Mass return of displaced Gazans begins

Thousands of displaced Gazans begin to return to their homes in the north of the Gaza Strip as the fragile ceasefire continues to hold. U.S. President Trump has proposed rehousing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in neighbouring Arab nations to ‘clean out’ the demolished territory. Trump has also spoken to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, once again pushing for U.S. control of Greenland. With less than a month before the German elections, the CDU chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz has proposed a new hardline immigration bill while Tesla CEO Elon Musk addressed an AfD rally, slamming EU over-reach in the country. In China, manufacturing activity surprisingly contracts in January which now places further pressure on Beijing to provide stimulus measures.