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Hamas has responded to a US- and Israeli-backed ceasefire proposal issued last week by mediators from Egypt and Qatar with a counterproposal designed to bring about a permanent end to the conflict in Gaza, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

The increase will be included in a new budget plan to aid the struggling health sector in part of the UK Wide-ranging cuts to public services have been announced by the Welsh government amid what it calls the “toughest financial situation” in more than two decades. The draft budget, published this week, attempts to protect the…