The US will provide over $1.6 billion to Kenya’s health system in a new five-year agreement signed by Marco Rubio and President William Ruto, the first deal under Trump’s foreign aid overhaul https://reut.rs/4agEj9V | Reuters

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had a long and ‘substantive’ phone call with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner regarding their push to end Ukraine's war with Russia https://reut.rs/48qbmqF | Reuters

BMW announced Milan Nedeljkovic will replace Oliver Zipse as CEO as the company prepares to roll out its Neue Klasse electric series and navigate fierce global competition https://reut.rs/3MroPFZ | Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed a full capture of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine after a prolonged campaign, calling it a key victory but Ukraine's military denied the city had fallen and said battles persisted in the area https://reut.rs/4pobKMf | Reuters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the country's president for a pardon in his long-running corruption trial, arguing that criminal proceedings were hindering his ability to govern https://reut.rs/43VCnzx | Reuters