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Today's headlines: Israel wants to transfer Gazans to South Sudan, Hamas “softens” demands; Diplomatic success for Moscow, but no agreement on Ukraine after Putin meets Trump in Alaska; Seoul baulks at Japanese ministers visit to the war shrine; Hundreds poisoned in Indonesian President Prabowo's free meal programme; The UN says there were “war crimes” in last March's sectarian violence against Alawites.

Today's headlines: Jimmy Lai's final hearings postponed; Pakistan announces new military unit for missile deploymen;. South Sudan denies negotiations with Israel for the relocation of Palestinians; On August 29,Thailand's Constitutional Court to rule whether to remove Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

Today's headlines: India and China are ready to resume direct flights; Former South Korean first lady also in prison on various charges; Typhoon Podul hits Taiwan; World Food Programme reports rising hunger in Myanmar's Rakhine State.

Today's headlines: US extends tariffs on China for another 90 days; Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's approval rating hits an all-time low; The Arakan Army says it will not allow elections in territories under its control; Israel prevents Italian priests fighting for peace and human rights from entering the country.

Today's headlines: South Korea and Vietnam sign new economic cooperation agreement; Heavy rains leave several people missing in Japan;. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says China misinterpreted his comments on Manila's possible involvement in the Taiwan conflict; Accusations against the BJP in India after the publication of new electoral lists in Bihar.

Today's headlines: Indian authorities ban dozens of books in Kashmir for ‘fomenting’ 'secessionism'; Cambodia and Thailand authorize ASEAN observers to monitor border truce; Trump announces a ‘historic peace summit’ between Armenia and Azerbaijan for today; In China, thousands of cases of Chikungunya have triggered a maximum alert.

Today's headlines: Myanmar's post-coup president Myint Swe has died; Damascus signs investment agreements with Qatar and the United Arab Emirates worth $14 billion; Indonesia is first country in Southeast Asia to deploy a ballistic missile defense system; Modi on first visit to China in seven years, amid trade war with Trump; Hundreds of Cambodian migrant workers leave Thailand after border tensions (and clashes).

Today's headlines: Japan commemorates 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in a world at risk of nuclear escalation; Tensions in the Israeli war cabinet over the plan for total occupation of Gaza, which the UN calls ‘deeply alarming’; In Pakistan, over 240 arrests among supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan; Record exports in Vietnam.

Today's headlines: Netanyahu orders occupation of the entire Gaza Strip; Maximum weather alert in Hong Kong for heavy rain, over 82,000 people evacuated in Beijing; Preliminary talks begin between Cambodia and Thailand after border clashes; Australia buys military ships from Japan for $6 billion.

Today's highlights: Japanese Prime Minister ready to approve extra budget to mitigate impact of Trump tariffs; At least 140 children among hundreds of victims in Pakistan floods; Singapore hotel magnate Ong Beng Seng found guilty but will not go to prison; Over 60 dead in the sinking of a migrant ship off the coast of Yemen.

Today's news: National security law, Historic Hong Kong environmental group dissolved. Thailand releases two wounded Cambodian soldiers captured during clashes. In Vietnam, at least 14 people die in floods in Điện Biên province. Witkoff visits a centre run by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, while a UN report notes that 859 Palestinians were killed lining up for aid.

Today's headlines: Myanmar's junta has set up an interim government ahead of elections, but with General Min Aung Hlaing as head of government. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has pardoned two political opponents. In China, more deaths from extreme rainfall, 31 in a nursing home. Israel has launched a massive air strike in Lebanon against Hezbollah sites.