VIDEO | "The government of the United States is engaged in acts of mass murder, and I refuse to be complicit in them."

Activist Guido Reichstadter has shut down the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington, DC, for the second time in four years, scaling the arches on Friday afternoon to protest the US-led aggression on Iran and the development of artificial intelligence.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, the 45-year-old Florida native called for "mass nonviolent direct action" to collapse the current administration’s war efforts. Reichstadter, who previously occupied the same bridge for 28 hours in 2022 to protest the overturning of Roe v. Wade, warned that the combination of regional war and unregulated "machine superintelligence" poses an "imminent danger" of human extinction.

Reichstadter released a statement on X which read in part: "I'm calling on the people of the United States to bring an immediate end to the Trump regime's illegal war on Iran and the removal of the regime from power through mass nonviolent direct action and non-cooperation."

Journalist Bushra Shaikh reporting from Iran, exactly from the B1 bridge in Karaj, Alborz, which Donald Trump celebrated bombing with nine U.S. bunker buster bombs in a double-tap strike last month.

The attack killed at least 13 Iranian civilians, including pregnant women and children as young as six months old. Two hundred and fifty Iranians were injured on a day when families were picnicking below the bridge to celebrate Nature Day

The Spanish government has issued a formal condemnation following an attack by an Israeli settler on a French nun in occupied Jerusalem, calling for greater protection of religious figures in the city.

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said the Gaza Strip is the deadliest place in the world for journalists, marking World Press Freedom Day.

The office called on the international community to move beyond statements of condemnation and solidarity, stressing the need for accountability, the protection of journalists, and guaranteed independent access for international media.

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees Affairs says that female Palestinian detainees held in the Israeli Damon Prison have been subjected to repeated and systematic crackdowns more than 10 times over the past month, including beatings, abuse, and exposure to tear gas.

Dozens of protesters gathered in Montreal, Canada, to denounce Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla's vessels attempting to break the blockade on Gaza.

The demonstrators later marched through the streets, calling on Canada to end its support for the Israeli occupation.

VIDEO | Israeli court extends detention of two Gaza flotilla activists until Sunday following their interception in international waters

An Israeli court in Ashkelon has ordered that two activists intercepted during a Gaza-bound flotilla mission remain in custody until Sunday. During a hearing held earlier today, a judge granted the state’s request for a second extension of the detention for Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian activist Thiago Avila, who both appeared with leg shackles.

The decision follows an initial two-day remand granted on Sunday after the activists were seized in international waters. While the state reportedly sought a full six-day extension during today’s proceedings, the court ultimately ruled that the pair be held for an additional five days as authorities continue their investigation into the maritime challenge to the Gaza blockade.

Legal representatives for the activists, including the Adalah rights group, have expressed concern over the prolonged incarceration, noting that the two men are the only remaining detainees from the intercepted mission still in Israeli custody. The activists were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a high-profile effort aimed at delivering humanitarian aid and drawing international attention to the ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip.