This AP NewsMinute,

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days” as indirect talks with Hamas continue in Egypt on Monday on a new U.S. plan to end the war.

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Russian drones struck a Ukrainian railway station, killing at least one and wounding dozens.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at least 30 people were wounded in Shostka, a city northeast of Kyiv, some 70 kilometers from the Russian border.

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Japan’s governing party elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister.

Takaichi replaces Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba as the party hopes to regain public support and stay in power after major election losses.

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Police in Georgia used water cannons to push back protesters who tried to storm the presidential palace, as tens of thousands rallied in the capital, Tbilisi, to protest what they see as repressive policies by the governing party, Georgian Dream.