1 Mourners take to Tehran streets for Khamenei funeral procession
Mourners began lining the streets of Tehran ahead of a massive funeral procession for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to Reuters news agency footage. The procession, which includes funeral prayers, will follow a 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) route from Imam Hossein Square to Azadi Square. Outside the Grand Mosalla, where the coffins of Khamenei and members of his family were laid out over the weekend, video from Reuters showed people scrawling messages in chalk on the wall of the mosque complex. Later this week, processions are expected to take place in the Iranian city of Qom and in Iraq, before Khamenei’s burial in the town he was born.
2 Firework Hits Delta Flight Landing In Chicago
A Delta Air Lines flight was struck by a firework as it came in to land at Chicago's Midway International Airport on the Fourth of July. Delta Flight 1076, an Airbus A319 arriving from Atlanta with 52 passengers and six crew members, made contact with the firework during its descent around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Air traffic control audio captured the crew radioing that they felt a big bang, hoping it was just a mortar that went off beneath the plane. A controller had warned of multiple homes near the approach shooting off fireworks. The jet landed safely and taxied to the gate, with no injuries reported and only minor paint damage. It was pulled from service for a full inspection, and the FAA is investigating.
3 Seven OPEC Countries Agree To Expand Monthly Oil Production
Seven countries in the OPEC+ oil-producing alliance agreed yesterday to modestly boost their oil output next month, bringing more crude online as fuel prices slide. The group said Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman will together raise production by 188,000 barrels per day in August. It was the fifth month in a row the alliance agreed to increase output, and the move follows a sharp drop in oil prices before and after the U.S. and Iran reached an interim deal to end their war, which included reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude, the international benchmark, closed under $72 a barrel on Friday, close to prewar levels and far below the nearly $120 it hit in March. The group said it would keep watching the market closely and stressed a cautious approach.