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Here are the updates:
- Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey, states of the newly established Mecca Pact, met with Iran's president and security chief in Tehran, with both sides seeking to continue diplomacy
- Voters in Israel head to the polls in the first general vote since the start of the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023
- The war in Yemen rages, with the Saudi-led coalition intercepting Houthi ballistic missiles and Houthi-affiliated media reported that Yemeni government forces launched air strikes in Taiz province
- Israeli attacks continue on Gaza, occupied West Bank, south Lebanon and southern Syria
And so we continue our live coverage of the day...