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Here is a rundown of all the news that you need to start your Tuesday, including Israeli forces’ opening of fire on Palestinians awaiting aid, more than 13,000 children killed by Israel since Oc.t 7, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini’s warning that his agency is at ‘breaking point,’ and French lawmakers enshrining right to abortion in its Constitution.

• Ankara ready to bring ‘new nightmares’ to those using terrorism to target Türkiye, said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He also said issues over Türkiye’s borders with Iraq will be resolved this summer.
  
• A 10-year-old Palestinian Yazan al-Kafarneh child has died from severe hunger amid famine due to Israel’s ongoing crippling siege on the Gaza Strip, taking the death toll to 16 children dying from starvation.
  
• EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell hailed US Vice President Kamala Harris’ call for a cease-fire in Gaza, saying that now the UN Security Council can pass a resolution for such a step.
  
• An American staffer at the US Embassy in Israel was found dead, the embassy said.
  
• Spain announced that it has initiated a process of sanctioning 12 Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
  
• The US carried out “self-defense strikes” against Houthi targets in Yemen, US Central Command said.
  
• US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umerov discussed the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine war in a phone call.
  
• Armed gangs attempted to take control of Haiti’s main international airport in the latest of a series of attacks, including one that led to a mass escape from two major prisons.
  
• British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered another setback as the House of Lords passed five amendments to his new Rwanda bill.