Ukraine: Kiev calls for negotiations on the fate of Mariupol
Ukraine has called for negotiations with Russia over the fate of the besieged city of Mariupol, as Moscow makes a show of force by testing a new intercontinental missile that can carry nuclear payloads. "We are ready to hold a 'special negotiating session' in Mariupol. To save our guys, (the battalion) Azov, the soldiers, the civilians, the children, the living and the wounded. Everyone," Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, wrote on Twitter. The corridor to evacuate civilians from the besieged port of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine "did not work," Ukraine's deputy prime minister said earlier, accusing the Russians of violating the ceasefire and blocking buses. No evacuation corridor had been set up in Ukraine since Saturday, due to a lack of agreement with the Russians who have intensified their strikes in eastern Ukraine in recent days.
Rocket salvo towards Israel, airstrikes on Gaza
Palestinian armed groups on Thursday launched a salvo of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel that carried out a series of strikes in the territory under the control of Hamas Islamists, raising fears of a new military escalation amid tensions over the holy sites in Jerusalem. On Wednesday night, a rocket, the second this week, was fired from the Gaza Strip and fell into a field in the southern Israeli town of Sderot without causing any injuries. In the aftermath, the Israeli army carried out a series of strikes in the center of this microterritory of 2.3 million inhabitants, according to witnesses and security sources.
And shortly after these retaliatory strikes, four more rockets were fired at Israel, where they were intercepted by the "Iron Dome" missile shield, the army said as alarm sirens sounded in the middle of the night in localities. Israeli neighbours of the Gaza Strip. The exchange of fire – the second this week and among the most intense since the end of the 11-day war between Israel and Hamas in May 2021 – comes after clashes this weekend between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police on the Jerusalem Mosque Compound. third holiest place in Islam and first sacred site in Judaism under its name of Temple Mount.

Tennis: Wimbledon excludes Russian and Belarusian players
Wimbledon excluded the Russians and Belarusians from the 2022 edition of the Grass Major due to the war in Ukraine, becoming the first tennis tournament to rule out these players individually. Daniil Medvedev, world N.2, Andrey Rublev (8th), Aryna Sabalenka (4th and semi-finalist last year), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (15th) and Viktoria Azarenka (ex-N.1 today 18th) will not be able to defend their chances in London. "In the circumstances of an unjustified and unprecedented military aggression, it would be unacceptable for the Russian regime to derive any benefit from the participation of Russian or Belarusian players," the tournament said. The ATP, which runs the men's professional tennis circuit, called Wimbledon's decision "unfair."
IN BRIEF
 Queen Elizabeth II, the world's oldest monarch in office, turns 96 on Thursday, now largely removed from public life due to mobility issues.
Cannon fire from the Tower of London and Hyde Park will mark the event and a military band will play "happy birthday" for the occasion. But the Queen, who passed the milestone of 70 years of reign in February, will celebrate the day "privately," a spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace told AFP. She flew Wednesday by helicopter to the royal estate of Sandringham, 200 kilometers north of London. According to the press, she will spend a few days there at Wood Farm, the relatively modest house overlooking the North Sea that her husband Philip, who died last year, was so fond of.

G20 finance ministers and central bankers, meeting on Wednesday on the sidelines of IMF and World Bank meetings, left the plenary session or turned off their screens to protest Russia's presence.
Actor Johnny Depp said Wednesday in a U.S. court that accusations of violence made by his ex-wife Amber Heard had cost him "everything," placing him in a "finished" state of man.
L1: Paris SG won 3-0 in Angers, but its crown in Ligue 1 was delayed by its rival and runner-up Marseille, knocking against Nantes (3-2), in a 33rd round. Monaco, unstoppable, climbed to 4th place by dominating 1-0 Nice, a competitor for Europe.