Los Angeles wildfires still rage as strong winds put millions more at risk

Firefighters on Wednesday contended with persistently strong and dry winds fuelling two giant wildfires that have terrified Los Angeles for eight days, testing the resolve of a city upended by the worst disaster in its history.

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A year of war in Gaza: A timeline of key moments as ceasefire deal agreed

Just days before US president Joe Biden is set to leave office, Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal after a last-minute &breakthrough& in talks.

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Hamas and Israel reach ceasefire deal to end war and return hostages; President Higgins expresses hope for ongoing peace in region

Negotiators reached a phased deal on Wednesday to end the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas after 15 months of bloodshed that has killed more than 45,000 Palestinians and inflamed the Middle East.

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Palestinian Authority should run Gaza in future, leader says

The Palestinian Prime Minister has said it "will not be acceptable" for any entity other than the Palestinian Authority to run the Gaza Strip in the future.

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Polish PM Donald Tusk accuses Russia of planning acts of terror against ‘airlines over the world&

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Russia of planning acts of sabotage worldwide that included "acts of air terror" against airlines.

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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Poland amid deal on exhuming Polish wartime massacre victims

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited Poland after the two countries reached an agreement on a long-standing source of tensions between them: the exhumation of Polish victims of Second World War-era massacres by Ukrainian nationalists.

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