Hundreds of thousands of Italians and Spaniards marched in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid on Saturday against Israel's military campaign in Gaza in a show of growing international anger over the two-year-old war.

A federal judge in Oregon temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland, ruling in a lawsuit brought by the state and city.

An Israeli army vehicle rumbles through the empty streets of a shattered neighbourhood in Gaza City, and with help from a video camera, a soldier spots people standing inside a blasted out nearby building. The armoured personal carrier revs its engine and moves on.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days,” as Israel and Hamas prepare for indirect talks in Egypt on Monday on a new US plan to end the war.

Populist Czech billionaire Andrej Babiš won a parliamentary election on Saturday in a a political comeback that put the country on a course away from supporting Ukraine and toward Hungary and Slovakia, which have taken a pro-Russian path.

Tens of thousands of people are marching in Barcelona as Spain, Italy and Portugal gear up for mass demonstrations on Saturday to protest Israel's war in Gaza.

Japan's governing party on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the country's first female prime minister.

 Israeli Prime Minister Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is preparing to implement the “first stage” of US President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza.