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WORLD BRIEFING: November 19, 2023

Anger at Israel increases as attacks on innocent civilians continue. Meanwhile, rifts with regional neighbours continue to surface. Ukrainian forces looked to build on bridgeheads on the east bank of the Dnipro River

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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 23, 2023

Another group of lorries passed into Gaza from Egypt bringing much needed aid. Israel strikes targets in Gaza and the West Bank. A private Ukrainian postal depot was struck by Russian missiles - dead and injured

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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 19, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden returns home after a one day visit to Israel derailed by the destruction at a Gaza hospital claiming the lives of hundreds of civilians and prompting protests across the Middle East. Humanitarian aid access to Gaza still uncertain. Russian missiles continue to strike Ukrainian populated areas

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 21, 2023

In the 4th attack in as many days, Russian missiles struck agricultural warehouses in Odesa overnight, destroying tons of crops, a Ukrainian military official said, adding they were carried out with Kalibr missiles fired from the Black Sea and destroyed 100 tons of peas and 20 tons of barley. Two people were injured

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 15, 2023

Russian shelling targeted border areas in Sumy Province in Ukraine's northeast, causing multiple explosions, local officials said on July 15, as Kyiv claimed its troops were advancing against the invading forces in the country's south. The Wagner Group fighters are said not to be fighting in Ukraine

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WAR IN UKRAINE: June 12, 2023

Ukrainian forces claim to have retaken two villages in the Donetsk region as a days-old counteroffensive to push Russian forces out of the country gathers steam. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the notorious Wagner mercenary group, said he will not obey a new Russian Defense Ministry decree obliging all volunteer formations to sign a contract directly with the ministry in his latest spat with the nation’s military leadership.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: May 15, 2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is undertaking shuttle diplomacy in Western Europe ahead of an expected spring counteroffensive against Russia. It included stops in Rome, the Vatican, Berlin and Paris.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 5, 2023

Ukrainian forces repelled numerous Russian attacks in Bakhmut over the past 24 hours, Kyiv said on March 4, despite claims by Moscow's mercenaries that the eastern city that has been the focal point of Russia's months-long assault had been nearly completely surrounded. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland made a surprise visit to Ukraine

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