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Three dead in Gaza as Israel retaliates after Palestinian rocket attacks
Israel says Palestinian militants have fired more than 200 rockets from Gaza into Israel.
Militants in the Gaza Strip have fired more than 200 rockets into Israel, the army says, prompting air strikes and tank fire on the Palestinian territory.
Also in the programme: Thailand's King Vajiralongkorn crowned; and the Archbishop of Abuja has urged the Nigerian government to stop the country's young people emigrating to Europe illegally.
Picture: Palestinians gather on the beach in Gaza City as smoke and fire billow following airstrikes by Israel in response to rockets fired by Palestinian militants on May 4, 2019. Credit: SAMI AL-SULTAN/AFP/Getty Images
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