The United States and South Korea have conducted a precision aerial bombing

exercise in response to North Korea's testfiring of a ballistic missile over

Japan. The first such launch in five years. There's been strong international
condemnation of Pyongyang. Just hours after the North Korean missile launch, the US
and South Korea responded with a joint exercise. A South Korean fighter jet fired
two precision bombs at a mock target on an uninhabited island in the Yellow Sea.
In total, 4 US And 4 South Korean aircraft were scrambled. The South Korean
military issued a statement saying the drills showed their will to respond sternly
to any threats from the north. Pyongyang has stepped up its military activities
since President Biden took office in Washington, and intelligence reports suggest
it may be planning to test another nuclear device, something it hasn't done since
2017.

The police chief in the Indonesian region, where a deadly football stadium crash
occurred on Saturday, has apologized for the disaster. East Java police chief
Nicola Filter says he was saddened by the tragedy and was sorry for
shortcomings in how security was managed at the football stadium. His forces have
come under heavy criticism for firing tear gas into the crowd after fans ran on to
the pitch after the match. At least 125 people were killed when people rushed to
leave and found many of the exit gates locked.

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved new rules for EU countries
under which rival companies producing mobile phones and tablets will have to
provide a common charging port. The measure, to be in place by 2024 would make the
Android USB connector the EU standard. The new rules will significantly affect
Apple, which would need to change its type of charging port for iPhones and other
devices.

13 young women have been rescued in Zambia more than six months after they were
kidnapped for ransom. Video demanding ransom payments had prompted a police
operation, but the search had failed to locate the women. A neighbor who helped
rescue the hostages, said he was sitting at home in the capital Lusaka, watching
wrestling on TV, when he heard someone bashing his gate with a stone. Outside he
found a woman pleading for help. She'd just scaled the wall of the house next
door. The neighbors then used an axe to break in and was shocked to find twelve
other distraught hostages, women between the ages of 17 and 28. Kidnapping was
unheard of in Zambia until a video emerged about six months ago of a young woman
called Pamela pleading for her life whilst being beaten by her captors. No one
knew she was being held with twelve others.

The World Health Organization says it's stepping up its response to a deadly
outbreak of cholera in Haiti, where weeks of antigovernment protests have
contributed to a worsening sanitary situation. A WHO spokesman said he was setting
up cholera treatment centers intent and making bulk orders of oral vaccines. He
said the situation in gang controlled areas was of particular concern.

Paris has become the latest city in France to announce that he won't screen
matches from the forthcoming World Cup because of the number of people who have
died while building football stadiums in Qatar. Estimates vary, but some suggest
that hundreds of workers were killed by heat stroke, exhaustion and other
problems caused by the severe conditions on construction sites.

One of the largest and most complex inquiries in British legal history into the
UK's handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic has opened in London. The first stage will
scrutinize how prepared the government was. The inquiry is likely to last for two
years. The chairwoman, Baroness Heather Hallett, opened proceedings. There's one
word that sums up the Pandemic for so many, and that is the word loss. Millions of
people suffered loss, including the loss of friends and family members, the loss of
good health, both mental and physical economic loss, the loss of educational
opportunities and the loss of social interaction.

This year's Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to three scientists for
their research into quantum mechanics, investigating the smallest known particles
in the universe. Anon Aspe of France John Klausa of the United States and
Austria's Anton Silinger were honored in particular for their work on entangled
photons. A member of the prize committee said their studies were groundbreaking and
had broad implications in areas such as secure information transfer.