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Rushdi Abualouf Gaza correspondent Reuters A Palestinian man looks at buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in al-Shati refugee camp, northern Gaza Hamas says it has delivered a “positive response” to mediators on the latest proposal for a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal put forward by the US. The Palestinian armed group added in

Simon Jack BBC business editor Getty Images As Donald Trump cheered the passage of his self-styled, and officially named, Big Beautiful Budget Bill through Congress this week, long-sown seeds of doubt about the scale and sustainability of US borrowing from the rest of the world sprouted anew. Trump’s tax-cutting budget bill is expected to add

Archie Farmer & Caroline Robinson BBC News, South West Exmoor Zoo The badger was born in January but had to be kept a secret until now Visitors to a zoo are being introduced to its baby honey badger for the first time. Exmoor Zoo’s five-month-old female badger is believed to be only the second of