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Gaza ceasefire talks end with no breakthrough, Trump seeks a knockout on Super Tuesday, and China sets an ambitious growth target.

Plus, our gallery from what some are calling the most extravagant wedding ever.

By Kate Turton

Today's Top News

Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS

GAZA

Ceasefire talks between Hamas and mediators broke up in Cairo with no breakthrough, with just days left to halt fighting in time for the start of Ramadan.
Nearly five months into Israel's air and ground assault on the Gaza Strip and resulting mass displacement, acute shortages of food have led to what the United Nations is describing as a nutrition crisis.
A team of United Nations experts reported that there were "reasonable grounds to believe" sexual violence, including rape and gang rape, occurred at several locations during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas militants.

US POLITICS

Former President Donald Trump will aim to deliver a knockout blow on Super Tuesday. US Congress Reporter Makini Brice joins the Reuters World News daily podcast to weigh in on other down ballot races as Democrats and Republicans vie for their parties' nominations.
The Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under a constitutional provision involving insurrection and reversing Colorado's exclusion of him from its ballot.

IN OTHER NEWS

The Philippines called out Beijing for "unprovoked acts of coercion and dangerous maneuvers" in a disputed area of the South China Sea, saying Chinese ships had fired water cannons at one of its vessels, injuring some crew.
The European Commission will propose ways for the European Union to boost its arms industry so it can shift to "war economy mode" in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian sea drones damaged a Russian Black Sea Fleet patrol ship off occupied Crimea, Ukrainian military intelligence said. Follow the latest news from Russia's war in Ukraine.
Haiti's neighbors began shoring up their defenses and recalling embassy staff as a gang conflict in the Caribbean nation escalated and thousands fled fresh fighting.

Business & Markets

Some big Chinese developers are set to offload more real estate in Britain to raise cash, property agents say, making the most of a slowly thawing market and buyers betting on a recovery.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced an ambitious 2024 economic growth target of around 5%, promising steps to transform the country's development model and defuse risks fueled by bankrupt property developers and indebted cities.
Tesla's European Gigafactory near Berlin halted production and was left without power after suspected arson set an electricity pylon ablaze in a field close to the site.
The Southern African Power Pool and investment advisers Climate Fund Managers launched a new $1.3 billion target fund to build cross-border and local electricity infrastructure, officials said. Sign up for the Reuters Power Up newsletter for everything you need to know about the global energy industry.
Novo Nordisk's widely used diabetes drug Ozempic delayed progression of chronic kidney disease in diabetes patients, lowering the risk of major cardiac events and death by 24%, according to a large late-stage study.

In Argentina's barrios, rising poverty stalks Milei's austerity drive

People pray before receiving a charity food bag outside the NGO Sal de la tierra. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

Debora Blanco has lived for years with her eight children in a house on the outskirts of Buenos Aires with no proper door or windows, nor electricity, mains gas, running water or sewers. Now she doesn't have enough food to eat, either.

Argentina's poverty rate topped 57% at the start of the year, one recent study showed, with millions like Blanco battling triple-digit inflation and smarting from a sharp devaluation of the peso in December that sapped the real value of people's money.

That pain in the poor barrios looms large over new libertarian President Javier Milei's aggressive austerity drive.

Read more here.

And Finally...

Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner and their daughter Arabella pose during the pre-wedding celebrations of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant. via Reliance Industries

Celebrities and tycoons arrived on charter jets for a three-day-pre-wedding jamboree as Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani kickstarts wedding celebrations for his son.

Rihanna, Bill Gates, Ivanka Trump and Mark Zuckerberg were among the star-studded guests the celebrations.

See our gallery here.

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