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Welcome to SBS News in Easy English. I'm Ciara Hain.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Washington to meet United States President Joe Biden to discuss the Indo-Pacific region.
Mr Albanese says he will encourage Mr Biden to remain focused on the Indo-Pacific region, despite tensions easing after the release of Australian journalist Cheng Lei and an agreement to suspend a World Trade Organisation dispute over Chinese tariffs on Australian wine imports. This comes after the delivery of humanitarian aid at the crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip was stopped because of shelling close by, with an Israeli Defense Force spokesperson later saying an Israeli tank had accidentally fired and hit an Egyptian position.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese says much larger convoys are needed to provide aid to the 1 million people displaced out a of a population of 2.3 million in Gaza.
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