Turkey to help Syria with weapon systems, equipment under new accord, source says – Reuters

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  1. Turkey to help Syria with weapon systems, equipment under new accord, source says  Reuters
  2. Turkiye slams Israel, Kurdish-led SDF for destabilising a recovering Syria  Al Jazeera
  3. Turkey to provide weapons and support to Syria under new defense agreement  AP News
  4. Turkey and Syria accuse Israel of fostering chaos in Syria  The Times of Israel
  5. What We’re Watching: Turkey sends Syria weapons, US military heads to Southern Caribbean, Australia makes a pact in the South Pacific  GZERO Media
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Will Evo Morales sink the left’s hopes in Bolivia’s presidential election? – Al Jazeera

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  1. Will Evo Morales sink the left’s hopes in Bolivia’s presidential election?  Al Jazeera
  2. Economic woes dominate as Bolivia prepares to go to the polls  BBC
  3. Bolivia’s crazy kingdom of coca  The Economist
  4. Barred from Bolivia’s elections, ex-leader Morales campaigns hard for invalid votes  AP News
  5. How Bolivia’s Economic Crisis Is Shaping the Election  Bloomberg.com
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India shifts oil purchases away from Russia before Trump-Putin Alaska meeting, Bloomberg reports – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. India shifts oil purchases away from Russia before Trump-Putin Alaska meeting, Bloomberg reports  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Discounts dip but Russian crude keeps flowing  Times of India
  3. India shops the globe for oil after 50% tariff, ahead of Trump-Putin summit: report  New York Post
  4. Indian state refiners eye Russian oil as discounts widen, sources say  Reuters
  5. India Scours the Globe for More Oil Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit  Bloomberg.com
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Trump Is Doing Putin a Favor — And Abandoning His Allies – The Moscow Times

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  1. Trump Is Doing Putin a Favor — And Abandoning His Allies  The Moscow Times
  2. Opinion | The Fundamental Truth About U.S. Strategy That Putin Knows and Trump Ignores  The New York Times
  3. Karoline Leavitt Trashes ‘Pathetic’ Critics Hurting Trump’s Feelings Over Putin Summit  The Daily Beast
  4. Trump Prioritizes Diplomacy With Russia But Signals Openness to Economic Pressure  UNITED24 Media
  5. Trump 'still seems reluctant' to move ahead with stricter sanctions for Russia: Journalist  yahoo.com
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South Africa starts a soul-searching ‘national dialogue’ about poverty, inequality and other issues – AP News

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  1. South Africa starts a soul-searching 'national dialogue' about poverty, inequality and other issues  AP News
  2. ‘Thabo Mbeki is not the head of state’: Mbeki’s convention snub triggers fiery backlash  News24
  3. IFP calls for National Dialogue to address unresolved CODESA issues  EWN
  4. South Africa’s national dialogue: Mbeki vs Ramaphosa; the ANC vs everyone else  The Africa Report.com
  5. Calls for strategy, action, timeline mount as polorising National Convention kicks off  eNCA
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Descent of Horror on K2, Rescuer Injured – Explorersweb »

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  1. Descent of Horror on K2, Rescuer Injured  Explorersweb »
  2. Climber killed by falling rocks day after she summits K2, world's 2nd-highest peak  CBS News
  3. Climber Dies After Being Struck by Falling Rocks While Descending World’s Second Tallest Mountain  People.com
  4. Chinese mountaineer dies while climbing down K2  Dawn
  5. K2 climber killed by rockfall while descending from world’s second tallest mountain  MSN
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Serb protests turn violent as president clings to power – Financial Times

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  1. Serb protests turn violent as president clings to power  Financial Times
  2. Protesters in Serbia's north demolish ruling party offices  Reuters
  3. Serbian antigovernment protests escalate in third night of clashes  Al Jazeera
  4. Dozens injured in Serbia as protesters clash with pro-government supporters  The Guardian
  5. Serbian protesters are back on the streets as clashes with government loyalists escalate  AP News
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Aid groups say Israel’s new registration rules are ‘weaponising aid’

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Lifesaving goods for starved people in Gaza blocked by vague rules on anti-Israeli activity, say humanitarian bodies

More than 100 aid organisations working in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank have accused Israel of dangerously “weaponising aid” in its application of new rules for registering groups involved in delivering humanitarian assistance.

The letter represents the latest broadside from the international aid community against Israel after the EU, Britain and Japan on Tuesday called for urgent action to stop “famine” spreading in the Gaza Strip.

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Iran moves towards dramatic internal conflict, and another war – www.israelhayom.com

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  1. Iran moves towards dramatic internal conflict, and another war  www.israelhayom.com
  2. UK, France and Germany ready to reimpose sanctions on Iran over nuclear programme  BBC
  3. Iran: EU leaders threaten snapback sanctions over nukes  DW
  4. Iranian lawmaker says reimposition of UN sanctions will lead to NPT withdrawal, Defapress reports  Reuters
  5. NATO Countries Threaten Iran Over Nuclear Program  Newsweek
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Sudan cholera outbreak kills 40 in a week as health centres overwhelmed

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MSF charity calls situation ‘beyond urgent’ as thousands seeking refuge from war rely on contaminated water

The “worst cholera outbreak in years” has killed at least 40 people in the last week in Sudan, according to the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières.

Overwhelmed medical centres are resorting to treating patients on mattresses on the floor, MSF said, as the country’s two-year civil war aids the spread of the disease.

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