Israelis gather in Tel Aviv ahead of scheduled prisoner-hostage swap
Dozens of Israelis gather in the middle of the night at the Tel Aviv plaza known as the Hostages' Square, ahead of the scheduled prisoners-hostages swap due in the morning. IMAGES
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar welcomes his German counterpart Johann Wadephul in Jerusalem. Before heading to Israel, Wadephul said in a statement that Israel was increasingly isolated diplomatically over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the push by some countries to recognise a Palestinian state. IMAGES
Dozens of Israelis gather in the middle of the night at the Tel Aviv plaza known as the Hostages' Square, ahead of the scheduled prisoners-hostages swap due in the morning. IMAGES
Mortar thuds can be heard as India and Pakistan exchange fire on the Line of Control in Poonch, in India-administered Kashmir. The nuclear-armed rivals have exchanged small arms fire across the heavily militarised Line of Control that divides Kashmir between them every night since April 24, but India fired missiles at Pakistani territory early on May 7 in a major escalation of tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals, as Islamabad vowed retaliation. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirms the UK has signed a deal returning the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius in return for continued use of a key military base. Speaking from a UK military headquarters in Northwood, the prime minister says the base is "right at the foundation of our security and safety at home". SOUNDBITE
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