Health officials in Gaza say Israeli forces have killed at least 34 people in two incidents on Friday, one of which was near an aid distribution centre.

The Israeli military has not commented on the latest incident.

The Hamas-run health ministry says at least 400 people have been killed while trying to access aid since last month, when the new Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, backed but the US and Israel, was set up.

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Is escalation in the Middle East between Israel and Iran a positive development for Russia?

How successful has Ukraine been in downing Russia’s fibre optic drone capacity?

And is the Kremlin really intent on extending its invasion beyond Nato borders?

For this episode of Ukrainecast, Lucy Hockings and Vitaly Shevchenko are joined by BBC Verify’s Olga Robinson and RUSI’s Matthew Savill.

To hear more – including on the impact of the latest western sanctions – listen to the full episode here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0lk8pzs

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Last year’s anti-tourism protests in Europe drew global headlines – and this summer, the tensions are back. Earlier this week …

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Iran’s foreign minister has said that US involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict would be “very, very dangerous.”

Abbas Araghchi is in Istanbul to continue diplomatic talks, but Iran has said it will not entertain nuclear talks until attacks stop.

Iran says at least 430 people have been killed in the country since the conflict began on 13 June, as Israel reports continuing Iranian attacks.

The Israel Defense Forces say they assassinated Iranian commander Saeed Izadi in the north-eastern city of Qom overnight.

Speaking in Istanbul, Turkey’s President Erdogan said “Israel is the biggest obstacle to peace in the Middle East”.

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US President Donald Trump has posted on social media, saying: “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran.”

In a separate post, US Vice-President JD Vance said Trump “may decide he needs to take further action” to end Iran’s nuclear programme.

The US has long provided Israel with military aid and equipment – but its official position since strikes began on Friday has been that the US is not involved in Israeli strikes on Iran.

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