- Israeli Special Forces Launch Raids Into Lebanon Ahead of Expected Ground Incursion The Wall Street Journal
- Live updates: Hezbollah leader’s killing escalates war with Israel CNN
- Hezbollah Says It "Targeted" Israeli Troops At Lebanon Border NDTV
- Lebanese troops pull back from border as Israeli ground invasion looms Reuters
- Israeli raids against Hezbollah signal a wider ground incursion into Lebanon could come soon The Associated Press
Trump visits hurricane-ravaged Georgia and makes false claims about Biden
The ex-president said Brian Kemp, the state governor, was trying to reach the president who was ‘sleeping’, in vain
Donald Trump spoke in front of a furniture store gutted by Hurricane Helene in Valdosta, Georgia, on Monday, claiming falsely that Georgia’s governor had not been able to reach Joe Biden.
Upon landing in Valdosta, Trump claimed to reporters the president had been “sleeping” and that Brian Kemp, the governor, had been “calling the president and hasn’t been able to get him”. He repeated the false claim when speaking in front of the store.
Continue reading...After six years of marathon news conferences, Mexico’s AMLO steps off the stage – Yahoo! Voices
- After six years of marathon news conferences, Mexico's AMLO steps off the stage Yahoo! Voices
- Triumph and a broken promise: Andrés Manuel López Obrador vowed to transform Mexico, but did he? The Guardian
- In Mexico, President 'AMLO' leaves his successor a dynamic economy but a failing security record Le Monde
- First test for Mexico's new president? Marathon daily press conferences Reuters Canada
- What is the legacy of Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador? Al Jazeera English
Rudy Giuliani’s daughter backs Harris and grieves ‘loss of my dad to Trump’
Caroline Rose Giuliani decries ‘destructive’ Trump and calls relationship with father ‘cartoonishly complicated’
Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, has won the endorsement of Rudy Giuliani’s daughter, who declared: “I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to [Donald] Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too.”
Caroline Rose Giuliani was writing in Vanity Fair, where she lamented how her father, who was once the former president’s personal attorney and trusted adviser, became caught up in the “destructive trail” and chaos of the Trump administration and its aftermath.
Continue reading...At the scene of Israeli strike in the heart of Beirut – BBC.com
- At the scene of Israeli strike in the heart of Beirut BBC.com
- IAF strikes Hezbollah military infrastructure in Beirut's Dehieh The Jerusalem Post
- Israel’s attack on Beirut’s Kola: What happened and why it matters Al Jazeera English
- Hamas Leader Killed in Lebanon Was Also a U.N. Staffer The Wall Street Journal
- UNRWA chief says he did not know a suspended teacher was Hamas’s leader in Lebanon The Times of Israel
Lorry plummets 60 metres from a bridge on M6 in Cheshire
Driver is not thought to have serious injuries after vehicle fell from Thelwall viaduct between junctions 21 and 21
A lorry has fallen 60 metres (200ft) from a bridge on the M6 in Cheshire, and police have advised motorists to avoid the area.
The vehicle plummeted from the Thelwall viaduct between junctions 20 and 21, landing on the embankment below, Cheshire constabulary said. The driver of the lorry is not believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries.
Continue reading...Firefly species may blink out as US seeks to list it as endangered for first time
Bethany Beach firefly, found in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, faces dangers to habitat because of climate change
The US government is seeking to consider a firefly species as endangered for the first time, according to a proposal from the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Bethany Beach firefly, found in coastal Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, is facing increasing dangers to its natural habitat because of climate change-related events. They include sea level rise, which is predicted to affect all sites within the known distribution by the end of the century, and the lowering of groundwater aquifers.
Continue reading...Over 120 dead and a million without power after ‘historic’ Hurricane Helene
Biden says he will visit North Carolina after devastating storm destroys entire communities across several states
As the south-east US continues recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene’s devastation, the storm’s death toll keeps climbing, with more than 120 killed across several states.
Joe Biden will visit North Carolina, where the western part of the state has been devastated by flooding, on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Raging wildfires in central Greece leave two people dead
Two people died overnight in a large wildfire burning through forestland above a seaside resort in southern Greece.
