Israel kills 45 as it intensifies Gaza City strikes ahead of seizure meeting – politico.eu

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  1. Israel kills 45 as it intensifies Gaza City strikes ahead of seizure meeting  politico.eu
  2. Israel sends tanks deeper into Gaza City, more families flee  Reuters
  3. ‘Fields of rubble’: Israel, destroying Gaza City, kills 78 across enclave  Al Jazeera
  4. Gaza officials: 98 killed by IDF in past day, including 9 from hunger and 46 aid-seekers  Haaretz
  5. Israeli airstrikes and gunfire have killed 30 around Gaza City, local officials say  The Guardian
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Iran-backed Houthis raid UN food and children’s agencies in Yemen, detain employee – NPR

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  1. Iran-backed Houthis raid UN food and children's agencies in Yemen, detain employee  NPR
  2. Houthis storm UN buildings in Yemeni capital after Israel killed PM and other ministers  CNN
  3. UN chief demands release of 11 staff arrested in Yemen  BBC
  4. Iran-backed Houthis raid UN offices in Yemen and detain at least 11 employees  AP News
  5. Houthis detain U.N. staffers after Israeli strike kills group’s prime minister  The Washington Post
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What now? EU brainstorms new ways to back Ukraine – DW

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  1. What now? EU brainstorms new ways to back Ukraine  DW
  2. 'Broad support' in EU for military training in Ukraine after truce, Kallas says  Reuters
  3. EU foreign ministers discuss 19th package of sanctions against Russia  Українська правда
  4. Deputy Secretary General in Copenhagen: Ukraine needs real peace, real safety, and real security  NATO - Homepage
  5. Denmark EU Foreign Ministers Meeting  guardonline.com
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Israeli airstrikes and gunfire have killed 30 around Gaza City, local officials say

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Toll includes 13 people trying to get food near distribution point, as Israeli cabinet to discuss next stages of offensive

Israeli airstrikes and gunfire killed at least 30 people in and around Gaza City, local health authorities said, as a 20-boat humanitarian aid flotilla carrying activists including Greta Thunberg set sail from Barcelona for the stricken territory.

Authorities said the toll from Israeli tank and gunfire included 13 people who died trying to get food near a distribution site in the Gaza Strip, two in a house in Gaza City and 15, including five children, in a strike on a residential building on Saturday.

With Reuters and Agence France-Presse

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Putin, Modi and Erdoğan among leaders in China for talks with Xi

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Chinese president hosts bilateral meetings on sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have met on the sidelines of a showpiece summit in China that seeks to challenge US-led, western-dominated blocs and is being attended by the leaders of more than two dozen nations.

The Chinese and Russian leaders, who are closely allied under what they have termed a “limitless” partnership, discussed Putin’s recent meeting with Donald Trump, according to a Kremlin official, who gave no further details.

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Lyon mayor condemns ‘Free Gaza’ defacement of Holocaust memorial

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Mayor says city stands firm against antisemitism after message scratched into black marble memorial

A Holocaust memorial unveiled only eight months ago in the French city of Lyon has been inscribed with the words “Free Gaza”, local officials said, amid growing concern about antisemitic incidents in France.

The words were scratched into the black marble memorial late on Saturday, the city’s mayor, Grégory Doucet, said. Yonathan Arfi, of the Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF), posted a photo on social media and called the incident “despicable”.

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‘The face of Hamas’: Israel confirms terror group’s spokesman Abu Obeida killed – The Times of Israel

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  1. ‘The face of Hamas’: Israel confirms terror group’s spokesman Abu Obeida killed  The Times of Israel
  2. Israel Says It Has Killed Hamas Spokesman in Gaza City Strike Ahead of Planned Invasion  The Wall Street Journal
  3. Hamas's Izz al-Din al-Haddad: Israel's next target  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Israel says it killed longtime spokesman of Hamas’s military wing  The Washington Post
  5. Global News Podcast | Israel says Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida killed in Gaza  BBC
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Strong deterrence needed against ‘predator’ Putin, von der Leyen tells Poles – politico.eu

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  1. Strong deterrence needed against ‘predator’ Putin, von der Leyen tells Poles  politico.eu
  2. EU chief tours Poland border with Belarus to show support  yahoo.com
  3. Just spoke with President @ZelenskyyUa, then @POTUS Donald Trump, following the massive strike on Kyiv which also hit our EU offices. Putin must come to the negotiating table. We must secure a just and lasting peace for Ukraine with firm and credible sec  x.com
  4. VDL: 'Putin can only be kept in check through strong deterrence.'  Euronews.com
  5. Europe must recognise ‘urgency’ of confronting ‘predator’ Putin, says von der Leyen  Euractiv
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