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KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops on Wednesday took charge of the eastern Ukrainian town of Vuhledar, a bastion that had resisted intense attacks since Russia launched its full-scale assault in 2022. Russian Telegram channels, however, published video of troops waving the Russian tricolor flag over shattered buildings. Russia has been using pincer tactics to trap and then constrict Ukrainian strongholds. Russian bloggers said Russia could now try to push towards Velyka Novosilka, just over 20 miles to the west. Russian forces currently control 98.5% of the Luhansk region and 60% of the Donetsk region.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Ukrainsk, Novosilka Organizations: Russian, 72nd Mechanized Brigade, Facebook, Russian Telegram, Vuhledar, Armed Forces of Locations: KYIV, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Vuhledar, Russia, Donetsk, Luhansk, Moscow, Russian, Kyiv, Crimea, Russia’s Kursk, Pokrovsk, “, Armed Forces of Ukraine

☆ What is happening between Israel and Iran and how might Israel respond to the latest attacks?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

It’s the second time Iran has launched an aerial attack on Israel this year, but Tuesday’s barrage was of a different magnitude. Israel's anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on October 1, 2024. While the Israeli military said most of the missiles were intercepted, some landed on Israeli soil and appeared to cause damage. Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty ImagesIn Gaza, Israel’s war against Hamas grinds on almost a year after the Palestinian militant group’s attack on Israel. Since Israel’s war in Gaza began, US troops have also been the target of escalating attacks by Iran-backed proxy groups.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel –, Amir Cohen, Pat Ryder, “, Nasrallah, Jonathan Panikoff, Hezbollah's, Atta Kenare, Ismail Haniyeh, PMO, Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett, Masoud Pezeshkian, Alexi J . Rosenfeld, Matthew Miller, Lloyd Austin Organizations: CNN, Israel, Reuters, Air Base, Tel Nof Air Base, Pentagon, Hezbollah, Getty, Hamas grinds, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Israeli, New, State Department, US Navy, US Army, US, Israel . Defense Locations: Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Beirut, Here’s, Syria, Ashkelon, Reuters Iran, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Israel’s, Washington, Yemen, Tehran's Palestine, AFP, Gaza, Iranian, Iraq, East, New York City, Eshkol Region, Jordan

☆ The old F-16s the West is giving Ukraine can't outmatch Russia's best jets, former US general says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementThe old F-16 models that Ukraine's allies are giving it are no match for Russia's best jets, a former US general told Business Insider. The F-16s, which Ukraine has started receiving from its allies, are the most advanced aircraft Ukraine now has in its arsenal and are armed with more powerful bombs and missiles. AdvertisementDavis said Ukraine's F-16s "are making a difference now" and said when more arrive, that "will help them make more of a difference." All of them pose a threat to Ukraine's F-16s, Davis said, along with Russia's formidable batteries of surface-to-air missiles. Related storiesThe Wall Street Journal reported in August that many of Ukraine's F-16s "are secondhand and have decades of flying time already."

Persons: —, Gordon, Skip, Davis, Ukraine's, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, Vitalii, Michael Bohnert, Josh Rosales Ukaine's, David, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, they'd, we're Organizations: NATO, Service, Business, US Army, Defense Investment Division, Getty, SU, Air Missiles, Street, RAND Corporation, Air Force, US Air Force, Tech, Aircraft, Russian Defense Ministry, Anadolu Agency, Air, Ukrainian Air Forces, REUTERS Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, South Korea, of Mexico, Brest, Belarus, Valentyn, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands

☆ Israel could launch a counterattack on Iran within days — but there's a key reason Netanyahu has less to fear this time
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Iran launched a massive missile attack on Israel on Tuesday. AdvertisementIsrael may carry out a revenge attack on Iran within days, targeting oil sites, nuclear facilities, and key political figures, according to security experts. It comes in the wake of Iran's attack on Tuesday, in which Tehran reportedly fired nearly 200 missiles at Israel. "It is likely that the Israeli leadership has already anticipated the Iranian attack and has prepared for it," Voller said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a meeting with the Security Cabinet after Iran's missile attacks on Israel in West Jerusalem on October 1, 2024.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, —, Chris Doyle, Israel, Clionadh, underestimating, Doyle, Voller, Avi Ohayon, Axios, Ameneh, who's, ACLED Organizations: Service, Business, UK's University of Kent, Council, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Getty, US Central Command, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Locations: Iran, Israel, Tehran, Israeli, Middle East, Lebanon, British, Clionadh Raleigh, West Jerusalem, Anadolu, United States, East, Raleigh

Drone video of gray whales captured over seven years off Oregon has revealed new details about how the giant marine mammals find and eat food. “It’ll help us manage them moving forward.”Drone imagery shows gray whales doing headstands and bubble blasts. Once common across the Northern Hemisphere, gray whales are now regularly seen only in the North Pacific. Gray whales are typically observed alone or in small groups, though large groups may be seen at feeding or breeding grounds. The team tracked 78 gray whales during a total of 160 sightings from 2016 to 2022.

