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Trump rejects Macron move as US skips UN summit on Palestinian state

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The Trump administration is set to boycott a high-level summit on Palestinian statehood, co-sponsored by France and Saudi Arabia, scheduled to take place at United Nations headquarters in New York City on Monday.

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The event was originally planned for June with French President Emmanuel Macron in attendance but was postponed due to the 12-day war between Israel and Iran. Representatives from more than 50 nations are expected to speak at the High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine, with dozens of additional countries listed as participants.

Reuters reported last month that a U.S. diplomatic cable had urged governments to skip the «counterproductive» U.N. event, which Washington described as an obstacle to efforts to end the war in Gaza.

«The fact that the French and the Saudis could not be dissuaded from manufacturing this latest stumbling block to peace is a finger in the eye to President Trump,» Anne Bayefsky, president of Human Rights Voices and director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, told Fox News Digital. 

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TRUMP SHRUGS OFF FRANCE’S RECOGNITION OF PALESTINE AS RUBIO, PROMINENT REPUBLICANS BLAST MOVE

French President Emmanuel Macron took to X on Thursday to announce France’s formal recognition of the Palestinian State at the United Nations General Assembly in September. (TERESA SUAREZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

«American taxpayers are paying a quarter of the costs of this U.N. monstrosity, warmongers dressed up as peaceniks. Why are we still footing U.N. bills?»

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Bayefsky added, «This latest U.N. confab embodies the rejectionist culture: shove a Palestinian state down Israel’s throat, without negotiations, and without Palestinian acceptance of the Jewish state. It arrogantly appropriates the right to decide land ownership and who, what, where is legal and illegal.

«After October 7, and the reality that the Palestinian Authority serves as Hamas’s wingman on the international stage, it is painfully clear that an armed Palestinian state means more war, not peace,» she said.

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Hamas terrorists take up positions ahead of a hostage release in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP)

In an interview with La Tribune Dimanche on Sunday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said that «the prospect of a Palestinian state has never been so threatened—nor so necessary.»

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«[It is] threatened by the destruction of the Gaza Strip, rampant Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank that undermines the very idea of territorial continuity, and the resignation of the international community,» he said.

«[It is] necessary, because expecting to achieve a lasting ceasefire, the release of hostages held by Hamas, and its surrender without first outlining a political horizon is an illusion,» he added.

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French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot delivers a speech during the annual conference of French ambassadors at the International Conference Centre of the French Foreign Affairs ministry in Paris on Jan. 6, 2025. (LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo)

Monday’s event comes on the backdrop of Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state. The formal declaration would be made at the U.N. General Assembly in September. 

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President Donald Trump immediately dismissed the move, arguing that Macron’s statement «doesn’t matter.»

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee mocked Paris’ decision in a series of social media posts. «How clever! If Macron can just ‘declare’ the existence of a state perhaps the U.K. can ‘declare’ France a British colony!» Huckabee wrote.

TRUMP SLAMS EUROPE OVER IMMIGRATION, SAYS ‘HORRIBLE INVASION’ IS KILLING THE CONTINENT

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Memorials at the site of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im, Israel, on Monday, May 27, 2024. (Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In May, Huckabee told Fox News Digital, «If France is really so determined to see a Palestinian state, I have a suggestion for them—carve out a piece of the French Riviera.»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement condemning Paris’ move «to recognize a Palestinian state next to Tel Aviv in the wake of the Oct. 7 massacre.»

Key European nations have not yet backed Macron’s initiative, with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stating on Saturday that recognizing a Palestinian state was premature.

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«I am very much in favor of the State of Palestine, but I am not in favor of recognizing it prior to establishing it,» Meloni said. «If something that doesn’t exist is recognized on paper, the problem could appear to be solved when it isn’t.»

A German government spokesperson said on Friday, «Israel’s security is of paramount importance,» and therefore Berlin «has no plans to recognize a Palestinian state in the short term.»

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - HP1ED9J1BEATM

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York. (Reuters)

In a video statement on Friday, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he is «working on a pathway to peace in the region focused on the practical solutions that will make a real difference to the lives of those who are suffering in this war.»

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By contrast, NATO member and U.S. ally Turkey welcomed the French move, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulating Macron during a phone call between the two leaders.

Avi Pazner, former Israeli ambassador to France and Italy, told Fox News Digital that there is «no rational explanation» for Macron’s decision, as everyone understands that it is «not feasible.»

Pazner suggested that Macron may be attempting to gain credibility with France’s significant Muslim and Arab minorities, which some estimate to be between 8%- 10% of the country.

