Russian Defence Ministry says about 13,000 aerial targets were shot down over Russian airspace in June.

Trump said he would wait out the storm and would not allow rain to interrupt the 250th anniversary events.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu defended building settlements around occupied Jerusalem, saying the measures aim "to safeguard Jerusalem's territorial unity." The United Nations has long held that settlement construction on occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, violates international law; such unilateral steps undermine the two-state framework, impede the peace process and lack legal force or broad international recognition. The final status of Jerusalem must be resolved through equal negotiations under international law, the statement said, and unilateral changes to its status have no legal effect.