Persons: ”, Clara Bird, ” Bird, “, Gray, Bird, Susan Parks, ” Parks, Parks Organizations: Oregon State, Mammal, Oregon State University, Northern, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Syracuse University Locations: Oregon, North, Newport

Near Perry, Florida, power flashes were seen as Hurricane Helene downed power lines on September 26, 2024. WACHIn South Carolina, Helene brought vicious winds and dumped “staggering” amounts of rain: up to 12 to 14 inches. Andy TomsThe western North Carolina city of Asheville was especially hard-hit. Tariq Bokhari/Daniel WhittakerFloods from Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on the western North Carolina village of Chimney Rock and the region surrounding Lake Lure. Heavy rainfall washed away a part of Interstate 40, a major highway connecting North Carolina and Tennessee.

Persons: Helene, SVC, Simon Brewer Juston Drake, Brandon Clement Further, Brandon Clement, Jules Carl, CNN’s John Berman, she’s, “ I’ve, ”, Aaron Rigsby, Helene –, Andy Toms, Avery Dull, Avril Pinder, “, Tariq Bokhari, Daniel Whittaker, Hurricane Helene, Daniel Shrader, floodwater, Michael Baker, Police Helene Organizations: CNN, National Weather Service, South Pasadena Fire Department, Daylight, Fire, Services Rescue, Atlanta Fire, Carolinas, Charlotte City, WCYB, North Carolina . North Carolina Division of Aviation, Tennessee Valley Authority, Virginia State Police, Virginia, Police Locations: United States, Florida, Southern, Gulf, Bend, Perry, Perry , Florida, Tampa, FHP, Tampa Bay, Pinellas County , Florida, Pinellas County, City of South Pasadena, Sunset Beach, Cedar Key , Florida, Cedar, Steinhatchee, ”, Steinhatchee , Florida, Georgia, Atlanta, Augusta, Cobb County, Mableton, Cobb, Columbia, Greenville, WACH, South Carolina, Saluda County, Asheville , North Carolina, North Carolina, Asheville, Rock, Hurricane, Lure, Charlotte, Tennessee, Roan Mountain , Tennessee, North Carolina ., Afton , Tennessee, TN, Erwin, Unicoi, Virginia

☆ Satellite images capture Russia's scramble to shield a key bridge from Ukraine's exploding naval drones and other threats
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

New satellite imagery shows how Russia has continued to add defenses to protect the Kerch Bridge. AdvertisementNew satellite imagery shows how Russia has stepped up its efforts to protect a key bridge from Ukrainian attacks, including its exploding naval drones. An overview of barriers near the Kerch Bridge on September 28. The threat has prompted Moscow to add defenses like the ones at the Kerch Bridge to the key ports of Sevastopol and Novorossiysk. A second Pantsir air-defense system on a tower near the Kerch Bridge on September 28.

Persons: —, Brady Africk, Maxar, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Service, Maxar Technologies, Business, Technologies, Fleet, American Enterprise Institute, Ukrainian Navy Locations: Russia, Kerch, Crimean, Crimea, Ukraine, Moscow, Sevastopol, Novorossiysk, Brady, Kyiv

☆ Iran has launched a missile attack on Israel after Hezbollah leader killing, Israeli military says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Iran has launched a missile attack on Israel, the Israeli military said. The US has said it is ready to defend Israel from an Iranian attack, as it did in April. The Israeli Defense Forces said on Telegram that "a short while ago, missiles were launched from Iran towards the State of Israel." Related storiesEarlier on Tuesday, a White House official said the US had indications that Iran was preparing to "imminently" launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel. A direct military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran," the official said.

