Airlines expect over $30 bn in profits and passengers to hit nearly five billion in 2024: IATA

• Total revenues expected to reach $996 billion in 2024, countered by total expenses estimated at $936 billion
• Airlines may not replace pilots with AI but the new tech is already revolutionizing the business

Trump warns jail time could be ‘breaking point’ for supporters

• The warning will resonate in a country already concerned about the prospect of civil unrest and political harassment in the run-up to the November election
• Trump will now be running as a felon, and he has repeatedly refused to commit to accepting the result should he lose to President Joe Biden

12 pro-regime fighters killed in Israeli strike near Syria’s Aleppo: NGO

• Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on its northern neighbour since the outbreak of Syria's civil war, mainly targeting army positions and Iran-backed fighters
• While it rarely comments on individual strikes in Syria, Israel has repeatedly said it will not allow its arch-enemy Iran to expand its presence there

Gaza mothers search for milk as malnutrition hits amid Israeli siege on aid

• At least 32 people, many of them children, have died of malnutrition in Gaza since the war broke out on October 7 following an unprecedented attack by Hamas on Israel.
• On Saturday, the World Health Organization said that more than four in five children had gone a whole day without eating at least once in 72 hours.

Saudi Aramco begins second share offering, may fetch $12bn

• Meetings with institutional investors were set to run through Thursday while about 10 percent of the shares would be offered to retail investors from Monday.
• It is the firm's second listing after an initial public offering in December 2019 that raised $25.6 billion, the biggest flotation in history.

Kuwait emir names former PM as new crown prince

Gaza mediators urge Israel, Hamas to accept truce plan

• Fighting has raged in the besieged Gaza Strip since Biden said Israel was offering a new roadmap towards a full ceasefire
• But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has since insisted his country would pursue the war until it had achieved all its aims

Hamas says Israel’s Gaza ceasefire proposal ‘positive’

• But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted the army would continue fighting until it had "eliminated" Hamas's capacity to rule Gaza and pose a military threat
• Biden's address came as Israeli troops pushed into central Rafah, escalating the war with Hamas despite international objections to any assault on the southern Gaza city

Houthis launch fresh drone, missile attacks from Yemen: US

• US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it intercepted four drones launched by the Houthis - three over the Red Sea and another over the Gulf of Aden - while a fifth drone crashed
• The Houthis also launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles, according to CENTCOM, which said no injuries or damage were reported from US, coalition or commercial ships

WFP warns of ‘apocalyptic’ scenes in southern Gaza

• The public health situation was "beyond crisis levels", he said, adding: "The sounds and smells of everyday life are horrific and apocalyptic."
• In central areas of the Gaza Strip, where many people fled, the WFP is providing around 400,000 hot meals a day, and has kept six bakeries functioning.