US defence secretary Pete Hegseth texted about plans to kill a Houthi militant leader in Yemen two hours before a military operation meant to be shrouded in secrecy, according to screenshots of a chat released by The Atlantic yesterday.

Thousands of Palestinians marched between the wreckage of a heavily destroyed town in northern Gaza yesterday in the second day of anti-war protests, with many chanting against Hamas in a rare display of public anger against the militant group.

A woman accusing French actor Gerard Depardieu of sexual assault told a trial in Paris yesterday that he groped her buttocks and her breasts several times on a film set.

French President Emmanuel Macron has said a proposed European armed force for possible deployment in Ukraine under an eventual peace deal could &respond& if Russia launched an attack.