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Catch up on the Top Stories of the day.

0:00 US sends bombs and warplanes to Israel, weeks after sending aid to Gaza
- The United States has green-lighted the transfer of a new 2.5 billion dollar weapons package, comprising bombs and fighter jets, to Israel, according to US media reports. The package comes weeks after the US joined several other countries in airdropping aid into Gaza.

0:19 Erdogan Set for Shock Defeat in Turkey’s Municipal Elections
- Turkey’s Erdogan is facing a shock defeat at the ballot box against the main opposition party amid rampant inflation and the highest borrowing costs since the president swept to power more than two decades ago. Erdogan’s AK Party fell behind the main opposition Republican People’s Party, known as CHP, according to early results published by state broadcaster TRT. Support for AKP stood at 36.3%, while CHP was leading the race with 37.2%, with more than two-thirds of the ballots counted, TRT reported.

0:56 Anti-Netanyahu protests take place across Israel
- Thousands of people across Israel have joined families of hostages to protest against the government and call for the removal of Benjamin Netanyahu, as the Israeli prime minister grapples with one of the most serious threats yet to his coalition. The protesters in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Be'er Sheva, Caesarea and other cities on demanded the release of those still held captive in Gaza and labelled the PM as an 'obstacle to the deal', vowing to persist until he is ousted from office.

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