Ishiba Vows to Stay in Power to Tackle U.S. Tariff Threats

Welcome again to World Brief, where we look at how JapanThe election results can hinder it we Commercial conversations, Israeli The attack forces GazaThe main humanitarian aid center, and a deadly plane crashes in Bangladesh.

The election defeat

On Monday, Japanese Prime Minister Shigro Ishiba pledged to stay in office despite his ruling alliance, which is suffering from a devastating defeat in the Senate elections on Sunday. The center’s right leader confirmed that he must oversee the ongoing tariff talks with the United States and address other urgent issues, such as high consumer prices. But with opposition now weighing a possible vote without confidence against him, Ishiba days may be numbered in his post.

Welcome again to World Brief, where we look at how JapanThe election results can hinder it we Commercial conversations, Israeli The attack forces GazaThe main humanitarian aid center, and a deadly plane crashes in Bangladesh.

The election defeat

On Monday, Japanese Prime Minister Shigro Ishiba pledged to stay in office despite his ruling alliance, which is suffering from a devastating defeat in the Senate elections on Sunday. The center’s right leader confirmed that he must oversee the ongoing tariff talks with the United States and address other urgent issues, such as high consumer prices. But with opposition now weighing a possible vote without confidence against him, Ishiba days may be numbered in his post.

“While painfully feel my serious responsibility for the election results, I think I must also fulfill my responsibility to the country and people so that it does not cause policy to stop or go to a large extent,” Ishiba said on Monday.

Before this weekend elections, local voting showed that most voters were prioritizing inflation and high migration expertise. That was translated into unprecedented victories of Ishiba’s opponents. The Prime Minister-by operating its liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Komito Allies-has found only 47 out of 50 seats to ensure its majority in the 248 seats legislative body. Instead, the Constitutional Democratic Party in the left in the left ranked second with 22 seats, and the right -wing Sansito party went from one seat to 15 locations in total.

This means that Ishiba no longer has easy control over the upper or lower homes of parliament; Last October, the Democratic Democratic Party lost control of the most powerful lower room, which represents a major disturbance of the Japan Governing Party for most of its history after World War II.

Ishiba is expected to adhere to his coalition partners while also seeking more cooperation with the opposition parties to pass his commercial plans. This week, Japanese Economic Minister Riozi Akazawa traveled to Washington in the eighth round of the tariff talks, where negotiations are expected to focus on concluding a deal to stop the planned tariff by 25 percent in Tokyo before the deadline of US President Donald Trump passes.

“We are currently participating in the winding tariff negotiations with the United States,” Ishia said on Sunday. “I have met my face to face with President Trump twice and spoke to him several times on the phone. This is something that we should not give up.”

But after it has now lost control of both higher and lower homes, Ishiba may be struggled to persuade legislators to support any commercial agreement it is making with Washington, especially if the deal involves concessions on sensitive industries, such as agriculture, where food prices (such as those on rice) are at the highest historical levels.

To address the retreat of the opposition, experts suspect that ISHIIBA may have to satisfy the far -right demands, such as lowering taxes, lowering spending on social welfare, and tightening immigration policies. Japan is the most debtor nation in terms of debt to GDP as well as the fourth largest economy in the world, which means that any discomfort for investors in response to these measures can have severe consequences for the global market.

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The world this week

Tuesday, July 22: Trump hosts Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Junior at the White House.

German counselor Friedrich Mirz hosts Czech Prime Minister Peter Viela in Berlin.

Representatives of China, Iran and Russia represent nuclear talks in Tehran.

Wednesday, July 23: Mirz hosts French President Emmanuel Macron in Berlin.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins a two -day visit to the United Kingdom.

Tokyo hosts the European Union and Japan leaders summit, along with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Lin, and European Council President Antonio Costa.

Thursday, July 24: Chinese President Xi Jin Ping von der Lyen in Beijing is hosting as part of the European Union summit, which Costa also attends.

Friday, July 25: The head of Maldives, Mohamed Mouizo Modi, will host a two -day visit.

