Daily brief
The UK and France announced plans to work together on resuming safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, amid ongoing tensions in the region. The British Navy may also seek French assistance to counter the Russian shadow fleet operating near European waters.
A man in Paris killed his brother with a knife, citing delusions he said were linked to a past Covid-19 infection.
A child lost the ability to walk after being locked in a truck for 500 days; three youths were charged over a separate hammer attack that disfigured a teenager in Strasbourg.