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Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former negotiator at the State Department under both Democratic and Republican administrations, told Fox News Digital that Trump has his own set of objectives and sensibilities regarding the issue of Palestinian statehood.

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas holds a leadership meeting in Ramallah, the West Bank, on April 23, 2025. (REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman)

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«It was the view of successive administrations that unilateral statehood would prejudge and undermine the conditions necessary for negotiations,» he added. «If France is recognizing a Palestinian state, within what borders? What happens to Jerusalem? What about the Jordan Valley? Would land swaps compensate for territory deemed essential by Israel for security? Declaring statehood prematurely prejudges the outcome of negotiations, and that was the position taken by these administrations.»

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The French and Saudi-sponsored conference is expected to run through Tuesday.


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Australian prime minister’s plane makes emergency landing in St Louis after leaving Washington

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The plane carrying Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had to make an emergency landing Tuesday night after leaving Washington, D.C.

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The aircraft, a Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A, diverted and landed safely at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Missouri, an Australian Defence spokesperson confirmed to Fox News.

«Our highest priority is providing support to the injured member and request that their privacy be respected,» a statement said.

Officials told local FOX 2 that a crew member was struck in the head by luggage, and it was believed to have fallen from an overhead bin.

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TRUMP THREATENS ‘MASSIVE’ CHINA TARIFFS, SEES ‘NO REASON’ TO MEET WITH XI 

President Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, October 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Evan Vucci)

That crew member reportedly suffered a concussion and was taken to the hospital.

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Albanese’s plane had left Joint Base Andrews at 5:15 p.m., FOX 2 reported, and the emergency landing happened around 7:45 p.m.

President Donald Trump and Albanese signed a critical minerals deal at the White House on Monday as the U.S. had been eyeing the continent’s rich rare-earth resources. This, at a time when China is imposing tougher rules on exporting its own critical minerals abroad.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gestures during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 12, 2024. (Mark Baker, File)

The two leaders described the agreement as an $8.5 billion deal between the allies. Trump said it had been negotiated over several months.

«In about a year from now we’ll have so much critical mineral and rare earth that you won’t know what to do with them,» said Trump, boasting about the deal. «They’ll be worth $2.»

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Xenotime is a rare earth element that can be found in Australia. (Getty Images )

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Albanese added that the agreement takes the U.S.-Australia relationship «to the next level.»

The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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Rodeado de enemigos y criminales, Nicolás Sarkozy lleva a prisión a sus custodios presidenciales

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El ex presidente conservador Nicolas Sarkozy no está solo en la prisión para personas vulnerables para cumplir su condena de cinco años por el financiamiento libio de su campaña presidencial. Para la sorpresa de los agentes penitenciarios, dos policías del servicio de protección VIP a las personalidades de la República hacen guardias veinticuatro horas sobre veinticuatro y lo protegen.

También dos secretarias están en su oficina de la calle Miromesnil, que se ocupan de su correo porque él regresará en el 2026 nuevamente allí, y un cocinero, a su disposición, ha sido reenviado al Ministerio del Interior en las actuales circunstancias. El presidente debe comer la comida de la prisión. Pero las demás son las prerrogativas que tiene un jefe de Estado francés en la República.

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Así se dirigía a la prisión el expresidente francés Nicolás Sarkozy

Un presidente amenazado por islamistas

Debido a las amenazas específicas que enfrenta y en una prisión donde hay islamistas que han organizado atentados, el expresidente de la República se beneficia de protección personal durante su encarcelamiento. Esta presencia ha sido denunciada por un sindicato de guardias penitenciarios este miércoles.

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En el lenguaje policial, esto se conoce como «continuidad del servicio». Fue al más alto nivel donde se debatió. Se decidió hace tres semanas la presencia permanente de agentes del servicio de protección VIP con Nicolas Sarkozy dentro de la prisión de La Santé.

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Macron llama a la calma mientras se intensifica el debate público sobre el encarcelamiento de Sarkozy

«Esto se hizo a la luz de las amenazas que enfrenta el expresidente de la República, quien ha estado bajo la protección directa del Ministerio del Interior durante diez años», dijo una fuente cercana al caso. «Estos son los mismos funcionarios y agentes que continúan garantizando su seguridad en prisión, como lo hicieron fuera».

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«Es su trabajo proteger a las personalidades importantes en Francia y en el extranjero en las situaciones más insólitas«, continuó.

Sin embargo, dentro del centro de detención preventiva, estos agentes no deciden nada: ni movimientos, ni aperturas de puertas, ni horarios, y no tienen llaves. Su función: acompañar los movimientos del expresidente tras los guardias y permanecer frente a las puertas de las habitaciones donde se encuentra recluido.

