In a meeting with Republican senators at a White House breakfast, US President Donald Trump recounted his bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and his officials. “I’ve never seen men so scared in my life,” Trump said.

The blistering rise of Zohran Mamdani to become mayor of New York City has offered encouragement to left-wing parties across Europe that an unabashedly radical agenda could help turn the tide against right-wing forces at home.

Hamas’ armed wing said it would hand over the body of a hostage at 9 pm (1900 GMT) on Wednesday, while the Israeli military said it had killed two Palestinians who had approached an area it occupied in a “threatening” way.