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In Gaza, aid workers and families say new Israeli laws that would effectively bar UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, from operating in the Strip, could be catastrophic for the 2 million people already suffering from a year of violence and a looming famine. Heather Murdock reports from Istanbul.

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to serve as the next U.S. secretary of state is Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican who has been in the Senate since 2011 and serves on the chamber’s foreign relations and intelligence committees. VOA’s Chief National Correspondent Steve Herman has more.