An Israeli strike killed at least eight people and injured many more in the city of Sidon, in southern Lebanon, on April 8.

Israel backed US President Donald Trump’s move to pause strikes on Iran for two weeks, but said the ceasefire would not include Lebanon.

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Dashcam footage captured the moment Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot a man in a car during a traffic stop in California.

ICE director Todd Lyons said in a statement that the driver, Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, was a member of the Los Angeles 18th Street gang and wanted for questioning in El Salvador related to a murder, but did not provide any evidence of that allegation. Hernandez was hospitalised and the FBI is now investigating the incident

A significant discrepancy between the Persian and English versions of Iran's ceasefire proposal was reported by The Associated Press, noting that the Iranian draft explicitly includes the phrase "acceptance of enrichment," while the English version omits it.

A statement from Iran’s Supreme National Security Council also mentioned that US recognition of Iran's right to [uranium] enrichment is a core component of the agreement. It remains unclear whether this discrepancy is a translation error.

US President Donald Trump has announced that attacks on Iran will be suspended for a period of two weeks, hours after threatening 'a whole civilisation will die tonight' if Iran failed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The United States and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire barely an hour before President Donald Trump’s deadline to obliterate Tehran was set to expire, but key issues remain unresolved.

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Instead of summits or public statements, Pakistan relied on old-fashioned shuttle diplomacy through “encrypted messaging apps” to seal the US-Iran ceasefire
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Footage from Beirut shows scenes of devastation as Israel launched a massive wave of air strikes across Lebanon on April 8.

Over 100 sites have been hit across Beirut, the Bekaa Valley, and southern Lebanon. This comes as the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, which Israel insists does not include Lebanon.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez condemned Israel’s strikes on Lebanon, saying they violate international law and show “contempt for life,” as he called for an immediate ceasefire, international condemnation, and urged the EU to suspend its agreement with Israel, warning there must be no impunity.

Israel continues to target journalists in Palestine’s Gaza and Lebanon, in what the UN has described as a serious violation of international humanitarian law and a potential war crime.

On April 8, Mohammed Samir Washah, a correspondent for Al Jazeera Mubasher, was killed in a drone strike on his car in Gaza City.

In Lebanon, separate Israeli attacks killed Ghada Dayekh, a presenter with Sawt Al-Farah, and Suzan Khalil, who was affiliated with Al-Manar TV and Al-Nour Radio.

The killings came as Israel intensified its bombardment across Lebanon, despite a ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran announced just hours earlier.

Since the start of the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza, at least 268 journalists have been killed across the Palestinian enclave and Lebanon.

Large numbers of Palestinian worshippers flocked to Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on April 9, as the holy site reopened to Muslim worshippers. Israel had completely restricted access to the mosque—Islam’s third holiest site—during most of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, and in the period that followed

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