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Sean "Diddy" Combs wants to go to trial on sex trafficking charges next spring, the embattled hip-hop mogul's lawyers informed a judge Wednesday. "Mr. Combs continues to assert his right to a speedy trial and intends to request a trial date in April or May 2025, and as consistent with the Court’s trial schedule," the jailed rapper's lawyers wrote. Combs was charged last month with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution in a sweeping indictment by the Southern District of New York. Combs' preference was mentioned in a joint letter from his lawyers and prosecutors. In the joint letter, U.S. government prosecutors said they have started submitting to defense lawyers some of the "voluminous" evidence in the case, including "several terabytes of electronic material" regarding Combs.

Persons: Sean, Diddy, Combs, Mr, Dawn Richard, Danity Kane, that's, Tony Buzbee Organizations: Southern, of, Metropolitan Detention Locations: of New York, Brooklyn, Manhattan, New York's, Texas, New York City

☆ 2024 NFL Week 5: The best of Sunday’s games and the standout storylines
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Coy Wire | Adam Renuart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

CNN —Football gets an early start Sunday as the NFL kicks off its yearly international tour with the NFL London Games. With a full slate of football from morning to night, here are the three games you don’t want to miss. New York Jets (2-2) @ Minnesota Vikings (4-0) - 9:30 a.m. Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold throws the ball to tight end Johnny Mundt in Minneapolis on Sunday, September 22. Full Sunday scheduleAway vs. homeNew York Jets (2-2) @ Minnesota Vikings (4-0) – 9:30 a.m.

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Immediately after Oct. 7, Hezbollah began carrying out strikes in northern Israel in a show of solidarity with Hamas. Isolated and in hiding in Gaza, Mr. Sinwar’s communication with his organization has become strained. Image A poster of Mr. Sinwar at a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, in August. The failure of Hezbollah or Iran to meaningfully damage Israel is a telling sign of Mr. Sinwar’s miscalculation, American officials said. On Sept. 13, Hezbollah released a letter that Mr. Sinwar sent in support of Mr. Nasrallah.

Persons: Yahya Sinwar, Sinwar, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Mohammed Saber, Hassan Nasrallah, Mr, Nasrallah, Alkis Konstantinidis, Netanyahu, Ismail Haniyeh, Haniyeh, Arash Khamooshi, Yoav Gallant, ” Mr, Gallant, ”, Scott D, ” Julian E, Barnes, Adam Goldman, Edward Wong, Adam Rasgon, Aaron Boxerman, Ronen Bergman Organizations: Israel, U.S, Hezbollah, Hamas, Mr, Credit, The New York Times, U.S . Defense Intelligence Agency Locations: Gaza, Israel, U.S, Deir al, Lebanon, Iran, Palestinian, Beirut, Egypt, Qatar, Tehran, Rafah, Tel Sultan, Washington, New York, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

☆ How activist Irenic can amicably build shareholder value at Reservoir Media
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Kenneth Squire | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Business: Reservoir Media operates a music publishing business, a recorded music business, a management business and a rights management entity in the Middle East. It operates through two segments: Music Publishing and Recorded Music. The Music Publishing segment is involved in the acquisition of interests in music catalogs, from which royalties are earned, as well as signing songwriters to agreements. The Recorded Music segment acquires sound recording catalogs and discoves recording artists, as well as markets, distributes, sells and licenses the music catalogs. After 12 years as a private company, RSVR went public in July 2021.

