The rains have also triggered landslides and the partial collapse of a dam
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Kuwait on Tuesday holds its second legislative election in nine months in a bid to resolve a grinding political crisis that has seen parliament repeatedly dissolved and reinstated.
Kuwait's last election was in September 2022, when opposition candidates made gains and which was called to replace the 2020 parliament which had been dissolved in a bid to end political bickering.
The 2022 vote was nullified in March and parliament was reinstated under its 2020 composition. In May, that parliament was itself again dissolved for fresh elections.
The number of candidates contesting 50 elected seats has dropped to 207, from the 305 that stood in 2022; the lowest number of candidates since the seventies. The emir appoints up to 15 other National Assembly members.
The rains have also triggered landslides and the partial collapse of a dam
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Around 33 million students will return to schools, which will hold classes on Saturdays until further notice
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To date, the country has delivered more than 31,000 tonnes of urgent humanitarian supplies
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The Prime Minister hardened his rejection of Hamas demands for an end to the Gaza war
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Israel had claimed in January that an Al Jazeera staff journalist and a freelancer killed in an airstrike in Gaza were 'terror operatives'
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Negotiators have proposed a 40-day pause in the fighting and an exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners
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