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Mr Albanese says the aircraft was on a routine flight in international airspace as part of an effort to enforce sanctions on North Korea. The trial of the accused 49-year-old woman, Erin Patterson, will be fast-tracked after she pleaded not guilty to eight charges. She is also accused of the attempted murder of her ex-husband Simon and the attempted murder of Ms Wilkinson's husband Ian.Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv after Israeli leaders have rejected a Gaza ceasefire proposal agreed to by Hamas.
Israel says it is currently striking Hamas targets in eastern Rafah where they had dropped fliers yesterday telling civilians to evacuate.“We have been through tough times and we were displaced many times, to many strange places. When they dropped leaflets asking us to evacuate we were afraid and we didn’t know what we should do. We were optimistic when Hamas agreed to the ceasefire proposal, we were very optimistic.
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