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This is The World in Brief from

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The Economist. Our

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top stories Israel's

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted

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that the country's forces had

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killed seven aid workers in

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an unintended strike on innocent

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people in Gaza. The

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international group of aid workers was

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operating on behalf of World Central

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Kitchen, an American NGO.

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WCK noted that they were

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in a deconflicted zone in

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branded vehicles. Australia's

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Prime Minister Antony Albanese confirmed

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that an Australian citizen was

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among the victims and said

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his country would seek full

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and proper accountability. Other governments,

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including aid workers, urged

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Israel to swiftly investigate.

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The World Bank estimated that at least $18.5

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billion worth of infrastructure in Gaza has been

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destroyed in the war with Israel. That

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is equal to 97% of the combined GDP of the

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Palestinian territories in 2022. Damage

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to housing accounted for about three-quarters

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of the cost. As

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of January, Gaza's water and

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sanitation system were delivering less

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than 5% of pre-war output,

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said the bank. President

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Joe Biden spoke on the phone

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to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

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It was the leader's first conversation since

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the summit in November and was reportedly

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intended to be a check-in. The

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White House said the call

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was candid and constructive. Mr

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Biden, quote, raised concerns over

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China's material support for Russia.

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Mr Xi criticized America's

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efforts to limit technology

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transfers. Tesla

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delivered just under 387,000 vehicles in the three months

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to March, 8.5% lower than the

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same period last year and 20.2% below the

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previous quarter. Analysts

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had expected a figure of around 454,000.

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Growing competition from new EV

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makers, especially China, partly

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explains the slump. Shares

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in the American firm have dropped by almost

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30% this year. Ukrainian

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drones targeted an oil refinery

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and other factories in Tartostan,

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a Russian region more than

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1,000 kilometers away from

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the two countries' border. The

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region's leader, Ruzdam Minikunov,

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claims that the strikes had not

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caused significant damage but said

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several people had been injured. The

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attacks are among Ukraine's farthest into

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Russian territory so far. New

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factory orders in the Eurozone fell

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in March for the 23rd

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month in a row. A benchmark

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purchasing manager's index for manufacturing

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declined to 46.1 last month

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compared with 46.5 in February. A

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reading below 50 denotes contraction.

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Still, the figure was better than the

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preliminary estimate of 45.7. India

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rebuked Chinese authorities for

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renaming around 30 places

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in Arunachal Pradesh, a

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contested northeastern Indian state.

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China considers the territory part to

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be of South Tibet and has

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previously standardized place names as an

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expression of sovereignty. In

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2020, four Chinese and 20 Indian

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troops were killed in a clash

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on another contested part of the

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border. of

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the day 5.3%, the unemployment

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rate in California. America's

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national rate is less than 4%.