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During a visit to Rio de Janeiro, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu affirms that Brazil will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, with only the date of the transfer to be decided. SOUNDBITE
Brazil will move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro says on Twitter, making the Latin American giant the largest country after the United States to make the controversial switch. IMAGES
People gather at Jerusalem's Mount Zion Cemetery where slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is laid to rest. Israel bolstered security in Jerusalem ahead of the funeral of veteran journalist Abu Akleh, two days after she was killed during an Israeli army raid. Israel and the Palestinians have traded blame over the fatal shooting of the 51-year-old Palestinian-American during clashes in the Jenin refugee camp. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI32A2494_EN
Though US inflation is rising, a temporary spike above two percent will not be enough to make the central bank pull back on stimulus policies, says Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. SOUNDBITE
Algerians rally in support of journalist Khaled Drareni, who is jailed for two years on appeal, a defence lawyer says, in a case seen as a barometer of press freedoms in the North African country. Although Drareni's jail time was reduced by a year from an August decision, press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemned the sentence. IMAGES