A cast member of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” unfurled a Palestinian flag at London’s Royal Opera House as someone backstage tried to grab it from them. A spokesperson for the Royal Ballet and Opera distanced themselves from the protest,

In a post on X, President Emmanuel Macron said that he will formalize the decision at the UN General Assembly in September, and that the most 'urgent thing today is that the war in Gaza stops and the civilian population is saved.