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Hit It! Idina Menzel, Nancy Ajram, More On World Music Charts

Hit It! Idina Menzel, Nancy Ajram, More On World Music Charts

Below are some of the songs currently topping the charts around the world.

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British singer Kate Bush announced Friday on her website that she will play her first series of shows since 1979 in August and September across the UK. The first woman to top the British charts with a song of her own (with "Wuthering Heights", in 1978) is set to begin a run of 15 shows, dubbed "Before the Dawn," at London's Eventim Apollo, in Hammersmith, on August 26.

Concerning additional shows or works in the future, Bush said "it’s certainly not in the picture at the moment because I just don’t quite know how that would work with how my life is now", The Guardianreported.

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FOCUS: Israel-Palestine War

The Gaza Ceasefire Is Over, With Western Diplomacy Weaker Than Ever

Diplomacy has failed to stave off a resumption of the war in Gaza. Yes, Israel made clear its goal of destroying Hamas is not complete. But the end of the truce is also one more sign that both the U.S. and Europe hold less sway in the region than they once did.

Smoke rising from a building after an Israeli strike on the city Rafah the in southern Gaza strip.

December 1, 2023: Smoke rising from a building after an Israeli strike on the city Rafah the in southern Gaza strip

Source: Abed Rahim Khatib/ZUMA
Pierre Haski

-Analysis-

PARIS — Unfortunately, the end of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was predictable. In a previous column this week, I wrote that the question was not whether the war would resume, but rather when (and how) it would resume. Israel has made it clear in recent days that it has not yet achieved its goal of destroying Hamas in Gaza, and that it still intends to do just that.

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Still, international diplomacy has not been idle. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Israel on Thursday: the United States was putting pressure on Israel so that, once the conflict resumed, it would inflict fewer civilian casualties — a more “surgical” war.

It is obviously too early to know if Blinken’s words have been heard. The only question is whether Israel will apply the same massive strategy in the south of the territory as in the north, or if the country will carry out more targeted operations, in a region with a very high population density.

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