WORLD HIGHLIGHTS

►Turkey ANKARA

Turkey will impose restrictions on the export of products from 54 different categories to Israel until a ceasefire is declared in Gaza, the Turkish Trade Ministry said yesterday, adding the measures would take effect immediately

►Israel TEL AVIV

Israel for the first time deployed its ship-mounted defence system, called the C-dome, against a "suspicious" target that entered the country's airspace near the southern city of Eilat, the military said yesterday.

►Ukraine KIYV

Ukraine's air defence systems destroyed all 20 attack drones that Russia launched targeting Ukraine, Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said yesterday.

►France PARIS

Dangerous concentrations of long-lingering "forever chemicals" have been found in surface and groundwater worldwide, according to a study released yesterday that showed Australia, the United States and Europe as hotspots.

►Japan TOKYO

Japan's science minister Masahito Moriyama said yesterday he will travel to the United States to sign a deal later this week with NASA affirming Tokyo's cooperation on a Us-led lunar exploration programme.

►Bulgaria SOFIA

Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev appointed a caretaker government yesterday led by Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, and set June 9 as the date for snap elections, the BTA news agency reported.

►Russia MOSCOW

Parts of the Russian city of Orenburg may be flooded in the next 24 hours as water levels in the Ural and Samara rivers are set to rise by 5-40 centimetres, the RIA and TASS news agencies reported yesterday citing local authorities.

Gazprom said it would send 42.4 million cubic metres of gas to Europe via Ukraine yesterday, a volume broadly in line with recent days.

►Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR

Malaysia urged Facebook operator Meta and short video service Tiktok to step up monitoring on their platforms, it said yesterday, with the government reporting sharp increases in harmful social media content this year. AGENCIES