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☆ Opinion: Israel-Hamas war’s endgame
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. Last week, as Israel continued its military response to the October 7 Hamas terror attack, its political goals — and potential endgame — remained a source of huge controversy. Join us on Twitter and Facebook“Take, for example, the Israel Defense Forces strike on Gaza’s Jabalya refugee camp on Tuesday. “Following the horrific massacre in Israel by Hamas terrorists on October 7, I felt an intense, relentless grief. Though Perry wanted to escape Chandler, he kept him around, because heaven forbid anyone saw what he was hiding.”

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☆ Hezbollah says Israel to 'pay price' after strike kills 3 children in Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Footage from Al-Mayadeen Tv shows emergency teams working next to a burnt vehicle at the scene where Hezbollah says an Israeli strike killed three children, in southern Lebanon, November 5, 2023. AL-MAYADEEN TV/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsBEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Nov 5 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike on a car in south Lebanon killed three children and their grandmother on Sunday, Lebanese authorities said, as the Israeli army said a Hezbollah attack from Lebanon killed an Israeli citizen in northern Israel. "The enemy will pay the price for its crimes against civilians," Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah told Reuters. Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire across the frontier since the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel went to war on Oct. 7. It has marked the worst violence across the border since Israel and Hezbollah fought a war in 2006.

Persons: Hassan Fadlallah, Najib Mikati, Abdallah Bou Habib, Israel, Mikati, Antony Blinken, Laila Bassam, Tom Perry, Maytaal Angel, Emily Rose, Conor Humphries, Giles Elgood, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Tv, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Reuters, United Nations, Hamas, Hezbollah, U.S, National News Agency, Lebanon's Amal, Risala Scout Association, Thomson Locations: Al, Lebanon, Rights BEIRUT, JERUSALEM, Israeli, Israel, Iran, Lebanese, Kiryat Shmona, Aynata, Palestinian, Amman, Gaza, Lebanon's, Zebdine, Tayr, Beirut, Jerusalem

☆ Ukraine orders investigation into Russian attack on assault brigade
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Maria Starkova | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

File Photo: Commander in Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi and Defence Minister Rustem Umerov visit an artillery training centre, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine November 3, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsLVIV, Ukraine, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine's defence minister ordered on Saturday an investigation into an alleged Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukrainian assault brigade, after reports that more than 20 soldiers were killed during an awards ceremony. "My condolences to the families of the fallen soldiers from the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade," Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said in a social media statement, adding that he had ordered a "full investigation." In its daily reports on battlefield activities, the Russian Defence Ministry said only that Russian forces "inflicted fire" on a unit of Ukraine's assault brigade in the region, killing up to 30 military personnel. Both Russia and Ukraine have often underestimated their military casualties in the 20-month-long war, while exaggerating the losses they claim to have inflicted upon each other.

Persons: Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Rustem Umerov, Elaine Monaghan, Lidia Kelly, Michael Perry Organizations: Ukrainian Armed Forces, Defence, Presidential Press Service, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Transcarpathian Brigade, Ukrainian Defence, Armed Forces, Russian Defence Ministry, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Rights LVIV, Russian, Russia, Zaporizhzhia, Washington, Melbourne

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has testified in court as a football owner, casino builder and airline buyer. Trump has testified in court in at least eight trials since 1986, according to an Associated Press review of court records and news coverage. They show clear parallels between Trump as a witness and Trump as a president and current candidate for the office. Trump testified that his $365 million purchase, later approved, would be a “major boost in morale” for employees. In his April deposition, Trump soberly described the presidency as the “most important job in the world” before bragging about saving lives by preventing North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un from launching a nuclear attack.

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A spokesman for the health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said Israeli forces had struck the camp overnight, killing at least 47 people. In a separate attack, 21 Palestinians from one family, including women and children, were killed in strikes overnight, the health ministry said. 'NO WORDS'"We demand that you stop them from committing these crimes immediately," Abbas told Blinken, urging an "immediate ceasefire" from Israel. The Palestinian health ministry said three Palestinians were killed in the incident, which it described as clashes with Israeli forces. Another Palestinian was killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Hebron, the ministry said.

