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A Guardian analysis reveals that a pro-Israel messaging website using the name of a non-existent US thinktank published over 560,000 words across 124 reports in nine days using a commercial platform designed to make AI chatbots cite its content.
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The Iranian rial has plummeted to a rate of 2 million rials per single US dollar as citizens struggle to cope with soaring prices driven by sanctions and conflict.
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Norwegian club Bodo has secured its return to the Champions League, while Azerbaijan's Sabah knocked out Israeli side Hapoel Beer-Sheva with a late goal in the qualifying round. Elsewhere, Scottish champions Celtic suffered a heavy loss against LASK.
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Far-right Israeli lawmaker Zvi Sukkot has drawn widespread condemnation, including from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after using a sledgehammer to damage a Palestinian memorial.
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A spokesperson for the United Nations human rights office has denounced threats from Israel to forcibly evacuate Gaza communities in response to kite-flying.
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Video footage has captured the moment a Palestinian boy was shot during an Israeli raid on a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) facility in occupied East Jerusalem.