NAIJA BRIEF NEWS

  Verified videos show IDF striking a village in southern Lebanon. BBC Verify has been examining videos of an Israeli strike on the village of Deir Aames in southern Lebanon today, following the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issuing a warning to residents to evacuate the area. The two clips we have verified show the same large explosion hitting a group of houses in the village, which is about seven miles (11km) from the border with Israel. In a post on X issuing a warning earlier, IDF Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee said “Hezbollah's activities are forcing the IDF to operate against them” in the area and told residents to move more than 1,000m (3,000ft) from the village. The IDF later published its own footage of the strike and said it hit “military structures” used by Hezbollah to fire rockets toward the Israeli village of Shtula near the border with Lebanon last night.

  Lebanese president says country's stability 'integral to the region' amid uneasy ceasefires. Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun has stressed that Lebanon's stabilty has wider repercussions as he spoke at  a summit attended by EU leaders  in Cyprus. "Lebanon's stability is integral to the stability of the region," says in comments translated by the Reuters news agency. Aoun warns that any instability "will not remain confined within its borders but will have repercussions for its neighbours and partners". And the Lebanese president says that he hopes for his country to transition "from crisis management to recovery through enhanced cooperation with our European partners" through investment and economic integration. As a reminder, an uneasy ceasefire remains in place between Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon and Israel, though the Israel Defense Forces have continued to issue evacuation orders to residents of southern Lebanon today.