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Hamas signs an agreement in Beijing with other Palestinian organisations including rivals Fatah, which it describes as an agreement to work together for "national unity". IMAGES
Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi, who is also the chief executive of QatarEnergy signs a deal with Shun-Chin Lee, Chairman of the CPC Corporation Taiwan for Qatar to supply the Taiwan-headquartered CPC with natural gas for 27 years. Qatar will supply four million tonnes of gas a year under the deal, QatarEnergy said in a statement, without disclosing the cost of the agreement. IMAGES
EU spokesperson Eric Mamer seems to pour cold water over a potential Dutch opt-out of the bloc's asylum system, saying "you cannot opt out of EU legislation... We are working on the basis of existing treaties and existing legislation". Speaking to AFP earlier on Thursday, Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders vowed to enact the country's strictest asylum policy ever. SOUNDBITE
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hails the EU parliament's adoption of a contentious asylum policy reform as a "huge achievement for Europe". The parliament's main political groups overcame opposition from far-right and far-left parties to pass the new migration and asylum pact -- a sweeping reform nearly a decade in the making. SOUNDBITE
UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths says that he saw promising signs that the Kerem Shalom crossing from Israel into the Gaza Strip might be opened soon to allow aid in. "We're still negotiating, and with some promising signs at the moment, access through Kerem Shalom... that that may be able to open soon," Griffiths told a press conference in Geneva. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.