Biden issues terse words to Netanyahu over peace deal and election influence

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President says he does not know whether Israeli PM is delaying peace deal in order to influence US election

Joe Biden had terse words at the White House on Friday for Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he didn’t know whether the Israeli prime minister was holding up a peace deal in the Middle East – where Israel is at war with Hamas in Gaza and on a military offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon – in order to influence the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election.

“No administration has helped Israel more than I have. None. None, none. And I think Bibi should remember that,” Biden said, using Netanyahu’s nickname. He added: “And whether he’s trying to influence the election, I don’t know – but I’m not counting on that.”

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Biden says he doesn’t know whether Israel is holding up peace deal to influence 2024 US election – The Associated Press

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  1. Biden says he doesn't know whether Israel is holding up peace deal to influence 2024 US election  The Associated Press
  2. Democrats suspect Netanyahu attempting to tilt Trump-Harris race  The Hill
  3. Biden Gives Shocking Answer on Potential Israeli Election Interference  The New Republic
  4. Biden issues terse words to Netanyahu over peace deal and election influence  The Guardian US
  5. President Biden 'doesn't know' if Netanyahu is trying to influence US election  Euronews
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French judge in Pelicot mass rape trial to allow public to see video evidence – CBS News

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  1. French judge in Pelicot mass rape trial to allow public to see video evidence  CBS News
  2. Hundreds join silent march in France in support of Gisèle Pelicot  The Guardian
  3. Not All Men, but Any Man  The Atlantic
  4. A harrowing rape trial in France has revived debate about consent  The Economist
  5. French judge in mass rape trial will allow public to see videos of the alleged attacks in court  Sky News
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Britain has agreed to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius – The Economist

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  1. Britain has agreed to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius  The Economist
  2. Britain cedes disputed islands to Mauritius, securing key U.S. military base  NBC News
  3. Diego Garcia: What is on the secretive UK-US island in the Indian Ocean?  BBC.com
  4. The Guardian view on Britain ceding the Chagos Islands: a welcome step towards justice  The Guardian
  5. Department Press Briefing – October 3, 2024  Department of State
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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.”

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Relatives say a whole family was killed in Israel’s deadliest West Bank strike since Oct. 7 – The Associated Press

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  1. Relatives say a whole family was killed in Israel’s deadliest West Bank strike since Oct. 7  The Associated Press
  2. Israeli strike kills Hamas commander in occupied West Bank  BBC.com
  3. IAF kills 12 terrorists in Tulkarm strike including Hamas commander  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Funerals for Tulkarem strike victims  Al Jazeera English
  5. Deadly Israeli strike in West Bank shows how war is spreading  Reuters
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Iran’s Khamenei urges allies to step up struggle against Israel – Reuters

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  1. Iran's Khamenei urges allies to step up struggle against Israel  Reuters
  2. Khamenei says Iran ‘won’t back down, Israel won’t last long’; hails Hamas Oct. 7 massacre  The Times of Israel
  3. Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei defends strikes on Israel in Tehran speech  BBC.com
  4. Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei defends missile barrage against Israel in rare sermon  Fox News
  5. Iran's supreme leader warns it 'won't back down' in Israel fight  USA TODAY
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E.U. nations must recognize legal gender changes across bloc, top court rules – The Washington Post

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  1. E.U. nations must recognize legal gender changes across bloc, top court rules  The Washington Post
  2. Top European court rules nations must recognize legal gender changes  USA TODAY
  3. Romania breaches EU law by refusing to recognise transgender man  Euronews
  4. EU states must recognize gender changes obtained in other bloc countries, says top court  Le Monde
  5. EU Court Hands Down Landmark Victory For Transgender Rights  Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
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Biden Sidelined as Israel Reshapes Middle East – The Wall Street Journal

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  1. Biden Sidelined as Israel Reshapes Middle East  The Wall Street Journal
  2. America Needs a New Strategy to Avert Even Greater Catastrophe in the Middle East  Foreign Affairs Magazine
  3. Widening Mideast Conflict Exposes Limits of US Leverage With Israel  Bloomberg
  4. The War That Would Not End  The Atlantic
  5. How the U.S.-Israel Relationship Actually Works  The New Yorker
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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.

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Former county sheriff Jim McDonnell named new Los Angeles police chief

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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.

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