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1. Turkey halts trade with Israel over the war in Gaza

   

   Turkey will not resume trade with Israel, worth $7 billion US a year, until a permanent ceasefire and humanitarian aid are secured in Gaza, it said on Friday, the first of Israel's key partners to halt trade over the conflict.

2. Here's how long it could take to rebuild Gaza after the war

   

   Rebuilding Gaza's shattered homes will take at least until 2040 but could drag on for many decades, according to a UN report released on Thursday.

3. Republicans go all-in on U.S. campus protests as potential election winner

   

   It doesn't take a college degree to figure out Republicans see the protests on U.S. college campuses as a winning election-year issue for them. The proof is in their plans for a half-dozen congressional hearings, new campaign ads and choreographed confrontations with student protesters.

4. WATCH | Stormy Daniels's former lawyer testifies at Trump hush money trial

   

   Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial resumed in New York with porn star Stormy Daniels's former lawyer testifying that he helped arrange the deal to keep her quiet about an alleged affair with Trump ahead of the 2016 election.

5. Biden condemns violence as U.S. campus protests over Israel-Hamas war see widespread arrests

   

   U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday rejected calls from student protesters to change his approach to the war in Gaza while insisting that "order must prevail" as college campuses across the country face a wave of violence, outrage and fear.