South Korea has reached an agreement with the United States to repatriate its citizens detained during a recent immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia. A chartered plane will be sent once administrative procedures are complete.

• Approximately 475 people were detained, with over 300 identified as South Korean nationals.
• The raid occurred at a new electric vehicle plant, a joint venture between Hyundai and LG Energy Solution.
• President Donald Trump defended the operation, urging foreign companies to respect U.S. immigration laws and hire American workers.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the White House is prepared to implement the second phase of sanctions against Russia due to stalled peace negotiations aimed at resolving the Ukraine crisis.

• The announcement follows an attack on a key building in Kyiv’s government district during a Russian drone and missile attack overnight into Sunday morning.
• Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stated this was the first time the main government building in Kyiv had been damaged since the conflict began.
• Trump has reportedly grown increasingly pessimistic about brokering an end to the conflict or a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents.

A 28-year-old Kenyan, Ahmednaji Maalim Aftin Sheikh, has been indicted in the U.S. for allegedly laundering millions of dollars stolen from a U.S. child nutrition program, extending the massive pandemic fraud case to Nairobi's real estate market.

• Sheikh is the 74th defendant in the Feeding Our Future scheme, accused of receiving millions of dollars from his brother, Abdiaziz Farah, who was earlier convicted of orchestrating a US$40 million theft.
• U.S. Prosecutors allege Sheikh concealed funds through bulk cash transfers and invested in Kenya's property market, including a 20% stake in a Kenyan real estate firm and an apartment building in Nairobi.
• Investigators obtained photos of stacks of cash sent to Sheikh in Kenya, including US$138,000 in August 2021 and a US$300,000 transfer in December 2021, with Sheikh acknowledging receipt of $1.28 million by the end of that month.