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☆ Women in Iran going without hijabs as 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death approaches
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The country’s new reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian campaigned on a promise to halt the harassment of women by morality police. In Iran, the hijab — and the all-encompassing black chador worn by some — has long been a political symbol as well. There have been scattered videos of women and young girls being roughed up by officers in the time since. Surveillance cameras search for women uncovered in vehicles to fine and impound their cars. The government has gone as far as use aerial drones to monitor the 2024 Tehran International Book Fair and Kish Island for uncovered women, the U.N. said.

Persons: Mahsa Amini, there’s, Masoud Pezeshkian, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ”, Amini, Khamenei, Ebrahim Raisi, Pezeshkian, Hamid Zarrinjouei, “, Mohammad Movahedi Azad, Movahedi Azad, Ham Mihan, hadn’t, Simin Kazemi Organizations: United Nations, Tehran Sharif University, Metro, Pezeshkian, Iran’s, Iran’s Ministry of Culture Locations: it’s, Iran, Tehran, Tehran Sharif, Kish

☆ Russia expels six U.K. diplomats as tensions rise over Ukraine missiles
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Russia announced the expulsions hours before British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House, a crucial step towards winning the go-ahead for Kyiv to use long-range missiles against targets in Russia. Neither Biden nor Starmer addressed long-range missiles in brief comments in front of reporters. Sources say the meeting is another step in talks to allow Ukraine to use Western long-range missiles against targets in Russia, something Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been demanding for months. The six UK diplomats were named on Russian state TV, which also showed photographs of them. The FSB said Russia would ask other British diplomats to go home early if they were found to be engaged in similar activity.

Persons: Keir Starmer, Joe Biden, “, ” Biden, Starmer, Biden, ” Starmer, Vladimir Putin, Putin, ”, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, John Kirby, Kirby, Maria Zakharova, ” Zakharova Organizations: British, White, Ukraine, FSB, Soviet KGB, Russian Federation, Federal Security Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, British Embassy, British Foreign, Biden, United Nations General Assembly, House, The New York Times, Russian Foreign Ministry Locations: Moscow, Ukraine, Britain, Russia, Kyiv, United States, Russian, Western, Washington, London, Iran, Soviet, British, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Europe, Vienna

The Justice Department plans to file criminal charges in the hacking of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, two law enforcement officials told NBC News. The Trump campaign announced in August that it had been hacked. Later that month, federal officials said that Iran was behind the effort, which was part of an apparent hack-and-leak operation to spread files stolen from Trump’s campaign. Federal officials reiterated in a press call last week that the U.S. intelligence community believes Iran wants to hurt former President Trump’s campaign, whereas Russia wants to boost Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris. Google was more specific, and said that the hackers had gone after both the Trump campaign and President Joe Biden’s before he dropped out of the race.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Robert ”, United Nations didn’t, “ Robert, ”, Trump’s, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s Organizations: Department, NBC News, America, United Nations, Washington Post, NBC, Trump, The Justice Department, RT, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Microsoft, Google, Trump militia Locations: Iran, Russia, Russian, Tehran

☆ North Korea shows first photos of banned uranium enrichment site
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

North Korea is believed to have several sites for enriching uranium. The new type of centrifuge shows North Korea is advancing its fuel cycle capabilities, said Ankit Panda of the U.S.-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “Kim also appears to suggest that North Korean tactical nuclear weapons designs may primarily rely on uranium for their cores,” he said. This is notable because North Korea is more able to scale up its highly enriched uranium stockpiles, Panda said, compared with the more complicated process for plutonium. North Korea has previously shown photos of what it says were nuclear warheads.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Kim, ”, “, Rafael Grossi, Ankit, “ Kim, Panda, Jenny Town Organizations: Nuclear Weapons Institute, United Nations, North, Analysts, Scientific Research, International Atomic Energy Agency, Carnegie Endowment, International, Stimson Center, Federation of American Scientists, United Nations Command Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, North Korea, United States, U.S, Korea, Yongbyon, Korean, North, Seoul, ” Germany

☆ The Sahara Desert is greening as unusual storms hit parts of Africa
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Satellites recently captured plant life blooming in parts of the typically arid southern Sahara after storms moved there when they shouldn’t. NASARainfall north of the equator in Africa typically increases from July through September as the West African Monsoon kicks into gear. “The Intertropical Convergence Zone, which is the reason for (Africa’s) greening, moves farther north the warmer the world gets,” Haustein explained. NOAA's Climate Prediction CenterTake the northern portion of Chad, which is part of the Sahara Desert. Only up to an inch of rain typically falls here from about mid-July to early September.

