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Peace talks between Israel and Hamas resumed in Cairo. Hamas claimed its delegation was engaging in a positive spirit

and was determined to secure an agreement. The talks

brokered by Egypt and Qatar would allow for a ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for the

release of Israeli hostages in the enclave.

Hamas wants the ceasefire to be permanent.

Israel says it will only agree to a pause.

Police clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters at several college campuses as disruption seen at American universities spread around the world.

More than 2,400 people have been arrested on American campuses since April 17th.

In Canada, authorities moved to dismantle an encampment at McGill University in Montreal,

demanding that the school divest from Israel.

Police in Paris removed some 70 student protesters from buildings at Sciences Po University.

The Labour Party, Siddeek Khan, was comfortably elected to a third term as Mayor of London.

Labour also won the mayor of the West Midlands, where Richard Parker piped Andy Street the conservative incumbent.

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