Persons: Gazans, Mahmoud Abbas, Antony Blinken, Jonathan, Saeed al, Abbas, Blinken, WAFA, Israel, Pope Francis, Matthew Miller, Mohammed Salem, Benjamin Netanyahu, Crescent, Gaza's Tal Al, David Satterfield, Cindy McCain, Mc Cain, Abu Dis, Nidal al, Ali Sawafta, Simon Lewis, Dan Williams, Yusri Mohamed, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, Clauda Tanos, Michael Perry, Ingrid Melander, William Mallard, Alexander Smith, Conor Humphries Organizations: U.S, West Bank, Israel, U.S . State Department, Gaza, Reuters, United Arab Emirates, Hamas, REUTERS, Palestinian, Food, Thomson Locations: GAZA, RAMALLAH, Egypt, Ramallah, Israel, Rafah, Gaza, U.S, Qatar, Saudi, Jordan, Amman, United States, Palestinian, Al, Quds, Gaza's, Gaza City, Jerusalem, Hebron, Ismailia, Cairo

☆ Philippines' Marcos Condemns Killing of Journalist, Orders Investigation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Sunday strongly condemned the killing of a Filipino journalist and ordered the police to conduct an investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice. Media watchdog NUJP also condemned the "brazen killing" which it said was caught on a livestream of Jumalon's show. Jumalon's killing brings to four the number of journalists killed since Marcos took office in June 2022, and to 199 since democracy was restored in the Philippines in 1986. The Philippines has one of Asia's most liberal media environments, but it remains one of the world's most dangerous places for journalists, particularly in its provinces. It ranked as the eighth worst country when it comes to prosecuting killers of journalists, according to 2023 Global Impunity Index released by the Committee to Protect Journalists released this week.

Persons: Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Juan Jumalon, Johnny Walker, Marcos, NUJP, Karen Lema, Michael Perry Organizations: National Union of Journalists of, . Media, Committee, Protect Journalists Locations: MANILA, Philippine, Philippines, Calamba, Misamis Occidental

Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong delivers the Singapore Energy Lecture during the 15th Singapore International Energy Week, in Singapore October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Isabel Kua/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSINGAPORE, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said he will hand leadership of the ruling People's Action Party to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as soon as the party's 70th anniversary in November 2024, a year before an election is due. He has served as party secretary-general and prime minister since 2004 and last year chose Wong, who is also finance minister, as his successor. Therefore, I intend to hand over to DPM Lawrence before the next general election," Lee said at an annual party conference. He served as Lee's principal private secretary from 2005 to 2008 and led the education and national development ministries before becoming finance minister in 2021 and deputy prime minister last year.

Persons: Finance Lawrence Wong, Isabel Kua, Lee Hsien Loong, Lawrence Wong, Wong, Lee, Lee Kuan Yew, DPM Lawrence, Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, Chong Ja Ian, Chen Lin, Michael Perry, Christopher Cushing Organizations: Finance, Singapore Energy, Singapore International Energy, REUTERS, Rights, Singapore Prime, Party, Monetary Authority of, Nanyang Technological University, Still, National University of Singapore, Thomson Locations: Singapore, Rights SINGAPORE, Lawrence, Monetary Authority of Singapore

A man walks past an advertising hoarding of Byju's, an Education Technology company and one of India's biggest startup, outside one of its branch in New Delhi, India, June 23, 2023. Byju's parent Think & Learn's operating losses fell 6% to 24 billion Indian rupees ($288.67 million) for its core online education business, while revenue more than doubled to 35.5 billion Indian rupees ($426.99 million) for the year ended March 31, 2022. "The takeaways from a uniquely belligerent year, which included nine acquisitions, are life-long learnings," Raveendran said in a statement. Last September, Byju's filed its 2021 numbers after a 17-month delay. ($1 = 83.1400 Indian rupees)Reporting by M. Sriram; Editing by Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Adnan Abidi, Byju Raveendran, Raveendran, Byju's, MBAs, Sriram, Michael Perry Organizations: Education Technology, REUTERS, Rights, Deloitte, Atlantic, Reuters, Thomson Locations: New Delhi, India, Rights MUMBAI, Prosus, Blackrock

