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☆ Man suspected of apparent Trump assassination attempt wrote letter offering $150k to anyone who could 'finish the job'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Prosecutors say the man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump previously wrote a letter. "This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I am so sorry I failed you," the letter read. The letter was found in a box dropped off months prior to the September 15 incident, feds say. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe suspect accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump previously wrote a letter confirming his intent to kill the former president, federal prosecutors said in a new court filing on Monday.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, Ryan Wesley Routh Organizations: Service, Trump, Business Locations: Palm Beach , Florida

☆ Israel is playing a high-risk game with its new Hezbollah strategy
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Nick Paton Walsh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Israel and Hezbollah have been stuck in the tit-for-tat horror of escalation chicken for nearly a year. But the greater the harm inflicted on Hezbollah recently, the more likely a shorter-term Israeli success has seemed. A full-scale ground war between a tired, divided Israeli military and an experienced, angry Hezbollah inside southern Lebanon would likely be disastrous for Israel. The past week has shown the technological chasm between the two adversaries. Hassan Ammar/APMilitarily, the past week has been a disaster for Hezbollah.

Persons: Ibrahim Aqil, Hassan Nasrallah – Hezbollah’s, Nasrallah, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Hassan Ammar, Netanyahu – Organizations: CNN, NATO Locations: Israel, Iran, United States, Washington, Lebanon, Beirut, Beirut's, Russia, Ukraine, Gaza, irrelevance, Afghanistan

☆ Ukraine wants to fire Western long-range weapons into Russia. But the battlefield gain is not clear-cut
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Clare Sebastian | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Next week, an already very public debate over whether Ukraine should be allowed to use long-range Western-supplied missiles on Russian soil will come under an even brighter international spotlight. It was almost exactly a year ago, also during an in-person meeting with Zelensky in the United States, that Biden made the decision to supply the ATACMS to Ukraine. In both cases, Ukraine promised not to use them on Russian territory. Russia recently relocated planes from two bases near the border further east, according to one US official. To really bring mass (equipment), to get 10 to one artillery ratios on Ukraine at the frontline,” he told CNN.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Joe Biden, Biden, ”, Ben Wallace, Zelensky, “ Zelensky, Matthew Savill, “ He’s, Savill, it’s, George Barros, John Hamilton, “ You’ve, …, Barros ’, Barros, ATACMS, “, There’s, outlast Organizations: CNN, UN, Assembly, Franco, Shadow, Army Tactical Missile Systems, Zelensky, British Storm, NATO, Royal United Services Institute, Washington DC, Army Tactical Missile, White, Russia’s, Military, US ’ Ramstein Air Force Base Locations: Ukraine, New York, United States, Luhansk, Berdiansk, Russia, Poltava, “, Kharkiv, London, Russian, Ukrainian, Washington, New Mexico, Rostov, Iranian FATH, Kursk, Germany

☆ Opinion | Why Trump Can’t Shake Project 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

That, after all, is what Project 2025 was actually meant to be. When he said, during his debate with Kamala Harris, that he hadn’t read Project 2025 and has no intention of doing so, I believed him. But Project 2025 — and much else like it that has gotten less press — is more than a compendium of policy proposals: It is an effort to build a deep state of Trump’s own. This is the problem groups like Project 2025 set out to solve. Behind the policy playbook sits a database of around 20,000 applicants ready to be part of the next Trump administration.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Kamala Harris, Coke, It’s, Mike Pence, Reince, MAGA, Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, Nikki Haley, Jared Kushner, Gary Cohn, Read, Katy Talento, playbook, ” Organizations: Fox, Friends, H.R, McMaster, Council, Republican Locations: Washington

