Israeli brothers drive a West Bank settler land grab

Plus, why food safety is suddenly in the spotlight in India.

Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Claire Beers Hello. A Reuters special report looks into how two Israeli brothers are driving a West Bank settler land grab. Iran-backed Houthis have attacked Saudi energy facilities. And the raids, shutdowns, and warning labels behind India's unprecedented food safety push. Plus, how two men survived nine days in a Nepal flood tunnel. Today's Top News   Smoke rises from what the Houthis say was an attack targeting trucks coming from Saudi territory on the Saudi-Yemen border. Houthi Media Centre/REUTERS Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis attacked energy facilities and cities in US ally Saudi Arabia, wounding more than 70 people and underscoring the risk of the Iran ‌conflict escalating into a wider regional war. Israeli strikes on a southern Lebanese town killed at least 12 people, Lebanon's health ministry said, in one of the ‌deadliest days of Israeli bombardment in recent weeks. Russia resumed air attacks on Kyiv after a brief halt for the visit of US peace negotiators, killing two people and triggering fires across the Ukrainian capital. Britain will announce a trade ban on goods made in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank later on Tuesday as part ‌of the UK's efforts to support a two-state solution. Chancellor Friedrich Merz ruled out working with the Alternative for Germany after the far-right party surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt. Female employees at the Eiffel Tower were asked to step out of sight during a visit by a Hindu religious delegation at the weekend, according to union representatives, prompting a staff protest ‌and an investigation by Paris city authorities. Many young adults grew up in the shadow of the 9/11 attacks but are too young to remember them. If that sounds like you, Reuters would like to learn more about how you view and understand the event.  Business & Markets   Packets in a shopping cart in Mumbai, India. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas India is witnessing an unprecedented food safety crackdown, with regulators forcing many local eateries and branded restaurants to suspend operations, while a push for front-of-pack warning labels has rattled the country's $100 billion packaged food industry. Global oil benchmark Brent crude has rallied this month but stayed below $100 a barrel despite recent escalation in the US-Iran conflict that has disrupted Gulf exports through the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea. Here are some of the factors ‌driving oil prices. Canada's retaliatory tariffs on US goods took effect as Prime Minister Mark Carney increased economic pressure on his country's ‌biggest trading partner after negotiations collapsed last month, intensifying an 18-month-old trade war. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a $230 million partnership deal with Greenland. European affairs editor Andrew Gray has the details on the Reuters World News podcast. Democratic Republic of Congo plans to tighten control over geological data that guides billions of dollars in mining exploration, potentially extending state influence over the development of future mineral discoveries. Renault's low-cost brand Dacia is looking to make fresh inroads in the electric vehicle market with a new larger version of its popular Spring model. But this time it will be made in Europe, ‌instead of being imported from China. How two Israeli brothers are driving a West Bank settler land grab   From a hilltop sprawl of industrial buildings, a family of Israeli settlers is cranking out prefabricated buildings to accelerate the expansion of illegal Jewish outposts in the West Bank, driving Palestinians from their homes. The Libi brothers control what one settler who knows them called a West Bank "empire," with activities ranging from manufacturing cement to building roads and settlements, along with expanding their own farms.  Read our special report And Finally... Survivor Kabir Maharjan is carried away from a tunnel he was trapped insidefollowing devastating floods and mudslides in Nepal. Nepal Army/REUTERS How two men survived nine days in a Nepal flood tunnel: Reuters has reconstructed the full story of two men's survival and the frantic effort to save them through exclusive interviews and a review of site documents, maps, and internal conversations between rescuers. 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