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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • The Israel Defense Forces reportedly recover the bodies of six hostages from the Khan Younis area, who were kidnapped by Hamas in the initial October 7, 2023 attack. (Reuters)
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least twelve Palestinians, including two children, are killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school used to shelter displaced people in Gaza City. (Middle East Eye)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russia claims that its forces have taken control of New York in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• Ukrainian lawmakers pass a bill to ban the activities of all Russia-associated religious groups across Ukraine, including the Ukrainian Orthodox Church following arrests of dozens of its clerics on treason charges for claimed involvement in Russian espionage and the transfer of one to Russia in a prisoner swap. (Reuters) (AP)

International relations

• Haiti–United States relations, Illegal drug trade in Haiti
  • The United States Treasury Department imposes sanctions on former Haitian President Michel Joseph Martelly for allegedly using his influence to facilitate drug trafficking in the country and into the United States. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Suspected serial killer Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, accused of murdering 42 women, escapes from police custody in Nairobi, Kenya. (Al Jazeera)
• The Taliban's virtue ministry dismisses 281 members of the security force for failing to grow a beard and announces that they destroyed 21,328 musical instruments in the past year and prevented thousands of computer operators from selling immoral and unethical films in markets. (Al Arabiya)
• Former US Representative George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, which will carry a sentence of at least two years. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Germany–Iran relations
  • Following the ordered closure of the Islamic Centre Hamburg in Germany, Iran orders the closure of two branches of a German language school in Tehran for "breaching Iranian law, committing various illegal actions and extensive financial violations." Germany summons the Iranian ambassador in response. (DW)

Science and technology

• BMW recalls over 720,000 vehicles due to an issue with degrading electrical connectors that could potentially cause a vehicle fire. (AP)

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