Persons: Joni Mitchell, Isley, Billy Strayhorn, Hoagy Carmichael, John Denver, Ali Tamposi, Jamie Hartman, Oak Felder, Steph Jones, Hans Zimmer, RSVR, Roth, Adam Rothstein, Irenic, SPACs, Khosrowshahi, Hipgnosis, Richmond Hill's, Ryan Taylor, Ken Squire Organizations: Reservoir Media, Publishing, Reservoir, Blackstone, Richmond Hill Investments, Richmond, 13D Locations: RSVR, Richmond

It’ll be more covered than his typical rally these days,” a Trump ally who has worked in Pennsylvania predicted. Karoline Leavitt, a campaign spokesperson, said the former president “looks forward to returning to Butler, Pennsylvania to honor the victims from that tragic day.”“The willingness of Pennsylvanians to join President Trump in his return to Butler represents the strength and resiliency of the American people,” she said. Butler County is a GOP stronghold in western Pennsylvania, a mix of rural communities and suburbs just north of Pittsburgh. McCormick, who plans to attend Trump’s rally Saturday, said the July attack helped reinforce the “strength” of the Republican ticket — and the down-ballot candidates who were there that day. Because it is that last real opportunity that he has for sure.”Allan Smith reported from New York City and Dasha Burns from Butler.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, “, It’ll, ”, Trump, Sen, JD Vance, Corey Comperatore, Thomas Crooks, Karoline Leavitt, Butler, Harris, ” “, it’ll, — Trump, Joe Biden, Donald Trump’s, ” Dave McCormick, McCormick, Josh Shapiro, —, you’re, Trump’s, Byron Donalds, he’s, Mike Kelly, Joseph Meyn, ” Pam Olthof, Leslie Osche, ” Osche, ” Adam Reed, Reed, Donalds, Ryan Wesley Routh, Elise Stefanik, ” “ I’m, Biden, Kamala Harris ’, “ There’s, Tim Walz, Harris ’, “ I’m, we’re, ” Allan Smith, Dasha Burns Organizations: Trump, Republican, GOP, NBC News, Democrats, Rep, Service, Pennsylvania State Police, Minnesota Gov Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, R, Ohio, Pittsburgh, Butler, —, Butler County, Palm Beach , Florida, Vance, Minnesota, New York City

☆ How to factor in Social Security benefits when saving for retirement
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Today, on average, Social Security benefits may replace about 40% of a person’s pre-retirement income assuming they start collecting benefits at their full retirement age. To be in those categories your earnings are often at or near the annual maximum income subject to the Social Security payroll tax. If you had to replace $24,000 in Social Security benefits, you might need a $600,000 portfolio. If you have no idea what Social Security benefits are promised to you under current law, get an official estimate based on your average career earnings to date from the Social Security Administration. Or …17% in 2035: The cut could be reduced and delayed until 2035 if the Social Security retirement trust fund is merged with its trust fund for disability benefits.

Persons: Mari Adam, Adam, you’ll, Shai Akabas, ” Akabas, ” Adam, you’re, don’t, “ You’re, ” Organizations: CNN, Social Security, Security, Social Security Administration, Center, Social, IRA

☆ High Credit Card Interest Rates Are Loading Americans With Debt
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The average credit-card interest rate is now just over 21%, up from about 15% a decade ago. Additionally, as credit-card companies continue to charge high interest rates, more cardholders in debt become delinquent — and that could push the US economy closer to recession. Advertisement'The highest credit-card rates we've ever seen'Until 1978, most states had laws capping interest rates for credit cards and consumer products. Lowering the current high interest rates, and the profits that come with them, has become a priority across the aisle. Ted Rossman, a senior industry analyst at Bankrate, described the feedback loop of high prices and high interest rates as "a tough cycle to break."

Persons: Lana Linge, it's, Linge, isn't, Adam Rust, Bruce McClary, TransUnion, Austan Goolsbee, Rust, You've, you've, Antoinette Schoar, Schoar, David Silberman, GOP Sen, Josh Hawley, Hawley, Democratic Sen, Elizabeth Warren, Michele Raneri, Ranieri, Ted Rossman Organizations: Consumer Federation of America, Federal Reserve, National Foundation, Credit, Federal Reserve Bank of New, New York Fed, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Louis Federal Reserve, Federal, Financial, MIT, Center for Responsible Lending, Lawmakers, GOP, Democratic, Reserve, TransUnion Locations: overspending, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, South Dakota, Delaware

☆ Trump's 10% credit card interest cap could hurt borrowers, experts say: 'Access to credit would dry up'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Annie Nova | Annie Nova Is A Reporter On The Personal Finance Team | Covering Education. Prior To Cnbc | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

