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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Israeli President Isaac Herzog at a summit in Baku that Israel should stop the "forced establishment" of settlements, calling the Palestinian question "the greatest historical injustice of this century," while Beijing separately urged Israel to open access to Gaza to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. Britain, meanwhile, expanded its sanctions powers to enable action against companies supporting West Bank settlements, with the measures taking effect days before a bidding deadline for construction in the E1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim, amid a wider diplomatic dispute between Israel and the UK.