Rescuers on Thursday again attempted and failed to free a humpback whale stranded on Germany's Baltic Sea coast, employing a large suction dredger to remove sand around the animal. Two excavators dug a trench in an attempt to free the whale, which has been stuck in shallow waters at the Timmendorfer Strand beach since early on Monday, drawing heavy media attention.

The National Advanced Functional Fibre Innovation Centre (NAFFIC) and supply chain traceability platform AWARE have launched the "world's first" China-EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) for a textile product.

Israel launched a series of strikes in Lebanon early on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. "The IDF has begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure sites in Beirut," the military said in a statement on Telegram.