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Twenty-six nations condemn Gaza aid killings as Israel launches new ground offensive | BBC News

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Twenty-six nations have signed a statement calling for an end to the Israel-Gaza war, while food security body the IPC warns more than 1.5 million people are at risk of severe malnutrition or starvation.

The statement has been signed by countries including Australia, Canada, France, Japan and the UK.

Israeli tanks have advanced into the city of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza for the first time, with local doctors reporting several people there have been killed by shelling.

The escalation comes as more cases of starvation in Gaza are being reported, with one official from the Hamas-run health ministry saying 19 people have died of hunger in the past day.

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Iran-US peace deal has been agreed says Pakistan’s Prime Minister | BBC News

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A “final, agreed upon text of the peace deal has been reached” between the US and Iran, according to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Pakistan has been playing a leading role in negotiations between the two countries.

Sharif made the statement in a post on social media. It came as officials in the US and Iran warned against trusting reports setting out the details of a possible agreement.

Iran’s foreign minister said that Abbas Araghchi earlier stated that a deal had “never been closer” , while all warning that the “media should refrain from speculation about its content”.

US President Donald Trump reposted Araghchi’s statement, which also asked the media not to speculate about the content of the deal.

Iranian media have published details of the alleged deal, prompting Trump to say they had “nothing to do with the terms that were agreed to” and “bears no relation to the truth”.

Trump accused Tehran of leaking the details and added that they were “very dishonourable people to deal with”.

Speculation has centred on the terms of any deal regarding control over the strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear programme. Iran has insisted that it will retain control over the key shipping lane and has rejected US demands to abandon it nuclear enrichment programme. The US says Iran’s nuclear material will be destroyed and removed from the country.

A day earlier the US president said he had cancelled “scheduled attacks” against Iran, because negotiators had “just made a great settlement” – a deal that was likely be to signed imminently.

Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gary O’Donoghue in Washington.

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Trump says Iran deal is scheduled to be signed on Sunday | BBC News

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A deal to end fighting between the US and Iran is “scheduled to get signed” on Sunday, US President Donald Trump has said – but Iran has cast doubt on the timing.

In a post on social media, Trump also said the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route, would be “open to all” following the deal.

Pakistan, a key mediator, also said finalisation of the deal was expected within 24 hours and they were “preparing for the electronic signing”.

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Homes set on fire in Belfast night of violence after knife attack | BBC News

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Houses, cars, and a bus were set on fire in Belfast last night in a night of violence that followed a knife attack on Monday.

The suspect, a 30-year-old Sudanese man who claimed asylum in the UK, is in court later.

In one area, hundreds of masked men carrying bottles and bricks set bins on fire and shouted “foreigners out”, our reporter says.

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill says “groups of masked men” were “burning families out of their homes” – Chief Constable Jon Boutcher says the violence was a “huge act of self-harm by mindless idiots”.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has described the chaos in Belfast on Tuesday night as “shocking and completely unacceptable”.

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