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The weekly Saturday protests in support of Palestinians returns to the streets of London, with police estimating around 15,000-20,000 in attendance. This comes a day after a US veto blocked a UN Security Council call for a ceasefire. Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip attacked Israel on October 7, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 240 hostages -- 138 of whom remain in Gaza, Israeli officials say. In response, Israel vowed to destroy Hamas and launched a military offensive in Gaza that has killed at least 17,490 people, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry. IMAGES
"We've won": a demonstrator shouts after a Paris court suspends a ban that had been put on the protest in Place de la Republique in central Paris. Thousands had already gathered for the rally, which started off peacefully, but later saw clashes with police, who used pepper spray to disperse the crowd. IMAGES
Taoyuan, Apr 1 (EFE/EPA).- A group of volunteers on Tuesday cleaned the streets of Taoyuan, 48 kilometers southwest of Taipei, with disinfectant in an attempt to contain the spread of COVID-19, a disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Taiwan.Taiwan has so far confirmed 322 cases of COVID-19 with five related deaths in the country. (Camera: RITCHIE B. TONGO).FOOTAGE SHOWS VOLUNTEERS SPRAYING DISINFECTANT IN THE STREETS OF TAOYUAN, TAIPEI.
The Palestinian envoy in emotional remarks to the UN Security Council says the approval of a ceasefire resolution needs to be a "turning point" in ending the Gaza war. SOUNDBITE
Vedant Patel, the US Department of State deputy spokesperson, says that Israel should let the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA into Gaza, after he was denied entry. SOUNDBITE
Demonstrators gather in central London to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Israeli aerial bombardments has claimed dozens more victims in the Gaza Strip today, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health, while the first ship loaded with aid is ready to set sail from Cyprus for the famine-stricken Palestinian territory. IMAGES
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