Tehran claims attacks on US bases in Kuwait, UAE

Story by David Brennan, Nadine El-Bawab, Ivan Pereira

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.

Delegations from the U.S. and Iran entered negotiations in June aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.

The U.S. and Iran have nonetheless continued to exchange strikes, with the strategic Strait of Hormuz as the primary flashpoint.

Iran claims attacks on US bases in Kuwait, UAE

Iran's army claimed Thursday morning that it conducted overnight strikes on U.S. military bases in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

In statements carried by official and semiofficial Iranian news agencies, Iran's army said it used missiles and drones to target satellite communication systems, equipment depots and fighter jet hangars at Ahmed al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait.

The statements also claimed attacks on troop positions and radar systems at Al Minhad Air Base in the UAE.

-ABC News' Morgan Winsor

US 'is no longer trusted' — and its allies just proved it: Nobel economist

Story by Alex Henderson

Since returning to the White House roughly 19 and one-half months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump has found a variety of ways to alienate the United States' closest allies — from steep tariffs to the Iran war to threatening to take Greenland by force. And according to liberal economist Paul Krugman, some of those allies are taking steps that prove the United States "is no longer trusted."

In a Substack column posted on Friday morning, Krugman warns that fears that Trump and his allies will "seize gold" no longer seem far-fetched. And U.S. allies, according to the economist, are taking steps to protect themselves.

"'Rule of law' is not a phrase often applied to the Trump administration," Krugman argues. "And the administration has special contempt for international law. Many of Trump's tariffs have been ruled illegal under U.S. law, but more or less all of those tariffs were and are in clear violation of past agreements solemnly signed by previous U.S. presidents, including Trump himself. So, the idea that the U.S. government might devise some excuse to seize gold held in the Fed's vault is no longer far-fetched. And nations are taking precautions."

Asian tribe has developed a 'new mutant gene' allowing them to swim underwater for 5 hours a day

Story by Rasmus Senator

For thousands of years, the Bajau people have lived a life unlike that of almost anyone else on Earth, spending hours at a time beneath the waves, diving to incredible depths without scuba gear. Now, scientists have discovered a remarkable difference in their bodies that could help explain how they do it. The reason has left many people amazed

For most people, holding their breath underwater for even a few minutes would be extremely difficult. But for the Bajau people of Southeast Asia, diving deep into the ocean has been part of everyday life for generations.

Known as the “Sea Nomads,” the Bajau traditionally spend hours fishing and searching for food beneath the surface. Some divers can descend to impressive depths while holding their breath for several minutes at a time.

Now, scientists believe they may have discovered one reason for their extraordinary ability. Researchers studying the Bajau found that they have significantly larger spleens than nearby populations.

Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel 10 days after flash flood

By Sahana Bajracharya, Navesh Chitrakar and Joseph Campbell

KATHMANDU, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal on Saturday, authorities said, 10 ‌days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people.

The Nepali army said Lu Haitao was rescued from inside a 225-meter tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project.

He was the third person so far to be pulled out alive from various tunnels where ​authorities believe 900 people might be stuck after the August 26 collapse of a glacier on the upper reaches of the river.

Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' during foreign donor talks filmed undercover

Laura Kuenssberg

Nigel Farage has said he "frankly wasn't listening" during a conversation with his former chief of staff and an undercover reporter discussing what appears to have been a scheme to funnel foreign money to Reform UK.

His former chief of staff Dan Jukes and ex-head of policy James Orr have both been removed from their jobs after an investigation recorded them talking about how to get money to the party from an American donor and asking a fake company to pay for polling.

Jukes has denied doing anything wrong. Orr has told Sky News he will co-operate fully with Reform's internal investigation.

In an interview with the BBC, the Reform leader said he was not listening to the discussion and revealed his family are "begging" him to leave his job amid increasing pressure.

Russia strikes Ukraine intelligence HQ in ‘major escalation’

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has told SBU to deliver ‘appropriate, tangible response’ to Kyiv strike

Amy Hawkins in Kyiv

The head office of Ukraine’s SBU intelligence agency has been hit in a Russian drone attack, sending plumes of black smoke rising into the air in the heart of Kyiv.

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said he had instructed the SBU to deliver an “appropriate, tangible response” to the strike, while the foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, described it as a “major escalation”.

The streets around the SBU headquarters were cordoned off shortly after Friday’s attack, with armed officers patrolling the area.

Numerous ambulances and emergency services vehicles were stationed around the site, which is close to St Sophia Cathedral, a Unesco world heritage site.