Sudan: RSF drones reportedly dropped toxic gas cylinders and plastic bottles over residential areas.

Civilians suffered convulsions, hallucinations, and vomiting.

Medical workers say the gases were internationally banned substances under the Chemical Weapons Convention.

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns.

His government collapsed less than 24 hours after a cabinet reshuffle.

President Emmanuel Macron has accepted his resignation with no successor yet named.

Sudan: Footage shows UAE-backed RSF militiamen kidnapping a civilian for ransom, threatening to kill him if the payment is not made.

DR Congo: Clashes broke out this morning between M23 rebels and Wazalendo militias in Luke, Masisi territory, North Kivu.

Nigeria: At least 27 people were killed in a bandit attack in Yagba West, Kogi State.

Burkina Faso: JNIM militants reportedly captured the town of Bla in Boulsa province near Kaya, where no resistance was encountered.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Germany should withdraw from Eurovision 2026 if Israel is excluded, calling the debate over banning it “a scandal” and insisting that “Israel belongs in Eurovision.”

📸 This is what a Palestinian family looked like after trying to return to Gaza City yesterday, shot dead by the Israeli army.

Since the so-called “ceasefire,” around 60 people — children, women, and men — have been killed each day by Israel.

Kremlin:

There’s no reason to blame Russia for the drones spotted across Europe.

“There’s something strange about this whole story.”

13 killed in deliberate RSF shelling of El Fasher, 19 others injured including 7 children and a pregnant woman.

Source: Sudan Doctors Network

Somalia: The government announced progress in Kismayo talks between President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Jubaland authorities, with both sides agreeing to continue dialogue.

DR Congo: Government and M23 rebel talks set to resume in Doha this week, focusing on key issues including a prisoner exchange.

Zelensky:

Our production potential for drones and missiles next year will already be $35 billion.

We are already producing 40 Bohdan howitzers per month… and 2.4 million mortar and artillery munitions last year.

We have successfully used Neptunes… soon we will regularly use our own ballistic missiles.

Already, more than 40% of the weapons used on the front are Ukrainian. By the end of the year, no less than 50% must be our own weapons.

The time has come to launch the export of our Ukrainian weapons.

Mali: JNIM claimed responsibility for an IED attack this morning targeting a joint Malian army and Africa Corps patrol in Niafunké, Timbuktu region.

NEW: Footage has been shared showing JNIM militants entering some villages in Kidal.

Netanyahu to Euronews:

Europe is absent from the Gaza peace plan because Europe displayed enormous weakness and has essentially become irrelevant.