US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Hamas to swiftly accept an Israeli proposal for a truce in the Gaza war. In Asia news, Southeast Asia has been coping with a weeks long heat wave as record-high temperatures led to school closings in several countries and in Singapore, in the three weeks since the speed enforcement function was activated in red-light cameras, those cameras have detected more than 800 speeding violations.

Synopsis: A round up of global headlines to start your day by The Business Times. 

Written by: Lee Kim Siang (kimsiang@sph.com.sg) / Claressa Monteiro 

Recording engineer: Joann Chai Pei Chieh

Produced and edited by: Lee Kim Siang & Claressa Monteiro

Produced by: BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media

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