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PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – An increase in gang violence in Haiti’s capital this week following the death of a powerful gang leader has led to ongoing gun battles that forced a hospital to evacuate all patients on Wednesday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – After suffering a devastating defeat in the country’s top court, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak aims to revive his flagship immigration policy though legal experts question whether it will be enough to overcome the legal obstacles.

ANKARA,  (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said today Israel was a “terror state” committing war crimes and violating international law in Gaza, sharpening his repeated criticism of Israeli leaders and their backers in the West.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French judges have issued arrest warrants for Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher al-Assad, and two other senior officials over the use of banned chemical weapons against civilians in Syria, a judicial source said today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Supreme Court ruled today that the government’s scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful, dealing a crushing blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before an election expected next year.

GAZA,  (Reuters) – The Israeli military said it was carrying out a raid last night against Hamas militants in Al Shifa Hospital, having urged them to surrender with thousands of Palestinian civilians still sheltering inside Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital.

(Reuters) – The government of Belize suspended diplomatic ties with Israel yesterday, citing what it described in a statement as “unceasing indiscriminate bombing in Gaza” as Israeli forces attack Hamas militants in the Palestinian enclave.

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping began his first visit to the United States in six years yesterday, after President Joe Biden said he aimed to restore normal communications with Beijing and his top diplomat stressed the need for freedoms that Washington says Beijing is undermining in the Asia-Pacific region.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed a temporary spending bill that would avert a government shutdown, with broad support from lawmakers in both parties.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Palestinians trapped inside Gaza’s biggest hospital were digging a mass grave today to bury patients who died under Israeli encirclement, and said no plan was in place to evacuate babies despite Israel announcing an offer to send portable incubators.

 (Reuters) – Anti-junta fighters in Myanmar’s Chin state are trying to gain control of part of the porous border with India, after taking over two military outposts on the mountainous frontier, a rebel commander said, part of a wider offensive against the junta.

 (Reuters) – A man convicted over the murder of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was best known for reporting on abuses in Russia’s war in Chechnya early in Vladimir Putin’s presidency, has been pardoned in return for fighting in Ukraine, the news outlet RBC reported today.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday announced its first formal code of conduct governing the ethical behavior of its nine justices, bowing to months of outside pressure over revelations of undisclosed luxury trips and hobnobbing with wealthy benefactors.

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli tanks took up positions at the gates of Gaza City’s main hospital on Monday, the chief target in Israel’s battle to seize control of the northern half of the Gaza Strip and where medics said patients including newborns were dying for lack of fuel.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak brought back former leader David Cameron as foreign minister on Monday in a reshuffle triggered by his firing of interior minister Suella Braverman after her criticism of police threatened his authority.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli tanks took up positions at the gates of Gaza City’s main hospital today, the chief target in Israel’s battle to seize control of the northern half of the Gaza Strip and where medics said patients including newborns were dying for lack of fuel.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court today adopted its first formal code of conduct governing the ethical behavior of its nine justices, bowing to months of outside pressure over revelations of undisclosed luxury trips and hobnobbing with wealthy benefactors.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak brought back former leader David Cameron as foreign minister today in a reshuffle triggered by his firing of interior minister Suella Braverman after her criticism of police threatened his authority.

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Two more major hospitals in Gaza closed to new patients on Sunday, with staff saying that Israeli bombardment plus lack of fuel and medicine meant more babies and others could die.

LONDON (Reuters) – Seven people have been charged following a mass pro-Palestinian march and a far-right counter protest on Saturday when more than 140 people were arrested, the police said on Sunday.