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Hamas proposes a three-stage ceasefire plan, blasts near Pakistan candidates' offices kill 26 on the eve of the election, and Nikki Haley loses Republican Nevada primary to "none of these candidates."

Plus, pictures from the farmer protests across Europe.

By Edson Caldas

Today's Top News

Palestinian kids stand at the site of an Israeli strike in Rafah, February 7, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

ISRAEL AND HAMAS AT WAR

Hamas has proposed a ceasefire plan that would quiet the guns in Gaza for four-and-a-half months, during which all hostages would go free, Israel would withdraw its troops from the Gaza Strip and an agreement would be reached on an end to the conflict. We look back at the four-month-old war in pictures.
Join Maya Gebeily, Reuters bureau chief for Lebanon, Syria and Jordan, as she answers questions on Reddit today at 11 a.m. ET. Gebeily is based in Beirut and has been covering the fallout from the war since it began on Oct. 7, including deadly rocket fire on the Lebanese-Israeli border and missile attacks in Syria. Reuters lost a colleague, Issam Abdallah, amid Israeli tank fire in Lebanon in October. The deaths, injuries and working conditions have had a profound impact on all reporters covering the war.

ELECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD

Two blasts near electoral candidates' offices in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan killed 26 people, raising concerns over security in the lead up to Thursday's polls. Pakistan goes to the polls amid rising militant attacks and the jailing of Imran Khan, the winner of the last national election.
A federal appeals court ruled that Donald Trump does not have immunity from charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat, bringing the former US president closer to an unprecedented criminal trial. Reporter Andrew Goudsward talks about Trump's next move on today's Reuters World News podcast.
In more news from the US, Republican candidate Nikki Haley suffered an embarrassing defeat in Nevada's primary, finishing behind ballots marked "none of these candidates" by Trump supporters, according to Edison Research. For news and analysis on the election, sign up to On the Campaign Trail.

IN OTHER NEWS

Russia launched missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities this morning, killing three people, injuring at least a dozen more and setting blazes across the capital. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that two people had been killed in Kyiv and one person in Mykolayiv in the south of the country. Follow the latest.
Swedish prosecutors said they would drop their probe into explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines and hand evidence over to Germany. The multi-billion dollar pipelines transporting Russian gas to Germany were ruptured by a series of blasts in the Swedish and Danish economic zones in September 2022.

Business & Markets

Toyota shares hit a record high after its earnings upgrade the prior day, with rivals Honda and Nissan also posting gains on expectations their hybrid lineups may benefit from cooling interest in EVs. Toyota's strong financial performance in Q3 was helped by robust demand for gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles.
A door panel that flew off a Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet mid-flight on Jan. 5 appeared to be missing four key bolts, according to a preliminary report from US investigators that provided the first official look into how the frightening mishap took shape. Here are five key takeaways from the report.
Britain's biggest homebuilder Barratt will buy Redrow in an all-stock deal valuing its smaller rival at about 2.52 billion pounds ($3.18 billion), aiming to capitalize on the fledgling recovery in the market. This is the second consolidation in the sector in as many years after Vistry bought rival Countryside in 2022.
Shanghai plans to accelerate approvals for foreign firms wanting to send their local data offshore, four sources with knowledge of the matter said. Foreign financial firms have been lobbying authorities to allow cross-border sharing of information, after Beijing tightened control of data generated within its borders.
China has replaced the head of its securities regulator, the official Xinhua news agency said, as policymakers struggle to stabilize the country's main stock indexes after a plunge to five-year lows. Yi Huiman is replaced by Wu Qing, a veteran securities regulator who had led the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

In Pictures: Farmer protests across Europe

Tractors parked outside Thessaloniki's International Fair during a Greek farmers' protest. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis

Protests have erupted in several countries, exposing anger about low prices for produce, rising costs, cheap imports and constraints imposed by the European Union's drive to fight climate change.

See our photo gallery.

And Finally...

Displaced Palestinian teenager Hussam Al-Attar shows an electrical panel at a tent camp in Rafah. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Using two fans he picked up from a scrap market and rigged to some wires, Hussam Al-Attar has created his own source of electricity to light up the tent where he and his family are living after being displaced by Israel's assault on Gaza.

In recognition of his ingenuity, people in the surrounding tent camp have given him a nickname: Gaza's Newton.

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