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The News Roundup - International

Palestinians walk past the rubble of the al-Saqa Mosque, damaged during an Israeli strike, at Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Israel has vowed to eradicate Hamas.
Palestinians walk past the rubble of the al-Saqa Mosque, damaged during an Israeli strike, at Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Israel has vowed to eradicate Hamas.

Israeli military strikes on the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City continued this week, as they focus in on what the IDF claim are Hamas operation centers in medical facilities. Palestinians working in Gaza’s main hospital are burying their dead in a mass grave. 

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for the first time in a year at a summit in San Francisco. The two leaders spent time together as after many months of tensions  between the two nations.

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired controversial home secretary this week and brought in former Prime Minister David Cameron as foreign minister.

We cover the most important stories from around the globe in the international hour of the News Roundup.

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