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Hundreds of students have been arrested across universities in the United States as protesters continue to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from companies enabling Israel’s nearly seven-month war on the Palestinian enclave.

Even by Donald Trump’s standards, this was a dizzying week. The first criminal prosecution of a former president began in earnest with opening statements and testimony in a lower Manhattan courtroom. But the action quickly spread to involve more than half a dozen cases in four states and the nation’s capital. Twice during the week, lawyers for Trump were simultaneously appearing in different courtrooms.

Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani in a meeting with Belarusian Defense Minister Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin stated that the two countries have common views on important regional and global issues.

What is happening in Gaza is a “repeat of Auschwitz” and a “collective white imperialist man’s genocide,” a prominent human rights activist and genocide scholar has said.

Palestinian group Hamas says it has received Israel’s official response to its latest proposal about a possible ceasefire in Gaza and will study the document before submitting a reply.

Students at US universities protesting against Israel’s war on Gaza have pledged to continue occupying school grounds despite growing efforts by university leaders and police to clear the demonstrations.

The Human Rights Committee of the Brazilian Parliament devoted a public hearing session on Wednesday evening to discuss the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. What is notable this time at this session is the presence of an eyewitness from Gaza, as the Brazilian Parliament invited an eyewitness from Gaza to come to Brazil and speak about the genocide and the systematic human rights violations by the Israeli Occupation Forces against the Palestinian people in Gaza, calling on Brazilian deputies to exert more pressure on the Occupation and expose its crimes.

King Charles, who is being treated for an undisclosed cancer, is to return to public duties, with doctors pleased and “very encouraged” by his progress and “positive” about his continued recovery, Buckingham Palace has said.

Israel's war on Gaza, now in its 203rd day, has killed at least 34,356 Palestinians — 70% of them babies, children and women — and wounded over 77,368.

At joint news conference with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Türkiye hopes to increase bilateral trade volume to $15B and then to $20B.