Israeli attacks on Gaza kill dozens; death sentence of Iranian rapper overturned, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 23 June 2024
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| 0:49.0 | Israeli attacks on Gaza City in the north of the besieged enclave killed 42 people according to Gaza's Hamas controlled authorities. |
| 0:58.0 | Israel said it had struck military infrastructure, but the director of Gaza's government media |
| 1:03.2 | office told Reuters that Israel had hit houses, including in Al-Shati, one of Gaza's |
| 1:08.3 | refugee camps. As well as Hamas, Israel is fighting Hezbollah, the Iran-backed movement that controls much of Lebanon. |
| 1:16.7 | On Friday, Antonio Gutierrez, the UN Secretary General, expressed concern that clashes on the |
| 1:21.9 | border might trigger a catastrophe. |
| 1:24.0 | To Marge Salihi, a popular Iranian rapper, has had his death sentence overturned by the country's Supreme Court. |
| 1:33.0 | Mr Salahy was condemned for supporting the demonstrations that erupted in Iran in |
| 1:38.0 | 22 after the death in custody of Masa Amini. |
| 1:42.0 | He wrote songs about Amini's treatment at the hands of the |
| 1:45.4 | morality police who detained her for supposedly incorrect hijab. He now faces a retrial. |
| 1:51.6 | Apple said it would not release its new artificial intelligence features on iPhones in Europe later |
| 1:59.1 | this year, when they are set to be launched in other regions. |
| 2:02.8 | The tech giant blamed uncertainties brought by the EU's Digital Markets Act, |
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