Guatemala: Truck rams into crowd, kills 30

Campaign for Uyghurs and rights groups urged UN High Commissioner Volker Turk to address alleged crimes against humanity by China in his upcoming UNHRC speech. They cited ongoing abuses, lack of updates since the OHCHR report, and recent Hong Kong cases, calling for accountability and transparency.

The World Uyghur Congress weekly brief highlighted political developments in Japan, legal action in Australia over alleged forced labour links, activist statements in Geneva and Mexico, rising diplomatic friction ahead of the Munich Security Conference, and concerns over shrinking civic space in Hong Kong following Jimmy Lai's sentencing.

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Truxtun and the Supply-class fast combat support ship USNS Supply collided during a replenishment-at-sea, according to US Southern Command spokesman Colonel Emmanuel Ortiz.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper issued condemned the imprisonment of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and urged for him to be released on humanitarian grounds in their remarks.

The Hellenic Coast Guard said the collision happened as a patrol boat detected the migrant-filled speedboat heading toward the coast near Mersinidi, several miles from the Turkish shore. According to the official statement, "one of its patrol boats spotted a dinghy travelling toward Chios late Tuesday without navigation lights" and issued sound and visual signals for it to stop. The coast guard added that instead of complying, the smaller vessel reversed course and "collided with the starboard side of the Coast Guard patrol boat," causing the overloaded boat to capsize and sink.