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Safety around the Baltic Sea
GPS interference affecting 85 percent of Estonian aircraft

GPS interference affecting Baltic air and sea traffic has increased sharply in recent months, reports Bloomberg. An Estonian regulatory authority states that as much as 85 percent of the country's air traffic is now experiencing disruptions in its navigation systems.

Now the interference has also spread further and further from Kaliningrad, which is believed to be the source. Even mobile phones in the area are said to have begun to be affected.

- At first it affected air traffic, but now the interference is also affecting shipping and communication towers on land, says Jurate Soviene, head of Lithuania's Communications Authority.

Bridge construction collapses in China - at least twelve dead

At least twelve people have died and four people are missing after a railway bridge under construction collapsed into the Yellow River in northwestern China on Friday, state-run Chinese media reports according to TT.

The bridge was almost complete when the bridge section collapsed after a cable broke. 16 workers are reported to have been on site and none of them have been found alive despite a massive rescue effort involving 800 people.

Middle East crisis  Reactions
Emine Erdogan appeals to Melania Trump about Gaza

Turkey's first lady Emine Erdogan has urged her American counterpart Melania Trump in a letter to show the same sympathy for the children in Gaza that she has done for the children in Ukraine, Sky News reports.

UNICEF stated at the beginning of the year that at least 669 children have been killed in Ukraine, with a likely large undercount. In his letter, Erdogan highlights Trump's compassion for these children, and urges her to show the same concern for the over 18,000 children who have been killed in Gaza.

Melania Trump wrote a highly publicized letter to Vladimir Putin earlier this month in which she urged him to protect Ukraine's children. Emine Erdogan wants Trump to send a similar letter to Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu.

“We must unite our voices against this broken global system,” writes Emine Erdogan.