Discussions on the continuation of a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal have failed, Hamas and Palestinian officials told BBC Arabic on Saturday.Talks were carried out throughout the weekend, with an Israeli delegation visiting Doha for talks, while a Hamas delegation visited Cairo for updates on the negotiations. Dr. Tarek Fahmy, a professor of political science, told the BBC that despite a lack of movement in talks, he does not believe fighting will continue in the same capacity it did before the recent ceasefire.Fahmy stressed he believed "there will be no resumption of the war, despite reports that Israel is preparing to launch qualitative strikes" after the ceasefire expires.

Multiple Russian military planes entered South Korea's air defense zone on Saturday, South Korea's joint chiefs of staff said on Saturday.The Russian planes entered the Korean Air Defense Identification Zone on the east coast off South Korea, and left the zone, the joint chiefs of staff said in a statement.But they did not violate South Korea's airspace, the statement said.

The IDF's Paran Brigade thwarted an attempt to smuggle weapons from Egypt into Israel on Saturday after they identified a drone that was smuggling them, the military announced.The drone was promptly shot down by Israeli forces, and then recovered Kalashnikov-style weapons at the scene.The weapons were then transferred to Israel Police.This is a developing story.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko is visiting North Korea, North Korean state media KCNA said on Saturday.His trip takes place following a US proposal for a ceasefire in the Ukraine war where thousands of North Korean troops have been deployed to support Russian forces, according to Ukrainian, US and South Korean officials.Rudenko has been involved in developing Russian ties with North Korea since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. He was also a member of the Russian delegations at peace negotiations with Ukraine early in the war.KCNA reported that the deputy minister had visited a landmark monument in the capital Pyongyang but did not provide further details.More than 12,000 North Korean troops were in Russia, fighting against Ukrainian forces in the border region of Kursk, Dorothy Shea, then-deputy US Ambassador to the United Nations, told the U.N. Security Council in January.