Overview
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 13 people were killed in an Israeli strike on the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp, as the Israeli military released video claiming it hit a Hamas training site and Hamas denied any military presence, saying a public sports field was struck.
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott placed the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American‑Islamic Relations on the state’s terrorist list, restricting land purchases and enabling closure actions, while CAIR rejected the move as baseless and pledged a legal challenge given terrorism designations are typically federal.
- At COP30 in Belém, ministers from several countries backed Brazil’s proposal to include a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels in the conference decisions, and UN chief António Guterres urged youth to intensify pressure for a transition to renewables.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli‑controlled areas in southern Syria to stress readiness, as reports described Israel–Syria security talks as stalled over Damascus’s demand for Israeli withdrawal and Israel’s insistence on a comprehensive peace.
- The UAE and China inaugurated a cross‑border central bank digital currency link known as Jisr, with Sheikh Mansour executing the first payment, while UAE defense body Tawazun announced eight new contracts worth 7.972 billion dirhams on Dubai Airshow day three, lifting the three‑day total to 18.016 billion.