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Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has urged the Israeli government to rescind it’s ban on aid agency UNRWA, saying humanitarian work must continue.

The Australian Senate has passed a motion calling on the European Union to delay implementation of a law which it claims is flawed and could cut exports.

Opposition lawmakers criticized the response to the farmers’ protest and called on the government to defend farmers.

The German government has agreed on plans to subsidize gas power plants that can switch to hydrogen, which will be produced with renewable energy.

The European Commission says the aid package will help Ukraine keep its administration running amid the ongoing war.

A climate campaigner warns that the policy is ‘economically illiterate,’ while a professor from Imperial has suggested that the UK should align with EU policy.

A NATO commander calls for a military Schengen-style zone for troops, as Ursula von der Leyen hints at a desire to reverse Brexit and draw closer EU ties.

‘I think it will be quite some time before any Australian government or any EU leadership is able to negotiate a deal,’ said an Australian minister.

The European Commission made the statement just hours after its commissioner announced that the bloc would suspend ‘all payments’ to Palestinians.

Sir Keir Starmer said his party would also use anti-terror style laws to target people smugglers in EU deal that would hand immigration over to Brussels.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the Philippine leader that the European Union is ready to boost cooperation with the Philippines in maritime security amid tensions with China in the disputed South China Sea.