World News Updates: Man hit by bullet in Trump shooting dies from injuries

Jim Copenhaver, one of the people wounded in the shooting at Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died from complications related to his injuries, Pennsylvania Attorney General said. Copenhaver, 76, was shot twice after a gunman opened fire from a nearby rooftop during the rally. The attack killed fellow attendee Corey Comperatore, while Trump was also injured after a bullet grazed his ear.

Trump-Xi meeting: US ⁠President ​Donald Trump ​on Friday ​said ⁠he had ‌a “very ⁠productive ⁠meeting” ⁠with Chinese ‌President Xi ​Jinping ‌and ‌that “tremendous ​things ​will ​be happening,” ​without offering ⁠further ‌details.

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A defence pact between Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan could turn into a broader pact “for the Muslim world” that includes Iran, Turkey’s parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus said on Friday, adding that it is expected to be submitted for ratification from next month. The regional powers signed the “Mecca Joint Defence Agreement” in August, weeks before Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis launched ⁠attacks ​against Saudi Arabia, in reaction to the wider Iran war.

On the other side, Kremlin said on Friday that a trilateral meeting between the US, Russia and Ukraine to discuss efforts to end the four-and-a-half year ⁠conflict ​in Ukraine could happen soon. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who said there were no details about the potential meeting to add for ⁠now, ⁠also said that Kirill Dmitriev, Russia’s presidential envoy, ⁠was ‌in the United ​States where he had ‌been talking to the US negotiators and focusing ‌on ​the ​question of ​potential economic cooperation.

Key world developments:

• Pezeshkian says ending the war is now America’s choice, not Iran’s.
• Iran wants the June ceasefire understanding revived before the US midterms in November.
• A Hormuz reopening for sanctions relief is reportedly being discussed by negotiators.
• Netanyahu predicts internal Iranian political change while claiming military victory.
• UAE has suspended Iranian airline flights; Houthi-Saudi missile exchanges continue in the Red Sea.
• Crude oil exports via Hormuz at 33.7 million barrels this week, data shows.

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