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The White House said that Egypt had agreed to send humanitarian aid to Gaza through Kerum Shalom,

the main commercial checkpoint between Israel and Gaza.

Earlier, the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to halt a defensive in Raffa, a city in

southern Gaza, and to allow investigators and journalists to visit the enclave.

The UN Court said that an earlier demand for Israel to allow more aid to be delivered

had failed to stop the humanitarian crisis in Gaza from worsening.

Janet Yellen, America's Treasury Secretary, said that the G7 group of big economies

was considering issuing a loan to Ukraine, secured by profits on frozen Russian assets.

Speaking after a meeting of the G7 finance ministers,

she said that the EU also still needed to endorse the plan,

which could be approved as early as June.

Around $282 billion worth of Russian assets are seized in Japan and the West.

Stephen Schwartzman, the Boss of Blacksmith, West.

Stephen Schwarzman, the boss of Blackstone, endorsed Donald Trump for President.

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