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As a "responsible nuclear-weapons state, China has always... upheld a self-defence nuclear strategy and abided by its commitment to suspend nuclear testing", spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a regular press conference in Beijing.

All government ministers are required to abide by the ministerial code, a 34-page document about standards in public life.

Hamas said it is abiding by the terms of the cease-fire deal and that Israel’s claims were an attempt to create a pretext to restart the war.

So far, Hamas, while strongly condemning the Israeli air strikes, is still insisting it is abiding by the terms of the deal.

Money must go to those with the brightest ideas and most promising results, not those who abide most closely with some doctrine.