- Rare deluge floods parts of the Sahara desert for the first time in decades CBS News
- Sahara Desert is flooding after receiving a year's worth of rain in 2 days CBS News
- Dramatic images show the first floods in the Sahara in half a century The Guardian
- Water gushes through sand dunes after a rare rainfall in the Sahara desert The Associated Press
- A rare rain in the Sahara Desert Al Jazeera English
The new US strategy on the Lebanon conflict: Let it play out – Reuters
- The new US strategy on the Lebanon conflict: Let it play out Reuters
- US said seeking to install new Lebanese president, push aside weakened Hezbollah The Times of Israel
- US sees a window for a new push to break political deadlock in Lebanon to ease conflict POLITICO
- US: Israel 'must pivot' from military action to diplomacy in Lebanon The Jerusalem Post
- US pushes for new president of Lebanon to weaken Hezbollah’s grip The Telegraph
Excerpts from Russian opposition leader Navalny’s memoir show he knew he would die in prison – POLITICO
- Excerpts from Russian opposition leader Navalny’s memoir show he knew he would die in prison POLITICO
- Alexei Navalny’s Prison Diaries The New Yorker
- Alexei Navalny believed he would die in prison, memoir reveals The Guardian
- Alexei Navalny expected he would die in prison, upcoming memoir reveals POLITICO Europe
- Navalny believed he would die in prison, memoir reveals BBC.com
US to transfer THAAD system to ‘Israel’ despite warnings – Al Mayadeen English
- US to transfer THAAD system to 'Israel' despite warnings Al Mayadeen English
- US to deploy about 100 troops to operate advanced anti-missile system in Israel amid heightened tensions CNN
- US to Send Advanced Antimissile Defense System to Israel Bloomberg
- American soldiers to operate THAAD missile defense system in Israel - report The Jerusalem Post
- Live updates: U.S. approves deployment of anti-missile system to Israel NBC News
Where the World Sees Crisis, Israel Sees Opportunity – Jacobin magazine
- Where the World Sees Crisis, Israel Sees Opportunity Jacobin magazine
- Ibrahim Moussawi: Is Hezbollah losing the battle? Al Jazeera English
- Israel’s invasion of Lebanon may bolster support for Hizbullah The Economist
- Where Hezbollah stands, and what’s at stake, after battering by Israel The Christian Science Monitor
- Hezbollah fleeing Israeli ground assault without putting up a fight The Telegraph
Venezuela has cancelled passports of dozens of activists and journalists – The Guardian
- Venezuela has cancelled passports of dozens of activists and journalists The Guardian
- Venezuela cancels passports of dozens of activists and journalists Financial Times
- Venezuela: Entry and Passport Restrictions for Venezuelan Nationals Fragomen
- Venezuela cancels passports of journalists and activists following Maduro’s re-election The Indian Express
- Venezuela cancels passports of dozens of activists and journalists, FT reports Reuters Canada
Floridians returning home after Milton battle traffic jams and fuel shortages
More than 1.5 million people still without power as damaged communities confront lengthy rebuilding
Thousands of people who fled the onrushing Hurricane Milton are facing fuel shortages, debris and long traffic jams as they return to damaged Florida communities that are confronted with lengthy rebuilds.
Millions of people were urged to evacuate before Milton, which slammed into western Florida on Wednesday as a category 3 hurricane, causing more than a dozen deaths, ruined homes and flooding and triggering a rash of destructive tornadoes. More than 1.5 million people are still without power in the wake of the storm.
Continue reading...Denzel Washington’s children join forces in ‘fearless’ film
Malcolm Washington directs The Piano Lesson, which his brother John David Washington also stars in.
Venezuela has cancelled passports of dozens of activists and journalists
Rights group in Caracas says at least 40 people affected, as Maduro government continues clampdown on opposition
The Venezuelan government has cancelled the passports of dozens of journalists and activists since President Nicolás Maduro claimed a re-election victory, part of what rights groups said is an intensifying campaign of repression against the authoritarian president’s opponents, the Financial Times has reported.
At least 40 people, mostly journalists and human rights activists, have had their passports annulled without explanation, the newspaper reported on Saturday, citing Caracas-based rights group Laboratorio de Paz.
Continue reading...Thousands rally at Christian nationalist event in DC to ‘turn hearts back to God’
Jenny Donnelly, leader of anti-trans Don’t Mess With Our Kids, bills first pre-election event as rallying call for mothers
Tens of thousands of Christians poured onto the National Mall on Saturday to atone, pray and take a stand for America – which, in their view, has been poisoned by secularism and must be ruled instead by a Christian god.
