News compact: Apparently dead in Iran's attacks on Israel

According to media reports, at least two people have been killed in Israel by Iranian missile attacks. The Times of Israel reports this. The Iranian attacks are a response to the major attack Israel launched on Iran on Friday night. According to official Iranian sources, 78 people were killed and hundreds more injured.

The military confrontation continues: There were renewed waves of Iranian attacks overnight, including in the Tel Aviv area. Israel also continues to attack Iran. Explosions are reported from Tehran in the center and northeast of the Iranian capital. Israel justifies its attacks with the danger that Iran is close to building a nuclear bomb.

Egypt stops Gaza activists

According to Egyptian security sources, around 400 international activists have been detained in the city of Ismailia near the Suez Canal. They planned to participate in the so-called "Global March to Gaza" to protest the supply situation in the Palestinian territory on the Mediterranean . Their passports have been confiscated, according to Egyptian sources . They are to be deported to their home countries.

Starting Sunday, activists from around the world plan to demonstrate in Rafah, the Egyptian border crossing with the Gaza Strip . The protest movement is demanding an immediate opening of the border crossing for aid deliveries to the Palestinian Territory. In the coastal strip, the Israeli army is fighting the militant Islamist Hamas , which is classified as a terrorist organization by many states.

Ocean Conference presents list of commitments

The 175 participating states of the third United Nations Ocean Conference agreed on a final document in Nice. It contains a list of commitments—albeit with few financial pledges.

Contrary to the intention of host country France , a UN treaty to protect the high seas has not yet entered into force. Although more than a dozen states ratified the agreement at the beginning of the conference, the required minimum number of 60 supporters has not yet been reached. This should happen by the beginning of next year, according to the final text.

In light of the United States ' unilateral move to promote environmentally damaging deep-sea mining, 37 states at the Ocean Conference called for a precautionary pause on this type of raw material extraction. Several major banks announced in Nice that they would not finance projects in the controversial deep-sea mining sector.

US soldiers begin deployment in Los Angeles

Shortly before the planned nationwide demonstrations against President Donald Trump , armed Marines arrived in Los Angeles. Such domestic deployments of the US military are rare. The government in Washington had ordered the Marines to the West Coast metropolis. In Los Angeles, protests, some of them violent, had erupted due to Trump's deportation policy.

According to the Reuters news agency, soldiers arrested a civilian in front of a federal agency building. He was released shortly afterward. Numerous demonstrations against the Trump administration are planned across the United States this Saturday, including in Los Angeles.

Swedish fund divests from Tesla shares

The Swedish pension fund AP7 has sold all of its Tesla shares and blacklisted the US electric car manufacturer. The fund cited violations of union rights in the US as the reason for the move on Friday. Despite several years of discussions with Tesla, the company has not taken sufficient measures to address the problems, according to an AP7 spokesperson. The fund's Tesla stake was worth the equivalent of more than one billion euros.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is known for his critical attitude toward union involvement. In Germany, the company has so far rejected a collective bargaining agreement with IG Metall.

Schengen Agreement celebrates anniversary

To mark the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Schengen Agreement , a ceremony will take place this Saturday in the municipality that gives the agreement its name. Among other things, the newly designed European Museum will be opened.

On June 14, 1985, representatives of Germany, France, Belgium , Luxembourg, and the Netherlands signed the agreement in the city on the Moselle . The Schengen Agreement provided for a gradual abolition of border controls between the five countries. Gradually, more states joined, including non-EU countries such as Switzerland and Norway . Today, 29 countries belong to the Schengen area.

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