The Economist. Shehous. Masoude Paschkin, a reformist candidate won Iran's presidential election.

The former health minister secured 16.5 million votes, around 3 million more than

Saeed Jalili, a hardliner.

Mr. Peseshkin has promised to pursue better relations with the West and ease

enforcement of the country's mandatory headscarf law. He was helped by greater voter

turnout which jumped to around 50%, compared with a record low of 40% in the first round.

China anchored its biggest Coast Guard vessel within the Philippines exclusive economic zone

according to the Philippine Coast Guard which accused its Chinese counterpart of

intimidation. China's expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea have long caused frictions with other literal countries.

The Philippine government recently began highlighting China's actions as part of a transparency initiative.

The leaders of three military governments in West Africa met in Niami, Niger,

where they established the Alliance of Sahel's states. The governments in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

have all been installed by coups since 2020. In January they withdrew from the economic community of West African states, the region's main block, which is to hold its own summit in Nigeria on Sunday.

Russian strikes left more than 100,000 people without power in Sumi, a region in Northern Ukraine.

The attack targeted a power facility according to Ukraine's Energy Ministry.

There were no reported casualties.

In March, Russia began a campaign of attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

The resulting damage could take years to rebuild.

An Israeli strike hit a school run by UNRWA, the UN's refugee agency in Gaza,

killing at least 16 people and injuring many more according to Palestinian officials.

The building was sheltering to displaced people in the Nusarat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Earlier Israel said it would send a delegation to Qatar to resume ceasefire talks with Hamas.

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