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World news: wars, diplomacy, elections and the forces reshaping the globe.

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    WHO Declares Public Health Emergency as Bundibugyo Ebola Surge Crosses Into Uganda, 105 Confirmed Cases and 233 Deaths Across DRC

    Armed groups in Ituri Province have ambushed response teams, stoned vaccinators, and burned a treatment unit in Bunia as the eighth Public Health Emergency of International Concern in the framework's 20-year history puts the U.S. CDC on Level 3 activation and routes all incoming passengers from Kinshasa, Entebbe and Kigali through five designated airports.

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    Israel Intercepts Gaza Sumud Flotilla in International Waters, 428 Activists Detained as Abuse Allegations Spark Global Outcry

    The Global Sumud Flotilla of roughly 50 aid ships was boarded by Israeli commandos 167 miles off Gaza, with freed activists in Istanbul accusing Israeli forces of beatings, sexual violence, and prolonged denial of food and water inside Ketziot prison — allegations Israel denies but that have prompted formal protests from Canada, Germany, France, Italy, and others.

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