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Aftershocks continued to shake parts of the central Philippines Sunday following last week’s massive earthquake, as Christian aid workers struggled to reach survivors amid growing humanitarian needs.

While Hamas publicly declared its willingness to accept major portions of President Donald Trump’s peace initiative, deep divisions within the group threaten to derail what could be the most significant breakthrough since the war began nearly two years ago.

President Donald Trump sharply criticized a federal judge’s decision to block his plan to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, calling the ruling “a disgrace” and accusing the court of undermining presidential authority amid ongoing protests against federal immigration enforcement.

The U.S. government shutdown entered its sixth day Monday, with little sign of progress as Democrats and Republicans remained entrenched in a bitter standoff over health care subsidies and immigration-related provisions tied to government funding.

Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced a sweeping crackdown on dissent after protesters attempted to storm the presidential palace during local elections. Riot police repelled demonstrators with water cannon and pepper spray in central Tbilisi.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the West of showing “zero real reaction” to Russia’s escalating bombing campaign after a massive assault Sunday killed at least six and injured 18 amid allegations that China assists Moscow in its attacks on Ukraine.

Czechs have voted in a two-day general election that could steer the country away from supporting Ukraine and closer to the policies of Hungary and Slovakia, threatening to deepen divisions within the European Union and NATO.

Hamas has announced it is prepared to release all Israeli hostages, both alive and dead, and hand over governance of Gaza to an independent body of Palestinian technocrats under a plan proposed by U.S. President Donald J. Trump.

German authorities, working closely with Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, arrested three men accused of belonging to a Hamas-linked terrorist cell plotting attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets.

Israel has intercepted the largest Gaza-bound flotilla in years, detaining dozens of international activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, in a dramatic escalation over the besieged territory, organizers and officials confirmed Thursday.