Zookeeper killed by lion after leaving ‘gate open’ – WKRC TV Cincinnati
- Zookeeper killed by lion after leaving 'gate open' WKRC TV Cincinnati
- Zookeeper Mauled to Death by Lion After Leaving 'Safety Protection Gate Open' During Feeding: Reports PEOPLE
- Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library: Babaji Daule mauled to death by lion in Nigeria BBC.com
- Zookeeper in Nigeria mauled, killed by lion after leaving enclosure unlocked: reports USA TODAY
- Zookeeper mauled to death by lion while feeding it after leaving safety gate open New York Post
Netanyahu in poll rebound after Hezbollah attacks
The Israeli PM's party would win the most seats if an election were held but the opposition bloc would have more overall, a poll shows.
Russia to raise defence budget by 25% to highest level on record
Draft documents say defence and security will make up 40% of government spending as Putin continues war against Ukraine
Russia is to increase its spending on defence by 25% to its highest on record, as Vladimir Putin vows to continue his war efforts in Ukraine and further escalate his standoff with the west.
The latest planned increase in spending will take Russia’s defence budget to a record 13.5tn rubles (£109bn) in 2025, according to draft budget documents published on Monday on the parliament’s website. That is about 3tn rubles more than was set aside for defence this year, which was the previous record.
Continue reading...US-made 2,000-pound bombs likely used in strike that killed Hezbollah chief Nasrallah, CNN analysis shows – CNN
- US-made 2,000-pound bombs likely used in strike that killed Hezbollah chief Nasrallah, CNN analysis shows CNN
- Opinion | The Rising Risk of a New Forever War The New York Times
- IDF expands airstrikes in southern Lebanon after killing of Hassan Nasrallah Fox News
- Nasrallah’s assassination shreds illusion of Hezbollah’s military might The Washington Post
- The risk and the opportunity following the killing of Hezbollah’s leader The Boston Globe
How will Lebanon cope with a looming humanitarian crisis?
Israeli attacks have forced hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians from their homes.
Russia to hike defence spending by a quarter in 2025
The increase represents a new post-Soviet high for the country as it continues its war in Ukraine.
Phillip Schofield says he was fired from ITV ‘for his brother’s crime’
On Cast Away, the former presenter says he was let go due to the bad press generated by his sibling’s child sex offences
Phillip Schofield has blamed his brother for his departure from ITV, saying he was “fired for someone else’s crime”.
In the final episode of Channel 5’s Phillip Schofield: Cast Away, the 62-year-old former This Morning presenter said he had always been “open and honest with everyone at work about what was happening” with his 54-year-old brother, Timothy, who was convicted in April 2023 of 11 sexual offences involving a child between October 2016 and October 2019, including two of sexual activity with a child.
Continue reading...Target Iran: Israel seizes its moment to reshape the Middle East – POLITICO Europe
- Target Iran: Israel seizes its moment to reshape the Middle East POLITICO Europe
- Opinion | Iran Is Losing. That May Matter More Than Israel’s Mistakes. The New York Times
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- Iran’s damage-limitation efforts may not go to plan The Economist
- Iran seems to have badly miscalculated the risks Israel are willing to take, as unspoken rules and deterrents ripped up Sky News
‘Cruel’: Biden administration toughens asylum restrictions at US border
Migrant rights advocates slam measures, which will make it more difficult to apply for asylum, as 'cruel' and illegal.
More than 100 killed by Hurricane Helene in southeastern US
Clean up and rescue efforts are under way after Hurricane Helene wrought havoc across five states in the US.
Israel has begun ground attacks on Hezbollah inside Lebanon, says US
Israel tells US state department it is targeting infrastructure just inside Lebanon, while Beirutis are urged to evacuate
Israeli forces appeared to have launched what sources called “limited ground operations” targeting Hezbollah inside southern Lebanon, US and other officials said late on Monday.
“This is what they have informed us that they are currently conducting, which are limited operations targeting Hezbollah infrastructure near the border,” the state department spokesperson, Matthew Miller, told journalists.
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