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Britain’s King Charles III appointed Andy Burnham as Prime Minister after outgoing Keir Starmer officially tendered his resignation, the palace said.

Israeli settlers set fire overnight to a mosque in a village in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian official said, as an AFP journalist saw the structure’s entrance scorched and Hebrew graffiti sprayed on its walls.

A year-long pause should end in stronger political backing, renewed legitimacy and broader ownership of transitional justice, writes Tadesse Simie Metekia in ISS Today.

Thousands of Israelis, including settlers and right-wing activists, marched toward the border with Gaza, calling on the government to re-establish Israeli settlements in the war-shattered Palestinian territory, an AFP journalist reported.

Andy Burnham will on Monday become Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade, with an in-tray overflowing with challenges that have trounced his predecessors and little time to make his mark.

US forces struck Iran for a ninth consecutive day as the number of confirmed American military deaths in the renewed fighting rose to three and concerns grew over shipping through the ‌Strait of Hormuz.

Spain is set to enter its third heatwave of the summer on Tuesday, with temperatures forecast to climb above 40°C across large parts of the country, the national weather office said.

Kenya temporarily shut down the presidency’s website on Saturday after what local media reported was a cyber attack that included a ransom demand.

A fire at an orphanage in the province of Algiers has killed 11 people and injured 19 more, authorities said. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune expressed his condolences amid his trip to Berlin.

More than 100 US House Democrats voted this week to cut military aid to Israel, exposing a widening party divide that could reshape both November’s midterm elections and the future of one of Washington’s most durable foreign policy alliances.

Iran launched ‌more attacks on Washington’s Gulf allies and Jordan on Saturday after a seventh straight night of US strikes on Iranian ⁠military targets, including logistics hubs, escalating the war one week after a ceasefire collapsed.

Bahrain’s army said its air defences repelled a wave of Iranian attacks, as an AFP journalist in Manama reported hearing blasts after sirens sounded.