Monday 19^th August

Ukraine orders families to leave the key city of Pokrovsk amid Russian advances. (Al Jazeera)

Israeli strikes kill 35 Palestinians in one day. (Al Jazeera)

Israeli strikes target Hezbollah sites in Lebanon. (Reuters)

A 116-year-old woman in Japan becomes the world’s oldest person. (AP)

Six people are missing off the coast of Sicily, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch. (AP)

Tuesday 20^th August

Ukraine has destroyed or damaged all 3 bridges over Russia’s Seym River, claims Russian sources. (AP)

The Israeli military retrieved the bodies of six hostages held in Gaza. (Reuters)

Wednesday 21^st August

Ukraine says it hits pontoon bridges in Russia with US-made weapons. (Reuters)

One was injured as Hezbollah launched 50 rockets and drone strikes and shelling on IDF sites. (Al Jazeera)

Thursday 22^nd August

Israel killed three Palestinians in a drone strike in Tulkarem in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)

Ferry loaded with fuel sinks at Russian port after Ukrainian attack. (Reuters)

The International Atomic Energy Agency will visit the Kursk nuclear plant after Russia claimed Russia was attacking the nuclear plant. (Reuters)

Brazil sends 1,500 firefighters to combat Amazon forest blazes. (The Guardian)

Friday 23^rd August

The US is sending $125 million in new military aid to Ukraine. (AP)

The US military says a drone strike in Syria kills a Saudi militant from an al-Qaeda-linked group. (AP)

Hundreds of thousands are stranded as floods hit India and Bangladesh. (Al Jazeera)

Curb hate speech after riots, UN committee urges Britain. (Reuters)

RFK Jr. suspends presidential campaign and endorses Trump. (USA Today)

Saturday 24^th August

Hamas has stated that it will refuse any ceasefire that allows Israel to continue to control the Rafah crossing and Philadelphi Corridor. (Al Jazeera)

Five civilians die in Ukraine’s shelling of Russia’s Belgorod region, the governor says. (Reuters)

A man surrenders and confesses to a German stabbing attack. (BBC News)

Wildfires are affecting 30 cities in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, which leaves two dead. (Reuters)

Fires break out on abandoned Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion that Yemen rebels attacked in the Red Sea. (AP)

Russia and Ukraine swapped 115 prisoners each as the UAE mediated the exchange. (Al Jazeera)

Sunday 25^th August

Five people die in a Ukrainian strike on Belgorod as a Russian raid harms journalists. (Al Jazeera)

Ukraine calls on Belarus to pull back forces from the border. (Reuters)

Reuters safety adviser killed; two journalists injured in Ukraine, Karamatorsk. (Reuters)

Israeli attacks kill 28 across the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)

Four were injured in a Sydney stabbing attack. (Reuters)

Israel and Hezbollah in major missile exchange as escalation fears grow. (Reuters)