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Lebanon’s government says it is trying to disarm militant group Hezbollah, but there are fears of sparking an internal conflict. Source link

Eurovision strives to put pop before politics, but it has repeatedly become embroiled in world events, particularly relating to Israel. Source link

The US military says it has killed four men in a strike on a suspected drug vessel in international waters in the Eastern Pacific Source link

The 84-page report finds US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated policy and could have put American troops at risk when he used the Signal app to discuss military strikes in Yemen. Source link

Pacific Islanders have been leaving Australia’s guest worker scheme, a decision that breaches their visa conditions and leaves them “extremely vulnerable”. Source link

Public broadcasters in Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands say they will not participate in next year’s event and more are expected to follow. Source link

A rare set of conjoined twins are being urgently airlifted from Papua New Guinea to Australia, with doctors recommending they be separated as soon as possible. Source link

China is ending a decades-long tax exemption on contraceptives to push up its birth rate. Experts say the change could leave women and young people more vulnerable. Source link

Two of the UK’s leading groups for women and girls will stop offering membership to trans women in the aftermath of a Supreme Court ruling. Source link

Indonesia’s government says it will summon eight companies over their suspected role in worsening the scale of floods and landslides that have killed more than 700 people. But environmental groups say authorities are hypocritical and partly to blame for the destruction. Source link