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Egypt said that Israel was not cooperating with efforts to deliver aid into Gaza through the Rafa border crossing.

Earlier, Anthony Blinken, America's Secretary of State, said that the crossing would be reopened, but Hamas and Israel denied that such an agreement had been reached.

The World Health Organization told AFP on Monday that there are only 24 hours of water, electricity and fuel left in the Gaza Strip before a real catastrophe sets in.

Hamas said it launched a barrage of missiles towards Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in retaliation against Israel's targeting of civilians.

At least 3,700 residential buildings have reportedly been demolished by Israeli strikes.

Earlier, the Israel defense forces said that at least 199 people are being held hostage by Hamas more than it had previously estimated.

A pro-EU coalition led by Donald Tusk, a former president, won a majority of votes in Poland's election according to partial results published on Monday.

The country's ruling law and justice party is in the lead, but did not get a majority.

The country now appears set to take a welcome centrist turn.

Belgium raised the terror alert in Brussels to the highest level after a gunman who remains at large, shot and killed two Swedes in the capital.

The authorities said they were treating the incident as terrorism and France subsequently tightened its border controls.

The victims were killed 5 kilometres or 3 miles from a football match between Belgium and Sweden, which was abandoned at half time.

A federal judge imposed a narrowly tailored gagging order on Donald Trump.

It bars him from attacking Jack Smith, the special prosecutor charging him with subverting the 2020 presidential election, witnesses in the case and court staff, but not the justice department, Joe Biden or the government more broadly.

Mr. Trump routinely likens Mr. Smith's investigation to a quote political witch hunt.

Oil futures dipped below $90 per barrel on reports that America would ease sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry.

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