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About 300,000 People Participate in Pro-Palestinian March in London

new video loaded: About 300,000 People Participate in Pro-Palestinian March in London transcript Back transcript About 300,000 People Participate in Pro-Palestinian March in London Demonstrators marched in support of Palestine and demanded a cease-fire in Gaza in one of Britain’s largest protests in recent years. [chant] Cease-fire now. “I think it’s important for any human

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China’s matchmaking mums have a powerful ally: The Party

Earlier this year, a small town in the eastern Zhejiang province announced that it would offer couples 1,000 yuan ($137; £108) as a “reward” if the bride was 25 years or younger. It stunned and then angered locals, who called the local government tone-deaf for assuming that such a small amount of money could have

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Right-Wing Counterprotesters Clash With Police in London

new video loaded: Right-Wing Counterprotesters Clash With Police in London transcript Back transcript Right-Wing Counterprotesters Clash With Police in London Dozens were arrested after skirmishes broke out between far-right demonstrators and the London police near a pro-Palestinian march that coincided with Armistice Day. England, England, England! You’re not English anymore! You’re not English anymore! [shouting]

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Macron condemns rising antisemitism and Israeli bombing of civilians

On a number of occasions he listed the women, the babies, the old people in Gaza who, he said, had nothing to do with terror attacks, being killed in bombings by Israel. He insisted there was no justification for that and the bombing campaigns must stop. Palestinian lives matter, he said, humanitarian law must be

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Macron calls on Israel to stop killing Gaza’s women and babies

Speaking the day after a humanitarian aid conference in Paris about the war in Gaza, Mr Macron said the “clear conclusion” of all governments and agencies present at that summit was “that there is no other solution than first a humanitarian pause, going to a ceasefire, which will allow [us] to protect… all civilians having

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The Tunnels of Gaza – The New York Times

The Gaza Strip has all the harrowing pitfalls soldiers have learned to expect from urban warfare: high-rise ambushes, truncated lines of sight and, everywhere, vulnerable civilians with nowhere to hide. But as Israeli ground forces inch their way forward in Gaza, the bigger danger may prove to be underfoot. The Hamas militants who launched a

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