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Morocco to build high-speed train to Fez via Meknes
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Morocco to build high-speed train to Fez via Meknes

9 August 2024
Morocco is pushing ahead with the development of high-speed rail. Morocco plans to launch a tender to study the project of a high-speed rail link between Fez and Rabat, with a stop in Meknes. Meknes is one of the cities that will be used for team training and accommodation during the 2030 FIFA World Cup.
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Finland and Morocco seek economic cooperation in water, green hydrogen and 5G
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Finland and Morocco seek economic cooperation in water, green hydrogen and 5G

7 August 2024
Finland and Morocco discussed cooperation in water, renewable energy, green hydrogen, cybersecurity and telecommunications in the Finnish capital Helsinki on Tuesday (6 August).  Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen received her Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita, who is on a working visit to Finland. Both countries see opportunities in digitalisation, especially in cybersecurity and 5G networks.
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EU sanctions a further 28 individuals for involvement in internal repression in Belarus
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EU sanctions a further 28 individuals for involvement in internal repression in Belarus

6 August 2024
The Council of the European Union decided on Monday (5 August) to impose restrictive measures against a further 28 individuals for their role in the ongoing internal repression and human rights violations in Belarus. These sanctions are adopted ahead of the fourth anniversary of the fraudulent presidential elections in August 2020. 
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France urges its citizens to leave Lebanon due to military risks
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France urges its citizens to leave Lebanon due to military risks

4 August 2024
France is urging its citizens to leave Lebanon. An update on the French foreign ministry's website warns of "the risks of military escalation in the Middle East" and advises people to book another commercial flight to France "as soon as possible" while flights are still available. The ministry also reiterated its "urgent" advice against travelling to Lebanon.
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iranian capital Tehran
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iranian capital Tehran

31 July 2024
Hamas's top political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in the Iranian capital Tehran, Hamas and Iranian state media reported early Wednesday morning (31 July). Haniyeh was killed in an attack on the house where he was staying, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards said in a statement, according to international news agencies. One of his bodyguards was also killed in the attack. Hamas called it "a cowardly act that will not go unpunished".
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Polio outbreak in Gaza
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Polio outbreak in Gaza

30 July 2024
A polio epidemic has broken out in the Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza. This was feared after the polio virus was found in sewage samples earlier this month. The World Health Organisation's (WHO) top official, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said last week that an outbreak was only a matter of time.