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1. Ukraine-Russia war latest: EU agrees indefinite freeze on €210bn of Russian assets

   Ukraine’s ambassador to Washington insisted the meeting ‘only covered national security related issues’

2. Gaza amputees struggle to rebuild lives as the enclave faces shortages of prosthetic limbs

   The World Health Organization says Israel’s bombardment in Gaza for the past two years has left tens of thousands of Palestinians with life-changing injuries, including at least 6,000 people with amputations

3. Historic rains and flooding trigger dramatic rescues in Washington state

   Record floodwaters are slowly receding in Washington state after triggering evacuations, inundating communities and prompting dramatic rescues from rooftops and vehicles

4. What to know about Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from immigration custody

   Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, has been released from immigration detention, and a judge has temporarily blocked any further efforts to detain him

5. Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi ‘violently detained’ at memorial for dead human rights lawyer

   A foundation in her name said she was detained at a memorial for a human rights lawyer recently found dead under disputed circumstances

6. Myanmar military claims armed opposition groups used hospital hit by airstrike as base

   Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged there was an airstrike on a general hospital in western Rakhine state, which a local rescuer and media reports said killed over 30 people, including patients, medical staff, and children

7. New photos show Trump with women at Epstein estate; Clinton and Steve Bannon also appear in docs

   House Oversight Democrats released images of high-profile figures

8. Trump says new Epstein photos are ‘no big deal’ but claims he hasn’t seen them: Live updates

   The U.S. House Oversight Committee Democrats has received 95,000 photos from the Epstein estate, with two tranches posted online Friday

9. Iran raises gasoline prices for the first time since deadly 2019 protests

   Iran has introduced a new pricing tier for its subsidized gasoline, marking the first price adjustment since 2019

10. Thai villagers stay behind to guard empty homes as border clashes forced mass evacuations

    Fighting along the Thai-Cambodian border has forced hundreds of thousands of Thai villagers to flee since Monday