☆ Netanyahu considering plan to force all Palestinian civilians out of northern Gaza to besiege Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Mick Krever | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a plan to force all Palestinian civilians out of northern Gaza, including Gaza City, in order to lay siege to Hamas and force the release of hostages. The plan does not mention whether, when, or how civilians would be allowed to return to northern Gaza. The idea comes from a group of retired Israeli military generals, who have formally presented it to the Israeli cabinet and a powerful parliamentary committee. “The right thing to do is to inform the approximately 300,000 residents who remained in the northern Gaza Strip, citizen residents, of the following: Not that we are suggesting you leave the northern Gaza Strip, we are ordering you to leave the northern Gaza Strip.”“In a week, the entire territory of the northern Gaza Strip will become military territory. The plan does not tackle the question of whether Palestinians could ever return to northern Gaza, one of its backers told CNN.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Giora, Kan, Netanyahu, ”, –, General Gershon Hacohen, ’, Meirav Cohen Organizations: CNN, Israeli, Knesset’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, Israel Defense Forces ’, National Security Council, Reserve Fighters, Israel Defense Forces, Office, Yesh Locations: Gaza, Hamas

☆ Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system almost didn't get built
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Some of the IDF brass feared that missile defense would lead to a defensive mentality, rather than taking the war to the enemy. Ran Kochav, the former head of Israel's air and missile defense system. Indeed, there were similar criticisms in the US as to whether President Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense would work. Israel's missile defense system faced its most difficult test in April, when Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel. Ultimately, the virtue of missile defense may be that it is the least bad alternative.

Persons: Sidharth Kaushal, Ran Kochav, Israel Defense Forces —, Critics, Kochav, Ronald Reagan's, Yitzhak Rabin, Saddam Hussein, Israel, JALAA MAREY, RUSI, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Israel Defense Forces, Royal United Services Institute, Business, Cricket, Israeli Air Force, General Staff, Getty, Arrow, Israel, Iron, IDF, Forces, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Israel, British, Iran, Brig, Lebanon, Israeli, AFP, Gaza, Hezbollah, Britain, Jordan, Ukraine, Russia, Forbes

☆ Rare Israeli airstrike in Beirut kills Hezbollah commander and more than a dozen others
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday. The Israeli military did not provide the identities of the other Hezbollah commanders allegedly killed in its strike on the crowded neighborhood just kilometers from downtown Beirut. Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire regularly since Hamas' Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel ignited the Israeli military's devastating offensive in Gaza. The last time Israel hit Beirut was in a July airstrike that killed senior Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukur. After Friday's Israeli airstrike, Hezbollah announced attacks on northern Israel, two of which it said targeted an intelligence base from where it claimed Israel directed assassinations.

Persons: Daniel Hagari, Ibrahim Akil, Yoav Gallant, Akil, Hassan Nasrallah, —, Hussein Harake, Gallant, Israel, pagers, Fouad Shukur, Hagari, Nasrallah Organizations: American University of, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Hezbollah, Radwan Force, Israeli, Jihad, U.S, Embassy, U.S . Marine Corps, U.S . State Department, Lebanon's Health, Beirut's St, Therese Hospital, Gaza, Health Ministry Locations: American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Israel, Beirut, Dahiya, Lebanese, United States, Beirut's, Therese, Gaza, Israel's, Hamas, Gaza City

CNN —At least 22 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in an Israeli strike on a school compound Saturday, Palestinian officials said, with Israel saying it targeted Hamas fighters sheltering there. A spokesman for the Gaza Civil Defense, Mahmoud Basal, said the missile hit the Al-Zaytoun School, near Gaza City, where thousands were sheltering. The Government Media Office in Gaza said 13 children, including a 3-month-old infant were killed. The Israeli military said that the compound was being used as a Hamas command center and precautions had been taken to avoid civilian casualties. Aircraft “conducted a precise strike on terrorists who were operating inside a Hamas command and control center in Gaza City” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

Persons: Mahmoud Basal, Aircraft “, “, Omar Al, Amal, ” Organizations: CNN, Gaza Civil Defense, Zaytoun, Government Media Office, Aircraft, Israel Defense Forces, Al Falah, IDF, Getty, Civil Defense, Hezbollah, IAF Locations: Israel, Gaza City, Gaza, AFP, Lebanese, Rafah

☆ Number of Russian deaths in Ukraine hits 70,000 amid Putin's devastating 'meat grinder' attacks: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

More than 70,000 Russians have been killed in Ukraine, a new report says. Russian soldiers are being sent into "meat grinder" attacks on Ukrainian positions. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe number of Russian deaths in Ukraine since the start of the invasion has topped 70,000, according to a new report.

