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"You have an opportunity to save Lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that will lead to destruction and suffering like we see in Gaza," Netanyahu said in a video address Tuesday delivered in English. Israeli soldiers raise their national flag in Lebanon's southern border village of Maroun al-Ras. And Wednesday, a video, geolocated by NBC News, stoked outrage: Israeli soldiers raising the country's flag on the outskirts of a border village. Lebanese people who spoke to NBC News on Wednesday bristled at Netanyahu’s warning, with some also mocking the footage of Israeli soldiers planting the flag in the southern village of Maroun Al-Ras. Israel’s invasion of Lebanon amid its 1982 civil war resulted in a nearly two-decade occupation of the country’s south.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Israel's, Scott Peterson, ” Netanyahu, Gerges, “, ” Yossi Mekelberg, Mekelberg, ”, Hisham Karameh, ” “, ” Karameh, Matthew Miller Organizations: Israeli, United Nations, Getty, Israel, . Security, London School of Economics, NBC News, Chatham House’s, North Africa, Health Ministry, AFP, State Department Locations: Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Beirut, Iran, East, Maroun, Maroun Al, ” “ Israel, “, Dahieh

ISRAEL LEBANON Israeli armored vehicles crossed the border Vehicle tracks Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area Vehicle tracks Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area Flattened buildings Israeli armored vehicles YAROUN YAROUN Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area LEBANON ISRAEL Flattened buildings Vehicle tracks Israeli armored vehicles crossed the border Vehicle tracks Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area ISRAEL Israeli armored vehicles crossed the border LEBANON Vehicle tracks Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area Vehicle tracks Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area Flattened buildings Israeli armored vehicles YAROUN ISRAEL LEBANON Israeli armored vehicles crossed the border Vehicle tracks Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area Vehicle tracks Israeli vehicles in a bulldozed area Flattened buildings Israeli armored vehicles YAROUN Source: Satellite image by Planet Labs, Oct. 5Tank tracks leading from Israel across the border to the Lebanese village of Yaroun are visible in satellite images taken on Saturday by Planet Labs, a commercial satellite provider. So are newly constructed banks of earth where the Israeli military set up positions for tanks and other military vehicles. Over the past week, the Israeli military has flattened large parts of two border villages: Maroun al-Ras and Yaroun, seen in the video above that was filmed by the Israeli military and verified by The Times. Aug. 28, 2024 Rubble YAROUN Destroyed buildings Rubble YAROUN Destroyed buildings Oct. 5, 2024 YAROUN Area flattened YAROUN Area flattened Oct. 5, 2024 Newly destroyed buildings Appears burned YAROUN Appears burned Newly destroyed buildings Appears burned YAROUN Appears burned Even before the ground invasion, months of rocket strikes had damaged Yaroun, this satellite imagery from the summer shows. Aug. 28 MAROUN AL-RAS Destroyed building MAROUN AL-RAS Destroyed building Oct. 5 Israeli military vehicles Vehicle tracks Israeli military vehicles MAROUN AL-RAS Vehicle tracks Vehicle tracks Israeli military vehicles Vehicle tracks MAROUN AL-RAS Oct. 5 Newly destroyed buildings MAROUN AL-RAS Destroyed mosque Flattened area Newly destroyed buildings Destroyed mosque MAROUN AL-RAS Flattened area Maroun al-Ras has seen fighting before: It was the scene of a major battle during Israel’s 2006 invasion of Lebanon.

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44 health care workers saw multiple cases of preteen children who had been shot in the head or chest in Gaza. 2 did not Merril Tydings Flight, emergency and critical care nurse, 44 years old, Santa Fe, N.M. “ These people were starving. ” Abeerah Muhammad Emergency and critical care nurse, 33 years old, Dallas, Texas “ Everyone we met showed us pictures of themselves before October. ” Merril Tydings Flight, emergency and critical care nurse, 44 years old, Santa Fe, N.M. “ It is very simple. ” 53 health care workers saw many children suffering from easily preventable infections, some of whom died from them.

