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1. Hackers disrupt Iran state TV to broadcast pro-monarch, anti-crackdown message

   

   Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country's exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not "point your weapons at the people," online video showed early Monday, the latest disruption to follow nationwide protests in the country.

2. Trump ties his threat to take Greenland to being snubbed for the Nobel Peace Prize

   

   U.S. President Donald Trump has linked his drive to take control of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he'll no longer think "purely of Peace" as the row over the island threatens to reignite a trade war with Europe.

3. ISIS says it bombed Chinese-run restaurant in Kabul over Beijing treatment of Uyghurs

   

   An explosion tore through a Chinese-run restaurant in a hotel in a heavily guarded part of Afghanistan's capital on Monday, killing a Chinese national and six ​Afghans and injuring several others including a child, officials said.

4. Trump's 'Board of Peace' proposal met with skepticism, caution amid shaky Gaza ceasefire

   

   The two-year war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas eased with a ceasefire three months ago, but there has been neither peace nor reconstruction. Phase 2 promises progress, but the peace process itself is becoming increasingly controversial.

5. This EU politician wants to use a 'trade bazooka' against Trump. Here’s what that means

   

   "It's time to speak the language that President Trump understands," Swedish MEP Karin Karlsbro tells As It Happens host Nil Kӧksal.