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— TOP STORIES —
+ Aid agencies warn millions at risk in Gaza Strip
+ Federal judge slaps partial gag order on Trump
+ Putin arrives in China to meet ‘dear friend’ Xi
+ Poland‘s pro-EU opposition set for win
+ Nigerians tie knot(s) in mass wedding
Israel-Palestinians-conflict,WRAP
GAZA STRIP
Aid agencies call for vital humanitarian supplies to be allowed into the Gaza Strip, warning time is running out to save millions of people as water supplies dry up and food and fuel stocks dwindle.
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WASHINGTON
The federal judge set to preside over Donald Trump‘s trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020 US election imposes a partial gag order on the former president to stop his frequent outbursts of insults and criticism against court officials.
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China-Russia-diplomacy,WRAP
BEIJING
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in China to meet his “dear friend” Xi Jinping, bolstering their relationship at an infrastructure summit that will be overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war.
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WARSAW
Poland‘s pro-EU opposition was set to win a parliamentary majority, partial results showed, a day after a national election which saw the highest turnout since the fall of Communism.
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KANO, Nigeria
Textile trader Yusuf Abdullahi admitted he could not afford to marry despite being 30 years old until Nigeria‘s northern Kano state financed and staged mass weddings for 1,800 couples.
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— ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR —
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TEL AVIV
The stench of death is overwhelming in Israel‘s National Center of Forensic Medicine, where experts have been trying to identify the remains of hundreds of people slain in the Hamas attacks.
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BEIT KAMA, Israel
An earring pokes out from under the helmet of Israeli army reservist Amir, a self-professed leftist who is pro-peace but finds himself looking through his rifle scope at buildings inside Gaza.
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GAZA STRIP
As Gaza‘s hospital morgues overflow with victims killed in Israel‘s bombardment triggered by a deadly Hamas attack, even an ice-cream truck has been used to hold corpses before their burial.
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PARIS
As Israel prepares for a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip, the international community has mobilised to try to protect civilians and prevent the conflict spreading across the region.
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— AMERICAS —
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WASHINGTON
The US House of Representatives enters a third week of paralysis as Republicans struggle to unite behind a leader to end a bitter civil war that has stalled their domestic agenda and thwarted action on the Israel crisis.
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QUITO
On Sunday, a 35-year-old millionaire with next to no political experience became Ecuador‘s youngest-ever president-elect, entrusted with leading a country engulfed in a bloody drug gang war. How did Daniel Noboa beat the odds?
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BUENOS AIRES
Argentina is Latin America’s third-largest economy, bursting with natural resources, but has been unable to claw its way out of decades of economic instability that has brought its population to its knees. On Sunday, voters have their say.
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— EUROPE —
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BRUSSELS
After years of tensions over Warsaw‘s perceived democratic backsliding, Brussels trumpets the apparent victory of Poland‘s pro-EU opposition in a weekend election.
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Albania-Balkans-diplomacy,WRAP
TIRANA
European leaders urge dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia after a recent spike in tensions at a regional Balkan summit in the Albanian capital Tirana.
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France-attacks-education,WRAP
PARIS
French schools hold a minute’s silence for a teacher killed last week in what the government called an Islamist terror attack, with the president urging a “ruthless” response to extremists.
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— ASIA —
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BEIJING
Ten years after toasting a budding friendship with vodka and cake, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will meet again in Beijing this week seeking to further deepen the “no-limits” partnership between their two countries.
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— AFRICA —
Mali-unrest-peacekeepers,WRAP
DAKAR
UN peacekeepers in Mali announce their pullout has started from two camps in the tense Kidal region, opening a new phase in its forced withdrawal which has ignited fears that fighting will intensify between troops and armed actors in the north.
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NAIROBI
Facebook content moderators in Kenya saiy settlement talks to resolve a lawsuit against the social media giant’s parent Meta have collapsed, setting the stage for a renewed court battle.
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— ECONOMY —
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WASHINGTON
Auto giant Ford‘s executive chairman calls on striking workers Monday to end their month-long stoppage, warning of major economic impact if it continues.
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— ENTERTAINMENT —
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LOS ANGELES
Cord Jefferson says his upcoming film “American Fiction” reflects real life for Black writers expected to stick to well-worn stereotypes.
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— SPORTS —
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MUMBAI
cricket will feature as one of five new sports at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles after being approved in a vote of the International Olympic Committee‘s session.
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