Kamîran: Yesterday we spoke about the start of parliamentary work in Erbil, but today an unexpected move was announced by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

Ronahî: The Executive Council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, chaired by Bafel Talabani, met and decided by majority vote to withdraw from the Kurdistan Region government and not to recognise the parliament.

Ronahî: In a video message, Bafel Talabani stated that, in order to form a strong government, he had visited Erbil more than fifteen times, yet every meeting had been disrupted and any outcome had been blocked.

Kamîran: This step comes after failed attempts at agreement and signals a deep political crisis between the two main parties.

Kamîran: In many cities across northern and eastern Syria, students’ reaction against the decision of the interim government’s Ministry of Education continues.

Ronahî: After yesterday’s attack in Hasaka, today in Girke Lege, Rimelan and Derik students took to the streets and demanded education in their mother tongue and its official recognition in the constitution.

Ronahî: In Derik, a student named Yasmin Ismail read a statement and called for accountability over the intervention in Hasaka. In Tel Tamer, the Kongra Star Council met and condemned the attack on the students.

Kamîran: Students who have completed their entire education in Kurdish view restrictions on their mother tongue as a violation of their fundamental rights.

Ronahî: Meanwhile, the process of returning residents of Serêkaniyê who had been staying in Hasaka’s centres continues. The eighth convoy, comprising nearly four hundred and forty-seven families, has reached its areas.

Kamîran: Yesterday the seventh convoy had also set off for their villages.

Ronahî: Yes, that convoy consisted of three hundred and seventy families and headed for seventy-five villages in the countryside of Serêkaniyê, Zirgan and Tel Tamer. Syrian parliament member Yasir Mansour stated they were present to oversee the security of the return in the region.

Kamîran: Outside the region, two major social and political events have come to the fore.

Ronahî: In France, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets following a call from the unions. The Interior Ministry put the number of demonstrators outside Paris at two hundred and seventy thousand, while the General Confederation of Labour reported that in seventy-three cities alone more than two hundred and fifty thousand people took part.

Ronahî: On another part of the world stage, Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, following a crisis linked to the collapse of Banco Ueno and the loss of millions of citizens’ savings, announced that he had resigned from his post to preserve stability in the country.

Kamîran: And in Gaza, Israeli attacks on various areas have left casualties.

Ronahî: In central Gaza, one person lost their life in a drone attack near the Zawaida Municipality, while elsewhere a young man died following a strike on a displacement camp and one person was seriously wounded.

Ronahî: According to local sources, a displacement tent in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis was also hit by gunfire, and a woman named Nura Suleiman Muhammad Shawaf lost her life.