War

Live television footage showed police in tactical gear filing onto the UCLA campus adjacent to a complex of tents occupied by throngs of demonstrators.

It comes amid ongoing attempts to try to reach an agreement for a ceasefire and hostage releases.

The proposal includes a 40-day truce in return for the release of hostages and the prospect of displaced families being allowed back to northern Gaza.

Oleksandr Syrskyi said Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from positions in the eastern Donetsk region.

"The release of the hostages is the top priority for us," Foreign Minister Israel Katz said during an interview with local TV.

The ship's master reported damage to the vessel, the Andromeda Star.

The move comes amid ongoing protests against the Israel-Gaza war which have erupted at dozens of US campuses.

Hamas issues a proof-of-life video of US-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was abducted on 7 October last year.

A much-reduced national service for Anzac Day took place in Wellington after high winds caused the cancellation of the main event.

Anzac Day has been marked around New Zealand today, with the Dawn Service in Gallipoli this afternoon featuring Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters.

The water has been dyed a deep red and posters have been stuck around its perimeter.

The United States in recent weeks secretly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine for use in its battle to fight off Russian invaders.

Israeli warplanes pounded the northern Gaza strip for a second day in a fierce assault, shattering weeks of relative calm.