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As the war enters its 701st day, these are the main developments.

Organised by Argentina’s largest labour union, the walk-out brought cities to a halt in protest of far-right reforms.

GAZA: Telecommunications services are gradually being reinstated to several areas of the Gaza Strip after a three-day blackout caused by Israeli airstrikes, the Palestinian Telecommunications Co. said on Wednesday. “Our crews are working hard to restore all communications services to what they were before the recent outage,” it said on X. The latest collapse of internet and phone networks, which happened on Monday, was the 10th since the start of the conflict.

Despite the dangers, small-scale unregulated mines continue to flourish and attract thousands of gold miners.

The president has said that the austerity measures are due to years of overspending that have resulted in huge debts.

ROME: Italy will provide hospital treatment for 100 Palestinian children from Gaza after transporting them by plane and ship in an operation to be launched in the next few days, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said on Wednesday. The first 30 children will fly from Egypt, Crosetto said, where they sought refuge and medical assistance after escaping the Israeli bombardment of the neighboring Gaza enclave.

Ukraine attacks military and energy infrastructure in at least three cities inside Russia, showing new drone abilities.