Persons: Gaza Daniel Benneworth, Gray, I’ve, ”, Mimi Syed, Khan Younis, “, ” Dr, Mohamad Rassoul Abu, bariatric, Nina Ng, Dr, Mark Perlmutter, Mount, Irfan Galaria, Khawaja Ikram, Israel, Ahlia Kattan, Ndal Farah Anesthesiologist, ” Asma Taha, Nahreen Ahmed, Aman Odeh, Mike Mallah, Deborah Weidner, Tanya Haj, Hassan, ’, Laura Swoboda, Feroze, couldn’t, Mohammed Al, Adam Hamawy, Talal Ali Khan Nephrologist, Arham Ali, Loma, Newborn, ” Monica Johnston Burn, ” Brenda Maldonado, Ayman Abdul, Ghani, Ammar Ghanem, Mohamad Abdelfattah, ventilators, ” Laura Swoboda, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s, Harris, ProPublica, Peter Beinart, Kamala Harris, Ms, it’s Organizations: Nurses, Gaza’s Ministry of Health, West Bank, Mark Perlmutter Orthopedic, “, United, Rights, Oxfam, United States, Israeli Defense Ministry, Committee, UNICEF, Gaza, Hamas, Biden, U.S Locations: Gaza, Ukraine, Haiti, Flint, Mich, Israel, Pittsburgh, Pa, New York City, N.Y, N.C, Chantilly, Va, “, Savannah, Ga, Dallas , Texas, Costa Mesa, Calif, Toledo , Ohio, Santa Fe, Portland, Philadelphia, Austin , Texas, Charleston, S.C, Hartford, Conn, Olympia, Wash, Mequon, Wis, Lathrop, Ohio, South Brunswick, N.J, Oklahoma City, Okla, Loma Linda, Vancouver, Honolulu, Hawaii, Detroit, Tustin, United States, U.S, Al, Lebanese

☆ Florida residents evacuate inward as Hurricane Milton nears
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Paul P. Murphy | Michelle Krupa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Anna Maria Island, Florida CNN —Carol Whitmore couldn’t pack her big SUV to leave this barrier island as Hurricane Milton aimed Tuesday for Florida’s west coast with already-historic fury. Hurricane Helene took it two weeks ago. Still, for a while in Helene, Whitmore was cut off. Storm damage from Hurricane Helene sits Tuesday in a True Value store on Anna Maria Island, Florida. A lot of people going through a lot worse.”Dune sand pushed inland by Hurricane Helene sits Tuesday on streets on Anna Maria Island in Manatee County, Florida.

Persons: Anna Maria, Florida CNN — Carol Whitmore couldn’t, Milton, Helene, Whitmore, Maddie, ”, “, ” Whitmore, Jane Castor, Holmes, Bill Tokajer, Jake Keglor, ” Keglor, Keglor, who’d, Angel –, Hurricane Helene, Paul Murphy, CNN “ We’ve, Greg Mullis, Gandy, “ We’ve, Dan Whelan, ‘, Marie Saveikis, “ I’m, it’s, Anna Maria Island, Skip, Annie Radick, Annie, ” Skip, Tokajer, –, “ We’re, Helene … “, You’ve, “ It’s, he’d, ” CNN’s Paul P, Murphy, Michelle Krupa, Leigh Waldman Organizations: Florida CNN, Social, CNN, College H.U.N.K.S, Holmes Beach, National Weather Service Locations: Anna Maria Island, Florida, Florida’s, Helene, Manatee County, Orlando, Mexico, Tampa, Seminole, St . Petersburg, Hurricane, Anna Maria Island , Florida, Pinellas County, Milton, Clearwater, Anna Maria Island , Montana, Anna, Manatee County , Florida, Atlanta