Persons: Karsten Haustein, Niño, Haustein, El Niño, ” Haustein, “, g9HrAAzrxC — Evan Fisher, Audu Marte, Haustien, ” Organizations: CNN, NASA NASA, Central African, NASA, West, Satellite, Leipzig University, United, Getty Locations: Africa, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Libya, Germany, West, Central Africa, Parts, Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt, United Nations, Maiduguri, AFP, Messawi, Meroe, Sudan's Northern State

Aid workers reached more than 90% of targeted vaccine coverage in the first phase of the UN-led campaign, according to the UN’s agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA. Israel’s offensive in Gaza, launched after the Hamas-led October 7 attacks, has precipitated a humanitarian crisis and flattened critical infrastructure. Meanwhile, Israeli aid restrictions have severely depleted fuel stocks, chlorine and spare parts, stifling water production, purification and sewage pumping, according to the agency. Then in August, an 11-month old boy became the first person in Gaza in 25 years to be diagnosed with polio. Relief workers described repeated challenges to the campaign rollout – especially in northern Gaza – citing Israeli evacuation orders, roads damaged by bombardment, increased hostilities and scant fuel supplies.

Persons: “, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ”, ” Mahmoud Shalabi, ” Shalabi Organizations: CNN, World Health Organization, WHO, UN, UNRWA, Humanitarian Affairs, United, WHO . Relief, Aid, MAP Locations: Gaza, Palestine, United Nations, Israel

☆ North Korea gives rare view of uranium enrichment site during Kim Jong Un visit
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a uranium enrichment facility and called for new centrifuges to produce more weapons-grade material for nuclear bombs, state media KCNA reported on Friday. The photos showed Kim walking between long rows of metal centrifuges, the machines that enrich uranium. The report did not make clear when the visit occurred nor the facility's location. Kim urged workers to produce more materials for tactical nuclear weapons, saying the country's nuclear arsenal is vital for confronting threats from the United States and its allies. The North Korean leader said "anti-DPRK nuclear threats" from the "U.S. imperialists-led vassal forces" have crossed the red-line, according to the report.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Kim Organizations: Nuclear Weapons Institute, United Nations, North Locations: United States, U.S

☆ West Bank: UNRWA staffer among ten killed during Israel military operation
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Mohammed Tawfeeq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN - A United Nations staff member was among 10 people killed during an Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military and the UN said on Friday. Jawwad – the first UNRWA staffer to be killed in the West Bank in more than 10 years – is survived by his wife and five children, according to UNRWA. The other people killed in the Israeli operation over the past 48 hours were killed in the areas of Tulkarem, Nur Shams and Tubas, according to the IDF. Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, said the five killed in Tubas were members of the Tubas Battalion in the West Bank who were “preparing ambushes and explosive devices against” Israeli forces. Operations in the West BankThe death comes amid increasing Israeli military action in the West Bank.

Persons: Sufyan Jaber Abed Jawwad, “, Jawwad, ” Juliette Touma, Nadav Shoshani, ” Shoshani, –, Philippe Lazzarini, Jawwad’s, Nur Shams, Tubas, Nur, UNWRA, Antony Blinken, Aysenur Ezgi, Eygi, CNN’s Mounira Elsamra Organizations: CNN, United Nations, West Bank, UN, United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees, Israel Defense Forces, UNRWA, Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IDF, Quds Brigades, Tubas Battalion, Operations, Palestinian Ministry of Health Locations: El Far’a, Gaza, Israel, Tulkarem, Al, Quds, El, Nur Shams, Jenin, Ramallah

United Nations leaders accused Israel of violating international humanitarian law on Thursday, saying that six of its workers were among 18 people reported killed by an airstrike on a school in central Gaza sheltering displaced Palestinians. “What’s happening in Gaza is totally unacceptable,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in a post on X hours after Wednesday's attack on Al-Jaouni school in the Nuseirat refugee camp. “These dramatic violations of international humanitarian law need to stop now,” he added. Relief and Works Agency, known as UNRWA, which has been operating the school as shelter for displaced Palestinians, said it had been sheltering more than 12,000 people. The manager of the shelter was among the six workers killed, it said, adding that it was the “highest death toll among our staff in a single incident.”

