Alex Leff

Beryl hit Jamaica as a Category 4 storm and by Thursday afternoon had weakened some but still forged on as a still-powerful Category 2, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

President Gustavo Petro announced his country will break diplomatic ties with Israel Thursday over its actions in Gaza. “If Palestine dies, humanity dies, and we are not going to let it die,” he said.

The ICC has issued warrants for the Russian president and his children’s rights commissioner for alleged war crimes involving accusations that Russia has forcibly taken Ukrainian children.

Ukraine’s U.N. Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya delivered a charged address at the Security Council, demanding the Russian representative phone Moscow to call off the war.