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WORLD BRIEFING: January 27, 2024
WORLD BRIEFING: January 27, 2024

The International Court of Justice, in a historic ruling in The Hague, has ordered Israel to take emergency steps to prevent genocide in Gaza and to allow urgent humanitarian aid in the Palestinian territory. More than 40 senior former Israeli national security officials, celebrated scientists and prominent business leaders have sent a letter to Israel’s president and speaker of parliament demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be removed from office for posing what they say is an “existential” threat to the country

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WORLD BRIEFING: January 26, 2024
WORLD BRIEFING: January 26, 2024

Ukraine and Russia have contradicted each other over whether there had been proper notification to secure the airspace around an area where a military transport plane Moscow says was carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs crashed, killing them and nine others on board. Israel and Qatar are in a major diplomatic spat over Gaza. 

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WORLD BRIEFING: January 24, 2024
WORLD BRIEFING: January 24, 2024

More death and destruction in Ukraine from Russian missile attacks. Authorities in Russia are set to implement a new law allowing them to seize money or property from those, including journalists, who have been convicted of spreading “fake news” about, or otherwise discrediting, the military. A stunning new poll came out in Israel showing PM Netanyahu and his party would be obliterated 

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WORLD BRIEFING: January 22, 2024
WORLD BRIEFING: January 22, 2024

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his Republican presidential campaign on Sunday, ending his 2024 White House bid just before the New Hampshire primary while endorsing his bitter rival Donald Trump

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WORLD BRIEFING: December 17, 2023
WORLD BRIEFING: December 17, 2023

France's foreign minister has called for an "immediate and durable" truce, saying "too many civilians are being killed.” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said 104 of 112 Russian drones have been downed in the past week 

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WORLD BRIEFING: November 24, 2023
WORLD BRIEFING: November 24, 2023

Israel and Hamas start a four-day truce on Friday morning with the militants to release a first group of 13 Israeli women and child hostages later in the day, the first break in a war that has devastated the besieged Gaza Strip

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WORLD BRIEFING: November 15, 2023
WORLD BRIEFING: November 15, 2023

Israeli troops entered Gaza's biggest hospital on Wednesday and were searching its rooms and basement. An internal and scathing 5-page memo signed by 100 of its own and USAID employees, accuses President Biden of "spreading misinformation" on the Israel-Hamas war and alleges that Israel is committing "war crimes" in Gaza. Presidents Xi and Biden meet in SF today ahead of the APEC leaders summit.

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WORLD BRIEFING: November 14, 2023
WORLD BRIEFING: November 14, 2023

A surprise cabinet shuffle in the UK that brings an unelected former PM to lead the Foreign Office. Gaza Strip’s hospitals “must be protected,” President Biden said. Turkey joins other countries in mass deportations of Afghan refugees. 

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WORLD BRIEFING: November 11, 2023
WORLD BRIEFING: November 11, 2023

The number of Palestinians killed in Gaza has risen to 11,078, according to the Hamas-led health ministry. Among the dead were 4,506 children. Police block Palestinian worshippers from Friday prayers at the entrance to the Old City in Jerusalem. A senior Ukrainian official rejects a land swap in any negotiations with Russia. 

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WORLD BRIEFING: November 9, 2023
WORLD BRIEFING: November 9, 2023

Voters in important U.S. states showed that Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the White House May be tougher than he expects. Israel forces appear firmly entrenched in northern Gaza as calls for a pause intensify 

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WORLD BRIEFING: November 5, 2023
WORLD BRIEFING: November 5, 2023

Israeli protesters reportedly broke through barricades at the prime minister’s residence in Tel Aviv. The U.S. top diplomat’s shuttle diplomacy appears to have produced few results. 

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 30, 2023
WORLD BRIEFING: October 30, 2023

About a thousand Palestinians have died in Gaza since Friday, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, bringing the overall death toll there to more than 8,000. After two nights and a day of internet and phone service outages, Palestinian communications came back on Sunday. 

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 28, 2023
WORLD BRIEFING: October 28, 2023

A ground invasion appears under way in Gaza as mobile phone service and internet connectivity ceases. The U.N. reiterates pleas for humanitarian aid to resume and for a ceasefire to be implemented. The wives and children of active Ukrainian servicemen plead for limits to their tours of duty on the frontlines.

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 21, 2023
WORLD BRIEFING: October 21, 2023

Two American hostages released from Gaza back to Israel. As the situation in Gaza reaches catastrophic conditions, lorries await at Egypt’s border with Gaza with humanitarian aid. Italian PM dumps her TV star partner

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 17, 2023
WORLD BRIEFING: October 17, 2023

US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday to hear about its plans for a ground offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Beijing where he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping 

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 16, 2023
WORLD BRIEFING: October 16, 2023

Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has denied reports of a ceasefire to allow "foreigners out" of south Gaza and "humanitarian aid in.” UN officials say the Gaza Strip is being “strangled” by Israel’s siege. The governing Law and Justice Party wins in exit polls in Poland but could lose power if it’s unable to find a coalition partner in parliament

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