A national interest rate cap requires CongressUnder current federal law, nationwide limits on credit card interest rates are scarce, consumer advocates say. Likewise, federal credit unions are typically restricted to an 18% interest rate on their credit cards. “A president cannot set a cap on credit card interest rates,” said Rust. A 10% interest rate cap could backfireFinancial experts on both sides of the debate expressed concerns that a 10% interest rate cap could backfire on consumers in various ways. “Otherwise, it is a game of whack-a-mole.”In 2022, credit card issuers charged $14 billion in late fees, he noted.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, ”, Kamala Harris, It’s, Trump’s, Ted Rossman, ” Rossman, Karoline Leavitt, ” Harris hasn’t, Biden, Adam Rust, Rust, “, ” Rust, Lauren Saunders, Nicholas Anthony, they’re, ” Anthony, Rossman, Saunders, “ Banks Organizations: Social Security, Republican, Democratic, Federal, Bankrate, CNBC, Consumer Financial, Consumer Federation of America, Bank Act, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Financial Protection, National Consumer Law, Cato Institute’s Center, Monetary, Bureau, U.S . Chamber of Commerce Locations: New York, South Dakota, Delaware, Utah, U.S, Bankrate

☆ From Ukraine to Hawaii, associates of Trump assassination attempt suspect say his ‘delusion of grandeur’ and odd behavior left them questioning his mental state
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Isabelle Chapman | Casey Tolan | Curt Devine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

In one tweet, Routh wrote that “I would like to invite you to Hawaii for vacation. Newsweek Romania journalist Remus Cernea, one of the people listed on the website, told CNN he met Routh in Kyiv’s Maidan Square in June 2022. Tracy Fulk, a Greensboro police officer at the time, told CNN that the incident started when she pulled Routh over for a traffic stop. Audrey McAvoy/APA Hawaiian man who gave Routh’s company a bad review on Facebook told CNN he was unsettled by Routh’s response to the criticism. “We must push forward with logical leadership that supports the ones that wish to accomplish great things,” Routh wrote in one post.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ryan Wesley Routh, Joe Biden, “, Ukraine ”, Volodymyr Zelensky, Routh, hadn’t, Biden, Zelensky, Ryan Routh's, Trump, Routh’s, –, ”, Tulsi Gabbard, Beto O’Rourke, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, Andrew Yang, Joe, hillary, ” Routh, Kim Jong Un, ” Zelensky, Routh’s fiancée, Kathleen Shaffer, Shaffer, Efrem, Semafor, Oleksandr Shaguri, ” Michael Wasiura, ” Wasiura, ” Evelyn Aschenbrenner, Aschenbrenner, ” Aschenbrenner, Ryan O’Leary, ” O’Leary, Remus Cernea, Cernea, it’s, ” Cernea, barricading, Tracy Fulk, Fulk, ” Fulk, didn’t, ” Ryan Routh's, Audrey McAvoy, Saili Levi, Levi, you’re, ” Levi, Ryan Routh ”, Nelli Black, Benjamin Brown, Scott Glover, Lex Harvey, Winter, Rob Kuznia, Kyung Lah, Daniel Medina, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Rob Picheta, Puy Kamp, Sabrina Shulman, Teele Rebane, Adam Renton, Jessie Yeung Organizations: CNN, Twitter, Trump, Martin County Sheriff’s, Martin County Sheriff's, Facebook, Service, Republican, X, Machine, Commission, Democratic, North, “ WE, New York Times, Ukraine’s Land Forces Command, Legion, country’s International, Army National Guard, Global Citizen, Taiwan, Taiwan Foreign Legion, Newsweek Romania, Greensboro, Sheriff’s Office, Guilford County North Carolina Sheriff’s, Honolulu Star, Star, Advertiser, Honolulu, roosters Locations: Ukraine, Hawaii, Afghanistan, Ukrainian, Honolulu, Oahu, Florida, Martin County, Russia, Zelensky, American, Kyiv’s, Kyiv, Taiwan, North Korea, China, Kyiv’s Maidan, North Carolina, Greensboro, Guilford, Guilford County North Carolina, Kaʻaʻawa, Oahu Island, Oran, Majlie

