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Former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, was arrested on Wednesday as part of a corruption probe. He was released soon after being detained on arrival in Madrid from the Dominican Republic. 

The World Central Kitchen (WCK) and another US charity it works with, ANERA, have announced they are pausing operations in Gaza following the strike on an aid convoy that killed seven workers – including three British nationals. 

Taiwan has been struck by its most powerful earthquake in 25 years, killing at least seven and injuring at least 700. The 7.7 magnitude caused buildings to collapse, power outages and landslides on the island. The quake has sparked tsunami warnings in southern Japan and the Philippines. 

The three British aid workers who lost their lives in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza have been named. Among the casualties were John Chapman, 57, James Henderson, 33, and James Kirby, 47, who were part of a group of seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) personnel killed during Monday’s strike.

A shooting at a school in Finland has killed one child and seriously injured two others. All three victims of the shooting are 12 years old, and the suspected shooter is also 12. He initially fled the scene but was later apprehended.

A devastating fire has claimed the lives of at least 29 individuals and left one person injured at a nightclub in Turkey. The Masquerade nightclub, situated in the basement of a high-rise building, became engulfed in flames shortly after midday, according to Istanbul governor Davut Gül. 

Botswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has warned Germany that he will send 20,000 elephants to the European country as a political dispute between the two continues. 

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards report that seven officers have lost their lives in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Iranian consulate building in Damascus, the capital of Syria. Among the deceased are Brig-Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a high-ranking commander of the elite Quds Force, and Brig-Gen Mohammad Hadi Haji-Rahimi, his deputy.

The World Central Kitchen (WCK) has said they will suspend operations in Gaza following the death of seven of its workers in Israeli air strikes. The WCK says the workers killed were British, Australian, Polish, Palestinian and a dual US-Canadian citizen.

The international food charity said the workers were part of an aid convoy leaving a warehouse in central Gaza.

Donald Trump has posted a $175m (£140m) bond in his New York civil fraud case. The former US president was originally ordered to pay the full $464m judgement against him but an appeals court said he could pay the smaller sum within 10 days. 

Five packages wrapped in plastic, suspected to contain cocaine, have washed ashore on Sydney beaches. Discovered by beach visitors at Freshwater and Curl Curl on Monday, these parcels, totalling 5kg in weight, were confiscated by law enforcement.

Israel is set to ban Al Jazeera after the Israeli parliament approved a law giving the government the power to ban broadcasts of TV channels. PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he would “act immediately” to close the Qatari-owned network local office. 

French investigators have located the remains of a toddler who disappeared in 2023, a case that deeply affected the nation. A prosecutor stated on Sunday that investigators are now focused on determining the circumstances surrounding the boy’s death.

Republican congressman Tim Walberg of Michigan has made shocking remarks suggesting that rather than providing humanitarian aid to Gaza, the US should consider subjecting it to nuclear bombing akin to “Nagasaki and Hiroshima” at the end of World War II.

A car bombing targeted a busy market in northern Syria, resulting in the deaths of at least seven people. The attack, which occurred in the town of Azaz in Aleppo province near the Turkish border, also left several others wounded.

Turkey’s primary opposition party has claimed major triumphs in the key urban centres of Istanbul and Ankara. It deals a blow to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who aimed to reclaim control of these cities less than a year after winning a third presidential term.

Officials report that the remains of eight Chinese citizens were discovered on a shoreline in the Mexican state of Oaxaca following a boat overturning. The incident occurred on Friday along a common path used by undocumented migrants aiming to reach the United States.

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Russia has terminated a United Nations expert panel responsible for overseeing sanctions against North Korea, a group that has operated for several years. Last week, the panel announced an investigation into allegations that Russia violated regulations by procuring North Korean weaponry, including ballistic missiles, for deployment in Ukraine.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations’ highest judicial body, has ordered Israel to take measures to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into the war-ravaged enclave.

Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for defrauding customers and investors of his now-defunct firm. The once-billionaire was a prominent face of cryptocurrency until the company’s sudden collapse in 2022.

Maryland’s governor has unveiled early plans to address the aftermath of the Baltimore bridge collapse, which saw a cargo ship collide with the bridge and collapse, resulting in the deaths of six people. In support of these efforts, the Biden administration has greenlit emergency funding totalling $60 million (£47 million), as requested by Maryland.

Authorities in South Africa report that forty-five have died after a bus veered off a bridge, plummeting approximately 50 meters (165 feet) into a ravine. The sole survivor, an eight-year-old girl, sustained severe injuries and was rushed to the hospital. 

A UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories has said there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel is “committing the crime of genocide against the Palestinians as a group in Gaza.” 

The White House has confirmed that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has agreed to reschedule a planned US-Israeli official meeting to discuss a possible operation in Rafah, just days after Netanyahu cancelled the delegation.