Train track left hanging in the air after Bosnia landslides
At least 19 people have died after flash floods and landslides in central Bosnia-Herzegovina.
‘I felt my heart was going to stop’: At the scene of an IDF strike in Beirut
An apparent attempted assassination tore through a Beirut tower block, far from Hezbollah's base.
White House warned of risk of Israeli war crimes days after Oct 7: Report
Reuters finds that the Biden administration was warned on three occasions about possible Israeli crimes in Gaza.
French judge in Pelicot mass rape trial to allow public to see video evidence – CBS News
- French judge in Pelicot mass rape trial to allow public to see video evidence CBS News
- Hundreds join silent march in France in support of Gisèle Pelicot The Guardian
- Not All Men, but Any Man The Atlantic
- A harrowing rape trial in France has revived debate about consent The Economist
- French judge in mass rape trial will allow public to see videos of the alleged attacks in court Sky News
Britain has agreed to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius – The Economist
- Britain has agreed to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius The Economist
- Britain cedes disputed islands to Mauritius, securing key U.S. military base NBC News
- Diego Garcia: What is on the secretive UK-US island in the Indian Ocean? BBC.com
- The Guardian view on Britain ceding the Chagos Islands: a welcome step towards justice The Guardian
- Department Press Briefing – October 3, 2024 Department of State
Trump holds town hall event in North Carolina as Harris campaigns in Michigan – as it happened
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Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a hard-right congresswoman of Georgia, is once again facing criticism for peddling a baseless – and just plan bizarre – claim about the weather.
“Yes they can control the weather,” Greene said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.”
Continue reading...Relatives say a whole family was killed in Israel’s deadliest West Bank strike since Oct. 7 – The Associated Press
- Relatives say a whole family was killed in Israel’s deadliest West Bank strike since Oct. 7 The Associated Press
- Israeli strike kills Hamas commander in occupied West Bank BBC.com
- IAF kills 12 terrorists in Tulkarm strike including Hamas commander The Jerusalem Post
- Funerals for Tulkarem strike victims Al Jazeera English
- Deadly Israeli strike in West Bank shows how war is spreading Reuters
Iran’s Khamenei urges allies to step up struggle against Israel – Reuters
- Iran's Khamenei urges allies to step up struggle against Israel Reuters
- Khamenei says Iran ‘won’t back down, Israel won’t last long’; hails Hamas Oct. 7 massacre The Times of Israel
- Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei defends strikes on Israel in Tehran speech BBC.com
- Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei defends missile barrage against Israel in rare sermon Fox News
- Iran's supreme leader warns it 'won't back down' in Israel fight USA TODAY
Could Israel and Iran go to war?
Iran tells the US its period of 'unilateral self-restraint' is over.
E.U. nations must recognize legal gender changes across bloc, top court rules – The Washington Post
- E.U. nations must recognize legal gender changes across bloc, top court rules The Washington Post
- Top European court rules nations must recognize legal gender changes USA TODAY
- Romania breaches EU law by refusing to recognise transgender man Euronews
- EU states must recognize gender changes obtained in other bloc countries, says top court Le Monde
- EU Court Hands Down Landmark Victory For Transgender Rights Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Funerals for Tulkarem strike victims
Funerals were held for at least 18 people who were killed in an Israeli air attack on the Tulkarem refugee camp.
Biden Sidelined as Israel Reshapes Middle East – The Wall Street Journal
- Biden Sidelined as Israel Reshapes Middle East The Wall Street Journal
- America Needs a New Strategy to Avert Even Greater Catastrophe in the Middle East Foreign Affairs Magazine
- Widening Mideast Conflict Exposes Limits of US Leverage With Israel Bloomberg
- The War That Would Not End The Atlantic
- How the U.S.-Israel Relationship Actually Works The New Yorker
More blasts in Beirut after Israel demands new evacuations – as it happened
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The Israeli military launched a series of strikes on southern Beirut on Thursday night, in one of the most intense bombardments on the city since the campaign began last week.
A source close to Hezbollah told the AFP news agency that Israel had conducted 11 consecutive strikes on the group’s stronghold in the Lebanese capital.
Continue reading...Canadian child dies from rabies after bat found in bedroom
It marks the first domestically-acquired case of human rabies in Ontario since 1967.
At least 70 people killed in gang attack on Haitian town: UN
The UN Human Rights Office said at least 3,000 people were forced to flee after gang members attacked early on Thursday.
Watch: Ten-year-old drives stolen car through playground
The child driver in the US city of Minneapolis nearly hit playing children and has been arrested.
Former county sheriff Jim McDonnell named new Los Angeles police chief
McDonnell will head force of nearly 9,000 officers amid rising discontentment over public safety among residents
Former Los Angeles county sheriff Jim McDonnell will lead the Los Angeles police department (LAPD), taking charge of the force of nearly 9,000 officers as discontent grows among the city’s residents over public safety even as violent crime numbers drop, the mayor announced on Friday.
Mayor Karen Bass, who had the final say after a civilian board of Los Angeles police commissioners vetted McDonnell, said her selection of a veteran law enforcement officer was based on a need to reduce crime and make every neighborhood safer. Bass met with hundreds of LAPD officers and community leaders before making her decision.
Continue reading...Sky News pulls out of Boris Johnson interview over recording ban
Beth Rigby’s withdrawal after not being allowed to record conversation follows BBC cancellation over notes gaffe
Sky News has pulled out of an interview with Boris Johnson after its political editor, Beth Rigby, was told she could not make an audio recording or transcript of the talk.
The former prime minister had promised to “reveal what really happened during my time as [London] mayor, foreign secretary and PM” during the conversation next week as he promotes his memoir Unleashed. Johnson’s interview with the BBC was dropped earlier this week after the presenter Laura Kuenssberg mistakenly sent him her briefing notes.
Continue reading...Beirut strikes target potential new Hezbollah chief, Israeli official says – CNN
- Beirut strikes target potential new Hezbollah chief, Israeli official says CNN
- Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei defends strikes on Israel in Tehran speech BBC.com
- Live Updates: Israeli Strikes Rock Lebanon as Iran’s Leader Issues Warning The New York Times
- Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei defends missile barrage against Israel in rare sermon Fox News
- Live updates: Iran’s leader gives defiant address; Israeli strike hits key road at border The Washington Post
Floods and landslides leave 19 dead in Bosnia
Towns and villages are cut off and homes almost submerged by flash floods in central Bosnia-Herzegovina.