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All eyes are on the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, which is expected to open on Friday. The Egyptians have sent machinery to repair roads damaged by Israeli air strikes so that much-needed aid can enter the Gaza Strip. Details of the deal are still being hammered out.

Families of hostages taken by the Hamas militant group to Gaza hope international help will bring them home. DW spoke to some of them.

This week on French Connections we take a look at the little green crosses the dot the French landscape: pharmacies. We find out how French pharmacies are adapting to the current shortage of doctors. We also discuss the reasons why France is facing a shortage of some medication. Plus we take a look at one of many pharmacists' specialties: distinguishing edible mushrooms from toxic ones.

After surviving a brutal knife attack, the Indian-British author is at the Frankfurt Book Fair where DW met him to discuss his new work.

Israel has agreed to let aid get into Gaza through Egypt, this as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi blames Israeli bombardments for not operating the only border crossing. Also in this edition: Kenya releases the names and photos of 35 terror suspects. Finally, we report on why African penguins are on the brink of extinction.

On August 26, an evangelical pastor and his followers attempted to attack a gang in the north of Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, armed with sticks and machetes. The gang retaliated with firearms, killing at least 21 people. What exactly happened that day? Why did ordinary churchgoers go to confront an armed gang?

Two died and one person was injured when a Russian missile struck a residential area in Ukraine's Mykolaiv region. Meanwhile, a US journalist has been detained in Russia. DW has the latest.

A large explosion at a Gaza City hospital on Tuesday killed hundreds of Palestinians, sparking international outrage and all but wrecking a high-stakes diplomatic mission by US President Joe Biden. Here is what we know about the deadly blast at al-Ahli hospital, which Palestinian and Israeli officials have blamed on each other.

Israel has agreed to let aid get into Gaza through Egypt, this as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi blames Israeli bombardments for not operating the only border crossing. Also in this edition: Kenya releases the names and photos of 35 terror suspects. Finally, we report on why African penguins are on the brink of extinction.

Nurses wearing hazmat suits, schools and stores closed and towns under lockdown: this familiar scenario has just played out again in the state of Kerala, in southern India. The cause is not a new wave of Covid, but the Nipah virus: the third such outbreak to hit the state in five years.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov knows global attention is shifting to Israel, but his film on Russian atrocities remains essential.

The Israeli military is one of the best-trained armies in the world when it comes to urban warfare. But even the best training can only begin to prepare it for the type of combat it would face in Gaza.