Lindsey Hilsum , International Editor

At the UN Security council – ambassadors for Iran and Israel accused each other of representing “terrorist states” and threatened to launch further military action.

This isn’t the first time Israeli troops have gone into Lebanon, but previous invasions have failed to bring any long term peace. Will it be any different this time?

Air strikes and clashes have rocked Khartoum after Sudan’s army launched a major offensive to take back areas it lost early in its war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

The news that six British diplomats were being effectively expelled broke on Russian state TV this morning. Russia accused them of spying – something that was hastily denied by the Foreign Office. 

Over 100 Afghan women have gathered in Tirana for a summit on women’s rights – just two weeks after new Taliban laws banned women in Afghanistan from speaking in public.

Since the Taliban returned to power three years ago, they’ve turned Afghanistan into a cage for women and girls.

Torrential rain and flooding have left more than a hundred thousand people displaced in the east of Sudan – with dozens of villages reportedly washed away.

Celebrities often support aid agencies, but by recognising the role of regional powers in Sudan, Macklemore has done something more significant: he has identified the real cause of the suffering and called for action.

Israeli leaders have strongly condemned a group of settlers who went on the rampage in the occupied West Bank, killing one Palestinian man and badly injuring several others.

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has insisted that Kyiv has no interest in occupying Russian territory – and said its cross border incursion was aimed at frustrating Moscow’s military logistics and their ability to launch attacks, protecting Ukrainian lives.

At least 14 people have been killed and 43 others were injured after Russian forces struck a supermarket and post office in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka.

Russia has declared a state of emergency in its Kursk region after Ukrainian forces apparently managed to advance almost 20 kilometres from the border. 

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been welcomed by Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Largo estate in Florida, a day after talks with Vice President Kamala Harris which she described as “frank and constructive”.

He’s been in public life for more than half a century, but Joe Biden began his long, slow goodbye last night, with an Oval Office address explaining to the American public why he’s not standing for another four years in the White House.

Joe Biden will make a televised address tonight, telling Americans why he abandoned his re-election campaign.