Jabaliya Gaza City Gaza Strip Israel Mediterranean Sea Khan Younis Egypt Jabaliya Gaza City Gaza Strip Israel Mediterranean Sea Khan Younis Egypt Jabaliya Gaza City Gaza Strip Mediterranean Sea Israel Khan Younis EgyptGaza in Ruins After a Year of War Much of Gaza has been destroyed by Israel’s relentless military campaign. Sea Gaza Strip Israel Egypt Gaza City 74% of buildings have been likely damaged or destroyed. Gaza City, the strip’s capital, is home to the ancient Old City, as well as Al-Rimal, a once-vibrant, upper-middle-class neighborhood. Omar Al-Mukhtar Street, Gaza City Before Fouad Abu JasserThe park was a gathering place for rallies and protests. Omar Al-Mukhtar Street, Gaza City After AFPNot far away, the Rashaad Shawa center, which housed the oldest library in the Gaza Strip, has been severely damaged.

Persons: Khan, Khan Younis, Israel Egypt Khan Younis, Abu Kayan, Mamdouh Aljbour, ”, Ahmed Abu, Bilal Shbair, Belal Barbakh, Barbakh, Hamada, Sisters Asan, Elan, Abdulraouf Barbakh, “, Barbakh’s, Jamal Subuh’s, Subuh, Jamal, Jamal Subuh, nourishing Gazans, Dina, Reuters Ahmed Abu Sultan, Mr, Abu Sultan, —, Omari, Omar Al, Mukhtar, Riyad Al, Masri, Al, Rimal, Gazans, Fouad Abu Jasser, Shawerma Al, Sheikh Omar Al, wasn’t, Ahmed Emqat, Ihsan Abdo, Husam Skeek, Jabaliya, Nahed Al, Fatima Hussein, Ahmed Jawda, Assali, Jawda Organizations: Hamas, Cream, Citadel, Sisters, Facebook, Agricultural Organization, Byzantine, Reuters, Reuters Al, AFP, Palestine, Med, Israel Egypt Jabaliya, AFP Al, Times, Bank, Gazans Locations: Israel, Gaza, Egypt, Khan Younis Egypt Gaza, New York City, Gaza City, Med, Israel Egypt, Khan, Facebook, Farra, Jamal, Israel Egypt Gaza, Old City, Gaza . Old City, Omari, Al, Aqsa, Jerusalem, Riyad, Palestine, Gazans, Jabaliya, Jabaliya’s Al

☆ Haitian gang slaughters at least 70 people as thousands flee
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Gang members brandishing automatic rifles stormed through a town in Haiti’s main breadbasket region, killing at least 70 and forcing over 6,000 to flee, causing widespread shock even in a country grown accustomed to outbreaks of violence. More people were severely injured in the attack in the early hours of Thursday at Pont-Sonde, in the agricultural region of Artibonite in western Haiti. “For now, reinforcements are at the location to contain the situation and security forces are in control,” the spokesperson said. Many victims were shot in the head as gang members went house to house, Horace said. The U.N. estimated at the end of September that 3,661 people had been killed in the gang violence since January.

Persons: Gran Grif, Luckson Elan, Marc, Garry Conille, ”, Horace, Horace said, “, RNDDH, Sonde, Gran, Elan, Jimmy “, Antonio Guterres Organizations: ”, Reuters, “, Saint, Police, U.S Locations: Haiti’s, Pont, Sonde, Artibonite, Haiti, Saint, Caribbean, Haitian, Verrettes, “, La Saline, Haiti’s breadbasket, Port, Kenya, United States, Dominican Republic

☆ Israel targets Hezbollah intelligence headquarters in Lebanon; Iran says it will not back down
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Israel has been weighing options in its response to Iran's ballistic missile attack on Tuesday, which Iran had carried out in response to Israel's military action in Lebanon. Hashem Safieddine's fate was unclear and neither Israel nor Hezbollah have offered any comment. Israel says it targets military capabilities and takes steps to mitigate the risk of harm to civilians. The Israeli military said some 70 projectiles were launched from Lebanon into Israeli territory on Friday evening and were either intercepted or fell in open land. Israel sent ground forces into Lebanon this week after the Iranian missiles attacks.

