- Yahoo TV UK
Why is Love Island introducing celebrity bombshells?
Love Island 2024 has caused a stir with TOWIE's Joey Essex entering the villa as the first ever celebrity bombshell.
- Reuters
Mediators press Hamas over Gaza ceasefire plan touted by Biden
Talks involving Qatari, Egyptian and U.S. mediators aimed at reaching a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza war were still underway on Thursday but had shown no sign of a breakthrough, two Egyptian security sources said. The talks began on Wednesday, when CIA director William Burns met senior officials from Qatar and Egypt in Doha to discuss a proposal that U.S. President Joe Biden publicly endorsed last week. Biden described the three-phase plan as an Israeli initiative.
- AFP
Europe stocks advance before expected ECB rate cut
Europe's main stock markets climbed higher Thursday, with sentiment buoyed by rising expectations of an imminent interest-rate reduction from the European Central Bank.The Frankfurt-based European Central Bank, or guardian of the euro, is widely expected to follow suit with a similar reduction at 1215 GMT on Thursday.
