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1. Canada, U.K., France to ban trade of goods from Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank

   

   Canada, Britain and France say they will ban the trade of goods with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The U.K. is going a step further by implementing fresh sanctions and saying it will take additional action against companies and individuals that support settlement expansion.

2. U.A.E. warned Netanyahu of major Hamas operation days before Oct. 7 attack: Israeli newspaper

   

   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was directly warned by the president of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was planning a major offensive just days before the militant group led an attack on Oct. 7, 2023, according to an Israeli newspaper.

3. More than 600 flights in and out of U.K. cancelled due to air traffic control issue

   

   More than 600 flights were cancelled on Tuesday due to a technical issue in Britain's air traffic control system that caused disruptions at major airports across the U.K., the flight monitoring website Flightradar24 reported.

4. Iran-backed Houthis attack Saudi oil facilities, injuring dozens

   

   Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis attacked four cities in southern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70 people and setting oil installations ablaze in what appeared to be a major expansion of the six-month-old Middle ‌East war.

5. 'That’s not storytelling': Olympians hope proposed guidelines eliminate sexualization on broadcasts

   

   A report from The Representation Project from the Tokyo 2021 Olympics found that women were sexualized nearly 10 times more than male athletes at the Games, despite Olympic broadcasters encouraging "sport appeal, not sex appeal" to camera operators ahead of the competition.