Justin Timberlake entered a guilty plea Friday in connection to his DWI case. Timberlake arrived in the morning at the Sag Harbor Village Justice Courthouse in Long Island, New York, alongside his attorney Edward Burke Jr.As part of a deal struck with the court, Timberlake pleaded guilty to a noncriminal traffic violation of driving while impaired. “I’d be willing to,” Timberlake responded, agreeing to 25 to 40 hours of community service. Following the hearing, Timberlake spoke outside the courthouse and told reporters, that he tries to hold himself “to a very high standard.”“This was not that. Timberlake's court hearing stems from the Grammy winner's arrest on June 18 on suspicion of intoxicated driving in the affluent Hamptons area of Long Island.

Persons: Justin Timberlake, Timberlake, Edward Burke Jr, Carl Irace, “ I’d, ” Timberlake, “, ”, don’t, Lokman Vural, report.Timberlake Organizations: Justice, American, Getty, BMW Locations: Sag, Long Island , New York, Long, Anadolu, Sag Harbor, Florida

Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood mogul whose alleged sexual misconduct fueled the #MeToo movement, has been indicted on new charges by a New York City grand jury, Manhattan prosecutors announced during a court hearing Thursday. The new indictment is under seal, prosecutor Nicole Blumberg told Judge Curtis Farber, who has set a trial date for Nov. 12. NBC News was the first to report this month that a grand jury had been convened to hear from women who had come forward with new accusations against Weinstein, 72. Weinstein was convicted in 2020 of third-degree rape of one woman and first-degree criminal sex act against another woman after a trial in New York, where he was sentenced to 23 years in prison. New York prosecutors announced months later that they intended to recharge Weinstein for the same crimes and possibly bring forward new charges.

Persons: Harvey Weinstein, Nicole Blumberg, Curtis Farber, Weinstein, Oscar, Bob Weinstein, ”, Love, Weinstein's Organizations: Hollywood, New, NBC, Bellevue Hospital Locations: New York City, Manhattan, Bellevue, New York, York, Los Angeles

☆ Why Elon Musk Is Really Taking Twitter Out of San Francisco
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

From the front door of X, which is closing up shop in San Francisco on Friday, Market Street runs straight through downtown to the bay. Now, as X leaves its spot, Market Street is still suffering from all the same problems it had before Twitter. After handing over millions of dollars in tax breaks to one of the world's wealthiest corporations, San Francisco has nothing to show for it. AdvertisementI keep remembering a work trip I took to San Francisco in 1999, a few years before I moved here. "Our focus remains on working with and supporting the many businesses that call San Francisco home," the statement reads.

Persons: Daniel Burnham, Elon Musk, Twitter, Ted Egan, Bon Marché, Paula Smith Arrigoni, restaurateurs, Dolby, Twitter didn't, Egan, Uber decamped, Musk, San Francisco, Adam Rogers Organizations: Twitter, Central Market, Anadolu, Getty, AQ, Area, Coalition, Apple, New York Times, San, Sony, Microsoft, Ikea, London Breed, Business Locations: San Francisco, Austin, South Park, California, Brisbane, Texas, scuzzy, gentrify, Alta, Oro, Bon, Kaya, Bay, Oakland

Harvey Weinstein had heart surgery Monday after he complained of health issues and was moved from a New York City jail to a hospital, a representative for the disgraced movie mogul said. Weinstein, whose 2020 rape conviction was overturned in April, remained in recovery at the intensive care unit at Bellevue Hospital on Monday night, said the representative, Craig Rothfeld. Weinstein was moved from Rikers Island jail to the hospital after complaining that he didn’t feel well and had experienced significant weight gain from medication, Rothfeld said. He underwent pericardiocentesis surgery Monday morning to alleviate a significant amount of fluid from his lungs and heart, Rothfeld said. In July, Weinstein was hospitalized for a “myriad of health conditions” and tested positive for Covid-19 and double pneumonia, his representative said.