Persons: —, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Ismail Haniyeh, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Service, Israeli Defense Forces, State, White, Israel, US, Washington, United Nations Locations: Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Jerusalem, Beirut, Tehran

☆ Ukraine said it struck a Russian ammo depot with long-range drones right after Iranian missiles arrived there
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine said it carried out a drone attack on a Russian ammunition depot over the weekend. Kyiv said Iranian missiles had arrived at the site shortly before the attack. AdvertisementUkrainian forces used long-range drones to strike an ammunition depot inside Russia shortly after a shipment of Iranian missiles had arrived at the facility. "Defense forces continue to undermine the enemy's military potential," the Ukrainian military said in its statement. Kyiv has relied on homemade, long-range drones for this campaign because it is restricted from using its inventory of Western-provided missiles to strike Russian territory.

Persons: — Organizations: Kyiv, Service, Iranian, Defense Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Iranian, Russia, Iran, Kotluban, Russia's, Volgograd, Moscow, Tehran, Kyiv

☆ Why America is looking increasingly powerless as Israel’s war expands
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

And the US has incessantly pushed for a Gaza ceasefire that neither Netanyahu nor Hamas seems to want. For instance, the US and its allies helped repel a massive Iranian missile and drone attack against Israel in April. It has also killed other senior members of the two groups in strikes in Syria, Lebanon, Iran and in Gaza. And pro-Trump Republicans are goading him to go further — at least partly to weaken Biden and his chosen successor, Harris. This is just one of many reasons why Netanyahu is incentivized to expand his war no matter how powerless it makes America look.

Persons: CNN —, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Joe Biden, “, Netanyahu, Kamala Harris, Hassan Nasrallah, Biden, Antony Blinken, Nasrallah, dissed, CNN’s MJ Lee, Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler, Cedric Leighton, Leighton, Israel, it’s, Ismail Haniyeh, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, shuttler James Baker, —, Donald Trump, Harris, –, Trump Organizations: CNN, Monday, Israel Defense Forces, Democratic, Israel, Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, US, Washington, ”, Hamas, Republicans, Trump Republicans, Democratic Party, Arab American Locations: Lebanon, ”, Washington, East Israel, Israel, Gaza, Iranian, Damascus, United States, Hezbollah, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Jordan, Iran, Africa, Tehran . Israel, Israeli, China, Michigan

☆ Russia proposes record defense spending as it pursues victory in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Story The Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The government’s draft budget released Monday proposes spending just under 13.5 trillion rubles (over $145 billion) on national defense. The Ukraine war is Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II and has drained the resources of both sides, with Ukraine getting billions of dollars in help from its Western allies. Russian President Vladimir Putin is also looking at how to sustain his war effort as military spending has placed a huge strain on the Russian economy. Ukraine, too, has developed a new generation of drones for the battlefield and for long-range strikes deep inside Russia. More than 100 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia on Sunday, Russian officials said.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Vladimir Putin, Monday Putin, Vitalii Kim, Putin, ” Putin, ” Organizations: State Duma, Federation Council, Monday, West Locations: Russian, Moscow, Ukraine, United States, State, Russia, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, “, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Crimea

☆ Russia's air defenses can't stop Ukraine from striking deep with its long-range drones, intel says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine has used long-range drones to strike multiple ammunition depots inside Russia this month. AdvertisementRussia maintains an extensive air-defense network, but it hasn't been able to stop Ukraine from using its long-range drones to strike deep, according to a new Western intelligence update. Ukraine said its long-range drones managed to bypass Russia's air defenses and strike an ammunition depot in the Volgograd region over the weekend, marking Kyiv's latest attack. Russia's inability to repel long-range Ukrainian attacks is nothing new, though. Kyiv has relied heavily on locally produced drones to wage this campaign because it is restricted from using Western-provided missiles to strike Russian territory.

Persons: —, hasn't Organizations: Service, Institute for Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Volgograd, Russian, Tver, Kyiv

☆ Devastation on the streets of Lebanon after days of Israeli bombardment
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Tamara Qiblawi | Jomana Karadsheh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Umm Mohammed and her five-year-old son escaped the Israeli bombardment of southern Lebanon, displaced to a tarpaulin on a seaside boardwalk. When Israeli bombs hit the south of the capital on Friday, the streets of west Beirut filled with people throughout the night. Internally-displaced people sit beneath a Lebanese flag in the Dahieh neighbourhood on September 28, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. “The assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has brought Lebanon and the region to a new phase of violence. “We sleep on sidewalks because we have no choice,” said Umm Fawzi, from southern Beirut.

