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Videos geolocated by CNN appear to show air defense systems engaging a projectile around 600 meters from the US Embassy compound in Baghdad.

Videos geolocated by CNN appear to show air defense systems engaging a projectile around 600 meters from the US Embassy compound in Baghdad.Videos geolocated by CNN appear to show air defense systems engaging a projectile around 600 meters from the US Embassy compound in Baghdad.

Four members of a Palestinian family, including two boys aged 5 and 7, who were out on a late-night drive after breaking the daily Ramadan fast, have been fatally shot by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials reported. Israel’s military said the soldiers opened fire because they felt threatened by the movement of the family’s car and that the incident is under investigation. The children were interviewed with permission of surviving family members. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond reports.After members of Iran’s women’s soccer team refused to sing their national anthem and were labeled “wartime traitors” by Iranian state media, seven were granted asylum in Australia. Now, only two remain after several reversed their decision. CNN’s Christina Macfarlane reports.The annual Al Quds Day demonstration in London, established by Iran’s first supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in support of Palestinians, drew heavy security and restrictions from UK authorities. CNN's international correspondent Jomana Karadsheh reports from the protest.If Iran pushes oil transporters to move to trade in yuan, what would it mean for the petrodollar, the system that keeps the US dollar the world’s dominant reserve currency? CNN’s Eleni Giokos explains the history of the petrodollar.Anti-government protesters attacked a Communist Party office in central Cuba, a state-run newspaper reported, in a rare outburst of public dissent triggered by blackouts exacerbated by a US oil blockade.Hundreds in Kuwait turned out to mourn a 33-year-old former national footballer and Border Force major killed in an Iranian drone strike. As Iran retaliates against US-Israeli airstrikes with attacks across the Gulf, Kuwait has become one of the deadliest locations for service personnel. CNN’s Nic Robertson reports.A sandstorm hit tent camps in southern and central Gaza, destroying shelters and blowing belongings away as thousands of displaced Palestinians battled strong winds to save their makeshift homes.

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