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Fighting has intensified in recent weeks, with Hamas ally Hezbollah stepping up its attacks on northern Israel, and the Israeli military striking deeper into Lebanese territory.

Ho Chi Minh proclaimed national independence in 1945, prompting a lengthy resistance campaign against French colonialists.

The accident came after a month of heavy rains in Guangdong. Some of the 23 vehicles that plunged into the deep ravine burst in flames, sending up thick clouds of smoke.

He was one of about 250 people abducted when Hamas attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians.

While Israel has fought Hamas in Gaza since the October 7 attack, it has also faced a significant increase in cyberattacks from Iran and its allies.

Vehicles careened into the nearly 18-metre-long (59-foot) gash in the tarmac and plummeted down the steep slope below.

"We see prominent academic institutions, halls of history, culture, and education contaminated by hatred and anti-Semitism fuelled by arrogance and ignorance," he said.

Reconstruction is made more difficult by the presence of large quantities of unexploded ordnance in the debris that Gaza's Civil Defence agency says triggers "more than 10 explosions every week."

20 Rakhines from moving to safer zones

Netanyahu said Israel would enter Rafah to destroy Hamas’ battalions there “with or without a deal."

The channel, which has close ties with Egyptian security agencies, said a Hamas delegation will return to Cairo with a written response to the cease-fire proposal, without saying when.

The loss is seen as a punishment by voters for the governing party's scandal, which erupted last year and has undermined Kishida’s leadership.

Some 600,000 Afghans have returned home since last October, when the crackdown began, meaning at least a million remain in Pakistan in hiding.

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The remarks from leaders of the coalition government came after Shehryar Afridi, a senior leader claimed that the party would have talks, but not with the PPP or the ruling PML-N.

Extensive scientific research has found climate change is causing heat waves to become longer, more frequent and more intense.

The sides have held numerous rounds of negotiations since, none of which produced an additional truce. In a sign of its frustration, Qatar earlier this month said it was reassessing its role as mediator.

Blinken went out of his way to champion the importance of U.S.-China exchanges at all levels.

Nawaz, 74, will be elected president of the ruling party on May 11 in a meeting of the party leadership.