Jake Britton News Today

The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon has told Sky News the dangers in the region have not gone away and called for calm, wisdom and de-escalation as a matter of urgency.

The two sprawling camps overcrowded with Islamic State families in northeast Syria, where Shamima Begum has been confined for most of the last five years or so, are a continual security challenge.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is hoping for "good news soon" on talks to release hostages from Gaza, after the leader of Hamas said a truce agreement was "close". Elsewhere, two journalists were reportedly killed in Lebanon, amid growing fears for reporters.

Maddy Burress and Jake Britton were among the top performers.

Everyone in Derna is desperate for good news right now after days and days of utter misery and collective, searing suffering.

There was an awful near silence as the war crime investigators went about their business and the bodies of the victims were methodically packed into body bags.

The Edmonds School District honored its finest scholar athletes, coaches and community members at the 21st annual Scholar-Athlete and Community

The cells of Herat's main prison are crammed full. In each of the cells we go into, there are about 40 men laying jammed up against each other on the floor with some on bunk beds around the edges.