Persons: Israel, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hashem, Joe Biden, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Stephane Dujarric, Kamel Ahmad Jawad, Matthew Miller, Israel's Organizations: Hezbollah, U.S, White House, Republican, Democratic, Lebanese, U.S . State Department, Washington, . State Department Locations: Iran, Israel, Jerusalem, Beirut, Lebanon, Gaza, Burj, Choueifat district, Haret Hreik, Lebanese, Odaisseh, American, Dearborn , Michigan, U.S, Palestinian

WASHINGTON — A group of national security experts led by Cabinet members from the Trump administration endorsed former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, citing his foreign policy record and calling him "a peacemaker." The group, organized by former Trump national security adviser Robert O'Brien and former National Security Council chief of staff Alex Gray, wrote in a letter that "securing peace" is "the legacy of Trump." The letter comes amid an escalating conflict in the Middle East between Iran and Israel, as well as Russia's war in Ukraine. "The policies of the Biden-Harris Administration have invited conflict, diminished America’s standing around the globe, and imperiled our national security," the letter says. The signers do not include Trump's first secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, or his secretaries of defense, James Mattis and Mark Esper.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Trump, Donald Trump, Robert O'Brien, Alex Gray, Nikki Haley, Mike Pompeo, Steven Mnuchin, John Ratcliffe, Jack Smith, William Barr, Barr, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Harris, America’s, ”, Trump's, Rex Tillerson, James Mattis, Mark Esper Organizations: Cabinet, Trump, National Security Council, Republican, National Intelligence, Prosecutors, PBS, Biden, Harris Administration Locations: East, Iran, Israel, Ukraine, Russia

☆ U.S. ‘Welcome Corps’ helps resettle LGBTQ refugees fleeing anti-gay crackdowns
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

He was sexually assaulted in a Libyan prison, harassed in Tunisia and tried unsuccessfully to take a boat to Europe. Ngounou joined a growing number of LGBTQ people accepted into the Welcome Corps, which launched last year and pairs groups of Americans with newly arrived refugees. “LGBTQ refugees are forced to flee their homes due to persecution and violence, not unlike other people,” said Jeremy Haldeman, deputy executive director of the Community Sponsorship Hub, which implements the Welcome Corps on behalf of the State Department. The demand far outstrips capacity: Of more than 15,000 requests for help in 2023, the nonprofit helped resettle 23 refugees through the Welcome Corps program in cities as large as Houston and towns as small as Arlington, Vermont. Another refugee in the program, Julieth Luna Garcia, is a transgender woman from El Salvador who settled in Chicago.

Persons: Cabrel, Ngounou’s, Ngounou, ” Ngounou, “, ”, Lori Ostlund, Anne Raeff, Terry Chea, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, JD Vance, Biden, Jeremy Haldeman, ” Kathryn Hampton, ” Hampton, Julieth Luna Garcia Organizations: Welcome Corps, Biden Administration, State Department, U.S, Rainbow Railroad Locations: Cameroon, —, Tunisia, Europe, United States, San Francisco, America, Gaza, U.S, Ohio, “, East, Africa, Houston, Arlington , Vermont, El Salvador, Chicago

Israel has vowed to respond with violent force to Iran’s ballistic missile attack. Could Israel seek to target Iran's oil facilities and even its nuclear sites? One thing is clear, an Israeli official told NBC News on Wednesday — the country will retaliate swiftly. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s military and intelligence leaders were meeting at the defense ministry to discuss what this might look like. The last time Iran fired missiles at Israel six months ago, Washington persuaded Israel to hold back from a major response.

Persons: Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Rosh HaShana, António Guterres, Guterres, Masoud, ”, Netanyahu, obliterating, Hassan Nasrallah Organizations: NBC News, Israel, Hamas Locations: Israel, United States, Iran, Tehran, Gaza, Palestinian, Lebanon, Washington

☆ Vance and Walz debate highlights and Israel vows retaliation against Iran: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

JD Vance and Tim Walz play nice during the vice presidential debate. Vance and Walz put on a display of Midwest nice in vice presidential debateCordial handshakes book-ended the first and only debate between vice presidential candidates Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Minnesota Gov. On and on it went as Vance, the right-wing Republican, and Walz, a progressive Democrat, put on a textbook performance of Midwest nice. Both Vance and Walz attempted to pin America's woes on the others' presidential candidates. Read more about the missile attack in Israel and follow our live blog for the latest updates.

