Myanmar's military government has released photographs of Aung San Suu Kyi meeting a Red Cross official, marking her first independently confirmed contact since her detention after the February 2021 coup. The images, showing her in a white blouse and a traditional longyi, depict her appearing well during the meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Essex County Council's new Reform UK administration has removed the Ukrainian flag from County Hall in Chelmsford, replacing it with a second Union flag. This decision, implemented on Friday, has drawn criticism from the Conservative opposition, which warned of encouraging 'pro-Kremlin politics'.
The New York Times has dismissed a libel threat from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concerning an article detailing alleged sexual assaults against Palestinian detainees. Netanyahu and his foreign minister had announced an intention to initiate a defamation lawsuit following the publication of the article, which claimed a pattern of widespread Israeli sexual violence.
