Editors split focus between a historic FIFA World Cup third-place match and the Sonam Wangchuk hunger strike. England's 6-4 victory over France, featuring a Bukayo Saka hat-trick and Kylian Mbappe breaking Messi's all-time World Cup goal record, dominated live sports coverage throughout the evening. Concurrently, the Delhi High Court declined Wangchuk's wife's plea to transfer him to a private hospital, ruling the government acted within its rights. This legal setback shifted the narrative toward a planned Parliament march, which Delhi Police declared unauthorized. The morning saw opposition walkouts over rebel TMC MPs' inclusion in an all-party meeting, while the US-Iran conflict escalated with American casualties in Jordan and retaliatory strikes.