The week around the world in 20 pictures

"Israeli troops withdrew to an agreed-upon redeployment line and thousands of displaced Palestinians begun to return home from southern Gaza after a ceasefire came into effect the first time that fighting has stopped in the devastated territory since March. Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images Internally displaced Palestinians celebrate the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis."

"Donald Trump announced the agreement on his Truth Social network saying all of the hostages held in Gaza would be released soon and Israel would withdraw troops to an agreed line as the first step to a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace'. Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA Tayma Asous holds the favourite toy of her two-year-old daughter, Layla Al-Khatib. Layla was killed after being shot in the head by Israeli gunfire, at their home in the village of Muthallath ash-Shuhada, near the West Bank city of Jenin."

"A future Tory government would be open to dismantling more treaties as a means to deport people from the UK, the Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said at the start of a Conservative party conference focused on immigration policy. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images US attorney general Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate judiciary committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill."

A ceasefire led to Israeli troops pulling back to an agreed redeployment line and thousands of displaced Palestinians beginning to return to southern Gaza, marking the first halt in fighting since March. Internally displaced people celebrated the ceasefire and its reported terms. Donald Trump posted that hostages held in Gaza would be released soon and that Israeli withdrawal to an agreed line would be a first step toward lasting peace. A two-year-old girl, Layla Al-Khatib, was killed by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank. UK and US political scenes featured debate over immigration treaties and testimony from the US attorney general.

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