LEBANON: Israeli air strikes killed one person and injured eight today while targeting Hezbollah infrastructure that Israel claims violates a US-brokered ceasefire. 

Tensions have surged amid claims that Hezbollah is regrouping, while the resistance group vows not to disarm as long as Israel occupies Lebanese territory. 

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam reaffirmed Lebanon’s push for Israeli withdrawal as civilians fled schools and institutions closed following the latest attacks near Nabatieh.

TURKEY: Social media platform X has blocked access to jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s account in response to a court order, despite stating that it disagrees with the decision and is appealing against it. 

Mr Imamoglu, a top rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was arrested in March on corruption charges that are widely seen as politically motivated. 

His detention has sparked a backlash in defence of free speech and against the government's democratic backsliding, with supporters urging continued online solidarity.

KOREAN PENINSULA: Pyongyang launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles into the sea today, with some travelling up to 500 miles.

The launches, North Korea’s sixth this year, are seen as provocative by South Korea. 

They came the day after North Korean state media said President Kim Jong Un had urged munition workers to boost production of artillery shells.

UNITED STATES: Three former Memphis police officers have been acquitted of all state charges, including second-degree murder, over the 2023 beating to death of Tyre Nichols, a black man whose killing during a traffic stop sparked national protests. 

Civil rights leaders condemned Wednesday’s verdict, calling for Congress to pass stalled police reform legislation.

The Nichols family is pursuing a $550 million (£414m) lawsuit in a case that found systemic civil rights violations by the police force and the officers still face sentencing in a federal civil rights case.