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The UK government will not halt arms sales to Israel, foreign secretary David Cameron has said. Mr. Cameron said the government reviewed the most recent legal advice about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and that the UKs position on export licences remains unchanged. The foreign secretary also said ministers had grave concerns about humanitarian access in Gaza at a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, 9 April. Downing Street has come under mounting pressure from senior conservatives to suspend arms exports after the deaths of three British charity workers in an airstrike that killed seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen.

False information on cholera led to a ferry sinking off the coast of Mozambique, officials have said. President Filipe Nyusi said more than 100 people died and almost 20 are still missing after the boat sank off the northern coast. Silverio Nauaito, the administrator of the Island of Mozambique, told local radio 130 people were on board. Nampula Secretary of State Jaime Neto said people on board the ferry were fleeing after disinformation about the ongoing cholera outbreak caused panic. Mozambican government data showed 15,051 cases of cholera resulting in 32 deaths have been recorded since October.