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At least 57 Palestinians have starved to death in Gaza as Israel’s punishing blockade of food, water, and other critical aid to the besieged enclave stretches into its third month amid relentless bombardment, Aljazeera reported.

Gaza’s Government Media Office said on Saturday that most of the victims were children, as well as the sick and elderly, condemning the “continued use of food by the Israeli occupation as a weapon of war” and urging the international community to exert pressure on Israel to reopen the borders and allow in aid.

Gaza has been under total Israeli blockadesince March 2, video obtained by Al Jazeera Arabic showing large numbers of trucks carrying vital supplies piling up on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Saturday, the queue extending south beyond the city of Arish, located approximately 45 kilometres (28 miles) from Rafah border crossing.

Al Jazeera’s team identified one of the latest victims on Saturday, a baby girl called Janan Saleh al-Sakafi, who died of malnutrition and dehydration in the Rantisi Hospital, west of Gaza City. More than 9,000 children have been admitted to hospital for treatment for acute malnutrition since the start of the year, according to the United Nations, according to Aljazeera.

Revered investor Warren Buffett shocked an arena full of his shareholders Saturday by announcing that he wants to retire at the end of the year, Associated Press reported.

Buffett said he will recommend to Berkshire Hathaway’s board that Greg Abel should become CEO at the end of the year. 

“I think the time has arrived where Greg should become the Chief Executive office of the company at year end,” Buffett said.

Abel has been Buffett’s designated successor for years, and he already manages all of Berkshire’s noninsurance businesses. But it was always assumed he wouldn’t take over until after Buffett’s death. Previously, the 94-year-old Buffett has always said he has no plans to retire.

Buffett announced the news at the end of a five-hour question and answer period and didn’t take any questions about it. He said the only board members who knew this was coming were his two children, Howard and Susie Buffett. Abel, who was sitting next to Buffett on stage, had no warning, according to Associated Press.

 A second-string Paris St Germain side fell to a 2–1 defeat at fourth-placed Strasbourg on Saturday, giving the Ligue 1 champions another reverse in the closing stages of the campaign, Reuters reported.

With the title wrapped up and PSG's undefeated league run ended by a 3-1 loss to Nice in the last round, the only thing at stake for the visitors was preserving a 39-game unbeaten Ligue 1 away record - the most ever in Europe's top five leagues.

However, manager Luis Enrique retained only Joao Neves from the starting lineup that featured in the 1-0 Champions League win at Arsenal in the semi-final first leg in midweek, seemingly resting key players ahead of Wednesday’s return game.

For Strasbourg, the result puts them fourth, level on 57 points with Nice in third and one point behind second-placed Olympique de Marseille, with the top three spots securing Champions League football, according to Reuters.

Bournemouth came from behind to beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday, with Evanilson's scrappy winner giving the Cherries a huge boost in their push for European football next season, Reuters reported.

Declan Rice gave the Gunners the lead in the 34th minute, rounding goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga and producing an accomplished finish on his 100th Arsenal appearance.

Bournemouth move up to eighth, which could be enough for European football next season, with 53 points from 35 games. Arsenal stay second with 67 points, three points above Manchester City in third, according to Reuters.

Sirri Sureyya Onder, a prominent pro-Kurdish party lawmaker and key figure in Turkey's tentative process to end the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party's (PKK) insurgency, died on Saturday at age 62, his party said, Reuters reported.

Onder, the deputy parliament speaker, was among MPs from the DEM Party who recently met jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan and held talks last week with President Tayyip Erdogan in a bid to end a decades-old conflict that has killed tens of thousands.

He was taken to hospital around two weeks ago after suffering a heart attack and aortic rupture, according to the hospital where he was being treated in Istanbul. After his heartbeat recovered, he underwent some 12 hours of surgery.

Onder then spent 18 days in intensive care but died due to multiple organ failure on Saturday, the Istanbul hospital said.

Known for his wit, poetry, and warm public presence, Onder was also an accomplished director and screenwriter of works that blended political storytelling with social critique, according to Reuters.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he discussed air defence systems and sanctions on Russia with Donald Trumpon the sidelines of Pope Francis’ funeral at the Vatican, in what he called the best meeting the two had ever had, Reuters reported.

In comments released by his presidential administration, Zelenskiy also said he and the U.S. president agreed that a 30-day ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow was the correct first step towards ending the war in Ukraine.

He said he raised the topic of sanctions with Trump at the impromptu meeting last week, and that Trump's response on this question was “very strong”. Zelenskiy did not give specifics.

He also said the critical minerals deal signed by the two countries on Wednesday was mutually beneficial, and that it would allow Ukraine to defend future U.S. investments, as well as its own territory and people.

The accord, heavily touted by Trump, will give the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals and unleash U.S. investment in Ukraine's reconstruction, according to Reuters.

The annual policies and programs of the government for the upcoming fiscal year 2082/83 will be discussed at the House of Representatives for six days. 

President Ram Chandra Paudel presented the government's policies and programs for the upcoming fiscal year 2082/83 BS in the joint meeting of both Houses of the federal Parliament earlier this afternoon.

In the second meeting of the House of Representatives, Speaker Devraj Ghimire informed the MPs that the dates for deliberations on the government's policies and programs and response from the Prime Minister have been set for May 5 to 11.

He also urged the concerned parties to provide the names of the lawmakers to the Business Advisory Unit one hour before the commencement of the meeting, so that the discussion on the policies and programs can be held on the basis of party representation.

Speaker Ghimire informed lawmakers who want to propose amendments to the policies and programs to inform the same to the Business Advisory Section between 11 am and 3 pm on May 3 and 4.

The House of Representatives will meet next on May 5.

Earlier, the government's policies and programs for the upcoming fiscal year 2082/083 was tabled in the House of Representatives. 

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli tabled a copy of the President's address to the joint meeting of both Housed of the Federal Parliament 

Israel’s air force struck near Syria’s presidential palace early Friday hours after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in southern Syria, Associated Press reported.

The strike came after days of clashes between pro-Syrian government gunmen and fighters who belong to the Druze minority sect near the capital, Damascus. The clashes left dozens of people dead or wounded. 

Friday’s strike was Israel’s second on Syria this week, and attacking an area close to the presidential palace appears to send a strong warning to Syria’s new leadership that is mostly made up of Islamist groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. 

On Thursday, Syria’s Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat Al-Hijri harshly criticized Syria’s government for what he called an “unjustified genocidal attack” on the minority community, according to Associated Press.