Persons: Harvey Weinstein, Weinstein, Craig Rothfeld, Rothfeld, Oscar Organizations: Bellevue Hospital, Hollywood, NBC Locations: New York City, Rikers, New York, Los Angeles, York

☆ Nearly a million more children fell into poverty last year. Both presidential campaigns want to give parents money to fix that.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewMore children fell into poverty last year — and it could signal a major issue for both candidates as the presidential election heats up. But child poverty rose faster than that, from 12.4% to 13.7%. "The effectiveness of such a policy is evident when one considers the effects of the Child Tax Credit." And with child poverty only worsening, what candidates can deliver for parents might be particularly salient. Is the rise in child poverty and lack of assistance impacting your family?

Persons: —, Steven Durlauf, Joe Biden's, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump's, Joseph Costello, Harris, Walz, JD Vance, Anna Kelly, Kelly, Trump, Adam Ruben, Josh Bivens, they'd Organizations: Service, Business, The University of Chicago, Stone Center for Research, Harris School of Public, Child Tax, Pew Research Center, Economic Security, Census, Economic Policy Institute, jkaplan Locations: U.S

International mediators were heading to the Middle East for a high-stakes round of negotiations scheduled for Thursday as they raced to lock down an elusive cease-fire in the Gaza Strip that could defuse tensions ahead of an anticipated attack on Israel by Iran and Hezbollah. The cease-fire talks, which are set to take place in Doha, Qatar, or Cairo, were expected to include top intelligence officials from Egypt, Israel and the United States, as well as the Qatari prime minister. But as of Tuesday, Hamas representatives were not planning to take part. Ahmad Abdul-Hadi, a Hamas representative in Lebanon, said in an interview that doing so would mean going “backward to square one,” and accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel of dragging out the negotiations. “Netanyahu is not interested in reaching an agreement that ends the aggression completely, but rather he is deceiving and evading and wants to prolong the war, and even expand it at the regional level,” Mr. Abdul-Hadi said.

Persons: Ahmad Abdul, Hadi, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, “ Netanyahu, Mr, Abdul Locations: Gaza, Israel, Iran, Doha, Qatar, Cairo, Egypt, United States, Lebanon

For weeks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has denied that he is trying to block a cease-fire deal in Gaza by hardening Israel’s negotiating position. Mr. Netanyahu has consistently placed all blame for the deadlocked negotiations on Hamas, even as senior members of the Israeli security establishment accused him of slowing the process himself. But in private, Mr. Netanyahu has, in fact, added new conditions to Israel’s demands, additions that his own negotiators fear have created extra obstacles to a deal. But the documents reviewed by The Times make clear that the behind-the-scenes maneuvering by the Netanyahu government has been extensive — and suggest that agreement may be elusive at a new round of negotiations set to begin on Thursday. It also showed less flexibility about allowing displaced Palestinians to return to their homes in northern Gaza once fighting is halted.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Mr, Netanyahu Organizations: The New York Times, The Times Locations: Gaza, Israel, Rome

Nearly two weeks have passed and no large-scale response has materialized, leaving Israel and the wider Middle East on edge. Iran, which backs Hamas, blamed Israel for the assassination, but Israeli leaders have not said their forces were responsible. What could an Iranian response look like? U.S. and Israeli diplomats and security officials had some advanced knowledge of its scope and intensity of Iran’s attack in April, which facilitated defensive preparations. The foreign minister of Jordan, an ally of the United States, has traveled to Tehran in recent days for meetings.

