Somalia’s defence ministry said on Aug 29 a joint Somali-Turkish naval operation freed the cargo vessel Latufu, seized on Aug 17 in northeast Somali waters. The 10-day operation destroyed four pirate boats, killed 14 pirates and forced the remainder to abandon the ship, and was carried out under a Somalia-Turkey defence cooperation agreement.

On Aug. 29 Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet confirmed it had evacuated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s eldest son, Yair, and his security detail from the United States after a “significant” security threat. Yair said on Aug. 24 that Iran had “tried to assassinate one of his sons” but did not identify which son or timing; subsequent reporting named Yair as the target while living in Florida.

Prime Minister Burnham has abandoned two green levies pushed by former PM Starmer, indefinitely shelving plans to bring waste incineration facilities and domestic ports into the UK emissions trading scheme (ETS). The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said the ETS expansion will be suspended indefinitely, and the Department for Transport said plans to charge ports for at‑berth emissions under the ETS are also dropped. Officials cited growing government concern that regulatory costs are adding to consumer prices and worsening household living standards. Officials now plan to levy a carbon emissions tax on shipping firms instead of port‑level ETS charges.