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A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours. Here’s today’s news:

The next phase of Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan has effectively stalled and it looks as though reconstruction may be limited to the Israel-controlled area of Gaza, six European officials told Reuters. 18 sources said that without a major push from the United States to break the impasse between Israel and Hamas, the yellow line looks set to become a de facto border indefinitely dividing Gaza. Alexander Cornwell reports.

“We are closely monitoring developments and declare that if the enemy resumes its aggression against Gaza, we will return to our military operations… and we will reinstate the ban on Israeli navigation in the Red and Arabian seas,” a letter from Maj Gen Yusuf Hassan al-Madani, the Houthi rebels chief of staff to Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades says. The letter is undated and was published online by Hamas. The Houthis have not offered any formal acknowledgment that their campaign in the region has halted. Jon Gambrell reports for AP News.

Russia and Ukraine yesterday issued conflicting accounts of fighting around Myrnohrad, a town east of Pokrovsk. “Ukrainian units are confidently holding their positions and destroying the occupiers on the approaches to [Myrnohrad],” the Ukrainian military said on social media, adding “logistics to the town are complicated, but are being carried out.” Russia’s Defense Ministry said that its forces were pressing an advance on the town, reporting gains in two of the town’s districts. Yuliia Dysa reports for Reuters.

The German federal police issued arrest warrants for seven people, including Ukrainian soldiers and deep-sea divers, in connection with the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022. Poland already refused to extradite one of the suspects to stand trial in Germany. Serhii K., the alleged commander of the sabotage unit, has been arrested in Italy, and Italian judges are expected to decide whether to extradite him to Germany by December. Any legal hearing is likely to further strain relations between Ukraine and Germany, particularly as Germany’s far-right AfD party has seized on public anger with how the bombings cemented high energy prices and is campaigning to cut funding to Kyiv. Bojan Pancevski reports for the Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. military killed six people on Sunday in two more strikes on alleged drug vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yesterday. Eric Schmitt reports for the New York Times.

Belgium has enlisted the help of French, British and German anti-drone teams to seize or track down drones that have made incursions around its airports, military bases, and a nuclear base. A Belgian official said, “We’re not saying it’s Russia. We’re saying it looks like Russia. It’s impossible to connect any incident with an actor. We have nothing.” Russia has denied any involvement with the drones, saying it has “neither motive nor interest in such activities.” Lili Bayer and Philip Blenkinsop report for Reuters.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine said yesterday that it is investigating a $100 million kickback scheme in Ukraine’s energy sector, centred on the state nuclear power company Energoatom. According to investigators, Energoatom’s counterparties were forced to pay bribes of 10%-15% to avoid having payments for services or goods blocked, or losing their supplier status. Max Hunder reports for Reuters.

Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for no less than $1 billion dollars unless it retracts its Panorama documentary by Friday, according to a letter seen by Reuters sent by Trump’s lawyers on Sunday. The letter also demanded that the BBC issue an apology and compensate Trump for “overwhelming reputational and financial harm.” Paul Sandle, Sam Tabahriti, and Jack Queen report.