THIS IS AP NEWSMINUTE

PALESTINIANS LOADED THEIR BELONGINGS AND QUEUED TO LEAVE NORTHERN GAZA ON MONDAY AS ISRAELI ATTACKS CONTINUED.

MANY TRAVELLED ALONG A SEASIDE ROAD WITH THEIR BELONGINGS PLACED ON TOP OF VEHICLES.

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FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON HELD A VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH SEVERAL EUROPEAN AND ARAB LEADERS ON MONDAY.

THE DISCUSSION COMES AHEAD OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON A TWO-STATE SOLUTION TO THE ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT.

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MOTORISTS IN LILONGWE STOOD IN LONG LINES AT A GAS STATION ON MONDAY TO REFUEL THEIR VEHICLES AND MOTORBIKES A DAY BEFORE THE NATIONAL ELECTION ACROSS MALAWI.

THE COUNTRY FACES ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, INCLUDING INFLATION AND FUEL SHORTAGES.

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AND A MILITARY MISSION IS DEPLOYING TO THE BALTIC SEA TO CLEAN UP EXPLOSIVES DUMPED IN THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS.

A CREW ABOARD A BELGIAN DEMINING SHIP IS EMBARKING ON A THREE-MONTH NATO LED MISSION TO MAKE THE BALTIC SEA SAFER.