Persons: Ismail Haniyeh, Masoud, Israel, Fuad Shukr, Haniyeh’s, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Nasser Kanaan, Sanam Vakil, Pezeshkian, Vakil, Ms, Ali Vaez, Vaez, “ Israel, ”, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Jordan, Mr, Haniyeh, Lloyd J, Austin III, Biden Organizations: Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Chatham House, Crisis, Diplomats, of Islamic Cooperation, United, Hamas Locations: Iran, Tehran, Israel, Masoud Pezeshkian, Beirut, Lebanon, Golan, East, London, Yemen, Iranian, United States, Gaza, Saudi Arabia

☆ What Maya Rudolph's SNL Impression Reveals About Kamala Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

And it has different meanings in African American English versus the Mainstream US English more likely spoken by white folks. So when white people unfamiliar with African American English hear that rise and fall, they think the speaker is being kind of argumentative. How "Black" Harris sounds, in other words, is in the ear of the beholder. In 2022, she compared the way Harris talks to audio clips of the comedian Maya Rudolph doing her impression of Harris on "Saturday Night Live." Just about anything Harris does, Rudolph does, too, but more so.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Trump, Harris, Nicole Holliday, Holliday, Barack Obama, MAGA, That's, Joe Biden, she's, —, Meryl Streep, Maya Rudolph, Rudolph, I'm, they're, — Harris, She'll, Adam Rogers Organizations: National Association of Black Journalists, Trump, UC Berkeley, Howard University, Howard, Business Locations: California, Oakland , California, Bay, Montreal, United States, Harris

Hamas has chosen Yahya Sinwar, one of the architects of the deadly Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, to lead the militant group’s political wing, it announced on Tuesday, consolidating his power over Hamas as it continues to fight Israel in the Gaza Strip. Mr. Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza since 2017, has long been considered a planner of Hamas’s military strategy there. Now, he will also replace Ismail Haniyeh, the group’s previous political leader and a key liaison in the indirect cease-fire talks with Israel. Mr. Haniyeh, who had been living in Qatar, was killed in an explosion in Iran last week that has been widely attributed to Israel. A hard-line figure born in Gaza, Mr. Sinwar, 61, is a prime target for Israeli forces and is widely believed to be hiding out in tunnels underneath the enclave to avoid Israeli attack.

Persons: Yahya Sinwar, Israel, Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh, Haniyeh, Fuad Shukr Locations: Israel, Gaza, Qatar, Iran, Lebanon, Yemen

☆ Meet Michal Kosinski, the Oppenheimer of AI's Scariest Future
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Eugenicists used photographs and IQ tests to determine which people were "inferior," and sterilized those who didn't measure up — which usually turned out to be anyone who wasn't white and rich. Before he worked with photographs, Kosinski was interested in Facebook. It's just picking up on the way gay people present themselves on dating sites — which, not surprisingly, is often very different from the way straight people present themselves to potential partners. Kosinski thinks AI's ability to make the kind of personality judgments he studies will only get better. That is the future Kosinski fears — even as he continues to tinker with the very models that prove it will come to pass.

Persons: Michal Kosinski, Kosinski, I'm, they'd, isn't, Oppenheimer, David Stillwell, Stillwell, aren't, Brian Stauffer, Aleksandr Kogan, Donald Trump, —, Kosinski isn't, MAGA, Bernie bros, Alexander Todorov, It's, they've, — Francis Galton, Ronald Fisher, Karl Pearson —, Aubrey Clayton, Hitler, Trump, They're, Adam Rogers Organizations: Stanford University, Kosinski, Facebook, Cambridge, Cambridge Psychometrics, National Academy of Sciences, Psychometrics, BI, intuit, Guardian, Rights, GLAAD, Stanford, HRC, University of Chicago, US Supreme, tinker, Business Locations: California, Stanford, Kosinski, Russia

But although Mr. Nasrallah promised that Hezbollah would respond, he equivocated on the scope and nature of that retaliation. “We have entered a new phase,” he said, speaking in a televised address during the funeral for Mr. Shukr. “You do not realize the red lines you have crossed,” warned Mr. Nasrallah, addressing Israel directly. “The only things lying between us and you are the days, the nights and the battlefield,” said Mr. Nasrallah, again addressing Israel. Credit... Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York TimesAfter Mr. Nasrallah finished his speech, Mr. Shukr’s coffin was carried onto the street outside and met a sea of mourners.