Nicolas Sarkozy deja su casa para entrar en prisión. Foto: Reuters

Si bien se les ha puesto a su disposición una celda contigua a la de Nicolas Sarkozy, estos profesionales de la protección —cuatro en totalno duermen en prisión. Siempre en parejas y armados, según lo exige su política laboral, se turnan cada doce horas. Se ubican permanentemente frente a la celda del expresidente o a sus lugares de trabajo, manteniéndolo a salvo en caso de ataque.

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Sin teléfonos celulares

Sin embargo, la administración penitenciaria se opuso a que conservaran sus teléfonos móviles; las pantallas están bloqueadas en la cárcel para evitar delitos, especialmente de los narcotraficantes y los extorsionadores.

Por lo tanto, tienen acceso a la red interna de la prisión, similar a la de la policía. Su función es proteger al expresidente de la República en caso de disturbios, atentados o ataques terroristas. En esta misma unidad de aislamiento de La Santé se encuentran islamistas conocidos, que están siendo procesados por complots y ataques terroristas.

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Se descartó a las fuerzas especiales

Se planteó la cuestión de si los Equipos Regionales de Intervención y Seguridad (ERIS), las fuerzas especiales de la prisión, debían garantizar la seguridad personal de Nicolas Sarkozy. Sin embargo, se consideró preferible dejar esta tarea en manos de estos oficiales, quienes practican este ejercicio a diario.

«El personal de ERIS tiene experiencia en la gestión de incidentes graves y la seguridad de instituciones, no necesariamente en brindar protección cercana a un presidente de la República. Este caso en particular solo ocurre una vez cada siglo», recuerda un alto funcionario de prisiones.

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El personal de ERIS no es lo suficientemente numeroso como para dedicar hombres a esta misión durante toda su detención, a pesar de que deben estar disponibles en caso de disturbios o atentados.

El miércoles por la mañana, realizaron registros especiales en la prisión de La Santé, siempre con el objetivo de garantizar la máxima seguridad en el centro, ante la presencia del expresidente.

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Sin embargo, el sindicato de guardias penitenciarios UFAP-UNSA no ve con buenos ojos esta intrusión policial en el recinto penitenciario.

El miércoles por la mañana en RTL, su representante, Wilfried Fonck, se mostró indignado con la decisión del Ministerio del Interior.

«Es una bofetada para el personal penitenciario. Si enviamos guardaespaldas a una penitenciaría para garantizar la seguridad de un expresidente de la República, es porque, de alguna manera, no sabemos cómo hacerlo”, dijo.

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«¡Cuando veo a un director de la administración penitenciaria declarar que esto ayudará a garantizar la seguridad y el buen orden del centro! En mis 25 años de carrera, nunca había visto algo así. Nos dicen que el personal penitenciario no sabe trabajar. El encarcelamiento de Nicolas Sarkozy ha eclipsado los principales problemas que enfrenta un sistema penitenciario al borde del colapso, en términos de hacinamiento carcelario y condiciones laborales del personal», dijo.

Piden su libertad

Los abogados de Sarkozy ya presentaron su pedido de libertad. Está en debate la ejecución preventiva de la pena, que significa que debe empezar a cumplir la sentencia cuando el tribunal de apelación no ha ratificado la condena. Consideran «un exceso» haber puesto preso a un expresidente, que no se va a fugar ni es un riesgo.

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La defensa del expresidente presentó un recurso formal de doce páginas, inmediatamente después de su encarcelamiento.

Sus dos abogados, Christophe Ingrain y Jean-Michel Darrois, quienes lo acompañaron hasta la entrada del centro de detención de La Santé, presentaron su recurso.

«Es, en realidad, una situación kafkiana», explica el abogado Ingrain, «porque los criterios que justificaron el encarcelamiento en el momento en que se dictó la sentencia, a saber, el orden público y la gravedad de los hechos, ya no se aplican en el momento mismo de su encarcelamiento, y, en cambio, se aplican los criterios de prisión preventiva simplemente porque ha apelado», explicó.

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Esta prisión preventiva se rige por un solo artículo del Código de Procedimiento Penal (el artículo 144), y es con cada uno de sus párrafos, de manera extremadamente formal, que los abogados del expresidente de la República confrontan la realidad jurídica de su cliente.

«En primer lugar, eliminemos el riesgo de fuga. Este riesgo de fuga es aún menos probable dado que ha estado bajo protección policial permanente durante más de diez años debido a las amenazas que pesaban sobre él», explicaron.

