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Health officials said Rafah's Abu Youssef al-Najjar Hospital, in an area designated by the Israeli army as a combat zone, were forced to evacuate as Hamas said it was battling Israeli troops on the outskirts of the crowded southern city. Olivia Chan has more.

A Russian court on Wednesday (May 8) rejected an appeal by deputy defense minister Timur Ivanov against his pre-trial detention in a bribery case in which his lawyer said he denies taking kickbacks worth about a billion roubles ($10.9 million). Ivanov's lawyer Murad Musayev described the reasonings for the appeals denial as ''absolutely unacceptable''.

A lawmaker in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party defected to the opposition Labour Party on Wednesday (May 8), the second to do so in less than two weeks, criticising what she called the broken promises of a "tired and chaotic government".

A FedEx Airlines Boeing 767 cargo plane was doused in foam after it landed on its nose at Istanbul Airport, forcing its pilots to climb out of the cockpit window, footage showed on Wednesday (May 8).

Tens of France's elite GIGN forces practised a final dress rehearsal of a hostage-taking scenario in preparation for the July 26-Aug. 11 Olympic Games in Paris. The team practised the drills on 29 April ahead of Wednesday (May 8) evening when they will be summoned for the Olympic torch arriving in Marseille.

The world just experienced its hottest April on record, extending an 11-month streak in which every month set a temperature record, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said. "I think many scientists have asked the question whether there could be a shift in the climate system," said climate scientist Julien Nicolas.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday (May 8) said Ukraine was fighting "Russian fascism", during an address on Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War Two.

An Israeli air strike hit a house in western Rafah on Wednesday (May 8) killing at least four people and wounding several others, the Gaza-based health ministry said. Local resident Reda al-Najili says he witnessed the incident.

Police in New York City scuffled with pro-Palestinian protesters at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) campus on Tuesday (May 7), eyewitness video showed.

A barrage of severe storms swept through various Midwestern states on Tuesday (May 7), unleashing heavy rain, strong gusts of wind, and tornadoes across the region.

Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul on Tuesday, with at least 90 dead, thousands left homeless, and desperate survivors seeking food and basic supplies. Laila Shahrokhshahi reports.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the University of California, Berkley, organised a rally on Tuesday (May 7) to protest Israel's recent decision to reject a ceasefire with Hamas.

Several areas of Chile’s Santiago Metropolitan Region experienced rare snowfall on Tuesday (May 7).

Passengers were left frustrated as long queues built at British airports on Tuesday (May 7) evening after the country's Border Force suffered a nationwide technical issue that affected passport control.

A Rio de Janeiro museum that was engulfed by fire has received a massive donation of fossils. Burkhard Pohl says the donation was to help the centuries-old museum rebuild its collection.

A U.S. soldier detained in Russia traveled there while on leave despite a prohibition by the Department of Defense and State Department, the Pentagon said on Tuesday (May 7). Rachel Faber reports.

Reconstruction efforts are underway in Derna, Libya, following the flooding that killed thousands in September last year. Olivia Zollino has more.

U.S. President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that the threat of antisemitism is growing in the United States, including on college campuses. Zachary Goelman reports.

Israeli forces seized the main border crossing between Egypt and southern Gaza on Tuesday, shutting down a vital aid route into the Palestinian enclave that is already on the brink of famine. This report contains graphic images. Emma Jehle reports.

Argentina – the world's No. 3 corn exporting country – has slashed millions of tons from its harvest projections for the current crop due to a rare plague of leafhoppers, which can carry a stunt disease that damages the cobs and kernels of the plant. Agriculture and climate experts have linked the outbreak to rising temperatures. Kristy Kilburn reports.

Students and staff at Oxford University have set up a pro-Palestinian encampment to raise awareness about the war in Gaza, mirroring similar protests at U.S. universities. Protestor Anna Serafidiou says they're asking the university to take action and invest in Palestinian-led rebuilding of education in Gaza.

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Pyrenees mountains on Tuesday (May 7), seeking to charm Xi into trade concessions between the two countries. It marked the second day of a trip during which Xi showed little sign of being ready to offer major agreemets on trade or foreign policy.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday (May 7) appealed to Israel and Hamas to spare no effort to get a truce deal and warned Israel that an assault on Rafah would "be a strategic mistake, a political calamity, and a humanitarian nightmare."

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters were cleared from the grounds of one of Berlin's universities on Tuesday (May 7) after setting up a spontaneous protest camp. Some 200 police were present at the Freie Universitaet (FU) telling the round 150 protesters via microphone that if they left peacefully they could avoid detention.

Amid a critical shell shortage as they await shipments from the U.S. military aid package, Ukrainian artillery units are playing a cat-and-mouse game with Russian attack drones. The enemy drone are hunting high-value artillery weapons like German-supplied howitzers, as Moscow pledges to focus its strikes on such weapons. Alice Rizzo has more.