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NPR's Michel Martin asks Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, about his country's new plan for humanitarian aid in Gaza, which the UN has rejected.

India hit multiple targets across Pakistan in the most extensive strikes in more than 50 years. Pakistan's military retaliated by firing into parts of Indian-held Kashmir.

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The papal conclave is beginning Wednesday at the Vatican, as 133 cardinal electors undertake the solemn task of choosing the next leader of the Catholic Church.

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