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French candidates faced a Tuesday deadline to stay in or quit the weekend's runoff election, with over 160 withdrawing so far in an effort to block the far right from winning an absolute majority.
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Israel strikes southern Gaza after ordering evacuations
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Ex-spy chief to be sworn in as new Dutch PM on mission to curb asylum
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