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Here is a rundown of all the news you need to start your Monday with, including the latest on the number of casualties in the South Korean plane crash, the death toll from Israel’s onslaught in Gaza, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s request to Russian President Vladimir Putin to provide compensation for the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane.

TOP STORIES

• 179 passengers killed, 2 survive in South Korean plane crash

South Korean authorities declared 179 passengers and crew dead, with only two survivors, after a plane crashed at Muan International Airport.

Earlier, officials of the Jeolla Fire Department, while briefing passengers' families at the airport, said that "out of the 181 passengers, most are presumed dead except for the two crew members, who were rescued," Yonhap News Agency reported.

• Israeli attacks kill 30 Gazans as death toll tops 45,500

At least 30 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since last year to 45,514, said the Health Ministry in the enclave.

The statement added that some 108,189 others were injured in the ongoing assault.

• Azerbaijan President Aliyev asks Russia to pay compensation for downing passenger plane

Azerbaijan demanded that Russia admit guilt for downing its passenger plane, punish those responsible and pay compensation.

Speaking to reporters in Baku, President Ilham Aliyev confirmed that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane, which crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau, was heavily damaged by ground fire and nearly lost control due to radio-electronic warfare.

NEWS IN BRIEF

• Voting in Chad's general elections began, with people casting ballots to elect representatives to federal, provincial and local governments amid a boycott by the main opposition Les Transformateurs party, which claims the results have already been decided beforehand.
• The Israeli army targeted the Baptist Hospital in Gaza, escalating the destruction in the northern areas of the Gaza Strip.
• A passenger plane flying from Norway to the Netherlands went off the runway during an emergency landing, the third such incident in 24 hours following one in South Korea in which 179 people were presumed dead.
• The bodies of 24 Azerbaijani citizens killed in an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) passenger plane crash near Aktau, Kazakhstan, have been brought to the capital Baku.
• Mikheil Kavelashvili was sworn in as Georgia’s sixth president at a ceremony in Tbilisi, the country's capital.
• Houthi forces carried out 13 attacks against Israeli targets in the past 10 days, said the Yemeni group.
• The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has denied Israeli claims about assassinating its former political chief Ismail Haniyeh with a “precision bomb.”
• The foreign ministers of Egypt and Sudan held talks in Cairo to discuss water security and support for the Horn of Africa country of Somalia.
• The South Korean government declared seven days of national following a deadly plane crash that killed 179 people while two crew members were rescued, according to local media.
• Another Palestinian detainee from Gaza died in an Israeli hospital, prisoners’ affairs groups said.
• Azerbaijan’s president said the passenger plane which crashed last week near the Kazakh city of Aktau had been damaged by "ground fire."
• Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of Syria's new administration, vowed that his government would prevent the terrorist group PKK/YPG from using Syria as a base of operations.
• Two people were killed when a light aircraft crashed into the sea in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
• One tourist was killed and another injured in a shark attack in Egypt’s Red Sea resort town of Marsa Alam, authorities said.
• Egypt rejected Israel’s “disgraceful actions” in northern Gaza and the forced displacement of Palestinians from the enclave.
• The Sudanese government rejected a UN report describing the food security situation in the war-torn country as a famine.
• Asma Assad, the British-born wife of ousted Syrian regime leader Bashar Assad, has been effectively barred from returning to the UK after her British passport expired, according to local media.
• Russian citizens' stay in Azerbaijan has been shortened from 180 to 90 days, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Ayhan Hacizade announced.
• At least 13 Palestinians, including children, were killed and several others injured in Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, a medical source said.
• The Israeli army issued new evacuation orders for civilians northwest of Gaza City ahead of imminent attacks in the area.
• Lebanese authorities recovered the bodies of five people in southern Lebanon and counted three new Israeli violations of a cease-fire agreement.
• A group of eight countries, the Nordic and Baltic Eight (NB8), expressed "serious concern" about what they called Georgia's political "crisis" since October's parliamentary elections.

SPORTS

• Napoli seals narrow win over Venezia in Serie A

Napoli secured a narrow win against Venezia in week 18 of the Italian Serie A.

In the first half at Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, both teams struggled to find a breakthrough, and neither were able to capitalize on their opportunities.

• 1 goal, 1 assist for Savinho as Manchester City beat Leicester City

Manchester City defeated Leicester City 2-0 away as Savinho shined with one goal and one assist in week 19 of the English Premier League.

Man City took the lead at King Power Stadium with a close-range finish by Savinho in the 21st minute, marking his first Premier League goal for the club.

• Liverpool seal comfortable 5-0 win over West Ham United

Liverpool secured a comfortable 5-0 win over West Ham United in the English Premier League Week 19.

Luis Diaz opened the scoring for Liverpool in the 30th minute at London Stadium, with Cody Gakpo doubling the lead 10 minutes later.