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America and Germany called on their citizens to leave Lebanon amid fears that Israel might go to war with Hezbollah,

an Iran-backed Shia militia based in the country.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister,

Vaudet, quote, severe response after a rocket killed 12 people in the Israeli controlled

Golan Heights on Saturday.

Hezbollah, which has been launching rocket attacks on Israel since the beginning of the war in Gaza

has denied responsibility for the attack.

Rachel Reeves, Britain's Chancellor, delivered a grim assessment of the country's finances to the House of Commons.

Ms Reeves said she would plug a $22 billion or $28 billion black hole by cutting infrastructure spending and ditching winter fuel

payments for well-off pensioners.

She promised not to raise taxes on working people but did not rule out other tax increases in the autumn.

Joe Biden, America's president, proposed three reforms to the Supreme Court in the wake of its ruling that Donald Trump and other

former American presidents are immune from prosecution.

The measures include term limits for justices, a binding code of conduct and a constitutional amendment

scrapping presidential immunity.

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