Trump leaves Middle East while strikes on Gaza intensify

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  This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Alex Ritson, and at 13 Hours GMT on Friday 16th May, these are our main stories.

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  Gaza's civil defence agency says the Israeli military has killed almost 100 people in the past 12 hours in another intense wave of strikes.

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  President Trump leaves the Middle East, his first major trip of his second term.

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  No breakthrough on the release of hostages in Gaza,

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  but significant business deals for US businesses.

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  Peace talks involving Russian and Ukrainian representatives have begun in Turkey,

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  but expectations are low after President Putin declined to attend.

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  The civil defence agency in Gaza, which is run by Hamas,

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  says the Israeli military has killed almost 100 people

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  since midnight in another intense wave of strikes in the north of the territory.

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  Israeli forces have been intensifying their bombardment of what they say are Hamas fighters and infrastructure ahead of a planned expansion of their ground offensive.

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  Meanwhile,

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