UN backs US Gaza ceasefire plan; Hamas welcomes it

Hamas has welcomed a UN Security Council resolution proposed by the U.S. backing a plan for a cease-fire in Gaza, saying it is ready to cooperate with mediators over implementing the principles of the plan. We talk to University of California Los Angeles professor Saree Makdisi. In the balloon warfare between North Korea and South Korean activists, one Seoul-based group has honed its tech expertise to develop smart balloons capable of dispersing leaflets and electronic speakers hundreds of kilometers across the border. An aircraft carrying the Malawi’s vice president and nine others has gone missing. And people from all walks of life played colorful pianos at New York’s Fosun Plaza in downtown Manhattan on Monday at a launch event for the Sing for Hope Pianos.