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Parachutes containing humanitarian aid fall from the sky after an airdrop in Rafah. On Saturday, the United States carried out its first operation to drop humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, which the UN says is under threat of famine as the war between Israel and Hamas continues. IMAGES
The United Nations begins withdrawal of MONUSCO peacekeeping forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo by handing over a first UN base to the national police. During an official ceremony at the Kamanyola base, close to the Rwandan and Burundian borders, the flags of the United Nations and Pakistan, the countries of origin of the peacekeepers in charge, were replaced by those of the DRC. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne arrives at Garges-lès-Gonesse in the Paris suburbs, where the town hall was set on fire during the night during urban violence that erupted after the death of Nahel, a teenager killed by police after refusing to stop for a speeding check. IMAGES
Images from a multi-train crash site that killed more than 288 people and injured more than 850 injured near Balasore, in India's eastern state of Odisha, the country's deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. Carriages had flipped over entirely in the crash late on Friday and as dawn broke on Saturday, rescue workers were able to see the full extent of the carnage. IMAGES
US President, Joe Biden, tells a crowd in Warsaw that Russian President, Vladimir Putin, "thought autocrats like himself were tough and that leaders of democracy were soft, and then he met the iron will of America and the nations everywhere that refuse to accept a world governed by fear and force." SOUNDBITE
Images of a Saudia plane landing in Singapore thought to be carrying Sri Lanka president from the Maldives. Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka Wednesday after his palace was overrun by protesters at the weekend. IMAGES
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