Iran says it has agreed a shipping route with Oman in the Strait of Hormuz that could pave the way for the vital waterway to reopen.

It follows more military threats from US President Donald Trump, if Iran doesn’t agree to a deal for free passage.

Meanwhile, Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they have attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea, while Israel has conducted strikes in southern Lebanon, accusing Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire.

And inside Iran, the UN say 56 people have been executed since mid-March on charges relating to national security.

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The recent youth-led protests have weakened Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “terribly”, says leading activist Sonam Wangchuk whose hunger strike galvanised the movement.

Wangchuk told the BBC that the atmosphere in the country had changed following mass demonstrations which triggered the resignation of the education minister on 25 July.

Young people now have more confidence they can “change things if they want to” and feel they don’t have to “take everything lying down”, the 59-year-old said.

The “cockroach” movement mounted one of the biggest public displays of dissent against Modi’s government, which has been in power since 2014.

The movement takes its name from a remark by India’s chief justice, who drew criticism after comparing sections of unemployed young people to “cockroaches” during a court hearing.

Wangchuk fasted in scorching heat in the capital, Delhi, for 26 days in June and July, consuming only salt and water. He says he has now regained six of the 11kg he lost.

The activist was forcibly taken to hospitals which he says were “more like prisons” for the final six days of his fast.

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned the day after Wangchuk ended his hunger strike.

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The president of the Aeon Mall in Kumamoto, Japan, where a large explosion took place following Tuesday’s earthquake, says that three people have been killed and three people are still missing following the disaster.

Akio Yoshida also said that four people were transported to hospital from the mall and that the cause of the explosion remains under investigation.

The quake hit the country’s south-west region with a magnitude of 6.8.

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