For today, links to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date and an ASSANGE entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM   

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An attempt by UK lawmakers to vote on a cease-fire in Gaza descended into chaos, by Jill Lawless | AP  LONDON — UK lawmakers called Wednesday for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war — but only after dozens walked out of the House of Commons in protest at how the vote was handled. Lawmakers had been debating three separate resolutions related to . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israel hits Gaza’s Rafah; Hamas chief’s trip raises truce hopes, by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Nidal Al-Mughrabi andDan Williams | Reuters  RAFAH, Gaza Strip / CAIRO / JERUSALEM — Israeli bombs on Rafah flattened a mosque and destroyed homes in what residents called one of their worst nights yet, while the Hamas chief was in Cairo for talks Gazans hope could bring a truce in time to head off a full-blown assault on the city. READ MORE . . .