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THE WASHINGTON POST: After nearly four months of an Israeli siege, Gaza’s hospitals are flooded with severely malnourished children, many the size of their bones, as medical staff collapse from exhaustion.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The Ukraine anti-corruption crisis has thrown Zelensky’s political judgement into question.

Gaza’s hospitals and aid workers are warning of a deadly surge in child malnutrition and starvation, with dozens of children dying in July alone as basic treatments run out under Israel’s ongoing blockade.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Pam Bondi made the disclosure to the US President in recent months, according to three people with knowledge of the exchange.

Both sides have accused each other of firing first as South East Asian neighbours’ tensions over a disputed border area escalated.

The message from charity and human rights groups came as Israeli strikes reportedly killed another 29 Palestinians overnight.

Donald Trump’s intelligence chief, Tulsi Gabbard, asserted that Obama-era officials and the former US President should be investigated for criminal wrongdoing, while hitting out at Hillary Clinton.

Shigeru Ishiba plans to announce his exit from Japan’s top job by the end of next month, the Mainichi newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Speaker Mike Johnson has given the House of Representatives an early break after the week’s legislative agenda was upended by Republican members clamouring for a vote on the Epstein probe.

AARON PATRICK: A fake video of the 44th president being arrested in the Oval Office appeared designed to distract voters from the Jeffrey Epstein affair. It is not working

AARON PATRICK: Penny Wong’s decision to join 27 other foreign ministers to condemn the Jewish state’s provision of food to Palestinians ignores one obvious reality.

One of Bali’s most iconic surf destinations will never be the same again, as Indonesian authorities have begun demolishing more than 40 businesses along the famous beach.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: In June, Russia’s numerical advantages in troops and air power produced its biggest monthly gains in territory since the beginning of the year.

In the internet age, the cameras are always rolling, and people’s worst moments draw millions of eyeballs as online audiences flock to weigh in.

The US Department of Justice has officially asked federal judges to unseal transcripts in the criminal cases of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his convicted procurer of young girls, Ghislaine Maxwell.