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Middle East crisis live: US wants Gaza fighting pause, Blinken says, but will not limit arms transfers despite Israel missing aid deadline

Humanitarian groups say almost none of the US’s demands that Israel improve conditions in Gaza have been met

US wants 'real and extended pauses' in fighting in Gaza, Blinken says

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Middle East crisis live: Aid entering Gaza is lowest in months, says Unrwa, as US deadline approaches

The UN relief and works agency (Unrwa) has warned that already low levels of aid trickling into Gaza had dwindled further, with the situation in the north of the territory described as “catastrophic”.

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Lebanon suffering ‘unprecedented existential crisis’, PM warns – Middle East crisis live

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, has warned that his country was suffering an “unprecedented” crisis that threatens its existence, as Israel’s assault on Lebanon continues.

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‘Almost unparalleled suffering’ in Gaza as UN says nearly 70% of those killed are women and children

Nearly 70% of the people killed in the ongoing Gaza conflict are women and children, according to the UN.

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Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF

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US election 2024 live: Donald Trump defeats Kamala Harris to win historic second term as president

Donald Trump has won the US presidential election, the Associated Press reports, with voters overlooking his divisive speeches, felony conviction and three separate criminal indictments to send the Republican former president back to the White House.

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Middle East crisis live: 30 reported killed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza as IDF orders more Palestinians to flee their homes

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip have now killed at least 30 Palestinians since Monday night, Palestinian media and medics said on Tuesday, as the IDF issued further evacuation orders for the besieged Palestinian territory.

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Middle East crisis live: Israel claims to have killed Hezbollah commander inside Lebanon

Israel’s military has issued a statement in which it claims to have killed “a commander in the Hezbollah Radwan force’s anti-tank missile system.”

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Middle east crisis live: Israel orders evacuations in southern Lebanon, including for refugee camp

The Israeli army’s evacuation call for several areas of south Lebanon on Thursday, includes a Palestinian refugee camp, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).

It warned it was poised to hit Hezbollah targets in those areas.

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Middle East crisis live: airstrikes hit Lebanon’s Baalbek and Bekka valley after Israel issues evacuation order

Strikes rocked the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek and its outskirts on Wednesday, an Agence France-Presse (AFP) correspondent reported, hours after Israel issued an evacuation call for the area.