Persons: Hassan Nasrallah, ”, Hassan, “ He’s, ” Abu Mohamad, Nasrallah, “, ” Nasrallah, Umm Mohammed, Karadsheh, cradled, –, Carl Court, Jomana Karadsheh, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Bechara Boutros, Rahi, Saad Hariri, ” Hariri, Umm Fawzi, Charbel Mallo Organizations: Beirut CNN, CNN, Maronite, Hezbollah Locations: Beirut, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Lebanon’s, Gaza, Dahieh, Jomana, ”, Martyr’s

☆ A veteran cinematographer says he can barely afford a $5 McDonald's value meal since the Hollywood strikes
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A cinematographer spoke to BBC News about his struggles for work since the Hollywood strikes. AdvertisementA veteran cinematographer told the BBC that a difficult year has left him worrying about affording even a $5 McDonald's value meal. Fortin told the BBC that his drone company operated almost every day before the Hollywood writers' strike, which ran from May until September 2023. "Now I worry about going out and spending $5 on a value meal at McDonald's," he added. AdvertisementThe writers' strikes lasted for nearly 150 days and resulted in the Writers Guild of America securing minimum pay increases and improvements to residuals.

Persons: Michael Fortin, Fortin, —, " Fortin, Duncan Crabtree, meanwhile, CineDrones Organizations: BBC News, Service, BBC, Hollywood, Writers Guild of America, Otis College of Art, Screen Actors Guild Locations: Los Angeles, Huntington Beach, Las Vegas, Ireland

☆ Armies will be able to maneuver on battlefields again, but it's going to be difficult and bloody
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The Ukraine war raises a difficult question: Can armies maneuver to win anymore? Advertisement"Firepower kills," warned the French General Philippe Pétain just prior to the First World War. By temporarily suppressing the defensive drone-artillery combo that has proven so devastating in the Russo-Ukraine War, armies can again maneuver to defeat their enemies. ISW sees three problems with trying to maneuver in Ukraine, lessons that broadly apply to modern battlefields. AdvertisementArtillery and machine guns were so deadly in World War I that armies fought from trenches.

Persons: it's, —, Philippe Pétain, Pétain, ISW, That's, Michael Peck Organizations: Artillery, Service, Getty, Ukraine, Air Force, BAI, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Ukraine, Russo, Washington, Russia, Russian, Kursk, Ukrainian, Russians, Forbes

☆ Killing of Nasrallah is a key prize for Israel, but it’s too early to write off Hezbollah
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Peter Bergen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

In 2008, Israel killed Hezbollah’s military leader, Imad Mughniyeh, in Damascus, Syria, yet the group only gathered strength in the years that followed. Four years earlier, Israel killed a founder of Hamas, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, in an airstrike. The US has its own history of killing terrorist leaders in the hope that it will cripple its foes. ISIS also carried out devastating terrorist attacks in the West, for instance, in Paris in 2015 that killed 130 people. The UN estimates there are about four hundred members of al Qaeda living in Afghanistan today.

Persons: CNN — , Hassan Nasrallah, Israel, don’t, Imad Mughniyeh, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, masterminds, Mohammed Deif, Abu Musab al, Zarqawi, al, ”, Barack Obama, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, Donald Trump, Qasem Soleimani, Soleimani, Trump, “ Soleimani, Osama bin Laden, bin Laden, Bin Laden’s, Laden, Ayman al, Zawahiri, didn’t, Nasrallah, it’s Organizations: CNN, US, ISIS, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, Hamas, United, Taliban, Hezbollah, CIA, US Navy, UN, Israel Locations: Beirut, Israel, Damascus, Syria, Gaza, al Qaeda, Iraq, Qaeda, Portugal, Paris, Syrian Kurdish, Mosul, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Baghdad, Yemen, United States, Pakistan’s, New America, Abbottabad, Iran

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."

Persons: Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Nasrallah, “ Hassan Nasrallah, Vahid, Bashar al, Assad, Amal, Sayyed Abbas Musawi, Ed Husain, Israel ”, “, ” Hussain, Najib Mikati, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Hussain, Husain, Biden Organizations: Lebanese, Israel Defense Forces, Hezbollah, NBC, Amal, Associated Press, Party, United, Council, Foreign Relations, Friday, NBC News, Hariri International, Lebanese Health Ministry, Reuters, Hamas, U.S . Locations: Lebanon, Iran, Beirut, Iranian, Tehran, Israel, Syria, Gaza, Karantina, Najaf, Iraq, Islam, Beqaa, U.S, United Nations, “ Israel, Dahieh, New York, Washington

☆ The shipbuilding empire fueling China's naval rise is a juggernaut, but tough questions remain
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

China's massive shipbuilding industry is key to its military's naval modernization. But military corruption and future maintenance issues raise questions about long-term sustainability. AdvertisementChina's shipbuilding industry is at the core of its efforts to modernize its navy, producing new warships at astonishing speeds. This important national ambition gives tremendous support to China's shipbuilding empire. Over the years, there have been signs of extensive corruption documented within the shipbuilding industry, as well as other parts of China's defense industry.

