Miley Cyrus confirms engagement to musician Maxx Morando
Miley Cyrus has confirmed her engagement to her partner of four years, musician Maxx Morando, BBC reported.
The three-time Grammy winner was seen wearing a gold and diamond ring on her engagement finger at the premiere of Avatar: Fire and Ash in Los Angeles on Monday.
In an interview with US TV show Good Morning America on Wednesday, the 33-year-old said Morando had got down on one knee for the proposal during a recent trip to Asia, according to BBC.
India scraps order to pre-install state-run cyber safety app on smartphones
India has scrapped an order making it mandatory for smartphone makers to preload a state-run cyber safety app on new phones after a public furore, BBC reported.
The order gave smartphone makers 90 days to pre-load new phones with its new Sanchar Saathi app which could not be "disabled or restricted", sparking privacy and surveillance concerns.
The government argued the move was necessary to verify the authenticity of handsets, but cybersecurity experts said it impinged on citizens' right to privacy, according to BBC.
Five killed in Israeli air strikes on tents near Khan Younis, medics say
Five Palestinians were killed, including two children, and several wounded when Israeli aircraft struck tents for displaced people west of Khan Younis, according to medics at the Kuwait Field Hospital, BBC reported.
The strikes hit Gaza's coastal al-Mawasi area.
Medical teams said the dead were two women aged 46 and 30, a 36-year-old man, and two boys, aged eight and 10.
Some 32 injured people were treated in hospital, the medics said, according to BBC.
Zelensky says Ukraine and US negotiators will meet after Russia visit
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukrainian officials are preparing to meet US negotiators, after high-stakes talks between the US and Russia over a plan to end the war in Ukraine failed to produce tangible results, BBC reported.
Zelensky said a meeting would be arranged "in the coming days" once the US team had returned from Moscow.
President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner spent almost five hours with Russia's Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday, according to BBC.



