VOA60: November 6, 2023

U.S. ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, receives his official documents in Jerusalem. Lew says his top concern is the release of 200 hostages taken by Hamas in Gaza.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Turkey's foreign minister in Ankara, on a Middle East diplomatic trip.

In China, U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns attends an import/export show in Shanghai to support agricultural trade with China.

And in Nepal, officials are increasing efforts to provide disaster aid after a deadly earthquake struck the country’s mountainous northwest late Friday.