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“She was so skinny,” Basil says. “In those 20 months she has lost over 6 or more kilograms of her weight. She had been arrested on November 2023 for posting a picture supporting Gaza on Instagram.”

China says it mediated a peace deal between Myanmar's ruling military and a rebel resistance group.

The deal was confirmed during a briefing on Monday after coming into effect on Saturday.

If you only consumed reporting from some corners of the Israeli media, that's all you would have seen.

But over the border, amid the dusty ruins of Gaza, it was a very different perspective.

For all of the talk by Israel that it had decimated Hamas, members of the group with their distinctive green headbands were front and centre.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that at least 200,000 European peacekeepers would be needed to prevent a new Russian attack after any ceasefire deal.

Hadeel Hijaz, a 33-year-old activist, was arrested last June on her way home to the West Bank from Malaysia and has been held in an Israeli prison ever since, with no charges and no answers.

She was one of the many Palestinian prisoners held under what is known as "administrative detention" where people are arrested on the grounds they plan to break the law in the future.

A childcare centre at Maroubra in Sydney's south-east has been set alight and spray painted with anti-Semitic graffiti.

The building is a short distance away from the Maroubra Synagogue on Anzac Parade.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the incident as an "evil hate crime".

Using freedom of information laws, the Guardian obtained details of 3,347 import declarations that name eight US-blacklisted companies as suppliers of materials to Australian importers since 2020. The companies ship a range of products, including parts for car batteries and trains used by state governments; safety gear for tradespeople; spices and food additives; and laser printers.

The decision came shortly after the country had restricted entry of Iranian and Israeli passport holders.

Ukraine has moved quickly to restore ties with Syria after rebels overthrew the Russia-backed regime of former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad on Dec. 8.

Under the previous regime, Russia had military bases in Syria that it used for operations in Africa and the Middle East.

Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years.

This is the first case of capital punishment under President Lai Ching-te, who took office last year.

Rights groups and the European Union condemned Taiwan's use of capital punishment and called on the country to apply and maintain a de facto moratorium.

The green light means a six-week ceasefire between Israel and Hamas can begin on Sunday, with the gradual release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails to begin soon after.

A ex-CIA official has pleaded guilty to leaking top secret US intelligence documents on a planned Israeli attack on Iran.

The 34-year-old worked for the CIA since 2016 and held a top secret security clearance.

Rahman sent two top secret documents to "multiple individuals he knew were not entitled to receive them," according to the court filing.

The genetic disorder is incurable but it is not uncommon for sufferers to reach middle-age before the physical symptoms — loss of motor skills and bodily functions, mental decline, emotional changes and depression — begin to manifest.