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16/06/2021 05:06 GMT : Israel launches air strikes in Gaza

Israel launches air strikes in Gaza

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Israel says they are in retaliation for incendiary balloons fired from the territory

Explosions were heard in Gaza City in the early hours of Wednesday.

Israel has launched air strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip overnight, in retaliation for incendiary balloons being launched from the territory. We go live to Gaza.

Ahead of their first face-to-face meeting since Joe Biden became US president, Mr Biden called Vladimir Putin a "worthy adversary", and Mr Putin has said US-Russian relations are at their "lowest point in recent years".  So what can we expect?

And in Equatorial Guinea two soldiers are on trial over the death of more than a hundred people there, and injuring another 600 more, after a massive explosion at an army barracks in March.  We have the latest.

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