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Lyse Doucet Chief International Correspondent Reuters The UN says more than 90% of homes in Gaza are destroyed or damaged A $53bn (£41.4 billion) reconstruction plan to rival President Donald Trump’s idea for the US to “take over Gaza” and move out more than two million Palestinians has been approved by Arab leaders at an … Read more

Getty Images Tesla has begun hiring for a dozen jobs in Delhi and Mumbai After years of speculation, Tesla could finally be making its India debut. The American electric vehicle (EV) giant has begun hiring for a dozen jobs in Delhi and Mumbai. It is also reportedly hunting for showrooms in both cities. Asia’s third … Read more

Nadine Yousif, James FitzGerald and Brandon Drenon BBC News, Toronto and London Watch: ‘A dumb thing to do’ – Moments from Trudeau’s speech slamming US tariffs Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slammed Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Canada, calling it a “very dumb thing to do” and vowed to conduct a “relentless fight” to protect its … Read more

A Hong Kong-based company has agreed to sell most of its stake in two key ports on the Panama Canal to a group led by US investment firm BlackRock. The sale comes after weeks of complaining by President Donald Trump that the canal is under Chinese control and that the US should take control of … Read more

Nomsa Maseko BBC News, Rugombo BBC Jordan Bita says he kept away from main roads, trekking through bush, to avoid the advancing rebels Jordan Bita preferred to risk his life swimming across a roaring river than stay at home and be conscripted by rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The 25-year-old clung on to … Read more

The BBC’s Stephen McDonell explains what to look out for at China’s annual National People’s Congress (NPC), which began on Wednesday. The week-long meeting is attended by nearly 3,000 delegates from provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and the armed forces. They usher through decisions that have already been made behind closed doors by party leaders. Still, … Read more

Peter Hoskins and Kelly Ng BBC News Watch: The BBC’s Stephen McDonell explains China’s National People’s Congress China has set an economic growth target for this year of “around 5%” and pledged to pump billions of dollars into its ailing economy, which is now facing a trade war with the US. Its leaders unveiled the … Read more

US President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress six weeks after beginning his second term in office. In addition to listing his achievements while in office, he made a teenager a US Secret Service agent and reaffirmed his desire for Greenland to become part of the US. Democratic Congressman Al Green was ejected … Read more

Jude Sheerin BBC News, Washington Watch: Key moments from Trump’s first address to Congress President Donald Trump has addressed a raucous joint session of the US Congress for the first time since he returned to power in January, declaring: “The American Dream is unstoppable.” In the longest presidential speech to lawmakers on record, he outlined … Read more

Harriet Orrell BBC World Service Getty Images Mali’s army is struggling to combat Islamist insurgents in the Sahel The Sahel region of Africa is the “epicentre of global terrorism” and now, for the first time, accounts for “over half of all terrorism-related deaths”, according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI). Its new report says that … Read more