July 27 2000 UTC Brief

In U.S. politics President Trump is pressing Senate Republicans to stay in Washington through the August recess and pass the SAVE America Act, his push for a proof-of-citizenship voting bill. At the same time, his administration is asking the Supreme Court to let an executive order targeting mail-in voting take effect before the midterms, a move that could change how ballots are handled in several states. He is also trying to sell his economic record in Michigan, even as voters stay sour on prices and the broader economy. The polling has not exactly been cooperative. In the war in Ukraine Ukrainian drones have struck supply lines linking Russia and Iran across the Caspian Sea, according to The Wall Street Journal, opening a new front in the wider conflict. The attacks come as the Senate prepares to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and consider tougher sanctions on Russia and its trading partners. In Europe A van drove into a Pride parade crowd in Berlin, killing one person and injuring 29 others. Police shot dead the suspect, whom they described as an Islamist who had recently been released on licence. In U.S. courts The trial of Lindsay Clancy is underway, with her former husband Patrick Clancy testifying that he found the bodies of their children after returning home on the day of the killings. Clancy has said postpartum psychosis drove the killings. In New Hampshire, prosecutors said 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez exchanged final texts with singer D4vd before her phone went silent after she arrived at his home, details laid out in court at a hearing tied to her killing.