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Our top stories American and British Destroyers downed more than a stories. A Danish freight giant have told customers that they are suspending journeys through the

waterway after missile attacks by the Hooties, an Iran-backed Yemeni militant group that claims

to target ships heading towards Israel.

Fully 10% of globally traded seaborne oil

transits through the Babal Mandab Strait

a narrow Red Sea waterway between Yemen and the Horn of Africa.

The Israeli Defence Forces admitted that three hostages that it killed by mistake on Friday were bare-chested and holding makeshift white flags.

A spokesperson said that Hamas fighters operated in civilian attire, but acknowledged that the killings were against its rules of engagement.

The deaths will increase pressure on Israel's Prime Minister, bin Yaman Netanyahu,

to pursue a second ceasefire in the hope of securing the release of more

hostages. Two people were killed by Ukrainian missile attack in one of the

Russian-held villages in Ukraine's Hirschon region,

according to the occupying authorities. Earlier Ukraine launched a series of drone attacks on

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