Quick Hits

• DR Congo's Ebola outbreak is now the deadliest in the country's history, Al Jazeera reports, with a top UN official warning that "speed, scale, and solidarity" are needed "before this virus gets even further ahead of us."
• Gaza diplomacy moves quickly: Jared Kushner met Netanyahu to push the Trump Gaza plan, one day after the US president's son-in-law held a rare meeting with Hamas leaders in Egypt (Al Jazeera).
• Indonesia earthquake aftermath: Thousands remain displaced after Saturday's magnitude-7.7 quake in East Nusa Tenggara province, with rescue work under way and many awaiting aid (Al Jazeera).
• Zambia's disputed election: Incumbent Hakainde Hichilema appears headed for an outright win while the opposition alleges an armed raid and observers cite violence and a tilted campaign field (Al Jazeera).
• Sports roundup: Rodri is set to join Barcelona after Manchester City accepted a transfer bid; Scottie Scheffler won the St Jude Championship by eight shots; and Cameroon claimed its first Women's Africa Cup of Nations title (Al Jazeera).

Top Stories

• Ebola in DR Congo: Al Jazeera reports the outbreak has become the country's deadliest on record, prompting the UN official's appeal for a faster, larger international response before the virus spreads further.
• Indonesia quake response: Al Jazeera reports thousands displaced by the magnitude-7.7 earthquake are still awaiting aid as rescue operations continue in East Nusa Tenggara.
• Gaza diplomacy: According to Al Jazeera, Kushner's meeting with Netanyahu follows his rare sit-down with Hamas leaders in Egypt, signaling an active US push on the Trump Gaza plan. Separately, Al Jazeera covered a Palestinian-American traveling to Qusra, where Israeli settlers have encircled his family's home, and aired Palestinian lawyer Ahmad Ibsais arguing that Israeli attacks on women constitute a genocide overlooked by international law.
• Ukraine-Russia exchanges: Al Jazeera reports at least six people were killed in a Ukrainian missile attack on Russia's Belgorod, while overnight Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine killed two people and injured 19.
• Zambia election: Al Jazeera reports Hichilema appears on course for an outright win, though the opposition alleges an armed raid and observers describe violence and an uneven playing field.

Left Perspective

All items below are MPR News reporting with a Minnesota focus:

• Primary turnout: MPR News reports Democratic voters are turning out for this year's primaries in numbers not seen in decades across several states — a pattern that has the party optimistic about November, though the outlet frames the open question as whether that energy carries over.
• Surveillance debate: MPR News reports Minnesota cities and counties are increasingly divided over Flock cameras, with some police agencies touting them as a powerful crime-solving tool while others are shutting the cameras down.
• Group-home oversight: MPR News reports Liberian government official Sekou Dukuly, director of the West African nation's government-owned port system, runs Minnesota group homes from overseas.
• Criminal charges: MPR News reports former Anoka County assistant attorney Andrea Leigh Sampson is charged alongside three others in what prosecutors describe as an online prostitution ring trafficking women as young as 19.
• Boundary Waters development: MPR News reports developers have returned with a scaled-down plan for a lakeshore resort outside Ely, two years after local opposition and lawsuits scuttled the original proposal.

International View

• Iran: Al Jazeera reports Parliament speaker and top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has declared both a military and political victory in the war against the US and Israel.
• Japan: Al Jazeera reports GDP rose just 0.3 percent in the second quarter, missing growth forecasts as consumption and capital spending sagged.
• India: Al Jazeera reports at least seven people died in a "stampede-like" incident amid a rush of devotees at a temple in Bihar state; in a separate analysis, the outlet examines whether the "Cockroach" movement is forcing Modi's BJP to recalibrate its politics as its media-narrative control appears to change.
• United Kingdom: Al Jazeera examines the cost-of-living crisis — framed around the question "Who can live on 340 a month?" — that new premier Burnham has promised to ease for millions of families unable to afford basic items.
• Colombia: Al Jazeera reports outrage after the president handed out footballs in an earthquake-hit city where residents say they are still awaiting urgent aid.
• Italy: Al Jazeera reports thieves stole Renaissance masterworks by Antonello from the MuMe museum in Messina during the Ferragosto holiday.

Underreported

• Cambodia: An Al Jazeera photo essay documents how rising energy prices are disrupting education on Tonle Sap lake, where children are working to help families cover fuel costs.
• Native entrepreneurship: MPR News highlights Native entrepreneurs building an economic future grounded in culture and history, noting trade among tribal nations along the Mississippi River Valley predates colonization by more than 1,000 years.
• Wildlife encounters: MPR News reports bear incidents are rising in Cass County, including an incident in which a bear entered an 85-year-old woman's home and kept returning after law enforcement scared it away.
• Rare wildlife footage: Al Jazeera published footage of a Pallas's cat, one of Iran's most elusive wild felines, captured in the country's northern mountains.

Sources

MPR News

• Can primary turnout carry over to November?
• Flock cameras face growing scrutiny across Minnesota
• Liberian official runs MN group homes from overseas
• Fmr. Anoka asst. attorney charged in prostitution ring
• Neighbors oppose scaled down plan to expand Ely lodge
• Native entrepreneurs helping build an economic future
• Bear incidents on the rise in Cass County

Al Jazeera

• Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country's history
• Thousands await aid after deadly Indonesia quake
• Kushner meets Netanyahu to push Trump Gaza plan
• At least six killed in Ukrainian missile attack on Belgorod
• Zambia incumbent takes early election lead
• Iran's top negotiator declares victory
• Japan's economy slows, missing growth forecasts
• At least seven dead in 'stampede-like' incident at India temple
• Will India's 'Cockroach' movement force Modi's BJP to rethink its politics?
• Inside the UK's 'stressful' cost of living crisis
• Outrage as Colombia's president hands out footballs
• Thieves steal Renaissance artworks in Italy heist
• Photos: Energy prices disrupt education on Cambodia's Tonle Sap lake
• Rare Pallas's cat captured on camera in northern Iran
• Rodri headed to Barcelona
• Scheffler wins St Jude Championship
• Cameroon win first Women's Africa Cup of Nations title