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Eduardo MunozAlvarez/VIEWpress via Getty Images Target says it's closing DC-area stores amid Wednesday's siege on the US Capitol. "Target's top priority is the safety of our team members and guests. We've closed our stores in the DC area and sent our team members home. Target closed down its stores earlier this year when protests following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. After looting at some stores in Minnesota, Target temporarily closed 24 locations in the state.
Britain will gradually boost its defence spending to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2030, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces during a visit to Poland. "Over the next six years, we'll invest an additional 75 billion pounds in our defence," Sunak says alongside Jens Stoltenberg, NATO chief. SOUNDBITE
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) holds its closing rally for presidential candidate and current Vice-President Lai Ching-te, on the eve of an election that China has warned could take the island of 23 million people closer to war. Tens of thousands of people have flocked to noisy rallies of the main candidates as they make a last push for votes. IMAGES
Shops shut early in northern Quito, Ecuador's capital, after hooded gunmen stormed a television studio and gangsters threatened to execute security forces and civilians. IMAGES
Smoke billows as guns shots are heard in Gaza City. The Israeli army said it had captured parliament and other government institutions run by Hamas in Gaza City, as its forces deepened their offensive in the Palestinian territory. IMAGES
Images taken from Sderot shows smoke billowing from Gaza City amid going exchange of fire between Israel and Hamas-militants. IMAGES
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