El riesgo de reincidencia también se ha eliminado, ya que, por definición, sus abogados creen que no los cometió. Por eso han apelado. Además, hay pocas posibilidades de que el ciudadano Sarkozy se presente a la reelección.

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¿La destrucción de «pruebas o pistas materiales necesarias para establecer la verdad»? «No las hay, y ese es el problema«, señalan sus abogados.

¿La prevención de «consultas fraudulentas entre la persona investigada y sus coautores o cómplices»? Resulta que Nicolas Sarkozy ha cumplido estrictamente con su revisión judicial y ni siquiera ha visto a su amigo de la infancia, Brice Hortefeux, en los últimos diez años. ¿Por qué cambiaría eso?, pregunta su defensa.

El tribunal de apelaciones tiene hasta dos meses para decidir si el presidente Nicolas Sarkozy sigue o no preso en la cárcel de La Santé. Probablemente la liberación de Sarkozy sea antes de esa fecha.

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Trump suggests DOJ owes him money for past cases

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President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) owes him money for past prosecutions against him. 

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In the Oval Office, a reporter asked Trump if he was seeking compensation from the DOJ over past federal investigations into him and, if so, how much he was seeking. 

«Well, I guess they probably owe me a lot of money for that,» Trump said in response. «No, I get no salary. I gave up my salary. It’s a good salary. Not as much as these guys make, but that’s OK. It’s a lot of money, and I don’t, as you know, I didn’t take it in the first four years. I didn’t take it these four years either.»

«But as far as all of the litigation, everything that’s been involved, yeah, they probably owe me a lot of money,» the president added. «But if I get money from our country, I’ll do something nice with it. Like, give it to charity or give it to the White House while we restore the White House, and we’re doing a great job with the White House, as you know, the ballroom is under construction.» 

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President Donald Trump gestures as he hosts a Rose Garden Club lunch at the White House in Washington, D.C., Oct. 21, 2025.  (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

The New York Times reported sources as saying Trump is seeking approximately $230 million in compensation from the Justice Department for investigations into him. 

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Trump told reporters Tuesday that he was «not looking for money,» but that they «would have to ask the lawyers about that.» 

«We’ll see what happens,» Trump said. «We have numerous cases having to do with the fraud of the election, the 2020 election, and because of everything that we found out, I guess they owe me a lot of money. But I’m not looking for money. I’m looking for — really, I think it’s got to be, it’s got to be handled in a proper way… We don’t want it to happen again. We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can’t let that happen.» 

He was later pressed again about the exact dollar amount in the request and said, «I don’t know what the number is. I don’t even talk to them about it.»

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Trump then remarked that the decision would have to come across his desk, saying that it would be «awfully strange to make a decision where I’m paying myself.»

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Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks as President Donald Trump looks on during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 15, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

However, the Times noted that the DOJ’s rules state that settlement claims against the department that exceed $4 million «must be approved by the Deputy Attorney General, or Associate Attorney General, as appropriate.»

It is unclear where the claims or negotiations with the DOJ stand. However, The Associated Press noted that the ties between Trump and those authorized to make a decision on the settlement could present problems. 

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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche served as one of Trump’s attorneys in the Mar-a-Lago case. Additionally, Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward represented Trump’s co-defendant, Walt Nauta, in the Mar-a-Lago case.

«In any circumstance, all officials at the Department of Justice follow the guidance of career ethics officials,» DOJ spokesperson Chad Gilmartin said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

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The investigations include the FBI’s 2022 raid of Mar-a-Lago as part of the classified documents case and another probe looking into possible ties between Russia and Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. According to the Times, the first claim was filed in late 2023 and was in relation to the Russia probe, while the second — which focused on the Mar-a-Lago raid — was filed in the summer of 2024.

The Times reported Tuesday that Trump had submitted complaints through an administrative claim process, noting that it is something that often precedes lawsuits. 

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President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday, April 7, 2025. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Despite the president saying that he would donate the funds, some Democrats painted the report as an example of Trump trying to enrich himself. 

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said on Wednesday morning that the president was looking «to line his own pockets, or he says now to give to a charity of his choice.» The senator added to the accusation, saying Trump was «focusing on getting $230 million that he doesn’t deserve back into his pocket instead of helping the American people get healthcare.»

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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., who was in the middle of an hours-long speech, slammed Trump for «suing the government, then instructing his Department of Justice to settle the suit, thereby translating money into the president’s pocket out of the government.»

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Merkley then remarked that «there is no limit to the self-serving» and called for his colleagues, particularly Republicans, to speak out against the president.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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