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1. Letsile Tebogo qualifies for 200m semi-finals in Tokyo championships

   Botswana's Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo secured his spot in the men's 200-meter semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Wednesday, clocking 20.18 seconds to finish second in his heat behind reigning world champion Noah Lyles.

2. Truck carrying displaced people hit by Israeli strike in Gaza

   Israeli aircraft struck a truck carrying displaced civilians from Gaza City late on Tuesday, killing five people and injuring several others, according to local health officials.

3. Police remove protesters in Tel Aviv calling for Gaza ceasefire

   Police forcibly removed demonstrators blocking Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv on Tuesday as protests called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all remaining hostages.

4. Cameroon: Cocoa plantations grapple with black pod disease

   Cocoa plantations in Cameroon are grappling with black pod disease, in an outbreak that has been fuelled by weeks of heavy rain. According to officials, a reliance on low-cost fungicides has not helped the situation.

5. Haiti: gangs continue to terrorise local population

   Residents in some areas of Port-au-Prince have returned to what's left of their homes following an assault by armed gangs. But with gangs now controlling an estimated 90% of the capital, some are too afraid to return.