Persons: Israel, António Guterres, ” Organizations: Nations, ” United Nations, Civil Defense, Works Agency Locations: Gaza, Israel's

☆ Congress to get beefed-up security for electoral vote certification on Jan. 6
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Zoë Richards | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Michael-Kosnar-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The counting and certification of electoral votes at the Capitol in January — the first since the Jan. 6 riot in 2021 — will come with significantly increased security, the Secret Service said Wednesday. The Department of Homeland Security has designated the Jan. 6 count as a national special security event, affording it a level of security similar to events like the State of the Union address and the Super Bowl. “National Special Security Events are events of the highest national significance,” Eric Ranaghan, the special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Dignitary Protective Division, said in a statement Wednesday. The Secret Service, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, also cited reports from the former House Jan. 6 committee and the Government Accountability Office, which had asked Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to consider the enhanced security measures. The designation will unlock federal, state and local resources to be used in its security plan, the Secret Service said.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Joe Biden's, ” Eric Ranaghan, “, Muriel Bowser, Alejandro Mayorkas Organizations: Capitol, Service, Department of Homeland Security, Super, Secret, Republican, Democratic, United Nations General Assembly, Office, Homeland, Justice Department

☆ U.S. supports two permanent UN Security Council seats for Africa, Reuters reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among small island developing states, U.S. The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among small island developing states, U.S. Developing nations have long demanded permanent seats on the Security Council, the most powerful body in the United Nations. The 193-member U.N. General Assembly has annually discussed reform of the Security Council for more than a decade. Each year the General Assembly elects five new members from different geographical groups for two-year terms on the Security Council.

Persons: Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Joe Biden's, Antonio Guterres, Guterres, U.N, Thomas Organizations: United, United Nations Security, Pacific, Security, Security Council, United Nations, Council, Foreign Relations, Thomas, Reuters, General, General Assembly, Washington Locations: United States, U.S, Africa, Gaza, Thomas, India, Japan, Germany, United, New York, Washington, Russia, China, France, Britain, U.N, Ukraine

☆ Oprah and Diane von Furstenberg slam assault on women's reproductive rights
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Designer Diane von Furstenberg and Oprah Winfrey speaks onstage at the 3rd annual Diane Von Furstenberg awards at the United Nations on March 9, 2012 in New York City. Oprah Winfrey and Diane von Furstenberg have doubled down on their support for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, saying that the alternative option would be unacceptable for women. Speaking to CNBC, Winfrey said that women's reproductive rights had become one of the most pressing and divisive issues in the U.S. today, and that Harris was the only candidate who would preserve them. Winfrey, who spoke in support of Harris at the Democratic National Convention last month, was joined in a shared interview with von Furstenberg, who echoed her comments. When asked what she thought of the new challenges to women's rights, she said it was "unacceptable."

Persons: Diane von Furstenberg, Oprah Winfrey, Diane Von Furstenberg, Kamala Harris, Winfrey, Harris, CNBC's Tania Bryer, von Furstenberg Organizations: United Nations, Democratic, CNBC, Convention Locations: New York City, U.S, United States

☆ High lead levels found in cinnamon and spice blends from 12 brands, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The next highest level was found in cinnamon powder from EGN (2.91 ppm), followed by Mimi’s Products ground cinnamon (2.03 ppm), ShopRite Bowl & Basket ground cinnamon (1.82 ppm), Rani Brand ground cinnamon (1.39 ppm), Zara Foods cinnamon powder (1.27 ppm), Three Rivers cinnamon stick powder (1.26 ppm), Yu Yee Brand five spice powder (1.25 ppm), BaiLiFeng five spice powder (1.15 ppm), Spicy King five spices powder (1.05 ppm), Badia cinnamon powder (1.03 ppm) and Deep cinnamon powder (1.02 ppm). told CNN via email that the company’s ground cinnamon products comply with all federal and international law. These include ground cinnamon and organic ground cinnamon sold by 365 Whole Foods Market, which contained 0.12 ppm and 0.02 ppm of lead, respectively. Morton & Bassett San Francisco 100% organic ground cinnamon, Loisa organic cinnamon and Sadaf cinnamon powder tested at 0.04 ppm of lead. The latest, published in August, listed 10 different cinnamon products with levels as high as 3.93 ppm of lead.

Persons: Paras, Rani, Yu Yee, EGN, Mimi’s, Nuria Lambert, Karen O’Shea, Alina Lasta, ” Guitar, Bassett, James Rogers, ” Rogers, Rogers, ”, Dr.Pieter Cohen, Cohen, we’re, ” Cohen, Courtney Rhodes, Rhodes Organizations: CNN, Consumer Reports, Mimi’s, ShopRite, Consumer, Mimi’s Products, Wakefern Food Corp, Badia Spices, FDA, American Spice Trade Association, World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, United, New York State Department of Health, US Environmental Protection Agency, WHO, Morton, Bassett San, WanaBana, Weis, Food and Drug Administration, Cambridge Health Alliance, Biden, Food Locations: Zara, Badia, United Nations, New York, Connecticut , New Jersey, Bassett San Francisco, Ecuador, Schnucks, Somerville , Massachusetts

☆ How Lauren Chen went from ‘alt-lite’ YouTuber to alleged Russian asset
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Brandy-Zadrozny-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Brandy Zadrozny | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

The DOJ did not name Tenet Media but NBC News identified the company based on its description in the indictment. Unlike the influencers alleged to have been victims of RT and Tenet Media, who denied knowing they were working for Russia, Chen has said nothing since the indictment made news. “By connecting to and interacting with one another through YouTube videos, influencers with mainstream audiences lend their credibility to openly white nationalist and other extremist content creators,” Lewis wrote. Following the unsealing of the indictment, TheBlaze fired Chen and Turning Point USA removed her author page from its website. YouTube terminated all four of Chen’s pages, erasing thousands of videos and nearly a decade of work, including the channel for Tenet Media.

Persons: Lauren Chen, Chen, Liam Donovan, Candace, Jason Davis, Dave Rubin, Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, Lauren Southern, — Chen, “, Michael Knowles gushed, Richard Spencer, ” Knowles, Tenet, Milo Yiannopoulos, ” Yiannopoulos, she’s, Yiannopoulos, Spencer, Rebecca Lewis, Ben Shapiro, Lewis ’, ” Lewis, Evie, Mark Levin, Michelle Malkin, Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze, TheBlaze, ”, Fuentes’s, Nikki Haley “, Matt Christiansen, Donovan “ Organizations: Department of Justice, DOJ, NBC News, Tenet Media, Trump, RT, Getty, YouTube, Tenet, University of Southern, College Republicans, Brigham Young University, Facebook, Southern Poverty Law Center, Data & Society, ”, “, Scouting, United Nations Locations: Russian, Russia, Nashville, Tenn, Southern, Canadian, Shanghai, Singapore, London, “, University of Southern California, Charlottesville , Virginia, Stanford, Israel, Gaza, Ukraine

CNN —At least 18 people, including United Nations staff, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a UN school-turned-shelter in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza on Wednesday, according to the Gaza Civil Defense and hospital officials. This is the fifth time that the school compound has been targeted since October 7, according to the UN agency and a Gaza Civil Defense spokesperson. Mahmoud Basal, a Gaza Civil Defense spokesman, said search operations were ongoing amid the rubble, with children and women among the injured. In a separate attack, at least nine members of the same family were killed in an Israeli strike in Jabalya, northern Gaza, it said. Footage of the aftermath, published by Gaza’s Civil Defense, showed the dismembered limbs of children.

Persons: “, ”, Mahmoud, Philippe Lazzarini, ” Hani Haniya, Fadel Abu Hdayyeh, Khan Younis Organizations: CNN, United Nations, UN, Gaza Civil Defense, UNRWA, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli Air Force, Al, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Civil Defense, Gaza’s Civil Defense Locations: Gaza, Nuseirat, Israel, Geneva, Al, Aqsa, Khan, Khuza’a, Jabalya

☆ Floods gush through Nigerian zoo, sweeping snakes and crocodiles into neighborhoods
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Abuja, Nigeria CNN —Floodwaters that gushed from an overflowing dam in northern Nigeria engulfed a zoo and swept animals including crocodiles and snakes into communities, as the region battles some of the worst flooding in years. A video of an ostrich wading through a flooded road in the capital, Maiduguri, has been widely shared on social media. The flooded yard of Sanda Kyarimi Park Zoo is pictured in Maiduguri on September 10, 2024. Ahmed Kingimi/ReutersA spokesperson for NEMA, Nigeria’s disaster management agency, Manzo Ezekiel, told CNN Wednesday that efforts were being made to recapture the animals. Nigeria’s meteorological agency, NIMET, however, had warned of the risk of flash floods across the country following torrential rains.

Persons: “, Ahmed Kingimi, Manzo Ezekiel, ”, NEMA, Ezekiel Organizations: Nigeria CNN, Reuters, CNN, United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, Authorities, UN, Northern, Services Agency Locations: Abuja, Nigeria, Borno State, Maiduguri, Sanda Kyarimi, NEMA, Northern Nigeria, Borno, ”, Niger, Africa

Americans reported losing $5.6 billion to cryptocurrency scams in 2023, with older Americans hit the hardest, according to the FBI. Americans 60 years old and older filed more than 16,000 complaints of cryptocurrency fraud and reported losing over $1.6 billion, much more than any other age group. The reported scams ranged from phony tech support help and extortion to scammers impersonating government officials. The vast majority of reported losses — almost $4 billion — were a result of investment scams, a category that the FBI uses primarily to refer to so-called pig butchering scams. Last year, a United Nations report found that pig butchering scams are often run by human trafficking victims in Southeast Asia.

Persons: ’, ”, Amy Nofziger, Nofziger Organizations: FBI, NBC News, AARP, United Locations: United Nations, Southeast Asia, California, Chicago

☆ North Korea’s Kim Jong Un vows to ‘exponentially’ boost nuclear arsenal
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country is now implementing a nuclear force construction policy to increase its number of nuclear weapons “exponentially,” state media reported Tuesday. Kim also said North Korea is facing a “grave threat” from what it sees as a U.S.-led nuclear-based military bloc in the region. South Korea will also hold a defense ministerial meeting with the member states of the United Nations Command (UNC) on Tuesday. Last month, Germany became the latest to join the UNC in South Korea that helps police the heavily fortified border with North Korea and has committed to defend the South in the event of a war. North Korea has criticized the UNC as an “illegal war organization” and Germany’s entry into the U.S.-led U.N. border monitoring force as raising tensions.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Kim, ”, Cho Chang, rae Organizations: KCNA, U.S . State Department, United Nations Command, UNC, U.S . Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, North, United States, North Korea, U.S, South, Seoul, Germany

☆ At least 40 killed in Israeli strike on tent camp in Gaza humanitarian zone, Palestinians say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others early Tuesday, Palestinian officials said. The Israeli military said it had struck Hamas militants who were operating in a command-and-control center. Gaza’s Health Ministry says over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war began. Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in their Oct. 7 attack. UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini said the staffers who were held had been taking part in the campaign in northern Gaza and Gaza City.

Persons: Israel, Attaf al, Shaar, ”, Nasser, Khan Younis, Philippe Lazzarini Organizations: Civil Defense, Hamas, Associated Press, Nasser Hospital, Gaza’s Health Ministry, United Nations, UNRWA, UN Locations: DEIR, Gaza, Mawasi, Israel, Rafah, Khan, United States, Egypt, Qatar, Gaza City, “

“We still don’t know with full certainty what transpired and what happened, and that’s why we are working to get as much information as we can," State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said. They called for an independent U.S.-ordered investigation and said an Israeli investigation would not be enough. Patel said that Israel is conducting an investigation and that the State Department expects a formal process for releasing findings. The bodies of six hostages, including Israeli American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, were recovered in a tunnel under Rafah late last month. In Gaza, local officials have said more than 40,000 people have been killed since Israeli forces launched its offensive in response to the Hamas attacks.

Persons: “, Vedant Patel, ”, Patel, Israel, ” Patel, Philippe Lazzarini, ” Lazzarini, Hersh Goldberg Organizations: West Bank, State Department, Department, University of Washington, International Solidarity Movement, Israeli Defense Forces, Justice Department, Hamas, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UN Locations: Israel, American, U.S, Seattle, Gaza, East, Rafah