Persons: Vance, Tim Walz, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Walz, Sen, JD Vance, Harris, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, “, → Walz, → Vance, Trump, “ Tim, I’m, ” Walz, Hassan Nasrallah, Masoud Pezeshkian, ”, Read, Hurricane Helene, Helene, Saul Young, Bertha Mendoza, Mendoza, ” Guillermo Mendoza, Bertha Mendoza’s, Angel Mitchell, Biden, Kamala Harris ’, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, John Amos, Mount Everest, David Gray, Everest, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: Minnesota Gov, Republican, Biden, Trump, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli, Impact Plastics, News Sentinel, USA, Network, National Weather Service, Jewish, NBC News, Good Times, NBC, Deal Locations: Everest, Ohio, Springfield , Ohio, Hong Kong, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, U.S, Gaza, Yemen, Syria, East, Tennessee, Hurricane, Erwin, Tenn, Asheville, —, Asheville . Politics, Gulf, Mexico, Texas, Mount

☆ Oil prices rise on escalating attacks in the Middle East
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Storage tanks and oil processing facilities operate at Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery and terminal in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 1, 2018. Oil prices rose on Wednesday on fears conflict in the Middle East could turn into a wider war and disrupt oil supply from the key producing region after Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel. Iran's oil output rose to a six-year high of 3.7 million barrels per day in August, ANZ added. "Iran accounts for about 4% of global oil output, but an important consideration will be whether Saudi Arabia increases production if Iranian supplies were disrupted." "Any suggestion that production hikes will proceed could offset concerns of supply disruptions in the Middle East," ANZ's note said.

Persons: Brent, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden Organizations: U.S, West Texas, Organization of, Petroleum, ANZ Research, ANZ, Israel, . Security, American Petroleum Institute Locations: Saudi, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Tehran, OPEC, Russia, U.S

Israel’s killing of Hezbollah’s longtime leader has driven home how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set the agenda in the Middle East in recent months, with a frustrated Biden White House unable to shape events or defuse a spreading conflict in the region. Officials in the Biden administration felt blindsided by the Israeli air strikes Friday in southern Beirut that killed Hassan Nasrallah, and other senior Hezbollah figures, current and former officials say. Follow live updates hereThe Biden administration was so confident in the proposal's success that a senior administration official briefing reporters after its public debut suggested both parties' agreement was a foregone conclusion. American and European officials believed they were moving closer to a possible deal, but then came the television images of a massive plume of smoke rising over southern Beirut. President Joe Biden, Pentagon senior leaders and other senior officials across the administration were infuriated by the timing of the Israeli government operation, U.S. officials said.

Persons: Hezbollah’s, Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden, Hassan Nasrallah, Antony Blinken, Joe Biden, Israel’s, Nasrallah, “, Blinken, Israel Organizations: Biden, General Assembly, Pentagon Locations: Beirut, New York, Israel, U.S, Lebanon, United States, Gaza

Israel announced on Saturday that its forces have killed Hassan Nasrallah, the powerful leader of the Lebanese militant and political group, Hezbollah, in what would mark a major escalation amid mounting hostilities at its northern border with Lebanon. An Iranian woman hold a poster of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, with text in Arabic reading: "At your service Nasrallah" during an anti-Israeli rally in Tehran, Iran, on Friday. Vahid Salemi / APEarlier on Friday, a Hezbollah spokesman had said Nasrallah, who was seldom seen in public, was not in one of the buildings struck by Israeli forces and was "fine." Hezbollah has vowed to continue its campaign against Israel until it ends its nearly yearlong offensive in Gaza. “Israel no longer seems to fear clashing head-on with Iran,” Hussain said, adding, “Israel will not fear entering a larger operation."

