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An Israeli airstrike on Gaza kills seven working for a food aid NGO, Iran says Israel bombed its embassy in Syria, and Republicans hope to win Black voters for Trump.

Plus, when is the total solar eclipse and what can you expect from it?

By Kate Turton

Today's Top News

A vehicle damaged in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot

MIDDLE EAST

Citizens from Australia, Britain and Poland were among seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza, the NGO said.
Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran's embassy in Syria in a strike that Iran said killed seven of its military advisers marking a major escalation in Israel's war with its regional adversaries. Syria, Lebanon and Jordan bureau chief Maya Gebeily joins the Reuters World News podcast with the latest from Damascus.

IN OTHER NEWS

Three 12-year-old children were shot at a school outside the Finnish capital and one of the victims later died, police said, with a 12-year-old fellow pupil suspected of the attack taken into custody.
Ukraine struck one of Russia's biggest refineries with a drone 800 miles from the front lines in Ukraine and said it had inflicted significant damage on a military target.
Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case, averting asset seizures by state authorities that could have hobbled the former US president's business empire.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in for his third term on Tuesday in the country's new capital, the largest of the mega-projects that have signified his rule while stretching the country's finances. Who is the authoritarian leader with penchant for bridges?
Panic set in around downtown Port-au-Prince as wild shooting filled the streets of Haiti's capital, with heavy gunfire near the national palace.
Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan vows to course correct after suffering a humbling loss in local elections across Turkey. Bureau chief Jonathan Spicer joins the Reuters World News podcast to explain what the re-election of Istanbul's mayor may mean for Erdogan.

Business & Markets

An army of speculators seeking a quick lucrative trade have made Donald Trump's social media company one of the most overvalued and actively traded US stocks.
Walt Disney appeared to pull ahead of activist investors in the battle for board seats and the future of the global entertainment conglomerate, with more than half of all shares voted before the company's annual meeting.
Google agreed to destroy billions of data records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately.
A Dutch court will hear Shell's appeal against a landmark climate ruling which ordered it to drastically deepen planned greenhouse gas emission cuts.
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co and PT Adaro Minerals Indonesia Tbk have ended an aluminum supply agreement after calls by a climate campaigner backed by K-pop fans not to procure supplies of the metal produced using coal power.
Brazil's hugely popular Pix payment system has become the country's favorite way to pay, replacing cash and wire transfers in many cases and now threatening the dominance of credit cards in the booming e-commerce sector.
UBS announced it was launching a new share buyback program of up to $2 billion, with up to half being completed in 2024.The scheme will begin on Wednesday, April 3, the Swiss bank said.

Republicans hope to win Black voters for Trump. It won't be easy

Orlando Owens, the Republican Party Chairman of Milwaukee, Wisconsin North Branch, stands outside the state party's community engagement center. January 23, 2024. REUTERS/Eric Cox

Orlando Owens, a rare Republican activist in a majority-Black district of Milwaukee, had hoped this election season would be different.

With national polls showing waning enthusiasm for Democratic President Joe Biden, especially among Black voters who say they are frustrated with his performance on the economy and other issues, state Republican party officials and activists saw an opening.

Read how they plan to do it.

And Finally...

A combination of ten pictures shows the progression of a partial solar eclipse near as a jet plane flies by the total solar eclipse in Wyoming US, August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

The moon will blot out the sun for millions of people in North America along a path crossing from Mexico into the United States and then Canada in a total solar eclipse occurring on Monday April 8.

Here is an explanation of the solar eclipse, where it will be visible and what to expect.

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