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| Hello. Israel has announced the opening of key aid routes into Gaza following a call between US President Joe Biden and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Our live page has the latest news and analysis. In Taiwan, our correspondents speak to residents of Hualien's red brick building that tilted over after the earthquake hit. Even if sport isn't your thing, I recommend checking out a story about two siblings on the cusp of making history for Athletic Bilbao, and a video of a diver's mishap at the inauguration of an Olympic venue in Paris. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Israel opens aid routes at Biden's urging |  | A recent UN-backed report warned that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza was turning into a man-made famine. Credit: Getty Images | Israel has agreed to increase aid deliveries into Gaza, allowing the use of the port of Ashdod and reopening the Erez crossing in northern Gaza that had been closed since that start of the war that followed the deadly Hamas attack on 7 October. This "major change of policy", as Middle East correspondent Yolande Knell calls it, shows the influence the US still wields on Israel. US President Joe Biden said he was outraged and heartbroken by Israel's killing of seven aid workers in Gaza. Thursday's call with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reflected "a significant shift" in the country's position, says State Department correspondent Tom Bateman. "The US is saying there is a limit to the support it will give Israel," he writes. Get the latest on our live page.
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WORLD HEADLINES | - UK politics: Senior Conservative Party politician William Wragg has admitted to having shared the personal numbers of fellow politicians with a dating app contact with whom he had exchanged intimate images.
| - Death penalty: Michael Dewayne Smith has received a lethal injection in Oklahoma, the US state's first execution of 2024, for a double murder he committed at 19.
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| Waking up to a shaking building |  | Chang Hsin, right, and Wei Pang-Huan lived inside the Uranus Building, Credit: BBC | Chang Hsin had just woken up in her apartment in Hualien's Uranus Building when Tuesday's 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit. The building started to shake and partially collapsed, and images of the tilted structure have since been shared across the world. |
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| | "The house started to tilt while I was still inside," Ms Chang said. "My legs were shaking, and I couldn't stand steady. I still can't calm down, especially with the aftershocks last night." Local reports said one female teacher died in the building when she returned to rescue her cat. The block is due to be demolished on Friday, and Wei Pang-Huan, who lived on the fifth floor, wasn't sure if she would be able to collect any of her belongings. "All my belongings are in the building. I wonder if I could go inside to retrieve some important items, but it depends on the rescue team's instructions," she said. |
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BEYOND THE HEADLINES | Brothers realising childhood dream |
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| |  | Inaki (left) and Nico (right) Williams are the first siblings to play for Athletic Bilbao since 1986. | Playing for the same team was a childhood dream for Inaki and Nico Williams. Now, the siblings could help Athletic Bilbao their first major trophy in 40 years in the Copa del Rey final in Seville. More than 100,000 are traveling to the match and see their story become legend. |
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT | Who, me?! | Some people have a hard time accepting compliments. | |
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And finally... | What's probably a diver's worst nightmare happened to French athlete Alexis Jandard during the inauguration of an Olympic aquatics centre north of Paris. As he prepared to dive into the pool, Mr Jandard slipped and fell, hitting his back on the board before ending up in the water. His back is fine, he reassured people on social media. His ego, not so much. | |
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