Persons: Hassan Nasrallah, Fuad Shukr, Nasrallah, ”, Shukr, Mr, Diego Ibarra Sanchez, Fatima Nizan al, “, ” Aaron Boxerman, Hwaida Saad Organizations: The New York Locations: Lebanese, Beirut, Lebanon, Israel, Lebanon’s, Iran, Credit, Beirut’s, Jerusalem

Former President Donald J. Trump in a conversation with reporters at the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago. Credit... Akilah Townsend for The New York Times

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Akilah Townsend Organizations: National Association of Black Journalists, Chicago . Credit, The New York Locations: Chicago .

The predawn killing of a top Hamas leader in Tehran on Wednesday left the entire Middle East on edge, bringing vows of revenge from Iran’s leaders and threatening to derail fragile negotiations for a Gaza cease-fire. The Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, 62, a top negotiator in the cease-fire talks who had led the militant group’s political office in Qatar, was killed after he and other leaders of Iranian-backed militant groups had attended the inauguration of Iran’s new president. Israeli leaders would not confirm or deny whether their country was behind the brazen breach of Iran’s defenses. But Iranian leaders and Hamas officials immediately blamed Israel and vowed to avenge the death of Mr. Haniyeh, heightening fears of a broader regional war. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued an order for Iran to strike Israel directly, according to three Iranian officials briefed on the order.

Persons: Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Haniyeh, heightening, Iran’s, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Organizations: Wednesday Locations: Tehran, Gaza, Qatar, Iran, Israel

As Hamas’s political leader, he was central to the group’s high-stakes negotiations and diplomacy, including the stalled cease-fire deal negotiations with Israel. Here is what we know:Leader of Hamas in GazaMr. Haniyeh was named the leader of Hamas in Gaza in 2006. Mr. Haniyeh led Hamas from Qatar and Turkey in recent years. He was arrested by the Israeli military and served several sentences in Israeli jails in the 1980s and 1990s. The two were targets of an attempted Israeli assassination attempt in 2003; the next year, Mr. Yassin was killed by the Israeli military.

Persons: Ismail Haniyeh, Haniyeh, Yemen —, Iran’s, Sheik Yassin, Yassin, Mr, Haniyeh’s, “, ” Mr, he’d Organizations: United Nations, UNRWA, Islamic, of Gaza, Mr, International Locations: Qatar, Iran, Gaza, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Yemen, Israel, Palestinian, Turkey, Egypt, United States, Gaza City, Ashkelon, Shifa

☆ Haniyeh’s Death Will Shake but Not Destroy Hamas, Analysts Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Adam Rasgon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ismail Haniyeh was the top figure managing Hamas’s international relations and one of the group’s most recognizable faces worldwide. From his base in Doha, Qatar, he helped lead Hamas in high-stakes negotiations for a cease-fire in Gaza, and he delivered fiery speeches broadcast throughout the Arab world. But his killing in Iran, for which Tehran and Hamas blamed Israel, is unlikely to destabilize Hamas in the long term, analysts say, noting that the group has recovered from past assassinations of political and military leaders. “His assassination is a major blow,” Ibrahim Madhoun, an Istanbul-based analyst close to Hamas, said in an interview. But, he added, “Hamas has faced this situation in the past” and “came out of those scenarios stronger.”The long list of Hamas leaders killed by Israel includes Ahmed Yassin, Hamas’s founder and spiritual leader, in 2004; Salah Shehadeh, the founder of Hamas’s armed wing, in 2002; Abdel Aziz Rantisi, a senior Hamas leader in Gaza, in 2004; and Ahmed al-Jabari, a top commander, in 2012.

Persons: Ismail Haniyeh, “, ” Ibrahim Madhoun, Ahmed Yassin, Salah Shehadeh, Abdel Aziz Rantisi, Ahmed al Organizations: Hamas Locations: Doha, Qatar, Gaza, Iran, Tehran, Israel, Istanbul

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