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Olga, who did not want to give her last name for privacy reasons, said the proposed bill doesn’t change her plans. And the Russian parliament gave its initial backing Wednesday to legislation that would ban the adoption of Russian children by people from countries that allow gender transition. “It’s not because I read ‘childfree’ information or someone tried to persuade me not to have children. It’s just that I decided it for myself,” said Panarina, 40, adding that the proposed legislation would not change her mind. For her, the proposed legislation is not about women’s rights per se, Panarina said, as much as the government’s effort to defend Russia’s traditional way of life.

Persons: Russia’s, ” Vyacheslav Volodin, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Russia —, Volodin, childlessness ”, it’s, ”, Dariana Gryaznova, ” Olga, Olga, “, ” Putin, Natalia Kolesnikova, Daria Panarina, “ It’s, It’s, Panarina, ” Panarina, Ella Rossman, Rossman, ” Gryaznova Organizations: West, Kremlin, U.S, State Duma, “ Bills, NBC, Getty, NBC News, Russia’s Academy of Sciences, University College London School of Slavonic, East European Studies Locations: Ukraine, Russia, United States, State, Russian, Moscow, Russia’s, Primorsky Krai, Red, AFP, Philippines

☆ Netanyahu lashes out at U.N. as he defends Israel's actions in Gaza and Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Aurora Almendral | Aurora Almendral Is A London-Based Editor With Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defiantly faced an international community from which he has become deeply isolated amid international condemnation of Israel's war in the Gaza Strip and the military's fresh escalations in Lebanon. As the General Assembly president called the room to order, groups of diplomats stood up and walked out of the room, leaving a sparse audience on the delegate floor. More than 40,000 people have been killed in Gaza in Israel's ensuing war with Hamas. Earlier this month, the General Assembly passed a historic, if symbolic, resolution with an overwhelming majority, demanding that Israel withdraw from the Palestinian territories within a year. The resolutions, like all General Assembly resolutions, are nonbinding and were resoundingly ignored by Israel.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, ” Yokonan Landau, ”, “, Israel, Francesca Albanese, António Guterres, Guterres, Netanyahu — Organizations: Israel's, United Nations, Assembly, General, General Assembly, Israel, Hamas, Court of Justice, West Bank, Human Rights, UNRWA Locations: Gaza, Lebanon, New York, Iran, Israel, Midtown Manhattan, Nations, Israel's, U.S, France, Syria, Rafah

☆ Israeli PM Netanyahu to address U.N.: Here's what to expect
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailIsraeli PM Netanyahu to address U.N.: Here's what to expectWendy Sherman, Harvard Kennedy School of Government professor and former Deputy Secretary of State, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, what to expect from Israeli PM Netanyahu's address to the United Nations, and more.

Persons: Netanyahu, Wendy Sherman Organizations: Harvard Kennedy School of Government, State, United Nations Locations: Israel

☆ Israel says it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters as huge explosions rocked Beirut
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The strike in the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh came shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.N., vowing that Israel's campaign against Hezbollah would continue. The Israeli army spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said it targeted the main Hezbollah headquarters, located beneath residential buildings. Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV said four buildings were reduced to rubble in the blast, so powerful it rattled windows and shook houses some 30 kilometers north of Beirut. Israel has moved thousands of troops toward the border in preparation. At the U.N., Netanyahu vowed to "continue degrading Hezbollah" until Israel achieves its goals, further dimming hopes for an internationally backed cease-fire.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Daniel Hagari, Hezbollah's, Netanyahu, Firass Abiad Organizations: Hezbollah, Hamas Locations: Beirut, Dahiyeh, Lebanese, Lebanon, Israel, Gaza, Israel's, Sidon, Nabatiyeh, Tiberias

