RAMALLAH -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called on Hamas to hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority (PA).
During his meeting with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the Jordanian capital Amman, Abbas said that "Hamas will not rule Gaza in the post-war era," the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported.
He stressed that the only viable solution for the Gaza Strip is Israel's complete withdrawal from the strip and the empowerment of the State of Palestine to assume its responsibilities with Arab and international support.(West Bank-Israel-Rule)
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PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday an additional 6.5 billion euros (7.6 billion U.S. dollars) in military spending to be allocated over the next two years, aiming for annual defense expenditure to reach 64 billion euros by 2027.
In an address to the nation's armed forces, Macron outlined France's military direction and strategic vision, and he noted that military spending "is and will continue to be a source of wealth for our gross domestic product, our economy, and our regions."(France-Defense spending)
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LONDON -- A small aircraft has reportedly crashed at Southend Airport in Essex, a county in southeast England, Essex Police said on Sunday.
According to the police, they were alerted shortly before 4 p.m. local time to reports of a collision involving a 12-meter-long plane and are currently working with emergency services at the scene.
The East of England Ambulance Service said that four ambulances and four hazardous area response team vehicles have been dispatched to the site.(Britain-Plane Crash)
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RAMALLAH -- Palestinian National Council Chairman Rawhi Fattouh said on Sunday that Israeli government's plan to establish a "humanitarian city" in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, is the first step of "forced displacement."
The proposal "has no connection to humanitarian values and aims to confine hundreds of thousands of civilians in inhumane conditions," Fattouh said, accusing it as "a complex crime with the support and complicity of the United States."(Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel) Enditem
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