around the world for Jagonews readers.

Amid an intense heatwave, two wildfires have spread in eastern Spain, and hundreds of firefighters are working to bring them under control. A warning has already been issued across the country.

Myanmar's junta has extended the state of emergency in the country for another six months. The junta's forces have already weakened in several provinces, and holding on to power is now a challenge for them. Myanmar's economy is also in crisis because of the long-running conflict.

At the very start of the season, fishers at Namkhana in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district are again netting hilsa by the tonne.

Ismail Haniyeh, political chief of the Palestinian independence group Hamas, has been killed in an attack in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Pakistan has condemned the killing.

On 17 June the Kanchanjunga Express met with an accident in the Rangapani area on its way from Agartala to Sealdah. Within a month and a half, a goods train has now derailed in the same area. No casualties have been reported.

Anti-government protests are continuing in Venezuela after the disputed election. Protesters claim that the authorities declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner even though he lost last Sunday's election. An international observer organisation has also called the election process undemocratic.

After a funeral prayer in Tehran, the body of slain Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh will be taken to Doha, the capital of Qatar. His funeral prayer is likely to be held in Tehran on Thursday (1 August), Iran's semi-official news agency Tasnim News has said.

More than 150 people have died so far in devastating landslides in India's Kerala state. Heavy rain caused three landslides in the state's Wayanad district on Tuesday (30 July), local time. About 186 people have been injured so far in various accidents caused by the disaster, Indian media outlet NDTV reported.

Starlink is fast becoming popular around the world as a satellite internet provider. It is a unit of SpaceX, owned by US billionaire Elon Musk, and provides internet worldwide through thousands of satellites. Satellite electromagnetic waves can easily reach regions of the world where optical fibre is hard to take, bringing internet service to remote areas.

Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh has been assassinated on Iranian soil. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani expressed grief over the incident and described Haniyeh as a 'proud fighter', the BBC reported.

Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in the Iranian capital, Tehran, Iranian media reported. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said in a statement on Wednesday that Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran along with one of his bodyguards.

Source: Jagonews24. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.