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Israel launches strikes across Gaza after rocket hits house

Bloomberg Israel carried out dozens of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, following a tense day that began with a rocket attack on a home in central Israel and a counterstrike that reduced the office of Hamas’s leader to ruins. Amid the escalation, both sides made preparations for the possibility of a broader confrontation. Israel moved troops closer to its southern ...

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Syrian Kurds demand autonomy to merge with Assad’s army

Bloomberg Syrian Kurds will merge their forces into President Bashar al-Assad’s military if he agrees to grant them some measure of political autonomy, an envoy in Moscow said. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces can incorporate their fighters into Assad’s army “if there is agreement on a new constitution guaranteeing the rights of all peoples in Syria rather than keeping central ...

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May staggers on as parliament seizes control of Brexit

Bloomberg The UK Parliament seized control of the Brexit process from PM Theresa May and will now seek to decide how Britain exits the European Union. In a vote, the House of Commons split 329 to 302 to schedule votes on a series of alternative strategies, potentially including a second referendum, keeping the UK in the bloc’s customs union, leaving ...

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