Here’s a rundown of all the news you need to start your Wednesday, including Libya’s parliament approving a maritime deal with Türkiye, Saudi-led coalition intercepting drones targeting kingdom, the first day of US-sponsored military-technical talks between Lebanon and Israel concluding in Florida, and US President Donald Trump urging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to end the war.
Libya's House of Representatives unanimously approved a maritime boundary agreement with Türkiye, reversing its previous rejection of the deal and a decision to sever political ties with Ankara, according to a statement from the Libyan parliament.
In the statement issued in Benghazi, the parliament said lawmakers voted unanimously to approve the memorandum of understanding signed between Türkiye and Libya's former Government of National Accord on the delimitation of maritime jurisdiction areas in the Mediterranean Sea.
The parliament also repealed Resolution No. 1 of 2020, which rejected the ratification of two memorandums of understanding signed between Libya and Türkiye.
Lawmakers additionally voted unanimously to overturn Resolution No. 6 of 2020, which called for severing political relations with Ankara, the statement said.
- The Saudi-led coalition said early Wednesday that it intercepted and destroyed four drones launched toward Saudi Arabia.
Coalition spokesman Brig. Gen. Turki al-Maliki said on the US social media platform X that the interception and destruction operation was carried out in the regions of Medina and the Eastern Province.
In a separate statement, al-Maliki said coalition forces had intercepted and destroyed a drone heading toward the eastern region.
The first day of US-sponsored military-technical meetings between Lebanon and Israel in the state of Florida ended, with talks set to resume Wednesday, diplomatic sources told Anadolu.
The meetings began Tuesday at US Central Command headquarters in Tampa and lasted around six hours.
The talks aim to review implementation of a “framework agreement” and discuss “pilot areas” in southern Lebanon from which the Israeli army is scheduled to withdraw, according to Anadolu’s correspondent.
The meetings are part of US efforts to follow up on implementation of the agreement amid continued Israeli attacks on areas of southern Lebanon.
US President Donald Trump said the European Union is getting “tired of spending” money on Ukraine and urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to reach a deal to end the war with Russia.
“The European Union has quite a bit of money, although I have to tell you they’re getting tired of spending it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
“Ukraine has to want to settle this war. Zelenskyy has to want to settle this war, and if he doesn’t, I think it’s going to be a very bad thing,” he said.
“The United States has spent a fortune. Europe has spent a fortune. Europe’s tired of it right now,” Trump said.
“We have given tremendous amounts to Ukraine. We've got nothing back, other than high diesel (prices),” he added.
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) announced that it has appointed Sergen Yalcin as head coach of Türkiye's National Football Team.
The federation said its executive committee approved the appointment of the 53-year-old coach and that a four-year contract will be signed with Yalcin and his staff.
Yalcin, who began his professional playing career at Istanbul powerhouse Besiktas, previously managed several Turkish clubs, including Gaziantepspor, Sivasspor, Kayserispor, Konyaspor, Alanyaspor, Yeni Malatyaspor and Antalyaspor.
He notably guided Besiktas to the Turkish Super Lig and Turkish Cup double in the 2020-21 season, becoming the first person in the club's history to win the league title as both a player and head coach.
Slavia Prague came from two goals down to salvage a dramatic 2-2 draw against Fenerbahce with substitute Pavel Kacor scoring a 90th-minute equalizer in Matchday 3 of the UEFA Champions League at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul.
Fenerbahce, looking to recover from a humiliating 6-0 defeat to Aston Villa last week, made a flying start and took the lead just four minutes into the match through Oguz Aydin.
The Turkish winger collected the ball on the right flank, cut inside and curled a left-footed strike from outside the penalty area into the top left corner, with goalkeeper Jakub Markovic unable to keep it out despite getting a hand to the ball.
Music streaming giant Spotify announced that it has excluded more than 50 million tracks classified as AI slop or spam from its recommendations this year as part of efforts to protect listeners and promote human artists.
In a statement marking one year since introducing stronger protections against AI-related spam and impersonation, Spotify said it had also removed more than 75 million spam tracks from its platform for serious or repeated violations of its rules.
Unlike tracks deleted from the platform, the 50 million excluded from recommendations were not necessarily removed from Spotify's catalog. "AI-generated slop and spam don't belong in your recommendations, and we've made changes to keep them out and protect the listening experience," the company said.
A disruption affecting Google Cloud's infrastructure in western Europe caused outages at several UK and international online services, including banking apps, retailers and delivery companies.
Financial services providers Revolut, Lloyds Bank and HSBC were among those affected, while home improvement retailer Screwfix and delivery company DPD also experienced problems, according to Downdetector, which tracks user reports of service disruptions.
Millions of Revolut customers have reportedly been unable to access their accounts or make card payments following a system outage. The digital banking platform, which serves more than 80 million customers globally, including 13 million in the UK, said that some services were unavailable due to a “service disruption.”
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it certified Boeing’s 737 MAX-10 after years of reviews and testing, authorizing production and paving the way for deliveries to domestic and international airlines.
The agency said in a statement that it had issued an amended type certificate confirming that the aircraft meets applicable design and safety requirements as well as an updated Production Limitation Record authorizing production.
The certification follows extensive safety reviews, according to the FAA.
“After extensive safety reviews – including thousands of hours of test flights – the team at the FAA is ready to approve this critical aircraft for sale,” US Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said in a statement.
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