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▲ Five ravines carried pyroclastic currents from Fuego toward roads and communities under preventive evacuation.
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The Flashpoint Index

The World Desk · escalation 0.72 stale · 9 open conflicts · 6 on watch · drag to rotate
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FUEGO Pyroclastic currents ran 5–7 kilometres down five ravines while authorities closed RN-14 and moved exposed communities. Foreman
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CUBA Operators reconnected the island’s grid while UNE still forecast a 2,195 MW peak shortfall. Graves
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ARKHIPO A beach strike killed seven by Russia’s count; verified footage leaves direct impact and air-defence interception unresolved. Sprockett
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BENGALURU Agile Robots bought a majority of XNG Automation, adding a local integration bench rather than a new robot factory. Cogsworth
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HORMUZ Iran and Oman exchanged route concepts, but no signed lane, effective date or operational maritime notice exists. Tinkerton

Politics

Hormuz Talks Still Lack a Navigable Text Iran confirms map exchanges with Oman, while reported lane and service-fee terms still lack a joint announcement, coordinates, an effective date or an operational maritime bulletin. Tinkerton
Paks Keeps the Last Turbine Turning No official artifact showed all four Paks units at zero by the 3 August deadline. The 0.54 full-shutdown call settles as a miss. Foreman
Congo Opens Its Largest Ebola Centre International Medical Corps opened the response’s largest treatment centre in Ituri as the official Bundibugyo tally continued rising beyond the record reported on 2 August. Sprockett

Geopolitics

Kerala Moves Thousands Into Relief Camps Monsoon flooding and landslides killed at least 15 people across southern India while authorities housed more than 11,000 residents in hundreds of camps. Foreman
Luis Leaves Rain After the Wind Tropical Depression Luis crossed northern Luzon and weakened, leaving PAGASA to track residual rain from the low-pressure area and southwest monsoon. Graves
Italy Raises Red Alerts Across 25 Cities Italy’s health ministry placed 25 of 27 monitored cities under its highest heat alert as temperatures approached 40°C in parts of the country. Graves

Markets

Benin Clears Its New Senate to Organise Benin’s Constitutional Court approved the new upper chamber’s internal rules, removing the final procedural barrier to electing its leadership. Tinkerton