☆ Netanyahu, at UN, vows that Israel will keep ‘degrading Hezbollah’ until its objectives are met
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2024. And that's exactly what we're doing ... we'll continue degrading Hezbollah until all our objectives are met," Netanyahu said. He said he traveled to the United Nations to refute the untruths he had heard from other leaders on the same rostrum earlier in the week. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2024. Israel is vowing to step up its attacks on Hezbollah until its citizens can return safely to their homes.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Mike Segar, Netanyahu, Israel, Khan Younis, Ahmad Salem, Getty Images Ahmad Salem, Jalaa Marey Organizations: Israel's, United Nations General Assembly, Reuters, United Nations, United, Health Ministry, Bloomberg, Getty Images, Getty, Afp Locations: U.N, New York, U.S, Lebanon, Israel, El Paso, San Diego, ., Gaza, United Nations, Iran, Lebanese, United States, France, Galilee

☆ Zelenskyy's meeting with Harris and spat with Trump reveal a growing partisan divide on Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Seitz-Wald-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alex Seitz-Wald | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Vice President Kamala Harris is meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a trip to the U.S., while former President Donald Trump isn’t, highlighting the growing partisan division over a key foreign policy issue. “The president of Ukraine is in our country, and he’s making little nasty aspersions toward your favorite president, me,” Trump said Wednesday in North Carolina. “Every time Zelenskyy comes to the United States, he walks away with $100 billion,” Trump said Tuesday in Georgia. “I want the war to stop,” Trump when he was pressed during his only debate with Harris. A senior Trump administration official echoed Trump to say the circumstances of any future settlement deal grow more fraught by the day.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump isn’t, Harris, Zelenskyy, “, ” Trump, It’s, ” Zelenskyy, Trump, Moscow —, ”, we’re, Joe Biden, Hunter, Biden, Biden's, Sen, JD Vance, Vladimir Putin shouldn’t, Vance, Trump ”, Cartwright, Reid Smith, Charles Koch, ” Sen, Bob Casey, Matt Cartwright, Mike Johnson, ” Johnson, Oksana, Putin, Philip Gordon, Obama, Putin “, “ That’s, Andrzej Duda, Smith Organizations: White, Trump, United Nations General Assembly, Russia, Republicans, Yorker, New, NBC News, Casey, Democratic, Senate, Zelenskyy, General Assembly, Ukraine Locations: U.S, Ukraine, North Carolina, Moscow, United States, Georgia, Russia, Scranton , Pennsylvania, R, Ohio, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Russian, Kyiv, Europe, Poland

☆ Biden meets Vietnam leader to counter Hanoi’s ties with China and Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

NEW YORK — President Joe Biden met with Vietnamese President To Lam for talks on Wednesday, aiming to deepen relations with the Southeast Asian country and manufacturing hub and counter its ties with China and Russia. Biden and Lam, the ruling Communist Party chief making his first visit to the U.S. as president, met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. On meeting Biden on Wednesday, Lam hailed what he called Biden’s historic contribution to elevating bilateral relations. The Vietnam News Agency reported Lam told Biden that Vietnam was on the brink of a new era of development, and that it was a friend and reliable partner. “Vietnam will continue to firmly implement its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralism and diversification,” Lam told Biden, the state media agency reported.

Persons: Joe Biden, Lam, Biden, ” Lam, Michelle Steel, “, ”, Alexander Vuving, Vladimir Putin, Murray Hiebert Organizations: YORK, Communist Party, United Nations General Assembly, U.S, cybersecurity, Vietnam News Agency, Meta, U.S . Rep, California Republican, Lam’s, NME, Hanoi, Inouye, Pacific Center for Security Studies, General, Washington, Southeast Asia, Washington’s Center, Strategic, International Studies Locations: China, Russia, New York, Vietnam, Hanoi, California, ”, United States, Hawaii, Inouye Asia, U.S, Asia, Cuba

He recalled how during the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, there was a sense of hope because several countries were actively mediating. It was formed in 1982, after Israel invaded Lebanon, with the initial aim of ending Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon, which it achieved in 2000. Hezbollah has fired rockets, missiles, and drones into northern Israel; and Israel has responded with increasingly heavy airstrikes. Israel has vowed to do whatever it takes to safely return its citizens to their homes in the north. Hezbollah has also said that it does not seek war but that it will continue striking Israel until there is a cease-fire in Gaza.

