A police crackdown at UCLA

Plus, Universal Music Group artists to return to TikTok.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters Daily Briefing California police move in to dismantle a pro-Palestinian protest camp at UCLA, New York prosecutors will ask the judge overseeing Trump's hush money trial to impose more fines on him, and Universal Music Group artists will return to TikTok.   Plus, how humans can and can't catch bird flu.    By Edson Caldas Today's Top News Law enforcement officers take position before entering the pro-Palestinian protest encampment at UCLA. REUTERS/Mike Blake UNITED STATES Helmeted police muscled their way into a central plaza of the University of California, Los Angeles early today in a move to disperse a pro-Palestinian protest camp attacked the previous night by pro-Israel supporters. Escalating campus protests across the country are forcing President Joe Biden to walk a careful line. As students clash with law enforcement and college leadership, Correspondent Andrew Hay joins the Reuters World News podcast to share insights on universities taking a different approach.  New York prosecutors will ask the judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial to impose more fines on the former US president for violating a gag order that prohibits him from talking about witnesses and jurors. AROUND THE WORLD Top Israeli ministers will convene to discuss a proposed Gaza truce to free some hostages held by Hamas, as well as prospects for an army sweep of the southern tip of the enclave packed with displaced Palestinians, a government source said. Follow the latest coverage of the war here. Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes, as dozens more were killed in neighboring Tanzania and Burundi. Torrential rain and floods have destroyed homes, roads, bridges and other infrastructure across the region. A lower turnout so far in India's long general election has rattled Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign managers, calling into question whether his Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies can achieve the landslide victory predicted by opinion polls just one month ago. Spurred on by a reclusive billionaire founder, Georgia's ruling party has triggered a showdown with young, anti-Moscow protesters that is growing more tense and violent by the day. Critics say the law is modelled on legislation that the Kremlin has used to crack down on Russia's opposition. Russia says attempts to take its capital or interest would be "banditry" and has warned of catastrophic consequences. The country's ability to match a Western asset seizure of its frozen assets has been eroded by dwindling foreign investment, but experts say there are still ways it can strike back. Business & Markets Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's reassuring message following the central bank's monetary policy meeting may not calm frazzled US stock and bond investors, as uncertainty over the path of rising consumer prices intensifies the focus on upcoming data. The yen surged against the dollar in early Asian hours on what traders suspected was another round of intervention by Japanese authorities to stop a sharp slide in the currency, with the 160 level seen as a key line of defense. We have an explainer on Japan's tactics based on the latest suspected intervention. Universal Music Group and TikTok reached a new licensing agreement that will restore the label's songs and artists to the social media platform as well as give musicians more protections from artificial intelligence. Tesla has backed away from an ambitious plan for innovations in gigacasting, its pioneering manufacturing process, according to two sources familiar with the matter, in another sign that the electric-vehicle maker is retrenching amid falling sales and rising competition. Online pharmacies and slimming clinics are cutting prices for Wegovy and Mounjaro in Britain just months after the weight-loss drugs were launched there, as initial supply shortages ease. Meanwhile, Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk raised its 2024 outlook and delivered better-than-expected first-quarter profits. Bird flu transmission, in graphics The spread of H5N1 or bird flu to an increasing number of species and its widening geographic reach have raised the risks of humans being infected. The virus has caused serious, sometimes fatal, infections among people and has long been on the list of viruses with pandemic potential. This visual story shows how humans can and can't catch it. And Finally... Laszlo Kemencei, 28, plays with his daughter Boroka. REUTERS/Marton Monus Laszlo Kemencei lives as sustainably as possible on his small farm in Hungary. He believes the land is effectively borrowed from his young daughter, so he must preserve it. While there are no statistics on how many families are following a similar lifestyle in Hungary, anecdotal evidence suggests it is a growing trend. This photo essay looks at how sustainable living offers a hope for the future. Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters.com Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here.   Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. Reuters Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2024 Thomson Reuters. 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