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An Israeli union is on strike after six hostages were found dead in Gaza.

Israel's National Labour Union has declared a general strike over the government's failure to secure the release of hostages from Gaza.

The one-day strike began at 6am on Monday.

The day before, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich asked the attorney general to submit a request to courts to halt the strike.

And Mohamed Salah has suggested that this season could be his final year at Liverpool.

Salah scored the third goal in a 3-0 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Meanwhile, an astronaut stuck in space aboard the Boeing Starliner reported a “strange noise” coming from the spacecraft.

Butch Wilmore radioed Mission Control at Johnson Space Centre in Houston in a recorded call:

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The Starliner is set to return to Earth on autopilot with a touchdown in the New Mexico desert.