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By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened trade penalties, including tariffs, against Spain, saying he is unhappy with its refusal to raise defense spending to 5% and calling the move disrespectful to NATO. “I’m very unhappy with Spain. They’re the only country that didn’t raise their number up …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas handed over more bodies of deceased hostages to Israel on Tuesday, one sign of progress after a number of apparent setbacks in the day since U.S. President Donald Trump touted his plan to end the Gaza war. The bodies were returned after Israel announced it would …

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel will allow Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt to open on Wednesday and increase the amount of humanitarian aid coming into the enclave, public broadcaster Kan reported, after Hamas handed over more bodies of deceased hostages. Subject to Israel’s security approval, Gazans who had left the enclave during the war will be …

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(Reuters) -A network overload and the residual effects of previous Russian attacks triggered blackouts in Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions late on Tuesday, officials said. Water pressure was also affected in parts of the capital. The Kyiv City State Administration, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the overload had caused a problem in one …

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By Angelo Amante UDINE, Italy (Reuters) -Thousands of Pro-Palestinian demonstrators on Tuesday marched in the northern Italian city of Udine before Italy’s World Cup soccer qualifier against Israel, concluding their mostly peaceful protest with clashes involving police. The march, attended by over 5,000 participants according to preliminary police estimates, wound its way through the city …

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GENEVA (Reuters) -There are promising early indications from countries, including the United States as well as Arab and European states, about their willingness to contribute to the $70 billion cost of rebuilding Gaza, a United Nations Development Programme official said on Tuesday. “We’ve had very good indications already,” UNDP’s Jaco Cilliers told reporters at a …

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