Does the Israeli military have a clear battle plan?
Almost a year into its war on Gaza, Israel is fighting on multiple fronts in the region.
Brandenburg election: Olaf Scholz’s SPD narrowly beats AfD – exit polls – BBC.com
- Brandenburg election: Olaf Scholz's SPD narrowly beats AfD - exit polls BBC.com
- The German Chancellor’s Party Ekes Out a Win Over the Far Right The New York Times
- Social Democrats fend off AfD in crucial German state election, according to exit polls The Guardian
- Exit polls suggest reprieve for Germany’s Scholz, as his party looks set to fend off far right in state vote CNN
- Scholz's Social Democrats fend off far-right in German state vote, early results suggest Reuters
‘This isn’t the real Oprah’: Trump lashes out at talkshow host over Harris support
Ex-president attacks influential entertainment figure after Winfrey hosts livestreamed interview with vice-president
Just over a week ago, it was the pop superstar Taylor Swift. Now Donald Trump is taking aim at Oprah Winfrey over her support of Kamala Harris.
Whether or not attacking some of the most popular and powerful entertainment figures in US history will prove a solid campaign strategy is yet to be proven, but the former president has not held back.
Continue reading...‘Life has been shattered’: Israeli president defends attacks on Hezbollah – USA TODAY
- 'Life has been shattered': Israeli president defends attacks on Hezbollah USA TODAY
- 9/22: Face the Nation CBS News
- Herzog: Hezbollah chiefs were meeting to plan Oct. 7-style invasion when killed The Times of Israel
- Leaders eradicated in Beirut strike were planning second Oct. 7 - President Isaac Herzog The Jerusalem Post
- Hezbollah leaders killed were planning their own Oct 7 attack on Israel's northern border: Report Fox News
UN aims ‘to bring multilateralism back’ as it adopts Pact for the Future
Members adopt blueprint for future to tackle wars, environmental threats and technological challenges facing humanity.
Germany: exit polls show Olaf Scholz’s party narrowly beating far-right AfD in key state election – as it happened
AfD calls its performance in Brandenburg ‘huge success’ but Social Democratic party projected to take the lead
Voting has ended in Brandenburg. Here’s a first exit poll, from ARD:
Social Democratic party (SPD): 31%
Continue reading...Scholz’s SPD edges out far-right AfD in German state election
Ruling left-leaning party wins 31 percent of vote in Brandenburg against anti-immigration AfD's 29 percent.
Hezbollah ‘enters battle of reckoning’ with Israel as world powers urge restraint
Both sides engage in significant escalation in conflict, prompting UN to say region is on ‘brink of imminent catastrophe’
Hezbollah has said it has entered an “open-ended battle of reckoning” with Israel after launching a series of rocket attacks on the north of the country as world powers implored both sides to step back from the brink of all-out war.
In a significant escalation of the conflict, Israeli warplanes carried out their most intense bombardment in almost a year across southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah responded with its deepest rocket attacks into Israel since the start of the Gaza war.
Continue reading...Angela Rayner hints at major social housing announcement
Deputy prime minister tells Labour conference she expects chancellor to make promise on building at spending review
Angela Rayner has given her strongest hint yet that Labour will announce a major package of social housebuilding in next month’s spending review, saying the party will have abandoned its “moral mission” if it fails to do so.
The deputy prime minister told an event at Labour conference on Sunday she expected the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to make a promise on social housing next month, with the government under pressure to build hundreds of thousands more social homes.
Continue reading...Iraq militias send drones to northern Israel – The Jerusalem Post
- Iraq militias send drones to northern Israel The Jerusalem Post
- IDF intercepts cruise missiles, drones fired from Iraq at north and south The Times of Israel
- Israel Under Attack From All Sides: As Hezbollah Burns North, New Strike From East - Watch By Whom Hindustan Times
- Islamic resistance in Iraq says its drones target Israeli base Arab News
- Pro-Iran Groups In Iraq Claim Drone Attack Against Israel: Statement Barron's
Middle East crisis live: Hezbollah deputy leader says conflict with Israel now an ‘open-ended battle or reckoning’ – as it happened
Israel examining plan to use siege tactics against Hamas in northern Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly says
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has been speaking to the media in New York ahead of the UN general assembly. According to the Hareetz reporter Allison Kaplan Sommer, he said Israel “has created a real hell in Gaza” and that “the crimes of the Zionist regime in Lebanon, even though they are being committed out of frustration, will not be left without response”.
“The main hurdle in achieving ceasefire and stopping this war has really been the support provided by the US and Western countries,” Araghchi said, as he blamed western support for Israel being able to continue its devastating military actions.
Continue reading...Peter Jay, journalist and diplomat, dies aged 87
Tributes paid to one of the UK’s foremost economics commentators who was also ambassador to Washington
Peter Jay, the former BBC economics journalist and diplomat, has died at the age of 87, his family has announced.
Colleagues in the political and media world paid tributes after he died “peacefully at home” on Sunday. Jay was one of the country’s foremost economics commentators of his time, spending time as the economics editor for the BBC and the Times.
Additional reporting by PA Media
Continue reading...UK’s Starmer under pressure over economy as Labour conference begins
PM Keir Starmer promises to protect public services and rules out austerity measures as ruling party meets in Liverpool.
US wants seats for Africa at UNSC – with a catch
Seats on the UN Security Council without veto power is ‘an insult,’ argues former African diplomat Arikana Chihombori.
Social Democrats fend off AfD in crucial German state election, initial results show
Olaf Scholz’s SPD made a late comeback after trailing far-right party throughout Brandenburg campaign
The far-right Alternative für Deutschland party has narrowly missed out on victory in an election in the German state of Brandenburg, according to initial results, three weeks after making historic gains in two other regions.
In what had been widely interpreted as a referendum on the federal government of Olaf Scholz ahead of next autumn’s general election, his Social Democratic party (SPD) appeared at the 11th hour to have clawed back its lead over the anti-immigrant populists who had been on course for months to seize victory in the state for the first time.
Continue reading...PM says weighing plan for siege on Hamas in north Gaza; believes half of hostages alive – The Times of Israel
Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus marries in Copenhagen
The wedding took place in Copenhagen in the presence of close friends and family.
Checkmate for Russia as global chess ban upheld
Russia's chess team is to remain banned from international competitions, officials have ruled.
No clear winner if Hezbollah and Israel escalate to ground war
More serious exchanges of fire could lead to cross-border attack but it is a move that is fraught with risk
So serious were the exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah this weekend, it is hard to be sure that the two sides have not already crossed the threshold of “all-out” war.
Israel’s air force said it had struck 290 targets in southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least three. Hezbollah responded by launching 150 missiles, rockets and drones into Israel overnight, the deepest attack since violent hostilities broke out when the Iran-aligned group began launching rocket attacks in support of Hamas after 7 October.
Continue reading...Israeli President Isaac Herzog says “we did not want this war” – CBS News
- Israeli President Isaac Herzog says "we did not want this war" CBS News
- Israeli president: ‘We did not want this war’ with Hezbollah The Hill
- 'Life has been shattered': Israeli president defends attacks on Hezbollah USA TODAY
- Herzog: Hezbollah chiefs were meeting to plan Oct. 7-style invasion when killed The Times of Israel
- Leaders eradicated in Beirut strike were planning second Oct. 7 - President Isaac Herzog The Jerusalem Post