- Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire resolution adopted by the UN Security Council, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri tells the Reuters news agency.
- Israel’s military says it has carried out targeted raids in Rafah, taking out fighter cells and calling in air strikes throughout southern and central Gaza.
- At least eight people have been killed, most of them children, and several injured in an Israeli attack on an apartment in Gaza City.
- Israel’s UN ambassador says after the vote on the ceasefire resolution that her country “will not engage in meaningless and endless negotiations, which can be exploited by Hamas”.
A testimony from an injured person regarding Israel’s operation in Nuseirat
One of the injured people [in the Israeli operation to rescue the four captives] was saying that they were getting ready to eat when they suddenly heard loud explosions and saw dozens of Israeli helicopters opening fire against multiple areas in Nuseirat refugee camp.
Later on, they heard the sound of Israeli tanks. And after that, Israeli special forces stormed this injured person’s house, arresting his father and his grandpa. At the same time, one of the Israeli special forces’ soldiers opened fire against him, and he was shot in his chest and his abdomen. He’s now receiving treatment at Al-Aqsa Hospital.
Revealed: drug cartels force migrant children to work as foot soldiers in Europe’s booming cocaine trade
Exclusive: Guardian investigation shows white powder trail linking hundreds of vulnerable African minors with ruthless gangs
Hundreds of unaccompanied child migrants across Europe are being forced to work as soldiers for increasingly powerful drug cartels to meet the continent’s soaring appetite for cocaine, a Guardian investigation has found.
EU police forces have warned of industrial-scale exploitation of African children by cocaine networks operating in western Europe in cities including Paris and Brussels as they seek to expand Europe’s £10bn cocaine market.
Child protection agencies warned that cocaine gangs, which are exploiting the “unlimited” supply of vulnerable African children at their disposal, are using brutal means to control their victims, including torture and rape if they fail to sell enough drugs.
How will the EU elections impact Southeast Asia?
A weak showing for green and left-wing parties and surges by the far right could see the EU adopt a more protectionist and less environmentally focused foreign policy.
The outcome of the 2024 European Parliament elections will play out in the coming weeks, with perhaps the biggest question being whether Ursula von der Leyen, the incumbent European Commission president, can secure a second term at the helm of the EU executive arm.
This will have implications for Southeast Asia, which has increasingly aligned with the EU and now considers the European bloc a "strategic partner" of its own regional alliance.
According to analysts, the substantial losses resulting from Europe's green and liberal policies may undermine European involvement in Southeast Asia's environmental initiatives and impede free trade.
Russia, Belarus launch second stage of joint tactical nuclear weapons drills
Russia and its ally Belarus on Tuesday launched a second stage of drills intended to train their troops in tactical nuclear weapons, part of the Kremlin's efforts to discourage the West from ramping up support for Ukraine.
In announcing the nuclear maneuvers last month, the Russian Defense Ministry said they were in response to “provocative statements and threats of certain Western officials regarding the Russian Federation.”
The Kremlin has expressed outrage after French President Emmanuel Macron said he doesn't exclude deploying troops to Ukraine, and the U.S. and some other NATO allies allowed Kyiv to use the weapons supplied by them for striking targets on the Russian territory.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that such drills and maintaining combat readiness are important in view of the “hostile decisions and actions” by the U.S. and its allies in Europe and their “daily provocations.”
Malawi vice president killed in plane crash along with 9 other passengers
Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima has been killed in a plane crash along with nine other passengers, the country’s President Lazarus Chakwera announced Tuesday.
The aircraft went missing after it failed to land at the Mzuzu International Airport, about 380 km (240 miles) to the north of the capital Lilongwe. The wreckage of the plane has been located, Chakwera said in an address to the nation.
“The search and rescue operation I ordered to find the missing plane that carried our vice president and nine others has been completed. The plane has been found. And I am deeply saddened and sorry to inform you that it has turned out to be a terrible tragedy,” Chakwera said.
Four US college instructors stabbed in public park in China
By Laura Bicker & Frances Mao, in Beijing and Singapore
Police in China have arrested a 55-year-old man after four US university tutors were stabbed at a public park.
The Iowa Cornell College instructors were taken to hospital after a "serious incident" during the daytime attack in the northern province of Jilin, a college statement said.
Iowa Representative Adam Zabner said his brother, David, was one of the four instructors injured in what he described as a stabbing.
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