Yasmeen Altaji gives a round-up of today's trends
Trending Middle East
Ceasefire talks 'distant' and Iran dispute with India
This is trending your daily rundown of news from the Middle East and around the world brought to you by the National. From Abu Dhabi, I'm Yaspin Al-Taji. Here are today's headlines. Israel's cabinet has said its new war goal is to return 60,000 citizens who fled the border region with Lebanon to their homes. Ministers spoke after Yajisanwar said Hamas was ready for a long war with Israel and Gaza, leaving the prospect of a ceasefire appearing distant. The UN's senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza called again for a ceasefire. "It cannot be repeated enough. We need an immediate ceasefire. The immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and unimpeded continuous humanitarian access to deliver aid at scale throughout the Gaza Strip." The statement comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Egypt for meetings. A statement from Iran on treatment of Muslims in India has drawn condemnation from the South Asian nation. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in a social media post on Monday, "We cannot consider ourselves to be Muslims if we are oblivious to the suffering that a Muslim is enduring in Myanmar, Gaza, India, or any other place." India's foreign ministry responded the comments were "strongly deplorable." And rapper Sean Combs, known as Diddy, was arrested in New York City on federal charges yesterday. The arrest was based on a sealed indictment, according to the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The exact charges remain unclear but appear to be in relation to several allegations of sexual assault. That's all for this morning's headlines. You can get these stories at our site and visit the nationalnews.com/podcast for more like this. It's me, Altaji, The National. (upbeat music)