Morning news brief: Kamala Harris rebukes Israel, Nikki Haley defeats Trump in Washington DC, and more

As the Israel-Hamas war rages on in Gaza, US Vice-President Kamala Harris has issued America's strongest rebuke to ally Israel and said it was not doing enough to ease the "humanitarian catastrophe" in the city. Meanwhile, aheadof this year’s Eurovision competition, Israel is reconsidering tweaking the lyrics of the song titled "October Rain".In other news, Nikki Haley has trumpedRepublican frontrunner Donald Trump in the Washington DC GOP primary elections. Finally,OPEC+ member nations have agreed to prolong voluntary oil output cuts into the second quarter of the year.

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Republican Nikki Haley has notched a major victory against former US president Donald Trump by winningthe Washington, DC, primary. While the vote count for the GOP primary is ongoing, Haley is projected to "trump" the Republican front-runner, with more than 60 per cent of the votes already in her favour.

In a bid to strengthen the oil market against concerns over global growth and escalating output from non-member countries, OPEC+ members, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, have agreed to prolong voluntary oil output cuts into the second quarter of the year.

Ahead of this year’s Eurovision competition, Israel’s public broadcaster is reconsidering its position on the lyrics of the song that they intend to send for this year. Israel’s public broadcaster will soon be asking those involved with the making of the song to tweak the lyrics of their song titled “October Rain”.

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