Iran holds nuclear talks with France, Germany and the United Kingdom in Istanbul.

Saturday, July 26: Taiwan opposition holds the Commentang Party elections for 24 legislators.

What we are following

Attacks on the aid center. Israeli forces fired air strikes and ground operation in the city of Deir Blan in Gaza, in Gaza, on Monday. Deir Al -Raheb is the main axis of the humanitarian efforts in Gaza and one of the last remaining areas in the region, which has not been severely damaged in the war since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began in October 2023. The Israeli military claim that Hamas maintains the hostages in the Monastery of Al -Falah; 50 people remain in the group’s families, who are believed to be only 20 years old.

The attacks on the Monastery of Al -Bala follow a weekend of the deadly Israeli attacks on the Palestinians looking for food, where at least 32 people were killed on Saturday and about 85 others were killed on Sunday. According to the United Nations World Food Program, the majority of the dead were collected on Sunday – one one for Palestinians who seek aid in 21 months – near a US auxiliary convoy that provides accurate. The Israeli army said that the Sunday incident began when its forces fired “warning footage” of “removing an immediate threat to them.”

Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed while trying to reach food in Gaza in recent months. International rights and bodies accused Israel of dropping humanitarian aid by creating a food distribution system that requires people to travel long distances to reach limited supplies of aid, even as the region approaches collective hunger.

Training the tragedy of the trip. At least 20 people were killed, and more than 170 were wounded on Monday after a Bangladesh Air Force training plane crashed into a school facility in the capital of Dhaka. According to the local authorities, the F-7 BGI has witnessed a mechanical failure shortly after taking off from a military base in Coritola. The temporary leader of Bangladesh, Mohamed Yunus, said the government was investigating the incident, and announced a national day of mourning on Tuesday.

The military spokesman, a spokesman for Colonel Sami Audi Doula Chaudhry, said that the pilot “made a courage to divert the plane away from the densely populated areas.” “Despite his best, the plane collided … with a two -storey building belonging to the school and college of Milestone.” The pilot was among those who were killed.

This is a widespread aircraft disaster in South Asia in recent weeks. Last month, a plane from India has collided with the Medicine College of Medicine in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, killing at least 270 people in the world’s worst disaster in the world in a decade.

Possible conversations. Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski announced on Monday that peace talks with Russia are being planned for this week in Türkiye. This was the first time that Ukraine has indicated a dialogue that Trump agreed to facilitate the transfer of US weapons to Ukraine through their European allies. This, in addition to threatening sanctions in the last White House against Moscow, can put Kiev in a better position to negotiate.

However, Moscow said it was waiting for an accurate history before it is committed to negotiations. “There is a draft note,” said Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Carmamin. “There is a draft note that has been delivered by the Ukrainian side. There is an exchange of opinions and conversations on these drafts, which oppose in a cut way so far.”

Russia and Ukraine held two rounds of peace talks in Istanbul this year, both of which led to the release of thousands of prisoners. But the previous negotiations did not stop obtaining a ceasefire deal, as Russia refuses to separate from the occupied Ukrainian lands and rejects any proposal that allows Kyiv to join NATO in the future.

Overnight, Russia launched about 450 missiles and drones in Ukrainian territory. Zelinski said that 23 projectiles, in addition to wreckage, had fallen through three sites, including kindergarten, residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure. The attack was killed at least two people and about 16 others were injured.

Difficulties end

Cuba may have a moment of Mary Antoinette. Last Tuesday, Cuban Labor Minister Marta Elena Veto resigned for her claim that “in Cuba, there are no beggars,” adding, “We have seen people who seem beggars, but when you look at their hands, when you look at the clothes that these people wear, they deny as beggars.” Cuban citizens rushed to compare Feitó’s comments with the memes that show the phrase “Let them eat the cake” – a lies lied to the absolute queen Mary Antoinette during the French Revolution in the 1990s. Within 24 hours of Feitó’s comments, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Konel accused her of his lack of sympathy and announced a 50 percent increase in retirement pensions that start in September.