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Smoke billows from burning properties amid clashes in al-Mughayyir as Jewish settlers descend on the village following news that a missing Israeli teenager was found dead in the occupied West Bank. The disappearance of 14-year-old Benjamin Achimeir sparked a huge manhunt and attacks on Palestinian villages. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VID34PB6C2_EN
Aerial footage released by a pro-Ukraine militia shows an alleged drone attack on a Russian armoured military vehicle in a village on the Kursk border region. Additional images published by another volunteer group also claim to show a gun battle on the border. IMAGES
Lawyers for the plaintiffs and defence enter the courtroom in the trial of the Trebes and Carcassonne attacks for the closing arguments of the French National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office. Seven people are on trial in Paris over their connection to an Islamic State group follower who in 2018 killed four people in southern France. IMAGES
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares says that a spate of attacks targeting US-led troops in Iraq assisting the campaign against Islamic State group jihadists "need to stop". SOUNDBITE
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the UK will act again if Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen persist in attacking shipping in the Red Sea, speaking after a second round of joint US-UK strikes. "We urge the Huthis and those who enable them to stop these illegal and unacceptable attacks. But if necessary, the United Kingdom will not hesitate to respond in self-defence. We cannot stand by and allow these attacks to go unchallenged," he tells parliament. SOUNDBITE
The United States announces sanctions on Iraqi low-cost airline Fly Baghdad, saying it provided assistance to Iran's Revolutionary Guards and proxies, while also targeting leaders of a pro-Iranian Iraq militia for sanctions. US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tells reporters the sanctions are "designed to protect not only our financial system but our national security." SOUNDBITE