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Lebanon's new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the new government would implement economic reforms, bringing the country closer to accessing reconstruction funds and investments after last year's devastating war between Israel and Hezbollah.

Released Palestinian prisoners are seen getting off a bus that arrived in the occupied West Bank’s Ramallah. They are met by a jubilant crowd and Palestinian security personnel.

Eli Sharabi, 52, Or Levy, 34, and Ohad Ben Ami, 56, have been freed from a location in Deir-el Balah in central Gaza as part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. The captives have been taken by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Hamas set up a stage in the city for the handover with dozens of masked fighters present. In exchange, Israel will release 183 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons.

President Donald Trump’s administration is dismantling the US Agency for International Development – or USAID. For decades it’s been the world’s premier humanitarian agency, distributing life-saving medications, combating the spread of disease, and providing disaster relief in conflict zones. Thousands of employees have been placed on leave and aid recipients in more than 130 countries have been left in limbo. Spearheading federal budget cuts is billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency. But who will fill the void? And what does it mean for global US influence?

President Trump has again restated his plans of turning Gaza into a new Riviera. Where did this idea come from – and how feasible is it?

Research conducted by Africa Practice and Africa No Filter reveals that persistent negative stereotypes about Africa in the media cost the continent up to $3.3bn annually. We explore the voices driving change, both locally and globally, by challenging these perceptions and promoting more nuanced and authentic narratives.

Eric Witte, a former ICC official and external relations adviser to former ICC president Judge Sang-Hyun Song, has told Al Jazeera from Brussels that “a lot depends on whether the 125 countries that are party to the Rome statute which created the ICC choose to block the worst effects of this action”. “But if they don’t defend the court, [Trump’s] executive order poses an existential threat to the ICC’s ability to function, not just in the situation of Palestine, but in all situations before the court, including Ukraine, Sudan, Afghanistan and others,” he said.

“Death is so quotidian that journalists report it as though they’re reporting the weather” wrote Palestinian poet and author Mohammed El-Kurd amid Israel’s war on Gaza. And with a ceasefire in place, the fate of Palestinians remains uncertain. So what role does the Western gaze play in perpetuating a narrative that dehumanizes Palestinians and how does it shape our understanding of their struggle for justice and liberation?

Lebanon is struggling with yet another humanitarian crisis following Israel's two-month-long war, which has displaced more than a million people. With no functional government during the conflict, the Lebanese people had to rely on community solidarity and decades of nongovernmental efforts to survive. People & Power looks at how various sectors of Lebanese society stepped up to support a traumatised population seeking refuge on the streets of Beirut and in the mountain villages. We captured the tireless efforts of common citizens offering shelter to displaced people during the war. As a ceasefire came into effect, many remained unable to return to their homes, which have been reduced to rubble, leaving them dependent on the solidarity shown in this broken nation. Frontline of Care looks at how Lebanon’s civilians are doing what their government cannot.

Hani Mahmoud reports from Gaza, and he says: What we see around us here at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City is just devastation. This used to be the largest public health facility in the Gaza Strip but right now it is completely out of service. And he adds, Al-Shifa was stormed twice, the first time in December 2023, when the Israeli military set fire to the compound and used artillery shells while people were still trapped inside it, many of them were killed, especially those who needed immediate medical care.