Summary of the most important news that eitb.eus will publish today.
These are the topics that will be central top headlines from next Tuesday, August 6, 2024:
– Middle East: The situation in the region is one of maximum alert, due to an imminent attack by Iran and its allies on Israel, following the assassination of the political leader of Hamas on Iranian soil, Ismail Haniyeh. Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, threatened to avenge the death and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard warned that Israel was “digging its grave”.
– Contact round in Catalonia: The President of the Parliament of Catalonia, Josep Rull, will begin this Tuesday the round of contacts prior to formalizing the call for the investiture session of Salvador Illa, once the ERC forces, as well as its youth, have approved their pre-election vote for the socialist candidate.
– Market situation: After a “black Monday”, due to fears of a recession in the United States, the main Asian stock markets – they are the only ones to open early – have recovered, and the Japanese Nikkei closed with a rise of 10.23%. biggest increase since 2008. Yesterday it fell by 12.40%, American Wall Street also closed its worst day in two years in the red and European stock markets lost about 2%.
Source: EITB

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