TikTok beauty influencer shot dead during live stream in Mexico – CNN

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  1. TikTok beauty influencer shot dead during live stream in Mexico  CNN
  2. TikTok influencer shot dead while livestreaming in Mexico at hair salon  The Independent
  3. Mexican beauty influencer shot dead during TikTok live stream  The Guardian
  4. Mexico: Beauty influencer shot dead while live on TikTok  DW
  5. Valeria Márquez, TikTok Influencer, Shot Dead During Live Stream in Mexico  The New York Times
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Israel agrees to resume Gaza aid after two month freeze, foundation says – Axios

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  1. Israel agrees to resume Gaza aid after two month freeze, foundation says  Axios
  2. Witkoff: Hamas is afraid of Trump - and the truth is, they should be  The Jerusalem Post
  3. US confirms plan for private firms to deliver Gaza aid despite UN alarm  BBC
  4. ‘Weaponising aid’: New plan calls for private contractors to take over from UN in Gaza  France 24
  5. US-backed aid group to start work in Gaza by end of May under heavily criticized plan  Reuters
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Elon Musk shows he still has the White House’s ear on Trump’s Middle East trip

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Although Musk has pivoted from Doge, the Saudi summit shows how he’s retaining proximity to the US president

Over the course of an eight-minute interview, Elon Musk touted his numerous businesses and vision of a “Star Trek future” while telling the crowd that his Tesla Optimus robots had performed a dance for Donald Trump and the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, to the tune of YMCA. He also announced that Starlink, his satellite internet company, had struck a deal for use in Saudi Arabia for maritime and aviation usage; looking to the near future, he expressed his desire to bring Tesla’s self-driving robotaxis to the country.

“We could not be more appreciative of having a lifetime partner and a friend like you, Elon, to the Kingdom,” Saudi Arabia’s minister of communications and IT, Abdullah Alswaha, told Musk.

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Canadian PM criticises UK invitation to Trump for second state visit

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Mark Carney says Canadians ‘not very impressed’ after Keir Starmer delivered invitation to US president in February

Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has criticised Britain’s invitation to Donald Trump for a second state visit, saying it undermined his government’s effort to project a united front against the US president’s talk of annexing Canada.

Since taking office in January, Trump has repeatedly said he wants Canada to become the 51st US state, a suggestion that has angered Canadians and left Britain trying to tread a fine line between the two North American countries.

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Gaza Hospital Strike Draws New Attention to Israel’s Medical Facility Attacks – The New York Times

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  1. Gaza Hospital Strike Draws New Attention to Israel’s Medical Facility Attacks  The New York Times
  2. Israel targets Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar in hospital strike in Gaza, sources say  CNN
  3. Israeli 'bunker buster' bombs used in Gaza hospital strike, experts say  BBC
  4. Israel may have killed Muhammad Sinwar, but he was likely never in the driver’s seat  The Times of Israel
  5. Hamas Rafah brigade commander probably killed in IDF strike on Sinwar  The Jerusalem Post
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Trump meets Syria’s al-Sharaa, eyes normalisation of ties with Damascus – Al Jazeera

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  1. Trump meets Syria’s al-Sharaa, eyes normalisation of ties with Damascus  Al Jazeera
  2. What would lifting US sanctions on Syria mean to the war-torn country?  AP News
  3. Trump shocks and delights Syrians by lifting sanctions after 45 years. Now what?  NBC News
  4. Trump Meets New Syrian Leader After Announcing End of Sanctions  WSJ
  5. How Trump’s meeting with Syria’s new leader is a turning point for the war-torn nation  PBS
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Lessons for the next India-Pakistan war – Brookings

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  1. Lessons for the next India-Pakistan war  Brookings
  2. Divided by a border, united by fear: Kashmiris pick up the pieces after India-Pakistan step back from the brink  CNN
  3. What did India and Pakistan gain – and lose – in their military standoff?  Al Jazeera
  4. What We Know About How the 4-Day India-Pakistan Clashes Unfolded  The New York Times
  5. India Pakistan Trump: Two nuclear powers walked back from the brink of war. Here's what everyone is missing.  Slate Magazine
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Israel’s ‘no hunger in Gaza’ narrative flies in face of obvious evidence

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Justification for Israel’s blockade is hard to sustain amid photos of malnourished children and critical famine warnings

For many decades, Israel was proud of its officials’ ability to defend and argue and convince around the world. The war in Gaza has seen the country’s public diplomacy face its greatest test – as was made clear on Wednesday morning with a robust exchange between David Mencer, a spokesperson for the Israeli government, and Nick Robinson, a presenter of the BBC’s flagship Today programme.

Mencer stressed that he was speaking on behalf of the prime minister and made an uncompromising statement of Israel’s arguments, including the accusation that Hamas – described as a “genocidal death cult” – uses civilians as human shields.

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