Persons: —, Gerald R, it's, it'll, Brian Hart, Matthew Funaoile, Funaoile, That's, Mike Sweeney, Sweeney Organizations: Service, of Naval Intelligence, Navy, Department of Defense, US Navy, Ford, Pentagon, Liberation Army Navy, Getty, Jiangnan Shipyard, Zhonghua Shipyard, China Power, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Getty Images, CSIS, Business, China State Shipbuilding Corporation, PLA, People's Liberation Army, Planet Labs PBC, U.S . Navy, Maxwell, Defense Locations: China, Fujian, Jiangnan, Getty Images China, Dalian, Huangpu Wenchong, Hong Kong, Hudong, Shanghai, Beijing, Wuhan

☆ Iran weighs its next move as its closest ally takes a hit in Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Abbas Al Lawati | Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

As Tehran watches its most prized non-state ally take a beating, questions are mounting about how it may respond. Israel then began an air assault that killed several Hezbollah commanders and led to the highest number of casualties in Lebanon in almost two decades. The Israeli military has claimed that Nasrallah has been killed, but Hezbollah is yet to comment on the matter. But it’s not an easy option as they will (become) targets, and they don’t understand Lebanon.”Under what circumstances would Iran intervene? This week however, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that his country would not remain “indifferent” if a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah erupted in Lebanon.

Persons: CNN —, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Nasrallah, “, ”, Hanin Ghaddar, Amal Saad, Saad, … it’s, it’s, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Trita Parsi, Mohamed Azakir, Farzin, Nadimi, ” Saad, ” Parsi, Parsi, Masoud Pezeshkian, Javad Zarif, Donald Trump, Mike Segar, Pezeshkian, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Zarif, Ismail Haniyeh, Abbas Araghchi Organizations: CNN, Washington Institute, AFP, Cardiff University, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, ”, Washington DC, Quincy Institute, American University of, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Islamic, United Nations, United Nations General Assembly, UN, Reuters, Israel, West, Assembly, UN Security Locations: Israel, Tehran, Gaza, Lebanon, Beirut, Wales, Tel Aviv, Lebanese, Iran, American University of Beirut, Damascus, United States, “, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Islamic Republic, New York

JERUSALEM — Almost 12 months of unbridled war, death, destruction and suffering in Gaza have proved the deadliest conflict on record for journalists. One year in, NBC News has spoken to 21 media professionals and organizations in the region who described killings, attacks and arrests by Israeli forces. The majority, 111, were Palestinians killed in Gaza, three were Lebanese and two were Israeli journalists killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7. The majority were killed in Gaza, including Al Jazeera’s Ismail Al-Ghoul and his freelance cameraman Rami Al Refee, both 27. “The thing is no one is safe in Gaza,” she said last month when asked if she thought Israel was deliberately targeting journalists in Gaza.

Persons: JERUSALEM, “, ”, Christina Assi, Dylan Collins, shellfire, Alma Al, Issam Abdallah, Alessandra Galloni, Emilie Madi, Assi, Collins “, ” Assi, Collins, that’s, It’s, Al Jazeera’s Ismail Al, Ghoul, Rami Al Refee, Al, Al Jazeera, ” Al, Jodie Ginsberg, ” Walid, Al Jazeera’s, Israel, ” Wael Al, Hamza, Mustafa Thuraya, Israel’s, ” Al Jazeera, Shlomo Karhi, Noor Harazeen, you’re, Yarden, we’re, David Mencer, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Harazeen, “ They’re Organizations: NBC, Committee, Protect Journalists, Reuters, ” Reuters, AFP, Getty, Agence France Presse, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Rights Watch, Amnesty, Israel Defense Forces, NBC News, Al, IDF, News, West Bank, China Global Television Network, ” Health, Haaretz, Sky News Locations: Gaza, New York, Israel, Alma, Lebanon, Saaideh, Israeli, Hamas, Al Jazeera, Ramallah, Jordan, East Jerusalem, Egypt, ”, British

