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Israel continued its offensive on Raffer as the leader of the World Health Organization

said that much of Gaza faced famine-like conditions.

Meanwhile, Jake Sullivan, America's National Security Advisor, said that there was no clear timetable

for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

He said that some of the changes that Hamas had demanded on the American sponsored plan

for a ceasefire were, quote, not consistent with what America had laid out.

America's Supreme Court unanimously rejected a bid to restrict Miffipristone,

preserving widespread access to the common abortion drug.

The justices ruled that the challenges, anti-abortion doctors and medical organizations who, quote, do not prescribe or use Mifrostone,

lacked legal standing to sue the food and drug administration, which approved the pill

and has gradually made it easier to obtain.

Joe Biden and Vladimir Zelensky signed a bilateral security agreement

committing America to providing military support to Ukraine for the next decade.

The announcement came during this year's meeting of the G7, a club of rich democracies.

Earlier the club said it would loan Ukraine 50 billion dollars,

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