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INTRO: The Walt Disney company is 100 years old as of Monday – marking the start by brothers Walt and Roy Disney on October 16th in 1923.
From the movies The Lion King to Pinocchio and many others, the Disney name has become synonymous with fun entertainment for children and some adults.
Caroline Malone reports.
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The UN's Secretary-General warned on Sunday that we are on verge of the abyss in the Middle East, as he made humanitarian appeals.
U.S. President Joe Biden has spoken with the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to condemn the Hamas attack on Israel, but also to reiterate that the militant group does represent all Palestinian people, and their right to dignity and self-determination.
Here's Ross Cullen with more in Tel Aviv.
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The United Nations is urging Israel to rescind its order giving more than 1 million Palestinians just 24 hours to leave the north of the Gaza Strip and immediately evacuate to the territory's south.
Israeli forces are gathering for a possible ground invasion of Gaza following last week's Hamas attacks that left more than 1,300 Israelis dead.
Humanitarian organizations are warning of a massive loss of civilian life if the ground offensive goes ahead.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has been meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli defense chiefs, as our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Several Jewish schools in London have closed over safety fears amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict.
Pro-Palestine protests are planned across the weekend, as an Israeli ground assault is widely expected.
The Home Secretary has said that waving Palestinian flags may 'not be legitimate' ahead of expected protests.
Simon Gaitán reports…
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Shares of Indian IT giant Infosys fell more than 2 per cent in morning trade in Mumbai after the company cut its annual revenue forecast.
Infosys has said that demand is being impacted as businesses' "digital transformation programs and discretionary spends are low and decision-making is slow".
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.
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India's first repatriation flight from Israel landed in New Delhi on Friday.
The charter flight carried 212 Indian passengers – many of whom were stranded in the conflict-hit nation after major airline Air India suspended commercial flights.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
IN: The repatriation...CUE: South Korea believes that China's forcibly deported large numbers of North Korean defectors back home, and it's sending a protest to Beijing. China's foreign ministry said on Thursday that there were no defectors from the North in the country.
Here's Andrew Wood in Hong Kong
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A Colorado police officer has been found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Black man Elijah McClain in 2019.
A second officer was acquitted of all charges.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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