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Gaza War
US: Self-defense is going well – don’t jeopardize the ceasefire

The US, through White House special envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser Jared Kushner, has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to act in a way that jeopardizes the first phase of the ceasefire. This is reported by Israeli Channel 12 on the same day that the American duo arrived in Israel, writes the Times of Israel.

The US ambition is said to be that it wants to “do everything” to reach the second phase. “Self-defense is okay, jeopardizing the ceasefire is not,” the message read.

Witkoff and Kushner are also said to have met with representatives of the Israeli military, IDF, to hear how the ceasefire agreement is being implemented.

Jeffrey Epstein case
Analysis: Now there is concern about what else may come

The scandals surrounding Prince Andrew are not over yet. This is what Sky News' Laura Bundock writes in an analysis following reports that the prince urged a bodyguard to dig up compromising information about sex crime victim Virginia Giuffre.

She notes that this allegedly happened at the same time as the prince's protection was paid for by the country's taxpayers, and does not see it as an impossibility that he, after renouncing several royal titles last week, will also lose the princely title.

Bundock believes that last week's decision to renounce titles led to a kind of relief, but that it is now a thing of the past.

"Now there is instead a concern about what else may come to light."

Caroline Davies writes in The Guardian that Crown Prince William could take tough measures against his scandal-ridden uncle in the future. The day Prince William becomes king, he could ban his uncle from attending both public and private events, Davies writes.

"He is said to be concerned about the message that Andrew's presence at such events sends to victims of sexual abuse."