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Day 1 Saturday Date: 6 April 2024
Time	08.30-10.00
Title	1. Why is Hamas and why is it fighting with Israel in Gaza? 2. McDonald’s to buy back Israeli stores after boycott 3. Six months on, how close is Israel to eliminating Hamas?
Sources	1. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67039975 2. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68735706 3. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68745681
Newsworthy event (Main event)	1. Hamas is considered a terrorist group by Israel, the US, the EU, and the UK, among others. The war began after waves of Hamas gunmen stormed across Gaza's border into Israel, killing about 1,200 people. Hamas also fired thousands of rockets.
	2. McDonald's had reached a deal with franchisee Alonyal to return 225 outlets.
	3. Israel and Hamas have been engaged in a conflict that has resulted in significant casualties and destruction in Gaza. Israel aimed to crush Hamas and destroy its infrastructure, including killing thousands of Hamas fighters and targeting their tunnel network.
Background event (Elaboration)	1. The text describes the intense conflict between Israel and Hamas, a group that controls Gaza. On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a major attack on Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking over 250 hostages. In response, Israel started a large military campaign against Hamas in Gaza, leading to many deaths and widespread destruction. Hamas aims to replace Israel with an Islamic state and does not recognize Israel's right to exist. They say their attacks are a response to Israeli actions against Palestinians. The conflict has caused severe shortages of food, medicine, and other essentials in Gaza, and the healthcare system there is collapsing. This conflict is part of a long history of violence and political tension between Israel and the Palestinians, with previous wars and ongoing disputes over land and governance.
	2.the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, which significantly intensified after October 7, 2023, when Hamas gunmen launched a major attack on Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 253 hostages. In response, Israel began extensive military operations in Gaza, resulting in widespread devastation and the deaths of over 33,000 people according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry. This conflict led to a boycott of McDonald's in several Muslim-majority countries and other regions due to McDonald's Israeli franchisee providing thousands of free meals to Israeli soldiers. The boycott affected McDonald's sales in the Middle East, Indonesia, and France. To address this issue and restore its reputation, McDonald's decided to buy back all of its Israeli restaurants from its franchisee Alonyal, which had operated them for over 30 years.
	3. The conflict between Israel and Hamas that began on October 7, 2023. On that day, Hamas fighters launched a significant attack from Gaza into Israel, resulting in the deaths of about 1,200 people and the taking of hundreds of hostages. In response, Israel declared its intention to "crush and destroy Hamas" to eliminate the threat and rescue the hostages. This conflict has led to a brutal war, with at least 33,000 Palestinians killed according to the Hamas-run health ministry, and extensive destruction in Gaza. Israel claims to have killed thousands of Hamas fighters and destroyed much of their tunnel network. The situation involves significant human and infrastructural losses, with ongoing impacts on both sides.
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Day 2 Sunday Date: 7 April 2024
Time	12.00-15.00
Title	1. Are Hong Kong’s days as a global business hub over? 2. Hongkong makes largest-ever gold smuggling bust 3. Biden and Xi discuss US-China cooperation and conflict
Sources	1. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-68636561 2. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68761514 3. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68718821
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Day 1 Monday Date :20 March 2020
Time	19.00-21.00
Title	1. Taylor Swift join world’s richest on billionaire list 2. 3.
Sources	1. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68711921 2. 3.
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Day 4 Tuesday Date: 9 April 2024
Time	19.00-21.00
Title	1. 2. China economic grows faster that expected in first quarter 3. ‘My Son had a stroke when he was 12 minutes old’
Sources	1. 2. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68823396 3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c90zpkd4jezo
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