1. Vladimir Putin said Russia is making a buffer zone to protect its people from attacks after deadly Ukrainian attacks on Belgorod.

2. Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the alleyways of Jabalia, where residents said bulldozers were demolishing homes and shops.

3. Kazakhstan’s former economy minister Kuandyk Bishimbayev received a 24-year prison sentence for killing his wife.

4. Portugal’s parliament dismissed a proposal from far-right parties to charge President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa with treason for supporting reparations for slavery and colonialism.

5. A Boeing engineering union said it will offer its representatives training on U.S. whistleblower laws following concerns that its members lack adequate protection against possible reprisals.