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Panama, Oct 2 (EFE), (CAMERA: Carlos Lemos).- A group of LGBTI activists in Panama protested peacefully in front of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) to ask for equal marriage in the country.
Pope Francis asks for forgiveness from other Christian Churches for persecutions by Catholics in history. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls on Hamas to accept an "immediate ceasefire" with Israel as the militants met Qatari and Egyptian mediators in Cairo. "We have an opportunity for an immediate ceasefire that can bring hostages home, that can dramatically increase the amount of humanitarian assistance getting to Palestinians who so desperately need it, and then also set the conditions for an enduring resolution," Blinken says as he meets the Qatari prime minister in Washington. "It is on Hamas to make decisions about whether it is prepared to engage in that ceasefire," he adds. SOUNDBITE
France's new Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera calls for and end "to the chapter of personal attacks" amid growing controversy over the enrolment of her children in private schools. Speaking to the media while visiting the Olympic Village in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Oudea-Castera added that she "believes in public schools". SOUNDBITE
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell asks Israel "not to be consumed by rage" in its battle with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. SOUNDBITE
Scores of trucks mark two weeks stranded at a roadblock on a main road near Silimin, western Panama, in the third week of protests over a big mining contract. A gunman killed two demonstrators blocking another road near Panama City, according to the police. IMAGES