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US President Joe Biden delivering an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Oct 19.
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The Economist
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Three days after Hamas fighters swarmed across the security fence of the Gaza Strip, arrived in the eastern Mediterranean
A second carrier strike group, led by the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, is sailing to the Middle East, presumably to move closer to Iran. Aircraft and air defence systems are being dispatched
