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Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial resumed on Monday after a suspension expired that had halted work at Israel's courts

following Hamas's attack on October 7th.

The embattled Israeli Prime Minister is accused of bribery and fraud, among other charges.

He denies wrongdoing.

Meanwhile Israel told residents in parts of Han Yunus, a city in southern Gaza to evacuate.

The city has become the focus of Israel's ground operations,

which, is said on Sunday,'re expanding to all areas of the enclave.

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said that more than 15,500 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7th.

Venezuela's government claimed that citizens voted in favor of claiming sovereignty over Esakebo, an oil-rich region which makes up

two-thirds of the territory of neighbouring Guyana.

It said that 10.5 million voters of more than 20 million eligible voted in a referendum on Sunday,

though few were reported to be seen at polling centres.

The region's borders have been contested since they were drawn in the 19th century.

Federal prosecutors in Miami accused a retired American diplomat of spying for Cuba.

Manuel Rocha, who was once ambassador to Bolivia, was charged with legally acting as a foreign agent, among other crimes.

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