By Sarah Naffa | AP
In the news today: France and Belgium are breaking with western allies to support a request for ICC arrest warrants targeting Israeli leaders; a deadly helicopter crash in Iran has come at a tense time in the Middle East; and the GOP is trying to correct the narrative on mail-in ballots. Also, a look at the growing buzz around pink noise.
France and Belgium released statements supporting the world’s top war crimes court and its chief prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas, after Israel and the United States both harshly condemned the effort by ICC prosecutor Karim Khan to seek arrest warrants for Israeli officials in connection with the seven-month war in Gaza.