Nikki Haley said Monday that former President Donald Trump and running mate Sen. JD Vance should change the way they speak about women and focus instead on policy positions. "I think it's because Donald Trump and JD Vance need to change the way they speak about women. Haley said that when Republicans call Democratic women "dumb," "Republican women get their backs up, too." Speaking to a New Hampshire-focused podcast last week, Trump said Harris is “not smart enough.”“Something’s wrong,” Trump said. "I think that’s exactly what we don’t need a strong leader to be," she said on NBC News' Meet the Press" in January.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, Sen, JD Vance, Haley, Harris, Kamala, She's, Trump, Joe Biden, ” Trump, “, Haley hasn't shied, Vance, ” Haley, That’s, that’s Organizations: Fox News, Fox &, Republicans, Democratic, Republican, NBC, GOP, Republican National Convention, United Nations, CBS, NBC News Locations: South Carolina, New Hampshire, Russia, China, Iran

☆ North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says country to increase number of nuclear weapons ‘exponentially,’ state media reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country is now implementing a nuclear force construction policy to increase the number of nuclear weapons “exponentially,” state media KCNA said on Tuesday. Kim also said North Korea is facing a “grave threat” from what it sees as a US-led nuclear-based military bloc in the region. South Korea will also hold a defence ministerial meeting with the member states of the United Nations Command (UNC) on Tuesday. The UNC is led by the commander of the US military stationed in South Korea. North Korea has criticised the UNC as an “illegal war organisation” and Germany’s entry into the US-led UN border monitoring force as raising tensions.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, KCNA, Kim, ”, Cho Chang, rae Organizations: US State Department, United Nations Command, UNC, UN Locations: SEOUL, United States, North Korea, South, Seoul, South Korea, Germany

Jerusalem and Gaza CNN —A 14-year-old boy lies in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip, severely burned from an Israeli airstrike. Even as the campaign to vaccinate Gaza’s children for polio continues, the United Nations and aid agencies warn of deteriorating public health conditions. Displaced children sort through trash at a street in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on August 29. A Palestinian woman sits on the floor between patients at the Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 3. “It is also used for washing and sterilizing dishes because of hepatitis, which is spreading terribly in the Gaza Strip, and to deter jaundice,” Rayyan told CNN.

Persons: Dr, Mahmoud Yousef Mughani, Mughani, vaccinate, Abdel Kareem Hana, OCHA, ” OCHA, Mohammed Al, Taweel, ” Al, “, ”, Ghada, ” Shahoura, Balah, Saeed Rayyan, ” Rayyan, Rayyan, al, Oula Al Goul, Mahmoud Shalabi, Shalabi Organizations: Gaza CNN, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, CNN, United Nations, UN Relief and Works Agency, UN, Humanitarian Affairs, “, CNN Sunday, Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, AFP, Getty, Aid, Ministry, Health Locations: Jerusalem, Gaza, Al, Aqsa, Deir Al, Balah, Rafah, Egypt, Palestinian, Al Aqsa, Deir, Ashkelon, Israel

CNN —The Israeli military detained a convoy of United Nations vehicles for several hours in northern Gaza on Monday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement they were acting “following intelligence that a number of Palestinian suspects were present in the convoy” and delayed it to question them. The IDF said the convoy was not involved in the transport of polio vaccines but was being used instead to exchange UN personnel. A military official later told CNN the suspects and the convoy had been released. In a post on X, Lazzarini said the convoy contained national and international staff members who were meant to be rolling out the UN’s polio vaccination campaign for children in Gaza City and northern Gaza.

Persons: Philippe Lazzarini, –, Lazzarini, ” Lazzarini Organizations: CNN, United Nations, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, UN, Israeli Armed Forces Locations: Gaza, Gaza City

☆ Sudan conflict: At least 21 killed in airstrike on Sudanese market as civil war rages
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

At least 21 civilians were killed and 63 injured in the air raid on Sunday, Sennar’s acting governor Tawfiq Muhammad Ali said Monday, according to state-run news agency SUNA. The lawyers’ group said more than 30 people were killed in the RSF attack, which it said targeted a market and other civilian locations. The activist group also attributed a similar airstrike in the nearby al-Souki town that killed four people to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). Both the SAF and the RSF have frequently accused each other of killing civilians as war between them enters a second year. The report called for the deployment of an independent force to protect civilians as well as a nationwide arms embargo.

Persons: Sennar’s, Tawfiq Muhammad Ali, RSF Organizations: CNN, Rapid Support Forces, Emergency Lawyers, Sudanese Armed Forces, SAF, United Nations, UN Locations: Sudan

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