Persons: Elias Faouz, ”, Faouz, ” Faouz, “ It’s, —, Sandra Moukhtar, Moukhtar, Sarah Waizani, ” Waizani, “ Organizations: U.S, Lebanon’s Health, AFP, Getty, World Bank, Organization for Migration Locations: Lebanon, United States, Israel, Beirut, Gaza, Maarakeh, Iran, Hezbollah, U.S, United Kingdom, Tehran, Baalbeck, Bekaa, Mount Lebanon, Moukhtar, Syria, Dahiye

☆ Sudan’s army launches push to retake ground in capital
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Reuters —Sudan’s army launched artillery and airstrikes in the capital on Thursday in its biggest operation to regain ground there since early in its 17-month war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), witnesses and military sources said. Witnesses reported heavy bombardments and clashes as army troops tried to cross bridges across the Nile connecting the three adjoining cities that make up the greater capital, Khartoum, Omdurman and Bahri. Army sources said their forces had crossed bridges in Khartoum and Bahri. The RSF told Reuters it had thwarted the army’s attempt to cross two bridges to Khartoum. Though the army retook some ground in Omdurman early this year, it depends mostly on artillery and airstrikes and has been unable to dislodge nimble RSF ground forces embedded in other parts of the capital.

Persons: Reuters —, General Abdel Fattah al, Burhan, “, ” Ahmed Abdalla, RSF, Fashir, ”, Volker Turk, autocrat Omar al, Bashir Organizations: Reuters, Rapid Support Forces, United Nations General Assembly, UN, Human, UN Security Council Locations: New York, Khartoum, Omdurman, Bahri, Sudan, United States, Switzerland, North Darfur, Darfur, al

☆ Putin reveals new rules on nuclear weapons in Russia's latest warning to the West
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin at an expanded Prosecutor General's Office meeting on March 26, 2024, in Moscow. In opening remarks before a meeting with senior officials on Russia's nuclear deterrence on Wednesday, which were released by the Kremlin and translated by NBC News, Putin said that "a number of clarifications ... defining the conditions for the use of nuclear weapons" are being made to the document that defines Russia's nuclear doctrine. Russia's latest comments on changing its nuclear doctrine are not a surprise — Moscow has hinted for months that it was making changes to its official stance on the use of nuclear weapons. In its 2020 policy, Russia nonetheless described nuclear weapons as "a means of deterrence," the use of which would be "an extreme and necessary measure." Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko shake hands during a press briefing following their talks in Minsk, Belarus, May 24, 2024.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, —, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Mike Segar, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Joe Biden, Zelenskyy, Sergei Ryabkov, Yulia Morozova, Alexander Lukashenko, Mikhail Metzel Organizations: General's, Getty, Kremlin, NBC News, Russian Federation, —, Ukraine's, United Nations General Assembly, Reuters, Kyiv, West, Nazi, Belarusian Locations: Moscow, Kyiv, Ukraine, Russia, U.S, U.N, New York, Washington, America, Great Britain, Russia's Kursk, Kursk, Russian, Nazi Germany, Minsk, Belarus

Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno is facing a wave of criticism over his remarks about suburban women and abortion heading into the homestretch of the competitive race. Moreno said at a town hall in Warren County on Friday that many "suburban women" are "single-issue voters" when it comes to abortion. “You know, the left has a lot of single-issue voters,” Moreno said. “Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. Ohio voters in November passed a ballot measure enshrining the right to abortion care in the state constitution.

Persons: Bernie Moreno, Moreno, ” Moreno, “, ’, Sen, Sherrod Brown, Reagan McCarthy, “ Bernie, ” Brown, —, Brown, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, ” Maura Gillespie, John Boehner, ”, Gillespie, Roe, Wade Organizations: Ohio Republican, NBC, Democratic, Ohio, Senate, Republicans, U.N, CNN Locations: Warren County, Columbus, Ohio

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