☆ China basic pension fund posts 0.33% investment gain in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A view of the city skyline, ahead of the annual National People's Congress (NPC), in Shanghai, China February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSHANGHAI, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The basic pension fund managed by China's social security fund gained 5.1 billion yuan, or 0.33% in 2022, down from a 4.9% gain in 2021, the National Council for Social Security Fund said on Saturday. China's stock benchmark CSI 300 (.CSI300) lost 21.6% in 2022 and so far this year is down 7.4%. The basic pension fund manages a total 1.62 trillion yuan by the end of 2022, and has posed an annual average gain of 5.4% since the end of 2016, when the national social security fund started to manage the pension's investment. Separately, the national social security fund reported a 5.07%, or 138 billion yuan loss for the year of 2022, it said in a report in September.

Persons: Aly, Michael Perry Organizations: National People's Congress, REUTERS, Rights, National Council for Social Security Fund, CSI, Shanghai, Thomson Locations: Shanghai, China

☆ Japan PM Kishida: Cooperating With Philippines, US to Protect South China Sea
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

MANILA (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday his country, the Philippines and the United States were cooperating to protect the freedom of the South China Sea as he committed to help enhance Manila's security capabilities. "In the South China Sea, the trilateral cooperation to protect the freedom of the sea is underway," Kishida, on an official visit, said in an address before the Philippine congress in the capital Manila. Last month China and the Philippines traded accusations over a collision in the disputed waters of the South China Sea as Chinese vessels blocked Philippine boats supplying forces there. China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, including parts of the exclusive economic zones of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Japan does not have any claim to the South China Sea, but has a separate maritime dispute with China in the East China Sea.

Persons: Fumio Kishida, Kishida, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, China's, Karen Lema, William Mallard, Michael Perry Locations: MANILA, Philippines, United States, South China, China, Philippine, Manila, Japan, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, East

☆ Russian forces want to capture big coking plant in key town, mayor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Nov 3 (Reuters) - Russian forces, focused for weeks on seizing the key eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, are now intent on capturing its vast coking plant, the town's mayor said on Friday. Mayor Vitaliy Barabash, speaking on national television, said audio transmission intercepts had revealed that Moscow was now seeking to secure the town's giant coking plant. Ukrainian military analysts say a sustained assault on Avdiivka had more political that military significance and could be little more than a propaganda prize for Moscow. The General Staff report also reported that Ukrainian forces had repelled seven attacks near Kupiansk, a town in the northeast first seized by Russia but recaptured by Ukrainian forces in a fast-moving offensive late last year. Russian accounts of the fighting said Moscow's forces beat back Ukrainian attempts to advance near Kupiansk and struck Ukrainian forces in a series of towns south and west of Donetsk.

Persons: Vitaliy Barabash, Barabash, Avdiivka, Natalia Homeniuk, Homeniuk, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ron Popeski, Michael Perry Organizations: Russian, Ukraine's, Staff, Moscow, The, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Donetsk, Luhansk, Russian, Bakhmut, Moscow, Kupiansk, Russia, Kharkiv, Odesa, Kherson, Lviv, Ukraine's, Poland, Ukraine

☆ On Matthew Perry, Loneliness and Addiction - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Patti Davis | Jillian Weinberger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

I started thinking about my own experience with addiction when Matthew Perry passed away. It’s a sense that you don’t really fit in, that everyone else sort of has it wired of how to get along in the world and you don’t. And I think it revs you up past that sense of isolation, past that sense of loneliness. Obviously, it doesn’t work like that because I don’t think anything really penetrates that. He went through a really rough addiction and we don’t know yet the cause of his death, but we know that he really ravaged his body.

Persons: Matthew Perry, —, it’s, you’re, I’m, gravitates

☆ Philippines military remains loyal to the president - national security adviser
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Philippine National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano arrives to meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMANILA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The Philippines' National Security Adviser on Saturday rejected talk of a plot to destabilise the government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, saying the military and entire security sector were loyal to the commander-in-chief. "Yes, there were healthy and passionate exchanges (and) debates among some retired or former military officers and even some criticism against certain policies of the current administration, but they are within the bounds of our democratic space," National Security Adviser Eduardo Año said. "The security sector shall remain vigilant and ready to take immediate action against any sinister group that will undermine our national security," Ano said. The Philippines has seen more than a dozen coup attempts since the overthrow of President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.

