Turkey says 137 Gaza flotilla activists to arrive in Istanbul – Reuters

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  1. Turkey says 137 Gaza flotilla activists to arrive in Istanbul  Reuters
  2. Israel says it has deported 137 flotilla activists to Turkey amid large protests  CBS News
  3. Live Updates: Trump believes ceasefire deal in final stages  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Turkey to send plane to Israel to evacuate Gaza 140 flotilla activists  Ynetnews
  5. 137 Gaza flotilla activists deported to Turkey; Israel says several countries showing 'reluctance to accept flights'  The Times of Israel
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Israel halts strikes in Gaza after Trump’s call to stop the fighting – Axios

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  1. Israel halts strikes in Gaza after Trump's call to stop the fighting  Axios
  2. Israel-Gaza live updates: Protests supporting Gaza take place in Europe  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  3. Israel strikes Gaza, killing 24 before Egypt talks on Trump ceasefire plan  Al Jazeera
  4. Israel Eases Gaza Strikes as Trump Hails Hamas Hostage Offer  Bloomberg.com
  5. Gazans report Israeli shelling around Gaza City  The Times of Israel
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British police arrest 6 after deadly Manchester synagogue attack – CBS News

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  1. British police arrest 6 after deadly Manchester synagogue attack  CBS News
  2. Police admit they shot dead Manchester synagogue victim, as attack puts spotlight on antisemitism in UK  CNN
  3. Hundreds of extra officers to 'reassure' Manchester's communities  BBC
  4. Why Jews feel increasingly unsafe in Britain  The Economist
  5. UK deputy PM heckled at vigil for Manchester synagogue terror attack victims: ‘Shame on you’  New York Post
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Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as leader, likely to become first female PM – NPR

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  1. Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as leader, likely to become first female PM  NPR
  2. Japan Is Set for Its First Female Prime Minister  The New York Times
  3. Becoming Japan's First Woman Prime Minister Is the Easy Part  Time Magazine
  4. Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become first female PM  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  5. Inspired by Thatcher, Japan's PM-in-waiting Takaichi smashes glass ceiling  Reuters
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Japan poised to get first female PM after Sanae Takaichi wins ruling party leadership

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Margaret Thatcher admirer beat her more moderate rival to become leader of Liberal Democratic party

Japan is poised to get its first female prime minister after Sanae Takaichi was elected as leader of the governing Liberal Democratic party (LDP) – a victory that should lead to her being installed as the country’s new leader in the middle of the month.

Takaichi, a rightwing politician who has voiced admiration for Margaret Thatcher in her quest to build a “strong and prosperous” Japan on the international stage, beat her moderate rival, Shinjiro Koizumi, in a runoff election at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Saturday.

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Bodies of two women who died in Victorian high country might have been there ‘two or three days’, police say

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Police are working to identify the women and ask anyone who had seen two women appearing ‘disoriented’ in the area earlier to contact Crime Stoppers

Emergency services have recovered the bodies of two women who died in “blizzard conditions” in the Victorian high country.

The bodies of the women were found by hikers near a remote hut at Nelse, about 400km north-east of Melbourne, on Friday afternoon. Their deaths are not considered to be suspicious, police said.

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