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Three Palestinians have died in a clash with Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, as violence has spiked during new war in the Middle East. The Israeli military says settlers attacked Palestinians near Khirbet Abu Falah on Sunday and that two men died from gunfire. It says a third man died from suffocation, likely from tear gas. Earlier attacks in the week killed three Palestinians. The military has condemned the settler violence and opened a criminal investigation, but rights groups say authorities rarely prosecute settlers. The Palestinian Red Crescent says new gates and closures also slow ambulances and first responders.

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Five European countries say Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny with a rare toxin linked to poison dart frogs. On Saturday, the U.K., France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands say European lab tests confirmed epibatidine in his body. They say the toxin does not occur naturally in Russia. They argue Russia has the means, motive and opportunity to administer the poison. They also reported Russia to the chemical weapons watchdog, which did not comment immediately. The Russian opposition leader died in a Russian Arctic penal colony in 2024. Russia denied wrongdoing and says he died naturally.