The Myanmar earthquake death toll dominated headlines throughout the day, rising from 1,000 in early reports to over 1,600 by afternoon, with survivors being pulled from rubble in Mandalay. The disaster struck a country already devastated by civil war, complicating rescue efforts.
Diplomatic tensions escalated as the French government condemned an "unacceptable interference" from the US embassy after it pressured French companies to abandon anti-discrimination policies to work with Trump's administration.
In Turkey, hundreds of thousands protested in Istanbul supporting opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu following his imprisonment.
The Émile case investigation revealed new elements about the grandfather's history of violence toward his own children, adding context to the grandparents' recent claim that the toddler died in a road accident.
Late evening brought news of Hamas accepting a new ceasefire proposal presented by Egyptian and Qatari mediators while maintaining its arsenal as a "red line."