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]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/israel-warns-it-will-suspend-several-aid-groups-operating-in-gaza/M2QL4PRTGNDVRG75ZU4OMUDQ2I/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-30T20:58:18.708Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/N5GQC6GVP5B2BDXF3WDBQPO2SY.jpg?auth=23fe610c3e8d5231cd08afaeae65addd71c1511908c1d091e92427446c04a92d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A convoy of trucks, loaded with humanitarian aid, cross into the buffer zone from Egypt's Rafah Border Crossing to reach Gaza on October 28, 2025. 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Photo / Getty Images]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/tatiana-schlossberg-journalist-and-granddaughter-of-jfk-dies-at-35/RNFI3PFMZRFU5HPOSWETIQ7SX4/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-30T20:37:51.189Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/KAENXEP5ABG2PIYAXEH5CYW5AA.jpg?auth=e89237f47e3380514dc9ca717fc45f9053f320002f577536878c368f8db6a0d0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Tatiana Schlossberg, an environmental journalist and Kennedy family member, died at 35 from acute myeloid leukaemia. 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