1. Israel's military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for the first round of vaccination of 640,000 children against polio.

2. British PM Keir Starmer has been on a charm offensive across Europe this week, angling for a "reset" in relations between the UK and the European Union.

3. Washington urged Honduras to reconsider its intention to leave a long-standing extradition treaty.

4. Two east German states,, Thuringia and Saxony, hold elections on Sept. 1 that could shake up politics before 2025's federal election.

5. General Motors was ordered by a federal appeals court to face a class action claiming it violated laws of 26 US states by knowingly selling several hundred thousand cars, trucks and SUVs with faulty transmissions.

6. Amazon is developing a new version of Alexa with generative AI.