Persons: Eduardo Ano, Fumio Kishida, Kim Kyung, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Eduardo Año, Año, Año's, Romeo Brawner, Brawner, Ano, Marcos, Ferdinand Marcos, Karen Lema, Michael Perry Organizations: Philippine National Security, REUTERS, Rights, National Security, Philippine, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, Rights MANILA, Philippines

☆ Japan PM Kishida: cooperating with Philippines, US to protect South China Sea
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Karen Lema | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"In the South China Sea, trilateral cooperation to protect the freedom of the sea is under way," Kishida, on an official visit, said in an address before the Philippine congress in the capital Manila. Last month China and the Philippines traded accusations over a collision in the disputed waters of the South China Sea as Chinese vessels blocked Philippine boats supplying forces there. China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, including parts of the exclusive economic zones of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Japan does not have any claim to the South China Sea, but has a maritime dispute with China in the East China Sea. "Japan will continue to contribute to the enhancement of the Philippines' security capabilities, thereby contributing to regional peace and stability," Kishida said.

Persons: Fumio, Aaron Favila, Fumio Kishida, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, China's, Kishida, Karen Lema, Sakura Murakami, William Mallard, Michael Perry Organizations: Japan, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Official Security, Kyodo, Philippine Coast Guard, Thomson Locations: Quezon City, Philippines, Rights MANILA, United States, South China, China, Philippine, Manila, Kishida, Japan, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, East, Tokyo

☆ Matthew Perry was an imperfect person, which made him the perfect Chandler Bing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Analysis Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Something to sip on…"Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing," Matthew Perry's memoir, published in 2022. It feels incomprehensible to imagine Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer without Perry. HIs romantic, sweet, yet sarcastic portrayal of Chandler made Perry feel like the heart and soul of the show. But Perry still managed to pour the best of himself into Chandler, bringing laughter to audiences around the world for multiple generations. In his imperfection as a human being, Perry was able to give us a brashness mixed with vulnerability on the small screen.

Persons: “, ” Read, Matthew, Julia Weeks, Matthew Perry’s, Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, Perry, ”, Chandler Bing, Chandler, … Adele, Kevork Djansezian, Adele, I’ve, … Jungkook, Arturo Holmes, Jungkook, Forbes, Alison Cohen Rosa, I’m Organizations: Western, Los Angeles Lakers, Denver Nuggets, Crypto.com Arena, Las, North, Getty Locations: Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Great, New York City, North America, “ Downton, York City

☆ Israeli Jets Hit Lebanon as Hezbollah Fires More Powerful Missile
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah said it carried out simultaneous attacks on Israeli positions at the Lebanese border on Saturday, as residents of south Lebanon reported some of the fiercest Israeli strikes yet during weeks of cross-border clashes. Hezbollah has been exchanging fire with Israeli forces across the Lebanese-Israeli frontier since its Palestinian ally Hamas went to war with Israel on Oct. 7. Security sources and witnesses in Lebanon reported some of the heaviest Israeli strikes yet. The Israeli army said among the targets struck were "terrorist infrastructure, rocket caches, and compounds used by" Hezbollah. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month warned Hezbollah against opening a second war front, saying that doing so would bring Israeli counter-strikes of "unimaginable" magnitude that would wreak "devastation" upon Lebanon.

Persons: Hamas, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Fouad Khreis, Benjamin Netanyahu, Laila Bassam, Dan Williams, Tom Perry, Ros Russell Organizations: Reuters, Khiyam, Hezbollah Locations: BEIRUT, Lebanese, Lebanon, Ayta, Rmeich, Israel, Gaza, Khiyam‮, Khiyam, Israeli, Beirut, Jerusalem

☆ India's Pandya ruled out of World Cup, Krishna joins squad
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, Nov 4 (Reuters) - India vice-captain Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup after the all-rounder sustained an ankle injury last month, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Saturday as it approved Prasidh Krishna as his replacement. Pandya injured his left ankle while trying to stop a shot with his foot on his own bowling during India's seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in Pune on Oct. 19. Pandya picked up five wickets for the hosts in their opening three matches of the World Cup tournament and pace bowler Krishna has played 17 one-day internationals and two Twenty20 matches for India claiming 33 wickets overall. Krishna will face competition from Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj for a spot in India's pace line-up. Semi-finals-bound India have managed well in the absence of Pandya and lead the table with seven wins from as many matches.

