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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Andrew Pageant at 14 hours GMT on Thursday the 2nd of November.

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Crowds of Palestinians have again gathered at Gaza's Raffa Crossing, hoping to be allowed into Egypt.

Cairo says it'll help evacuate 7,000 foreigners from 60 different countries.

There's been more fighting in the territory overnight and into the smalling with the Israeli military reporting further gains.

And flags have been flown at half-master across China as the country laid its former Premier Lika Chang to rest.

Also in this podcast an Australian woman who served a beef Wellington dish,

suspected of containing poisonous mushrooms, has been charged with murder.

There's new music from the Beatles and...

Now after decades in the business, the Rolling Stones are also still making music history.

Our forces are at the gates of Gaza City.

That's the assessment of the Israeli Defence Forces who say they're broken through defensive lines in Gaza and killed a number of Hamas fighters.

BBC News understands there have been five separate battles taking place in northern Gaza,

with the biggest in the northwest, although we can't independently verify that.

Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner is a spokesperson for the Israeli Defence Force.

Our ground efforts and I won't go into specifics for operational security concerns,

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