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Multiple air strikes hit Gaza city


Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Israeli air strikes hit Gaza City as they trade fire with Gaza militants in a flare-up of violence following the death in Israeli custody of a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike.

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Air strike hits Gaza overnight


Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – An Israeli air strike hits Gaza overnight after militants fired rockets from the Palestinian enclave towards Israel. The flare-up in violence comes hours after the death in Israeli custody of a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike.

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Multiple Israeli air strikes hit Gaza City


Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Multiple Israeli air strikes hit sites in Gaza City belonging to Palestinian factions in response to the firing of missiles from Gaza towards Israeli territory.

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US to deploy 1,500 more troops to Mexico border: Pentagon


Arlington (United States) (AFP) – The United States will deploy 1,500 additional troops to the border with Mexico, the Pentagon says, ahead of an expected surge of migrants when Covid-era restrictions are lifted next week. “For 90 days, these 1,500 military personnel, who will be sourced from the active duty component, will fill critical capability gaps, such as ground-based detection and monitoring, data entry, and warehouse support,” spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder tells reporters during a press conference.

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‘Save us from this drought’: Religious procession in drought-hit Andalusia to ask for rain


Jaén (Spain) (AFP) – May “the Lord help us and save us from this drought”: Worshippers take part in the “El Abuelo” religious procession in the southern Spanish city of Jaen, where temperatures already exceed 30 degrees, to ask for rain as the country’s water reservoirs run low. Mainland Spain and Portugal have broken temperature records for a month of April as both nations wilt in an unusually early heatwave. The last “El Abuelo” procession held in Jaén to ask for rain was in 1949, according to the province’s diocese.

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