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Hamas’s attack on Israel has given rise to the largest-scale hostage crisis in the country’s 75-year history. About 200 people have been captured and taken into Gaza, according to the Israeli military. Over the course of the Arab-Israeli conflict, armed Palestinian groups have taken dozens of Israelis captive. The vast majority have been Israeli Defence
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Afghanistan has been hit by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake, its third in a week. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said it was at a depth of 10km and affected the same region as last week’s earthquakes, which killed almost 2,500 people. It hit the Herat province, north of the city of Herat – the same
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Australia will vote against proposals to enshrine an indigenous advocacy committee in its constitution in a historic referendum, local media are projecting The Indigenous Voice, as it was called, would have been an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander group to advise the government on issues affecting their community. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who championed the
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Hamas is the “enemy of civilisation” and will be “crushed”. Speaking alongside US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Mr Netanyahu thanked Washington for its support since Hamas’s attack – adding the militant group should be treated “exactly as ISIS was treated”. Mr Netanyahu said “no country should harbour”
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The King has expressed his condolences and “deep shock” at the “barbaric” actions by Hamas in a call with Israel’s president – as Prince William said he was “profoundly distressed” by the “horrors” inflicted. Israel’s President Isaac Herzog thanked the King for his support and said his words were an “important statement” which would serve
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