☆ 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

☆ Putin revises his nuclear doctrine, but have his red lines shifted?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Nathan Hodge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

This week, Putin once again rattled the arms-control world by revealing proposed changes to his country’s nuclear doctrine. “In the current version of Russia’s nuclear doctrine, there is no distinction between an aggression by nuclear- and non-nuclear-weapon state,” he wrote. “There are two noteworthy points of departure from the previous 2020 Russian military doctrine,” she wrote on X. “2020 doctrine allowed the use of NW [nuclear weapons] in response to conventional aggression that jeopardizes the very existence of the state. And the results of Zelensky’s visit to the US may soon tell us whether anyone in Washington is listening to Putin’s nuclear talk.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Biden, Pavel Podvig, ”, ” Podvig, “, Mariana Budjeryn, Harvard Kennedy, Alexander Nemenov, Budjeryn, Kristin Ven Bruusgaard, ” It’s, Ven Bruusgaard Organizations: CNN, Kremlin, Council, Russian Federation, “, Harvard, Getty, Norwegian Intelligence School Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Washington, USSR, United States, ” Moscow, AFP, Russian

☆ US Navy warships fought off a 'complex' missile and drone attack in the Red Sea
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

US Navy ships operating in the Red Sea shot down a number of Houthi missiles and drones on Friday. AdvertisementUS Navy warships shot down a barrage of Houthi missiles and drones in the Red Sea on Friday in what a Pentagon spokesperson described as a "complex attack." The Houthis said earlier that they targeted three Navy warships with nearly two dozen ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones. The increased Red Sea presence comes amid heightened fears of an all-out conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah, another militant group backed by Iran. US forces said they destroyed one missile system in Yemen and two drones over the Red Sea during this time period.

Persons: —, Sabrina Singh, Singh, they're, Michael Murphy, Houthi, Frank E, Petersen, USS Spruance, USS Stockdale, Spruance, Stockdale Organizations: Pentagon, Service, Navy, US Navy Locations: Iran, Indianapolis, Red, Israel, Lebanon, Gulf, Aden, Yemen

☆ Biden admin offers $20 million reward for info on Iranian charged with plot to kill ex-Trump official John Bolton
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Biden administration is offering a reward of up to $20 million for information on a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who is charged with plotting to kill Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton. U.S. authorities in January charged an Iranian national and two Canadians, including a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, for allegedly plotting to assassinate an Iranian defector living in Maryland. Poursafi was charged in August 2022 for his role in the alleged plot against Bolton. He remains at large abroad.Iran has denied it is plotting to assassinate Trump, current or former officials, or others abroad. But Iranian leaders have vowed to avenge the U.S. drone strike in 2020 that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.

Persons: Biden, Donald Trump’s, John Bolton ., Shahram Poursafi, Bolton, “ Poursafi, —, Trump, him.Iran, Poursafi, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem, Soleimani, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Andrea Mitchell, ” Organizations: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Bolton, Washington , D.C, State Department, U.S, Hells Angels, Justice, Press, Iranian, Getty, Force, NBC Locations: U.S, Washington ,, Maryland, Iranian, Baghdad, Tehran, Iran, Yemen, Baghdad’s

☆ Russia reportedly has a secret long-range drone program in China. Experts say it shouldn't surprise anyone.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Aditi Bharade | Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewRussia is tapping China to build long-range attack drones for use in its war against Ukraine, Reuters reported. The report stated that Russia had created a secret weapons program in China, citing documents as well as two unnamed sources from a European intelligence agency. AdvertisementBut prior to the Reuters report, it was thought that China stopped short of transferring entire weapons systems to Russia. "Let's be absolutely clear about it: China does not want Russia to lose this war," Nixey said. AdvertisementThe war, he said, "is a symbol and a forebear of Western ability, Western spine, Western political will to defend the rules-based international order."

Persons: —, IEMZ, Kupol, G3s, James Nixey, shouldn't, Nixey, Kurt Campbell, Sari Arho Havrén, NATO's, Farah Dakhlallah, Dakhlallah Organizations: Service, Ukraine, Reuters, Business, Russian Ministry of Defence, US, Royal United Services Institute Locations: Russia, China, Russia's, Ukraine, Russian, Izhevsk, Eurasia, Brussels, Europe

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