In the day's other headlines, Israel's Supreme Court ruled that the military must draft

ultra-Orthodox Jewish men for mandatory service. The unanimous decision ends decades of

broad exemptions. It also deals a political blow to Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu and his governing coalition which had long

objected to this move. And it comes as Netanyahu's defense minister

Yoav Galant, is in Washington

for meetings with Pentagon officials.

As the war grinds on in Gaza

and fighting between Israeli forces

and Lebanon-based Hezbollah intensifies, Defense Secretary

Lloyd Austin said diplomacy is key to avoiding a second front.

As well as provocations threaten to drag the Israeli and Lebanese people into a war that they do not

want. Such a war would be a catastrophe for Lebanon and it would be devastating for innocent Israeli and Lebanon. tax aid operations in Gaza unless urgent steps are taken to protect humanitarian workers

on the ground. Kenya's president has vowed to maintain calm quote at whatever

cost after protesters stormed the nation's parliament today.

Frustrations boiled over as legislators passed a finance bill that imposes new taxes.

Television cameras that followed the protesters inside showed the

seat of government ransacked and vandalized. Outside police fired live

ammunition and hurled tear gas to disperse the crowds. Health officials say at least five

people were killed. Both the US State Department and United Nations have

condemned the violence. The International Criminal Court in the Netherlands issued arrest warrants

today for two Russian officials. Former defense minister Sergei Shoygu and military chief

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