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Protecting and aiding civilians must be "job number one" for Israel in the war-battered Gaza Strip, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says. "We look to the government of Israel to make sure that this is a priority. Protecting civilians, getting people the assistance they need, that has to be job number one, even as they do what is necessary to defend the country to deal with the threat posed by Hamas," Blinken tells reporters during a press conference in Washington, DC. SOUNDBITE
The European Parliament vote to demand that the European Commission scrap the appointment of an ally of EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, casting a shadow over her bid for a second term. IMAGES of the vote
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EU leaders are determined to "act very quickly" on a plan to use the profits from frozen Russian central bank assets to arm Ukraine, the European Council President Charles Michel says. The proposal, at the heart of talks between leaders in Brussels, could unlock some three billion euros ($3.3 billion) a year for Kyiv -- once given a final green light. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants French nationals evacuated 'as quickly as possible' from the Gaza Strip, which is under heavy bombardment by Israel. SOUNDBITE
During his speech at the Conservatives party conference in Manchester, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calls on his allies to continue arming Kyiv to enable Ukraine to "finish the job" and repel the Russian invasion. SOUNDBITE