1. The supply line between Cyprus and Gaza may begin operating as early as today, while a US-built temporary pier for aid by sea would take weeks to finish. Aid agencies insist that ground access is vital.

2. Cairo ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel remain deadlocked, making the goal of a truce by Ramadan unlikely.

3. Nearly 3,000 pregnant women in Port-au-Prince risk being cut off from essential healthcare.

4. The US said Prime Minister Ariel Henry should speed up a political transition to transfer power, though the State Department said it was not pushing him to resign.

5. Microsoft said hackers linked to Russian foreign intelligence are still trying to break into its systems with data stolen from corporate emails in January.

6. The visa program that resettles Afghans who worked with the US government may end this year, stranding tens of thousands of people and leaving them at risk of Taliban retribution.