China Needs North Korea on Side

In tonight's edition, 300 Ghanaians arrive back home from South Africa on an emergency repatriation flight for nationals fleeing anti-immigrant protest threats. Also, rights organization Human Rights Watch accuses the United Arab Emirates of having recruited Colombian mercenaries to send to Sudan in support of the RSF paramilitary. And as Muslims around the world begin to celebrate Eid al-Adha, in DRC the Muslim holiday has begun with a focus on health and safety rather than celebration.

Republicans have revived a push to implement a congressional map that was rejected in 2023 for racial discrimination.

The US president warns that Oman, a US ally, 'will behave just like everybody else, or we will have to blow them up'.

At the same time, the White House is optimistic that a deal to end the war is in reach.