July 20 0800 UTC Brief

In Ukraine Ukraine says it sent about 400 drones toward Moscow overnight, a day after one of Russia’s biggest ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv. In the Odesa region, a Russian strike hit a merchant ship carrying grain and flying the flag of Guinea-Bissau, killing 10 people. The vessel had crew members from Syria and India, along with a local Ukrainian pilot. In Britain Edinburgh’s Arthur’s Seat caught fire for the second time this summer, with crews sending six appliances to the hillside and police closing nearby roads. Fire officials said there were no reported casualties and asked nearby residents to keep windows and doors shut while crews worked. Separately, the government is consulting on a plan that could let energy suppliers remotely reduce some home heat pump output during peak demand, in return for discounted tariffs. Ministers say participation would be voluntary. Critics say it could leave households with less control when the weather is most uncooperative. In the United States A human rights report says conditions at Camp East Montana, the largest ICE detention center in the country, are so severe that detainees described it as a “graveyard for living people.” The report puts another bright light on a system that already had plenty of glare. Samsung is cutting 739 U.S. jobs as it moves its American headquarters from New Jersey to Texas, affecting more than 60 percent of its New Jersey staff. The company says the move is part of a broader shift in its U.S. consumer electronics operation. In Singapore Singapore’s prime minister says a minister has resigned over his interactions with a woman, another reminder that the city-state’s famously spotless political image still needs regular polishing. In tech and space SpaceX is preparing Starship Flight 13 for a launch from Texas as early as Thursday, with the mission set to carry 20 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites. It is a key test for a rocket system meant to help deliver faster internet service on a much larger scale.