WHO says Gaza facilities attacked as Israel expands operations, calls for ceasefire

• WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Israeli military had entered the UN agency's staff residence, stripped and interrogated male staff at gunpoint
• Tedros, who also condemned an attack on the WHO's main warehouse in Deir el-Balah, said: "A ceasefire is not just necessary, it is overdue," he said on X.

US President Trump ‘caught off guard’ by Israeli strikes in Syria

• Israel had launched strikes on the the southern Druze-majority city of Sweida, saying it aimed to put pressure on the Syrian government to withdraw its troops from the region
• Trump "was caught off guard by the bombing in Syria and also the bombing of a Catholic church in Gaza," Leavitt told reporters at a press briefing

Iran says will not halt nuclear enrichment ahead of European talks

• Iran is due to meet Britain, France and Germany in Istanbul on Friday, to discuss its nuclear programme, with Tehran accusing European powers of scuppering the 2015 nuclear deal
• The meeting will be the first since Iran's 12-day war with Israel last month, during which the United States carried out strikes against Tehran's nuclear facilities

Astronomers discover blazing Betelgeuse has companion star

• Now astronomers have discovered that this red supergiant, known to many as the hunter's shoulder in the Orion constellation, is being orbited by a much smaller companion star
• Seemingly out of nowhere, the giant star dramatically dimmed for five months between 2019 and 2020, leading some scientists to suggest it could soon die in an supernova explosion

Russia publishes rare footage of largest drone factory

• The plant is near the town of Yelabuga in the central Russian region of Tatarstan, located in what was initially planned to be a special economic zone to boost science and business
• More than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from the Ukrainian border, it has now become a target for Kyiv's own long-range attacks.

Western nations call for immediate end to Gaza war as Israel expands offensive

UNRWA says some Gaza staff starving as malnutrition soars

• "The suffering in Gaza is manmade and must be stopped," it wrote. "Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale."
• The civil defense agency on Sunday reported at least three infant deaths from "severe hunger and malnutrition" in the past week.

Trump and Epstein: What was the relationship between the two like?

• Trump, then a property mogul and self-styled playboy, appears to have known Epstein, a wealthy money manager, since the 1990s
• They partied together in 1992 with NFL cheerleaders at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, according to footage from NBC News, which shows the pair talking and laughing

Malnutrition reaches new heights in Gaza, children most affected, require urgent treatment

• Gaza's civil defence agency told AFP it has noted a rising number of infant deaths caused by "severe hunger and malnutrition", reporting at least three such deaths in the past week
• "These heartbreaking cases were not caused by direct bombing but by starvation, the lack of baby formula and the absence of basic healthcare," spokesman Mahmud Bassal said

Iranians told to use less water as heatwave worsens shortages

• Water scarcity is a major issue in Iran, particularly in arid provinces in the country's south
• On Saturday, the national meteorological service said Iran was experiencing its hottest week of the year so far