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_1 Afghan violence: At least five policemen were killed by a suicide bomber using a military Humvee in Afghanista­n’s eastern Ghazni province, an official said Tuesday. Arif Noori, the governor’s spokesman in Ghazni, said 26 others including a district governor and 18 police were wounded in the attack. No group immediatel­y claimed responsibi­lity for the attack. The Humvee was taken earlier from Afghan forces by Taliban fighters in a separate attack, said Noori. Also on Tuesday, the Islamic State claimed responsibi­lity for another attack carried out Monday outside the Rural Rehabilita­tion and Developmen­t Ministry in the capital Kabul, killing 12 people and wounding more than 30 others. The Taliban have agreed to a cease-fire coinciding with the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The holiday is set to begin later this week. The Islamic State affiliate is not included in the cease-fire.

_2 Hostages freed: A four-hour hostage standoff in central Paris ended with police moving in, arresting the suspect and freeing those held, France’s interior minister announced Tuesday.

The Paris prosecutor’s office detained the suspect, a 26-year-old man born in Morocco. There was no indication of an extremist motive, police said. Paris police have not revealed how many people were taken hostage.

_3 Prison for royal: Spain’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s conviction of the husband of Princess Cristina for fraud and tax evasion, though it acquitted him of forgery and reduced his prison sentence by five months. The court ruled on an appeal that Inaki Urdangarin, King Felipe VI’s brother-in-law, was also guilty of misuse of public funds, abuse of power and influence peddling and should serve a sentence of five years and 10 months. The lower court, in Palma de Mallorca, convicted Urdangarin in a 2016 trial that captivated Spain as Princess Cristina testified in court. It was the first time a member of Spain’s royal family was put on trial since the monarchy was restored in 1975.

_4 Settlers evicted: Israeli police on Tuesday began evacuating Jewish settlers from 15 homes built illegally on private Palestinia­n land in the West Bank. Dozens of settlers protested against the evacuation, with some throwing stones and bottles at police. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said three officers were lightly wounded in the scuffles and that police arrested two protesters. Protesters opposed to the move also blocked the entrance to Jerusalem, snarling traffic. After the eviction, Israeli forces are expected to demolish the structures in the Netiv HaAvot unauthoriz­ed outpost. The government says it will compensate the residents and rebuild their homes on nearby lands that are not privately owned.

_5 Anne Frank: To mark what would have been Anne Frank’s 89th birthday, the Amsterdam museum dedicated to her life has launched a virtual reality tour of the cramped quarters where the Jewish diarist and her family hid from Nazis during World War II. The Anne Frank House said Tuesday that the 25-minute tour means people won’t have to visit the museum to see the annex where the Franks and four other Jews hid from 1942 until they were discovered in 1944 and deported to concentrat­ion camps. The tour “offers an immersive experience” of the rooms hidden behind an Amsterdam canalside house where Anne wrote her diary. The tour is free and can be downloaded from the Oculus Store for Samsung Gear.

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