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Israel has amassed troops around Rafah, hours after the defence minister announced a major expansion of the military offensive in Gaza. Israel Katz says large areas will be seized and incorporated into Israel's security zones. Artillery fire and air strikes in the early hours of Wednesday have killed at at least 21 Palestinians across the strip. More than 1,000 people have been killed since Israel broke the ceasefire on March the 18th.

Taiwan is on alert as China continues large-scale military exercises around the self-governing island for the second day. Beijing says the war games are designed to practice precision strikes on Taiwan's key ports and energy facilities. On Tuesday the Chinese military surrounded the self-ruled island with planes and warships to practice blockading Taiwan, which Beijing considers part of China.

Wisconsin voters are choosing between Republican-backed Brad Schimel and Democrat-backed Susan Crawford in a pivotal supreme court race. As a key swing state, the outcome reflects public sentiment on Trump’s early presidency. The court’s decisions on redrawing congressional districts could impact midterm elections and threaten the Republican majority. It also rules on crucial issues like abortion rights, voting rights, and union power, shaping Wisconsin’s future.

US Democratic Senator Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest Senate speech, speaking for more than 24 hours on the floor to protest President Trump’s actions during his second term.

Pakistan says it will begin deporting hundreds of thousands of Afghans next week after a deadline for them to leave the country expired on Monday. Afghans make up the largest group of migrants in Pakistan, but the government says many are there illegally. Over the past two years, between September 2023 and February 2025, a systemic government crackdown on Afghan nationals has resulted in the expulsion of nearly 876,000 Afghans from Pakistan, including women and children. Pakistan currently hosts more than 2.5 million Afghans, according to government estimates. Among them, about 1.3 million possess a Proof of Registration (PoR) card, first introduced in 2006 and issued by the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, while another 800,000 hold an ACC, issued in 2017. These documents were previously recognised as proof of legitimate residence in Pakistan. Not any more.

Convicted of fraud and barred from public office. The end of the road it would seem for Marine Le Pen's presidential ambitions. She may appeal - but that is not likely to allow her to run for the presidency in two years' time. What are the implications?

If the sharing of private chats of top United States intelligence officials with a reporter “were a part of an episode of Veep [a satirical US TV series], I wouldn’t have believed it”, former Pentagon official Alex Wagner says. The chats touched on Yemen, Europe, and other foreign and domestic policy concerns. Wagner and military affairs journalist Kevin Baron tell host Steve Clemons that the inadvertent inclusion of the journalist in the Signal group chats indicates a level of “carelessness” that is more insidious than the Trump administration cares to admit.

Shattering months of uneasy calm, Israel bombed Beirut for the first time since November’s truce with Hezbollah. The strike came after rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory — the second such incident in a week. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam urged the army to arrest those responsible, calling it a threat to national security. With tensions reigniting on both sides, will peace hold in Lebanon?

Could Libya solve its political problems by revisiting a decades-old agreement that once brought its warring tribal factions together in national reconciliation? Since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the country has been in a constant state of turmoil. Now, poet Ahmed al-Terkawi and composer Hanan al-Ruwaie embark on a creative project together to seek inspiration from Libyan history - specifically the 1946 Harabi Charter - to create a musical work of hope for Libya’s future. But first, they meet writers, historians, today’s tribal elders and descendants of the original charter signatories. This enables them to understand the country’s history and how Emir Idris al-Senussi persuaded warring tribes to set aside their differences and come together in an unusual act of reconciliation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to host China's Foreign Minister in Moscow later on Tuesday. Wang Yi is also set to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The two countries have strengthened ties in recent years. The war on Ukraine will likely top the agenda.