EU Criticizes Alabama Execution Method, Israel Vows to Retrieve Hostages

In other news, hard drugs found in Belgian politician's office, Finland calls for end to Israeli self-defense in Gaza, and Ukraine demands probe into Russian plane crash.

• Police have discovered hard drugs in the office of a high-ranking Belgian politician, according to reports.
• The European Union has criticized the U.S. state of Alabama for its use of nitrogen gas in executions, describing the method as 'cruel and unusual'.
• Israel's former president, Reuven Rivlin, has stated that the country will do 'almost everything' to retrieve hostages, but will not bow to Hamas.
• Finland's Foreign Minister, Elina Valtonen, has called on Israel to cease its self-defensive actions in Gaza, stating that 'enough is enough'.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has demanded an investigation into a Russian military plane crash that reportedly killed 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war.

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