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Turkey announced restrictions on exports to Israel of 54 military-related products.

Over the weekend, thousands of Turks protested against their country's continuation of trade with the Jewish state,

which had opposed proposed Turkish aid drops in the Gaza Strip.

The leaders of Egypt, France and Jordan warned that a planned Israeli invasion of the

city of Rapper in the south of the strip would have dangerous consequences.

Earlier Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, said that a date had been set for the offensive.

The Zapparizia Nuclear Power Station in southern Ukraine was hit by a drone

following other attacks in previous days according to the International Atomic Energy

Agency.

The world's nuclear watchdog said the incident posed no threat to nuclear safety.

Russia, which seized the plant after it invaded Ukraine,

accused Ukraine's armed forces of nuclear terrorism yesterday, but Ukraine denied any involvement.

Arizona's Supreme Court said the state would enforce a law from 1864 that criminalizes abortions except when the mother's life is in jeopardy.

Arizona's 15-week abortion ban will stay in place until a lower court hears more challenges to the law.

Past before Arizona became a state, the 19th century ban was unenforceable from the 1970s until 2022 when a judge reimposed it.

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