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(Reuters) – A Jewish school in Montreal was hit by gunfire early on Sunday, making it the third time in less than a week that a Jewish school in the Canadian city was hit amid heightened tensions over the conflict between Israel and Gaza, police said, according to local media.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden wants to re-establish military-to-military ties with China, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday, days before the president and the Chinese leader are set to meet.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – A Ukrainian military officer coordinated last year’s attack on the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline, the Washington Post reported yesterday, citing anonymous sources in Ukraine and Europe.

GAZA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israel’s military said it was ready to evacuate babies from Gaza’s largest hospital on Sunday, where Palestinian officials said two newborns died and dozens more were at risk after fuel ran out amid intense fighting in the area.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a Republican stopgap spending measure yesterday aimed at averting a government shutdown a week from now, but the measure quickly ran into opposition from lawmakers from both parties in Congress.

PHILADELPHIA,  (Reuters) – Novo Nordisk NOVOb.CO yesterday said the heart protective benefits of its wildly popular Wegovy obesity treatment are due to more than weight loss alone, according to new data presented at a major medical meeting on Saturday.

ANKARA,  (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said today that an international peace conference should be convened to find a permanent solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – More than 300,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London today, with police arresting nearly 100 far-right counter-protesters to stop them ambushing the main rally.

GAZA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Palestinian officials said two babies had died and dozens more were at risk after fuel ran out at Gaza’s largest hospital today, while Israel said it was ready to evacuate babies from the facility.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and Muslim countries called today for an immediate end to military operations in Gaza, declaring at a joint Islamic-Arab summit in Riyadh that Israel bears responsibility for “crimes” against Palestinians.

GAZA, (Reuters) – Israel faced mounting international pressure, including from its main ally the United States, to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza as the death toll rose and fighting intensified between Israeli forces and Hamas militants near and around hospitals.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – FBI agents seized electronic devices from New York City Mayor Eric Adams earlier this week, days after a raid on the home of his chief campaign fundraiser, according to an attorney for the mayor’s campaign.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez looked assured of another term in office yesterday after securing the backing of two more regional parties, but it comes amid widespread anger over his pledge of amnesty for Catalan separatists.

ANKARA,  (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan waded into a brewing judicial crisis yesterday, calling for a new constitution to resolve an unprecedented clash between two of the country’s top courts, as opponents marched in Ankara.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – The executive director of Israeli media advocacy group HonestReporting said yesterday he accepted as “adequate” the denials by four media organisations that they had no previous knowledge of the Oct.

MANILA/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – The Philippines yesterday condemned China’s coast guard for “unprovoked acts of coercion and dangerous manoeuvres,” including its use of a water cannon against one of its boats in an attempt to disrupt a resupply mission in the South China Sea.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was under growing pressure today to sack one of his most senior ministers, Suella Braverman, after she published an inflammatory article attacking the police’s handling of a planned pro-Palestinian march.

MANILA/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – The Philippines today condemned China’s coast guard for “unprovoked acts of coercion and dangerous manoeuvres,” including its use of a water cannon against one of its boats in an attempt to disrupt a resupply mission in the South China Sea.

GAZA/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The White House said yesterday that Israel agreed to pause military operations in parts of north Gaza for four hours a day, but there was no sign of a let-up in the fighting that has killed thousands and laid waste to the seaside enclave.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Spanish acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez looked set to clinch another term in office after his Socialist Party (PSOE) yesterday secured the backing of Catalan separatist party Junts to form a government in a deal the country’s opposition condemned as “a humiliation”.