GREECE: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined sweeping constitutional reforms today that would legally require artificial intelligence to “serve individual freedom and social wellbeing.”

The proposed changes — which also include expanding postal voting and extending compulsory schooling — must pass two successive parliaments and will require cross-party support.

US: Twelve Democratic senators have written to US Central Command demanding answers over US co-ordination with Israel in declaring mass evacuation zones in Lebanon and Iran, warning the practice likely violates international humanitarian law.

The letter, led by Vermont senator Peter Welch and co-signed by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, describes the zones as effectively functioning as “kill zones” and marks a growing shift among congressional Democrats over US military complicity in Israeli operations.

SOUTH KOREA: A Seoul appeals court has reduced the prison sentence of former prime minister Han Duck-soo from 23 to 15 years for his role in ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed imposition of martial law in December 2024.

The court today upheld convictions, including that Mr Han sought to legitimise the illegal decree through a cabinet endorsement and discussed plans to cut off utilities to critical media outlets.

NIGERIA: Nine people — seven children and two women — abducted from an illegally operating Islamic orphanage in Kogi State last month have been rescued by Nigerian troops.

The victims were found in a forest area on Wednesday nearly two weeks after gunmen seized 23 pupils from the orphanage in Lokoja on April 26, with 15 others having been freed immediately after the attack.