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Colombian president says government will sever Israel ties over Gaza ‘genocide’

Man in black baseball cap addresses workers at rally
Gustvo Petro at the workers’ rally in Bogotá on Wednesday. Photograph: Diego Cuevas/Getty Images

Colombia’s president has announced that his government will sever diplomatic relations with Israel, in the latest escalation of a furious row between the countries over the war in Gaza.

Addressing a May Day rally in Bogotá on Wednesday, Gustavo Petro again described Israel’s siege of Gaza as “genocide”.

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