Brazilian President accuses Israel of "premeditated genocide" in Gaza, sparking international calls for ceasefire and recognition of Palestine.

Brazil's President Lula da Silva was at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Thursday in a bid to persuade President Macron to back an EU trade deal with South America's Mercosur bloc. But his mind was on the Middle East and he used a speech at the palace to denounce Israel's Gaza offensive as 'genocide.'

The French grandmother of two children killed in an Israeli strike in the besieged Gaza Strip has filed a legal complaint at the Court of Paris accusing Israel of "genocide", her lawyer said Friday.…