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Francois Beiru, France's Prime Minister, lost a confidence vote in the National Assembly.

Fully 364 of the Chamber's deputies voted against Mr. Beiru, with just

194 voting for him. Before the vote, Marin Le Pen, the leader of the hard right national rally,

called for a fresh parliamentary election. Mr. Beiru's fall is a blow to President Emmanuel Macron, who now must appoint his

fifth prime minister in two years. Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would catch everyone who helped

two Palestinian gunmen, who killed six people and wounded 12 in Jerusalem.

An Israeli security officer and an armed civilian killed the attackers.

Hamas hailed the attack as a heroic operation, but did not claim responsibility.

The Israel Defence Forces said they were surrounding villages in the West Bank in response to the shooting.

Pete Hegeseth, America's Defense Secretary, made an unannounced visit to Puerto Rico,

days after the Trump administration said it would deploy fighter jets to the island to crack down on drug cartels in the region. Last week, America conducted a military

strike on a boat in the Caribbean, which Donald Trump said was full of drugs and narco-terrorists

from Trenda-Aragua, a Venezuelan gang. The Murdox settled their multi-billion dollar feud over the family trust.

The settlement puts Lachland Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch's oldest son, in control of voting

shares that govern News Corp and Fox, and ensures his father's media empire stays conservative.

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