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Polls put New Zealand’s National party ahead of Labour amid claims of racist campaigning from minor parties.

The protests come in response to alleged interference in the election of anticorruption candidate Bernardo Arevalo.

CAIRO: Egypt has discussed plans with the United States and others to provide humanitarian aid through its border with Gaza Strip but rejects any move to set up safe corridors for refugees fleeing the enclave, Egyptian security sources said on Wednesday. Gaza, a tiny coastal strip of land wedged between Israel in the north and east and Egypt to the southwest, is home to some 2.3 million people who have been living under a blockade since Palestinian Islamist group Hamas took control there in 2007.

Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades has released a video appearing to show the release of a female hostage and two children.

Turkish leader says Israel's blockade and relentless assaults on Gaza are a disproportionate response to Hamas attack.

ISTANBUL: Turkiye’s president on Wednesday vowed to intensify strikes against Kurdish fighters in Syria and Iraq. Turkiye has been bombing sites in northeast Syria since Thursday, hitting civilian and military targets and infrastructure and causing casualties, according to Kurdish authorities.

The two leaders agree to form a war cabinet comprising Netanyahu, Gantz and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.