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ISRAEL IDENTIFIES THREE MORE HOSTAGE BODIES – Bodies of Israeli Hostages Returned by Hamas  Israel says three more bodies of hostages handed over by Hamas have been identified. The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed the victims are 20-year-old Tamir Nimrodi, 35-year-old Uriel Baruch, who was killed at the Nova music festival, and 53-year-old Eitan Levi, who had been missing for over two months. A fourth body returned overnight has not yet been identified, with reports suggesting it may not belong to a hostage. So far, Hamas has released 20 living hostages and 8 bodies under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal, while retaining…

WALL STREET ENDS MIXED – Banks rally on upbeat results Wall Street ended mixed on Tuesday as investors weighed upbeat bank earnings, fresh comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, and renewed U.S.-China trade tensions. Major lenders reported strong quarterly results, lifting the S&P 500 banking index, as investment banking profits beat expectations. But the broader market lost momentum after President Donald Trump said Washington was considering ending some trade ties with China, including restrictions on cooking oil imports. The comments followed new port fees and tariff threats between the two nations, which rattled global markets. At the close, the…

PERUVIAN PRESIDENT SWEARS IN TOP CABINET-Ernesto Alvarez has been sworn as Prime Minister and Head of the cabinet (EA) Peruvian President Jose Jeri has sworn in the first members of his cabinet, sending the most concrete signals yet about how his governing tenure would unravel.. Jeri swore in Ernesto Alvarez, the former head of Peru’s Constitutional Court, as his prime minister and head of the cabinet. 64 year old Alvarez served as a magistrate between 2007 and 2014, and presided over the body in 2012. Denisse Miralles, a former deputy economy minister with a market-friendly reputation, was sworn in as…

SOUTH KOREA TO SEND TEAM TO CAMBODIA -Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina will lead the team to Cambodia  The South Korean government will send a joint response team today to help its nationals who have been lured into working at online and phone scam centres in Cambodia. Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina will lead the team to Cambodia to look for a resolution to the involvement of South Koreans in what had become a “complex” scam industry based in the Southeast Asian country, South Korea’s National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac said. More than 1,000 South Koreans are believed to be…

EU LAUNCHES MAJOR CHILD SAFETY PROBE – The probe is into Snapchat, YouTube, the Apple App Store & Google Play FS The European Union (EU) has escalated its crackdown on Big Tech by launching a major investigation into whether Snapchat, YouTube, the Apple App Store, and Google Play are doing enough to protect minors from harmful content. The EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, initiated the first widespread investigative action under its stringent Digital Services Act (DSA), demanding that the tech giants provide exhaustive information on their child protection measures. The investigation focuses on two main areas: age verification and…

EU LEADERS BACK GAZA PEACE EFFORT AT SUMMIT – European Council President calls the summit a ‘Day of Hope’ European Council President Antonio Costa has called the Sharm el-Sheikh summit on Gaza “a day of hope for peace.” Speaking on Monday, Costa said lasting peace would require continued international commitment and praised the summit for bringing leaders together behind a plan to end the war in Gaza and move toward a two-state solution. He said the European Union is contributing through border control, police training, humanitarian aid, and financial support to the Palestinian Authority, to help rebuild and govern Gaza…

NATO CHIEF HOPES FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE- Mark Rutte says ‘This is a good day for peace and stability’  NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte voiced his hope that the ceasefire in Gaza could inspire efforts toward ending the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Rutte, at a news conference in Slovenia, said he hoped that the peace and stability in the Middle East would help Europe to establish peace in the aftermath of the aggression of both Russia and Ukraine. The ceasefire deal came two years after the October 7, 2023, cross-border Hamas assault that killed 1,200 people, with 251 taken hostage, the deadliest…

LABOUR MPs ASK REEVES TO SCRAP COUNCIL TAX-  Reeves faces mounting pressure to overhaul UK’s property taxes in next month’s budget More than a dozen Labour MPs have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, calling on her to scrap council tax, as the chancellor faces mounting pressure to overhaul Great Britain’s property taxes in next month’s budget. Thirteen MPs, mainly from seats in northern England, wrote to Reeves last month asking her to abolish the tax and replace it with another system that better accounts for the steep rise in house prices in London and the south-east…

U.S. PRESIDENT TRUMP ARRIVES IN ISRAEL- Israeli President and PM receives Trump at Ben Gurion Airport U.S. President Donald Trump landed at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport today as the first group of Israeli hostages were handed over by Hamas. Trump was met by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump. Hamas handed over the hostages seized in the October 7, 2023, attack on Monday, a key step in ending two years of devastating conflict in Gaza as part of a ceasefire deal pushed by Trump. The releases are one…

UK ANNOUNCES £20M AID PACKAGE FOR GAZA – Starmer pledges support at Egypt peace summit {MM} Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a new £20 million aid package to support water, sanitation, and hygiene services in Gaza. Speaking from Egypt, where world leaders have gathered for a summit aimed at ending the conflict, Starmer said the UK funding will be channelled through UNICEF, the World Food Programme, and the Norwegian Refugee Council — targeting those most affected by famine, malnutrition, and disease. The announcement comes as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds for a third day — marking the…