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Hamas Wants Talks on Unity Government

17/09/2017 GMT

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Hamas ready to heal rift with Fatah; UN urges Aung San Suu Kyi to act on Rohingya crisis

Hamas prepared to hold elections to heal rift with Fatah; UN urges Aung San Suu Kyi to act on Rohingya crisis in Myanmar

The Palestinian group that controls Gaza, Hamas, says it wants talks with Fatah on forming a unity government; the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres urges Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to end the military offensive that has forced thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee.

(Image: Masked youth cadets from the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement. Credit: Getty Images)

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