Aid and ground operations in Gaza. Israel will allow a “basic amount of food” into Gaza in order to prevent a starvation crisis, the prime minister’s office said yesterday. The move ends a nearly three-month blockade on aid. Hours earlier, Israel’s military said it began “extensive ground operations” in the territory. More than one hundred people were killed from Saturday night to Sunday morning, hospitals and medics said.
Trump’s calls on war settlement. President Trump said he would make separate phone calls to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today in an effort to advance a peace deal. Ukraine yesterday said Russia launched its largest overnight drone attack on the country since the start of the war. Zelenskyy met with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the weekend.
U.S. credit downgrade. On Friday, Moody’s became the third and final major credit rating agency to lower the United States from its top tier. Fitch Ratings did so in 2023 and so did S&P Global in 2011. Moody’s cited a more than decade-long increase in public debt. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called the move “a lagging indicator,” while the White House said it was “focused on fixing [Joe] Biden’s mess.”
China’s satellite support to Pakistan. China helped Pakistan organize its air defense systems and adjust satellite coverage over India during recent cross-border hostilities, the head of a research group under India’s defense ministry told Bloomberg. Indian and Pakistani government bodies did not respond to Bloomberg’s requests for comment; when asked about the report at a press briefing, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson did not comment directly.
Bird flu in Brazil. China, the European Union (EU), and South Korea banned the import of Brazilian poultry for sixty days after avian flu was discovered on a commercial bird farm for the first time on Friday. Brazilian authorities said they were isolating the farm in the country’s south and surveilling farms in a six-mile radius. In recent months, bird flu spurred an egg shortage in the United States, while Brazil’s egg exports there increased.
EU-UK reset. The EU and the United Kingdom (UK) committed to new security and trade agreements today in what has been described as the biggest reset in relations since Brexit in 2016. They will jointly procure military equipment, ease permissions for UK travelers and some goods to reach the EU, and extend permission for EU boats to use UK fishing grounds.
El Salvador journalists flee. Three members of the top independent investigative news site in El Salvador fled the country this month amid reports the government might be preparing to arrest them. Their outlet, El Faro, reported on alleged deals between President Nayib Bukele and the country’s gangs. A Salvadoran presidential commissioner for freedom of expression said he did not know if there were arrest warrants against the journalists and that reporters can “say whatever they want” as long as they do not commit crimes.
Conflict in northeastern Nigeria. Militant attacks in northeastern Borno state have prompted at least twenty thousand people to flee the town of Marte, the state governor said. Local officials have observed an increase in suspected attacks by Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province militants in 2025; Nigeria’s military had been able to push back against Boko Haram in recent years.