Persons: Hardik Pandya, Prasidh Krishna, Pandya, Krishna, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Michael Perry Organizations: International Cricket Council, ICC, Bangladesh, England, India, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, India, Pune, England , New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Kolkata, Bengaluru

☆ China industry minister: industrial economy stabilises, NEV shines in Jan-Sept period
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SHANGHAI, Nov 4 (Reuters) - China's industry minister said the country's industrial economy stablised and recovered in the first three quarters of 2023 and the new energy sector, such as electric cars, shined. "In the fourth quarter, we are confident the industrial economy will keep the recovery momentum," said Jin Zhuanglong, China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology, in an interview with China state television CCTV. China's industrial output in September grew 4.5% from a year earlier, matching the pace in August, as policy support measures stabilised some parts of the world's second-largest economy. Overseas markets remain an important growth area, although an EU probe into China-made EVs may put a damper on exports. Reporting by Jason Xue and Ryan Woo; Editing by Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jin Zhuanglong, Jin, Jason Xue, Ryan Woo, Michael Perry Organizations: China's, Industry, Information Technology, Overseas, EU, Thomson Locations: SHANGHAI, China

☆ Striking actors are reviewing Hollywood and TV studios’ ‘best and final offer’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —A deal to resolve film and television actors’ 113-day strike could be imminent, as the union representing them said it is reviewing Hollywood and TV studios’ final offer. The negotiating committee for the SAG-AFTRA union on Saturday said it received a “last, best and final offer” from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, whose members include Disney, Netflix, NBCUniversal, and Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Both the actors and writers fought for updated deals that better paid them for shows and movies on streaming services. Disney’s Bob Iger, Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, and NBC Universal’s Donna Langley have been directly involved in negotiations.

Persons: ’, It’s, George Clooney, Tyler Perry, Bob Iger, Discovery’s David Zaslav, Ted Sarandos, Donna Langley Organizations: New, New York CNN, Hollywood, SAG, Alliance, Television Producers, Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros . Discovery, Warner Bros, CNN, NBC Locations: New York

Cast member Matthew Perry poses at the premiere of the television series "The Kennedys After Camelot" at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, California U.S., March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 3 (Reuters) - Actor Matthew Perry, who died on Saturday at age 54, was laid to rest on Friday at a Los Angeles cemetery in a service attended by relatives and castmates from the hit 1990s television sitcom "Friends," show business media reported, citing photographs. Mourners gathered at the Forest Lawn cemetery in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, less than a mile from the Warner Brothers studio where the show was filmed. The cause and manner of Perry's death are to be determined by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office, following completion of an autopsy with toxicology tests. Reporting by Daniel Trotta in Carlsbad, California, and Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Jamie FreedOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Matthew Perry, Mario Anzuoni, Michael Jackson, Lucille Ball, Elizabeth Taylor, Perry, Chandler Bing, York Post's, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, TMZ, John Bennett Perry, Keith Morrison, that's, Daniel Trotta, Steve Gorman, Jamie Freed Organizations: The Paley Center for Media, Beverly Hills , California U.S, REUTERS, Warner Brothers, Media, TMZ, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Medical, Thomson Locations: Beverly Hills , California, Los Angeles, Hollywood, York, Los Angeles County, Carlsbad , California

REUTERS/Jonathan... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreAMMAN, Nov 4 (Reuters) - U.S.-allied Arab states will press Secretary of State Antony Blinken for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza at a meeting of foreign ministers in Amman on Saturday, as Washington tries to persuade Israel to agree to temporary pauses to allow in aid. Health officials in Hamas-run Gaza say more than 9,250 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since then. Blinken is in Amman for meetings with Arab officials after visiting Tel Aviv on Friday. After meeting Blinken on Friday, Netanyahu said Israel refused a temporary ceasefire that did not include the release of hostages. Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati stressed the urgent need for a ceasefire in Gaza during a meeting with Blinken in Jordan on Saturday, Mikati's office said.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Philippe Lazzarini, Jonathan, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Blinken, Matthew Miller, Netanyahu, Blinken's, David Satterfield, Satterfield, King Abdullah of Jordan, Olaf Scholz, Najib Mikati, Mikati, Miller, Tom Perry, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Hamas, REUTERS, Washington, United, Israeli, Health, Tel, NATO, Saudi, State Department, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: East, Israel, Palestinian, Amman, Jordan, AMMAN, Gaza, United States, Food, Tel Aviv, Turkey, Jordanian, U.S, Middle East, Rafah, Iraqi, Iran, Tehran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon

