Happy Thursday. It’s a heavy news day, with a war that refuses to quiet down and some big shakeups in business, but stick around because there’s a record-breaking dinosaur waiting at the end.

The stories worth your time

1. Trump threatens to bomb bridges and power plants unless Iran resumes talks (BBC). The war entered a fourth straight day of strikes, and the fallout is already showing up in oil prices and shipping costs around the world.
2. China’s economic growth falls sharply, missing its target (BBC). When the world’s second largest economy stumbles, the ripples reach prices, jobs, and markets far beyond China.
3. Volkswagen is planning to cut up to 100,000 jobs globally (BBC). One of the world’s biggest carmakers is shrinking fast under pressure from Chinese rivals, a stark sign of how hard the auto transition is hitting Europe.
4. Xbox workers stunned after jobs ‘bloodbath’ (BBC). Microsoft is letting 3,200 games staff go, and the shakeup says a lot about where big tech thinks gaming is headed.
5. Warren Buffett stops donations to Bill Gates’ charity (BBC). The decision comes weeks after Gates faced Congress over his Epstein links, and it could reshape one of the largest philanthropic operations on the planet.
6. Trump will speak on elections in a Thursday primetime address (NPR). Worth watching tonight, since the president is expected to push for tighter federal voting rules ahead of the November midterms.
7. Trump pays writer E Jean Carroll $5m in damages over sexual abuse and defamation (BBC). After years of appeals the payment has finally been made, closing a long chapter in a case that tested whether courts can hold a president to account.
8. Seven Britons among the 13 killed in Spain’s wildfires (BBC). Europe’s brutal fire season keeps claiming lives, and this blaze hit a village full of foreign residents especially hard.
9. A new era for Gibraltar as 118-year-old border controls with Spain come down (BBC). Some good news for once. Crowds celebrated at midnight as the old fence was removed and free movement began.
10. A Tyrannosaurus rex just became the most expensive dinosaur ever sold (BBC). A 67 million year old skeleton set an auction record in New York, and scientists worry these fossils are vanishing into private hands.

That’s the roundup for today. All credit goes to the original reporters at the BBC and NPR, and the links above take you straight to their work. See you tomorrow.