*) China releases 10 Indian soldiers after deadly border clash

Three days after a deadly border clash, China has released 10 Indian soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel and three majors, Indian media said.

The Hindu newspaper said the release came after an agreement following major general-level talks between the two sides.

At least 20 Indian soldiers were killed on Monday in hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops along their disputed Himalayan border.

*) Australian PM warns of state-based cyber attack

In Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his country is under a broad cyberattack from a "state-based actor".

He said the attacker is targeting government, public services and businesses, but declined to name the culprit.

Morrison would not name the state, amid speculation that the cyberattacks were part of Australia’s increasingly hostile rift with China.

*) New Zealand shooting kills cop

A New Zealand police officer was killed and another seriously injured after they were shot during a routine traffic stop in Auckland city.

An urgent police hunt has begun for the suspect who fled the scene after the shooting.

Schools and daycare centres near the scene of the shooting were on lockdown. The shooter also injured a civilian when fleeing by car.

*) US top court blocks Trump bid to end DACA programme

The US Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end a major programme that protects young immigrants from deportation.

The programme protects 650,000 young immigrants who had made their way into the US without documents as children.

The court rejected the Trump administration’s arguments that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA programme is illegal.

And finally…

*) Warner Records signs Black Lives Matter protest singer

A 12-year-old has been signed by Warner Records after his song on growing up as a black American boy went viral.

Keedron Bryant’s song “I Just Wanna Live” will be released on Friday, the Juneteenth holiday marking the end of slavery in the US.

The song was written by his mother Johnnetta Bryant after she saw the video of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, being killed by US police.