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On Saturday international activists who arrived in Istanbul after being deported from Israel following the military's interception of their Gaza-bound flotilla said they had been subjected to violence and "treated like animals".

Two envoys of US President Donald Trump headed to Egypt on Saturday to discuss the release of hostages in Gaza, after Hamas agreed to his ceasefire proposal, while Israeli forces launched deadly strikes across the territory.

Georgian police on Saturday fired tear gas and water cannons at anti-government protesters who tried to enter the presidential palace, as tens of thousands rallied during local elections after the opposition urged a "last chance" protest to save democracy.

Supporters and opponents of Madagascar's cornered government faced off at a distance in the capital Antananarivo on Saturday, after days of deadly youth-led protests that the president has called an attempted coup.