Hamas using release of hostages to rebuild forces, Israelis claim

Hamas has been using hostage-release operations to rebuild its forces and map territory within Gaza, according to Israeli sources.

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Ukraine and Russia blame each other as civilians die in bombing of Kursk school

Ukraine and Russia traded blame for a deadly missile strike on Saturday that killed at least four people in the dormitory of a boarding school situated in a part of Russia&s Kursk region held by Kyiv forces.

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Seventh victim of Philadelphia jet crash was driver of passing car as plane hit densely populated residential area

A person in a car was the seventh fatal victim of the crash of an air ambulance on to a Philadelphia street, authorities said, as investigators sifted through burned cars, damaged homes and charred debris for clues as to why the aircraft plummeted shortly after take-off.

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Trump to host Netanyahu for crucial Gaza ceasefire talks
WASHINGTON — Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump will discuss the future of the Gaza ceasefire Tuesday as the Israeli prime minister becomes the first foreign leader to visit the White House since the United States president's return to power.

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Canada and Mexico win reprieve from Trump tariffs
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has delayed the start of tariffs on neighbours Mexico and Canada for a month — but China remained in the firing line for levies that are putting the global economy on edge.

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Musk says Trump 'shutting down' US aid agency
WASHINGTON - Elon Musk, the world's richest person and President Donald Trump's controversial close advisor, said Monday the giant USAID humanitarian agency will be "shutting down" as part of his radical -- and critics say unconstitutional -- drive to shrink the US government.

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