Summoned to Washington DC by the multilevel marketing professional-turned-Christian “apostle” Jenny Donnelly and the anti-LGBTQ+ celebrity pastor Lou Engle, they streamed onto the lawn holding blue and pink banners emblazoned with the hashtag #DontMessWithOurKids – a nod to the myth that children are being indoctrinated into adopting gay and transgender identities.
Continue reading...Key moments of Alex Salmond’s life and career… in 107 seconds
A look back at some of the key moments from the life and career of former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond.
More Australians being ‘priced out’ of homes by big rent hikes, advocates fear
Renters in some cities forced to spend on average nearly $15,000 more a year on rent since the Covid pandemic, analysis reveals
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Renters in Australian capital cities are on average spending nearly $15,000 more a year to rent a house since the pandemic, analysis has revealed.
Research from the advocacy organisation Everybody’s Home showed on average renters in capitals are paying $14,700 more annually to rent a house, and $9,600 more to rent a unit compared with 2020.
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Continue reading...Hezbollah Shakes Israel On Holiest Day For Jew; 320 Rockets, Nearly 3,000 Hospitalised On Yom Kippur – Hindustan Times
- Hezbollah Shakes Israel On Holiest Day For Jew; 320 Rockets, Nearly 3,000 Hospitalised On Yom Kippur Hindustan Times
- Medics treat 2,842 for injuries on Yom Kippur, including three wounded by rocket blast The Times of Israel
- Man dies in violent incident during Yom Kippur as MDA treats nearly 3000 cases The Jerusalem Post
- 'Coordinated' Attacks Target Israel's Southern & Northern Cities With Missiles On Yom Kippur The Times of India
- Israel Marks Jewish Holiday Amid Multi-Front War For First Time Since 1973 NDTV
Starmer steps into cabinet row over P&O to rescue global summit in London
The PM has backed transport secretary Louise Haigh after she called ferry firm a ‘rogue operator’, threatening investment summit
Keir Starmer expressed his full confidence on Saturday in the transport secretary, Louise Haigh, after an explosive cabinet row cast fresh doubt over his Downing Street operation and threatened to overshadow a key international investment summit in London.
Government sources said the prime minister and Haigh had spoken and made up on Saturday after Starmer appeared to rebuke her on Friday for branding P&O Ferries a “rogue operator” in a statement and then calling for customers to boycott the company in a subsequent media interview.
Continue reading...Norway introduces temporary border checks amid threats to Jewish, Israeli targets – The Times of Israel
- Norway introduces temporary border checks amid threats to Jewish, Israeli targets The Times of Israel
- Norway introduces temporary border checks over terror threat level Euronews
- Norway raises terrorism alert level due to Middle East conflict Reuters.com
- Norway introduces temporary border checks after terror threat level raised VOA Asia
- Norway introduces temporary border checks after its terror threat level was raised The Washington Post
Alex Salmond, former Scottish First Minister who sought Scotland’s independence, dies at 69 – CBS News
At least 11 killed in fighting between tribes in northwest Pakistan
A shooting incident between rival tribes appear to have led to clashes, with woman and children among the casualties.
Iran Fearless After ‘Nuclear Test’? Top Leader Himself ‘Lands’ Plane In Lebanon, Visits Beirut Ruins – Hindustan Times
- Iran Fearless After ‘Nuclear Test’? Top Leader Himself ‘Lands’ Plane In Lebanon, Visits Beirut Ruins Hindustan Times
- Iran Issues New Warning: 'We Have No Red Line' Newsweek
- Iran’s parliament speaker meets with Hezbollah officials, Lebanese PM The Times of Israel
- Tehran's hidden message: Why an Iranian official visited war-struck Beirut - analysis The Jerusalem Post
- Iraq says against expansion of war towards Iran, use of airspace Al Arabiya English
Inside Israel’s combat zone in southern Lebanon – BBC.com
- Inside Israel's combat zone in southern Lebanon BBC.com
- Hezbollah Says It Launched Missiles on Israel Base Near Haifa Bloomberg
- Hezbollah fires rockets, drones throughout Yom Kippur; Herzliya retirement home hit by UAV The Times of Israel
- Updates: Lebanon’s Hezbollah hits Israel’s Haifa; Israel pounds Gaza Al Jazeera English
- Hamas, Hezbollah increase attacks on Jewish holiday - despite seeking Ramadan respite - analysis The Jerusalem Post
Inside Israel’s combat zone in southern Lebanon
The BBC's Lucy Williamson travels with the Israeli military to a village destroyed during its fighting with Hezbollah.