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| Hello. US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania have visited Texas, a week after the state was hit by deadly flash flooding. We'll bring you the latest. A new book claims to have identified the eight words central to electoral slogan success - find out what they are. As the week draws to a close, see how much you can remember from the past seven days with our quiz. And finally, watch as a young boy, determined to get a prize, is freed from a claw machine after climbing inside. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Trump surveys damage after Texas floods kill 120 and leave 161 missing |
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| | The Trumps began their visit by surveying damage left by the floods. Credit: Getty Images | A week after devastating flash flooding left 120 people dead and 161 missing, US President Donald Trump has visited Texas to meet with officials, first responders and affected families. Melania Trump accompanied her husband to Kerr County which saw 96 deaths, including 27 girls and staff at a summer camp. The first lady is "rarely seen" on President Trump's visits away from the White House, and her inclusion is "reflective of the scale of the disaster and the importance of the visit to the White House", writes US reporter Bernd Debusmann Jr. However, he also notes that the president is likely to face tough questioning about whether enough was done to alert residents of the dangers. |
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| Outrage builds over plan to force all Gazans to southern city | | Much of Gaza's population has been displaced multiple times during the war. Credit: Getty Images | Earlier this week, Israel's defence minister said he had instructed the military to prepare a plan to move all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp in the south of the territory. Israel Katz said the "humanitarian city" would be built on the ruins of the city of Rafah and would initially house about 600,000 Palestinians - and eventually the whole 2.1 million population. He said the goal was to bring people inside after security screenings to ensure they were not Hamas operatives, and that they would not be allowed to leave. |
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| | Nick Beake, correspondent |
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| | Critics, both domestically and internationally, have condemned the proposal, with human rights groups, academics and lawyers calling it a blueprint for a "concentration camp", something the Israeli government says it rejects. "The notion that Israel is creating concentration camps is deeply offensive and draws parallels with the Nazis," the foreign ministry told the BBC. It's unclear to what extent it represents a concrete plan of the government or whether it's a negotiating tactic to put more pressure on Hamas in the talks on a ceasefire and hostage release deal. In the notable absence of any Israeli plan for Gaza after the war ends, this idea is filling the strategic vacuum.
However, the plan has not gained traction or support amongst other senior figures in Israel, and according to reports, the proposal even triggered a clash between the prime minister and the head of the IDF. And it's not only the top military brass that is opposed to the idea. There is also consternation among rank and file too. "Any transfer of a civil population is a form of war crime, that's a form of ethnic cleansing, which is also a form of genocide," one IDF reservist told the BBC. The plan has also, unsurprisingly, dismayed Palestinians in Gaza. "We completely reject this proposal, and we reject the displacement of any Palestinian from their land," Sabreen, who had been forced to leave Khan Younis, told the BBC. "We are steadfast and will remain here until our last breath." |
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PICK OF THE WEEK | Is there a secret formula for election-winning slogans? |
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| | While Donald Trump did not invent the phrase 'Make America Great Again', he has made it his own. Credit: Getty Images | Every political campaign needs a good slogan – a snappy phrase to energise voters and skewer opponents. Some slogans resonate beyond polling day, capturing a national mood or a moment in time - Barack Obama's "Yes, We Can", perhaps, or the Brexit campaign's "Take Back Control". Others however, are dead on arrival – clunky, overcomplicated and unmemorable, capturing nothing much beyond the desperation of the committee that devised them. So how do you make sure you're on to a winner? A new book suggests eight words hold the keys to electoral success. |
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT | LA's 'loneliest bachelor' | The photo of a mateless Hollywood puma inspired the world's biggest animal bridge. | |
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And finally... in the US | Claw machines are notoriously difficult to win on, so you can perhaps understand why a young boy in Mason, Ohio, decided to climb inside one to get a prize. Watch as he's spotted by a passerby, before emergency services arrive to free him and reunite him with his parents, unharmed. | |
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US Politics Unspun newsletter | No noise. No agenda. Just expert analysis of the issues that matter most, from North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher. | |
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