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Anthony Blinkin, America's Secretary of State, urged to mass to accept a cease via proposal put forward by Israel.

David Cameron, Britain's foreign secretary, said that a 40-day truce was on the table.

According to Reuters, the deal would involve the release of up to 40 Israeli hostages

in exchange for freeing Palestinians jailed in Israel.

Mr. Blinkin described the deal as extraordinarily generous on the part of Israel.

Bob Backish, the boss of Paramount Global, stepped down. The company's board replaced him with an office of the

CEO composed of three division heads. The Hollywood-based media firm is considering a merger with Skydance, a production company.

Paramount's streaming service is not yet profitable and the firm's market value has fallen

by half in the past two years to under $9 billion.

Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University ignored an order from administrators to clear out their encampment by 2 p.m. local

time or risk suspension. Negotiations between the university and demonstrators to dismantle the site, which contains about 80 tents, have stalled.

On April 18th, at Columbia's request, police arrested over 100 students for trespassing, sparking similar encampments

at universities across the country.

All primary schools and some other academic institutions were closed in Bangladesh as the country

endures its longest heat wave in 75 years.

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