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State prosecutors have asked the Singapore High Court to require Healing the Divide founder Iris Koh and her husband to seek its approval before starting or continuing their civil cases. https://cna.asia/4mm3Ro5

🚨 UPDATE: No service on Thomson-East Coast Line; bus bridging services in operation between Woodlands North and Bayshore stations All updates: https://cna.asia/3VSZt5f

🚨 DEVELOPING: There’s a 15-minute delay on the Thomson-East Coast line now, SMRT says, due to a signal fault. Updates: https://cna.asia/3VSZt5f

A 16-year-old boy, a 22-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man were arrested after days of scams involving fake SAF bulk orders that caused at least S$32,000 in losses. They were found to have allegedly acted on the instructions of a scam syndicate: https://cna.asia/48jzDic

OG has terminated Hao Mart's lease at Taste Orchard mall after less than 2 years, and tenants have been told to move out by Dec 31. Many told CNA they had only started operations within the past year and invested significantly in their premises - costs they have yet to recover. https://cna.asia/4pxqJ7d

Actor Robert Redford, Hollywood leading man turned director and activist, has died at the age of 89. https://cna.asia/3Vjvd3m

A Singaporean tourist in Hong Kong was misled into paying HK$30,400 (US$3,908) for herbs at a local pharmacy - 100 times the labelled price. The case is among hundreds of complaints over “unscrupulous sales practices” in local pharmacies and medicine shops, the Hong Kong Consumer Council says. https://cna.asia/3VRGPuA

"Genocide is occurring in Gaza", a team of independent UN investigators has concluded, reporting that Israel has committed 4 out of the 5 acts listed in the 1948 Genocide Convention. https://cna.asia/46ltrDL Israel has rejected this finding, and also launched a massive new bombing campaign on Gaza City after receiving backing from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: https://cna.asia/3K4HlCP

🐋 A rare carcass of a baleen whale drifted into Singapore's waters and was hoisted out near Marina Bay Cruise Centre for study. It's the second whale found here in the past decade: https://cna.asia/466kS0V

An "outwardly pious" council member of a religious organisation lured a boy to sleep over at his house and molested, sexually assaulted, and took at least 40 photos of his private parts. His devices contained porn and child abuse material as well. He will be jailed: https://cna.asia/46rXIBb

🥢 Do you know your Hong Kong dim sum? A longtime resident drops her top 15 must-tries – with options for cheap eats, halal and vegetarian bites, as well as, of course, Michelin stars. https://cna.asia/3VDyfzL

UK fighter jets will join NATO air defence missions over Poland to counter Russian drones threatening eastern Europe. France, Germany and Denmark have committed to do so too. Meanwhile, Romania reported a new drone incursion over the weekend, while Poland scrambled aircraft again to respond to fresh strikes at Ukraine's border: https://cna.asia/3I0aNtj

A woman backed out of sex with her sugar daddy and pretended to be underage to blackmail him into sending her more than S$8,000. The 24-year-old was sentenced to 11 months' jail: https://cna.asia/4mWDGFM

A man who was the "key player" in providing illegal short stays at 31 properties in Singapore has been fined S$1.14 million. He was one of 6 men, aged between 33 and 81, found guilty for their involvement in the operation. https://cna.asia/4nuOcUx

🔊 Heard that? That's the SCDF public warning system's "Important Message" siren. You may also have heard it on your phone if you have the SGSecure app. Tune into the radio or Mediacorp TV channels for the message: https://cna.asia/46vL9FX

🍲 Two 17-year-old teens who peed into a Haidilao hotpot in Shanghai have been ordered to pay over US$300,000 in damages. The boys (surnamed Wu and Tang) and their parents have also been ordered to issue public apologies in newspapers: https://cna.asia/481LOAr

A bot to divert suspicious calls and waste scammers' time so potential victims can't be harmed? 🤖 That's but one of the things Reshma Vasu is building, alongside the ScamShield app, to help combat this modern-day scourge. Find out what else she has in the works: https://cna.asia/3K6Z8cx

At least 10 Malaysian politicians have received threats demanding US$100,000 in blackmail payments, or else face the distribution of AI-generated sex videos of them. Local police are investigating: https://cna.asia/3K47RfJ

🎭 Adolescence teen star Owen Cooper made history as the youngest male actor to win an Emmy, the Oscars of TV. The Netflix limited series clinched 8 awards. See what other shows won big: https://cna.asia/3K3iboj

Fuiyoh! Comedian Nigel Ng, better known as Uncle Roger, has married his "best friend" Sabrina Ahmed. 💍 Details and pictures of his big day: https://cna.asia/46qjEwx