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Cubans in Havana rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza. Reuters
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Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid. AFP
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Israeli opposition meets and Gaza ceasefire optimism grows

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Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in Gaza city. According to the UN, about 90 per cent of the population or 1. 9 million people in Gaza have been displaced since the start of the conflict. EPA
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Gaza militias on the rise and tension in Aleppo

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Israeli soldiers in Gaza, where a deadly and destructed war has raged for two years. AFP
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Grinding Gaza war reaches two-year milestone, and Syria's new parliament

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An Israeli army vehicle enters the Gaza Strip. Getty Images
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Missing hostages in Gaza, and Fadel Chaker turns himself in

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People protest in support of the Palestinian people and the Global Sumud Flotilla in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. EPA
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Trump promises Qatar security, and Lebanon works with Syria

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Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchen in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. AFP
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Hamas's next move, and UK ministers back US Gaza plan

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epa12415263 US President Donald Trump (L) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, participates in a joint press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 29 September 2025. In their Oval Office meeting, Trump pressed Netanyahu to accept a peace deal to end Israel’s on-going war in Gaza, and for Hamas to free their remaining hostages. EPA/WILL OLIVER / POOL
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Trump's plan for Gaza, and central Syria instability

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Masoud Pezeshkian, President of Iran, takes questions from the media at a press briefing in New York. AP
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UN sanctions Iran, and Israeli retaliation

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Armed members of the Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) military police take part in a demonstration under the banner “With our will, we will protect our revolution”, in Qamishli, Syria, September 17, 2025. REUTERS / Orhan Qereman
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