☆ Listen now: Blinken's push for a pause
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Listen on the Reuters app. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushes for a pause in the war as Israel's troops surround Gaza City. How the 14th amendment is being used to try to keep Donald Trump off some state ballots. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. Further ReadingUAE warns against risk of regional spillover from Gaza warU.S. flying drones over Gaza in search of hostagesRussia's biggest drone strike in weeks hits critical Ukrainian infrastructureOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Antony Blinken, Donald Trump, Matthew Perry's Organizations: Apple, Google, Reuters, Thomson, Reading UAE Locations: Gaza, U.S

Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green and Courteney Cox as Monica Geller on NBC's "Friends." A spokesperson for Warner Bros., which owns the show's distribution rights, declined to verify or comment on the residual payments. What may happen to Perry's 'Friends' residualsWhen an actor passes away, residual payments are considered the actor's personal property. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has contracts in which its members can list beneficiaries for residual payments upon death. Charity may have figured into Perry's estate

Persons: Matt LeBlanc, Joey Tribbiani, Matthew Perry, Chandler Bing, Jennifer Aniston, Rachel Green, Courteney Cox, Monica Geller, NBC's, ", Perry's, Charlie Douglas, Perry, Franklin, Douglas, there's, Tasha Dickinson, Pitney, David Johnston, Keith Morrison, David Oh Organizations: NBC, Getty, Warner Bros, CNBC, HH, Investments, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, Finance, Wealth, Arta Finance Locations: California, Atlanta, Arta

☆ U.S. flying drones over Gaza in search of hostages
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The United States has been flying surveillance drones over Gaza in search of hostages taken by Hamas when the Palestinian militant group attacked Israel on Oct. 7, two U.S. officials said on Thursday. The two U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the U.S was flying intelligence gathering drones over Gaza to assist with hostage location efforts. U.S. officials have said 10 Americans who remain unaccounted for may be among the more than 200 people taken as hostages into Gaza, where they are believed to be held in Hamas' extensive tunnel network. Israeli forces on Thursday encircled Gaza City - the Gaza Strip's main city - in their assault on Hamas, which resisted with hit-and-run attacks from underground tunnels. Israel's retaliation bombardment and ground offensive of the small Palestinian enclave of 2.3 million has killed at least 9,061 people, according to Gaza health authorities.

Persons: Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali, Michael Perry Organizations: United, Thomson Locations: United States, Gaza, Palestinian, Israel, U.S

Whoever wants to prevent a regional war, and I am talking to the Americans, must quickly halt the aggression on Gaza," Nasrallah said. Hezbollah has been exchanging fire with Israeli forces at the Lebanese-Israeli frontier since Oct. 8, with more than 55 of its fighters killed. The group, founded by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in 1982, is the spearhead of a Tehran-backed alliance hostile to Israel and the United States. The White House said Hezbollah must not exploit the Hamas-Israel conflict, and the United States did not want to see the conflict expand into Lebanon. The United States holds Hezbollah responsible for the attacks.

Persons: Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Mohamed Azakir, Nasrallah, Lebanon's, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Laila Bassam, Tom Perry, Riham al, Nadine Awadalla, Michael Georgy, Angus MacSwan, Tomasz Janowski, Mark Heinrich, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, United, Lebanese, Iran's, Guards, House, Pentagon, . Marine, U.S ., group's, Gaza, West Bank, Thomson Locations: Israel, Beirut's, Lebanon, Gaza, United States, BEIRUT, Iran, Tehran, U.S, Iraq, Syria, Beirut, Hamas, Riham al Koussa, Maayan, Jerusalem

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