Members of the Musahar community have claimed that Gorakhpur officials distributed soaps and perfumes in slums and asked them to clean themselves and their houses before the visit of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath to their locality. Musahars belong to a socially marginalised community which is said to feed on rodents under extreme poverty conditions. The members were also reportedly given bath by a local BJP leader who claimed the exercise was a part of an ongoing cleanliness campaign.
8:5A Haaretz investigation alleges that UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu roughly 10 days before the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack, warning that Yahya Sinwar was planning a major operation.
8:7German police launched a major security operation after suspected improvised rocket-launch devices were reportedly discovered near a power substation close to the Weisweiler power plant in western Germany.