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Jabalia (AFP) – People in Gaza’s north flee following Israeli orders to evacuate areas of Beit Lahia. Israeli strikes killed dozens of people in Gaza on Sunday, civil defence rescuers said, most of them in northern Gaza, where the UN and others have decried disastrous humanitarian conditions. According to rescuers, they had pulled at least 34 bodies — including women and children — from rubble in the Beit Lahia district after a particularly lethal pre-dawn strike in the area where Israeli forces began a major operation on October 6.

Banda Aceh (AFP) – At a quaint cafe in Indonesia’s most conservative Muslim province, owner Qurrata Ayuni and her female baristas pour fresh coffee as mostly hijabi customers sip away at Morning Mama, which also sells children’s books and period pads. The young entrepreneur says she opened the outlet because it is the only one of its kind in Banda Aceh, where female customers can gather among the majority of establishments which primarily cater to men.

Genf (AFP) – There is no “plan B” to the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees, says the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), following Israel’s order to ban the organisation that coordinates nearly all aid in war-ravaged Gaza.

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – World leaders meet in Rio de Janeiro for a two-day G20 summit to try reignite deadlocked climate talks and overcome their differences on the Middle East and Ukraine wars ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. IMAGES

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum hold a bilateral meeting during the G20 summit in Rio. IMAGES

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and French President Emmanuel Macron meet at a bilateral meeting during the G20 summit in Rio. IMAGES

Unknown (AFP) – US President Joe Biden has cleared Kyiv to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP, prompting the Kremlin to accuse Biden on Monday of escalating the war in Ukraine. This comes as Moscow unleashed a second missile attack in as many days on the UNESCO-protected Ukrainian city of Odesa on the Black Sea that left ten dead and more than 40 wounded.

Gizeh (AFP) – Thanks to the viral footage of Apollo, a stray who became an overnight sensation last month after being filmed scaling the Great Pyramid of Khafre, interest amongst visitors in the dogs of Giza has grown, boosting tourism and local businesses.

Peking (AFP) – China reiterates calls for a peaceful settlement to the war in Ukraine after Washington cleared Kyiv to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia.

Warsaw (AFP) – Ukrainians attempting to visit their loved ones in Russian occupied areas of their country are forced to make an arduous journey via Belarus to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, where they are subjected to intense security checks. Many get rejected and sent back, according to people who have been through the process.

Tbilisi (AFP) – A Georgian opposition member in the Central Electoral Commission splashes its chair, Giorgi Kalandarishvili, with a black liquid, briefly disrupting the commission’s session. During this session, the commission confirmed the ruling party’s victory in a controversial parliamentary vote. The interior ministry says it has launched a criminal probe against the commission’s opposition member who threw the liquid, Davit Kirtadze.

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Activists from the “Rio de Paz” human rights group display 733 empty plates on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach ahead of the G20 summit to urge leaders to tackle hunger. The number symbolizes the 733 million people who suffered from hunger last year according to UN figures.