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The Israeli military has said that a ceasefire in Gaza would hold after it was seriously tested by an attack that killed two Israeli soldiers and a wave of airstrikes that killed 36 Palestinians.

A cargo plane has skidded off the runway into the sea while landing at Hong Kong International Airport.

Eight "priceless" objects stolen in a daring heist at the Louvre museum in Paris have been named by the French culture ministry.

Israel has identified the body of a dead hostage returned by Hamas.

A football derby in Tel Aviv between Hapoel and Maccabi has been cancelled after "violent riots", according to Israeli police, although one club has criticised officers who appeared to be "preparing for war rather than a sporting event".

Exiled Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has claimed that Vladimir Putin is signalling that he is prepared to strike a deal on Ukraine with Donald Trump.

Two survivors of a US airstrike, targeting what Donald Trump has described as a "drug-carrying submarine" in the Caribbean, have been repatriated to their home countries.

Russia's investment envoy has said research into the feasibility of a tunnel joining the US and Russia started "six months ago".

Former Everton and Real Madrid footballer Royston Drenthe has been taken to hospital after having a stroke, according to a Dutch and Belgian football group.

Before Donald Trump met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he hosted one of his favourite singers, Andrea Bocelli, in the Oval Office.