


A French father has been charged after his nine-year-old son was discovered severely neglected, having allegedly been confined to a van for more than a year. The boy was found malnourished and unable to walk, prompting a police investigation and charges against both parents.

Despite a recent US-Iran ceasefire agreement intended to guarantee 'safe passage' through the Strait of Hormuz, only a fraction of normal shipping traffic has resumed, raising concerns about global supply chains and energy prices.
Hungary's Prime Minister-elect, Péter Magyar, has announced that billions of Euros in previously frozen EU funds are expected to be released soon, following what he described as "extremely constructive" talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels. Magyar's Tisza party recently secured a landslide victory on 12 April, ending Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule and his Fidesz government's contentious relationship with the EU over rule-of-law and corruption concerns. The incoming government plans to expedite reforms to meet EU conditions and address the country's minimal economic growth.

A Palestinian man was shot dead during a settler attack in the occupied West Bank, prompting warnings from former Israeli security chiefs about 'government-sponsored Jewish terrorism' and UN concerns over increasing settler violence.