🇮🇱 New Israeli strikes test Gaza ceasefire
Israel carried out new strikes in Gaza overnight while saying it still backs the ceasefire with Hamas. Mediators are working to keep the fragile truce from collapsing, but the escalation threatens to derail humanitarian aid efforts and further destabilize the region..
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🆘 Sudan’s war worsens as El Fasher falls and civilians flee
Aid groups say only a trickle of people are escaping El Fasher after the Rapid Support Forces, a powerful paramilitary group, seized the city, with reports of killings in a maternity hospital and thousands displaced. The fighting threatens a famine-hit region and blocks humanitarian access for millions.
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🏛️ Trump urges scrapping Senate filibuster to end shutdown
President Trump called on Republicans to eliminate the 60-vote rule to break the funding impasse that has resulted in the current government shutdown, now a month long. Changing Senate rules would be a major shift in U.S. lawmaking and could speed a deal that affects paychecks, benefits, and data releases.
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⚖️ Yemen’s Houthis say 43 detained UN staff will face trial
The group that controls much of Yemen said dozens of United Nations employees detained earlier this year will be tried over alleged links to an Israeli strike that killed top Houthi leaders back in August. Putting UN staff in court could deepen the humanitarian crisis and complicate aid operations in one of the world’s poorest countries.
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💶 ECB holds rates as eurozone shows resilience
The European Central Bank kept its key rate at 2 percent for a third straight meeting, saying policy is in a good place as growth and inflation trend steadily. That steadiness helps borrowing costs across the bloc and signals fewer near-term policy surprises for markets.
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