Lebanon's cabinet meets again on Hezbollah disarmament
Lebanon's cabinet meets again in Beirut to discuss the thorny task of disarming Hezbollah, a day after the Iran-backed group rejected the government's decision to take away its weapons. IMAGES
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba joins his fellow Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) officials to see upper house results. Ishiba's coalition lost its upper house majority in Sunday elections, local media projected, in results that could end his short premiership. IMAGES
Lebanon's cabinet meets again in Beirut to discuss the thorny task of disarming Hezbollah, a day after the Iran-backed group rejected the government's decision to take away its weapons. IMAGES
Emergency services attend the scene after Russian strikes on Ukraine's capital Kyiv overnight. The attack killed at least one person and left a shop and school on fire, according to city officials. Four districts of the city were attacked, with reports of burning residential buildings, a kiosk and a kindergarten, Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a Telegram post. The entrance to the Lukyanivska metro station was also damaged, he added. IMAGES
The European Central Bank holds interest rates steady, hitting pause after a long streak of cuts as policymakers navigate global economic turmoil triggered by volatile US trade policy. The central bank keeps the key deposit rate at two percent, as widely expected. It follows a string of reductions beginning in mid-2024 as the ECB lowered rates in response to easing inflation. SOUNDBITE
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