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India's Supreme Court has modified its previous order asking authorities in Delhi and its suburbs to move all stray dogs into shelters amid widespread protests by animal welfare groups, BBC reported.

The three-judge bench said that strays should be released after being vaccinated and sterilised but added that dogs with rabies or aggressive behaviour should be immunised and kept in shelters.

The court also banned feeding of stray dogs in public spaces and ordered dedicated areas to be set up for the purpose.

On 11 August, a two-judge bench had expressed concern over the rising "menace of dog bites leading to rabies" in Delhi and its suburbs, according to BBC.

Israel's defence minister says Gaza City will be destroyed if Hamas does not agree to disarm and release all hostages, BBC reported.

Israel Katz's comments came after the Israeli cabinet approved plans for a massive assault on Gaza City, despite widespread international and domestic opposition. 

On Monday, Hamas agreed to a proposal by Qatari and Egyptian mediators for a 60-day ceasefire, which according to Qatar would see the release of half of the remaining hostages in Gaza, according to BBC.

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apparently rejected this, saying he had instructed negotiations to begin for the release of all remaining hostages and an end to the war in Gaza on terms "acceptable to Israel".

Billionaire Elon Musk and his social media firm X have reached a tentative settlement with former employees who had sued for $500m (£373m) in severance pay, BBC reported.

The parties reported the deal in a court filing on Wednesday, jointly requesting the US appeals court in San Francisco to postpone an upcoming hearing to allow time to settle the paperwork.

Some workers sued the company over their terminations and severance packages, after some 6,000 staff - more than half its workforce - were sacked as part of a cost-cutting measure after Musk took over the company in 2022.

The BBC has contacted X - formerly called Twitter - and the lawyers representing the employees for comment, according to BBC.

The top US health agency has permanently fired 600 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to a union representing the workers, BBC reported.

Many of the staff were already on paid administrative leave as a part of mass layoffs proposed by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr in April, according to the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). 

The move from the US Department of Health and Human Services finalises employee firings across the agency, including the Division of Violence Prevention and the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, the union said.

The layoffs come two weeks after a gunman opened fire at the CDC's headquarters in Atlanta, according to BBC.