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00:0020 people have died and hundreds more injured following violent protests in Bangladesh.
00:10Pro-Palestinian demonstrators took part in ceasefire rallies in Paris and London as the
00:16Israel-Hamas war passes 300 days.
00:21Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Paris demanding a solution to the ongoing war and
00:26calling for a boycott of Israel at the ongoing Olympic Games.
00:30Many expressed anger at seeing Israel's flag at Paris' games, saying Israeli athletes should
00:36have competed with a neutral status like those from Russia and Belarus following the invasion
00:42of Ukraine.
00:44A large crowd also gathered in central London demanding an end to the ongoing deadly war.
00:51Protesters gathered and unfurled a huge red line which they say symbolises the red lines
00:56Israel has crossed.
00:59The protests took place as the death toll in Gaza reaches 39,550, according to the Palestinian
01:06Health Ministry.
01:11Germany and the Philippines have signed a defence pact which would allow joint military
01:15training, the possible sale of German weapons and information sharing between the two nations.
01:23German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro
01:28Junior signed the agreement in Manila amid concerns over China's growing aggression in
01:33the South China Sea.
01:37We need to contribute to de-escalation.
01:40This is only possible if we keep all channels of communication open, including those to
01:46China.
01:48By participating in the Indo-Pacific deployment, we uphold the rules-based international order.
01:54Tensions have heightened between China and the Philippines in recent months, culminating
01:59in a number of clashes in disputed areas of the South China Sea.
02:06The United States has also announced $500 million in military funding to boost Philippine
02:12defences.
02:17A fresh outbreak of violence in Bangladesh has left 20 people dead and hundreds more
02:22wounded as student protesters clashed with police and party activists on Sunday.
02:28Bangladeshi authorities responded by closing schools and universities across the country,
02:34blocking internet access and reinstating a shoot-on-site curfew.
02:39The demonstrations were calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and followed
02:44earlier protests in July against a controversial quota system for government jobs.
02:54Thousands rallied in the streets of Venezuela to support a candidate they believe won the
02:59presidential election by a landslide.
03:04Hundreds of opposition supporters were arrested last week after taking to the streets following
03:09the disputed poll.
03:34Machado had been in hiding for days, saying her life and freedom were at risk.
03:43Massed assailants had ransacked the opposition's headquarters, taking documents and vandalising
03:48the space.
03:53At least 16 people were killed after an Israeli airstrike hit a school housing displaced people
03:59in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
04:02A further 21 were wounded, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence.
04:07After the initial strike, a resident reportedly received a call from the Israeli military
04:13telling them the school would be attacked again and leading people to run away.
04:17The death toll inside Gaza is now nearing 40,000 people.
04:23Israel has accused Hamas of embedding themselves within the civilian population and putting
04:28it at risk.
04:30Most of Gaza's population of about 2.3 million are displaced, many people multiple times,
04:37as Israel's military returns to areas where it says Hamas's militants have regrouped.
04:44Health services and sanitation have largely collapsed across the territory as hunger grows.