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In its first comments, since entering a sea spire with Israel in Lebanon,

Hezbollah said it would continue to stand with Palestinian fighters. Earlier, Hamas said it would cooperate with any efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza.

At least 33 people were killed and 134 injured by Israeli strikes on the enclave on Tuesday night,

according to Gaza's health ministry.

Donald Trump picked Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general and loyalist,

to serve as a special envoy to Russia and Ukraine.

In April, General Kellogg co-published a paper advocating an end to the war through a negotiated settlement.

It included security guarantees for Ukraine but not NATO membership.

It also acknowledged that Mr. Trump has his own strategy, which he had, quote, not fully revealed.

The European Parliament approved Ursula von der Leyen's team for her second term as president of the European Commission.

The Commission will be one of the most right wing for years. More than half of its members are from the

Central Right European People's Party. The line-up includes Andreas Kubilius, a former Lithuanian Prime Minister, who will be the

EU's first defence commissioner. America and China agreed to a prisoner swap that reportedly took

months of negotiations. Three Americans will return home from China after being held in custody on a number of different charges.

America will release at least one Chinese citizen in return.

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