Persons: Mediazona, — Organizations: BBC, Service, Business Locations: Ukraine

☆ I can't ask my kids' grandparents for help with childcare. One set lives hours away, and the other is not in great health.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It's a blanket assumption to think everybody has access to grandparents — or still has grandparents alive. AdvertisementHealth and distance get in the way of helpMy parents live just 15 minutes away, so you might assume they can help. They can't — and, at this stage, won't — because they're in poor health, and my dad works very long hours. They're both employed and can't assist us when we need them unless it's planned months in advance. "After everything was finished, my dad said, '"We really can't do this anymore."

Persons: —, Victoria Thorsen, Sen, JD Vance, Vance, They're, it's, It's, — aren't, they're Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Pennsylvania

☆ Doctors overwhelmed by blast injuries as civilian impact of device explosions sparks outcry
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Charlene Gubash | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Yuliya-Talmazan-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

BEIRUT — Hospitals in Lebanon are packed with people whose hands and eyes have been dealt serious injuries. The streets of Beirut appeared largely back to normal Thursday, but people NBC News spoke with expressed fear and concern. Relatives mourn 9-year-old Fatima Abdallah, who was killed after hundreds of pagers exploded in a deadly wave across Lebanon. He went on to call it an act of war against Lebanon, but did not specify how or when Hezbollah would retaliate. Although designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and Israel, Hezbollah is also a political party in Lebanon, embedded in the country’s civilian structures.

Persons: Israel, Fatima Abdallah, Hassan Nasrallah, ”, Salah Zeineldine, Elias Jrade, Jrade, John Brennan, NBC’s, Lama Fakih, Marwan Naamani, ” Fakih, Fakih, Anwar, Volker Türk, Charlene Gubash, Yuliya Talmazan, Shira Pinson Organizations: Hezbollah, NBC, Getty, CIA, NBC News, American University of, American University of Beirut Medical Center, AFP, U.S, United, Human Rights, American University, Anwar Amro, United Nations Locations: BEIRUT, Lebanon, Beirut, AFP, American University of Beirut, WhatsApp, Israel, United Nations, East, North Africa, there’s, Beirut district, London, Tel Aviv

A $35,000 reward was available for information leading to Couch’s capture, according to the Kentucky State Police. The search area for Joseph Couch is seen in a photo released by Kentucky State Police spokesperson Scottie Pennington on September 9, 2024. We could have asked him what his intentions were,” Laurel County Sheriff John Root said at a Wednesday news conference. “Our one goal was to have this guy recovered.”Burnett said the couple will receive a $15,000 reward from Laurel County Crime Stoppers and a $10,000 reward from a private donor. People’s been in fear, that’s not the normal here in Laurel County,” Root said.

Persons: –, Daniel Boone, Joseph Couch, ”, Fred, Sheila McCoy, Couch, ” Fred McCoy, “, Fred McCoy, Scottie Pennington, Phillip Burnett Jr, ” Burnett, Burnett, haven’t, John Root, Root, We’re, Couch texted, couldn’t, – Couch, Jackie Steele, ” Root, “ We’ve, we’ve, People’s, that’s Organizations: CNN, Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky State Police, Los Angeles and New York City, YouTube, Mount Vernon Fire Department, Police Locations: Los Angeles and New, London , Kentucky, Laurel County, Frankfort, London, Kentucky, Laurel, Knox, Washington, Seattle, Tacoma

☆ ‘Hidden Figures’ of the space race receive Congress’ highest honor at medal ceremony
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

AP —The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony on Wednesday. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden at the US Capitol. The Black women hired worked in a segregated unit of female mathematicians at what is now NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 – the nation’s highest civilian honor. Vaughan rose to become NASA’s first Black supervisor and Jackson was NASA’s first Black female engineer.

Persons: Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Christine Darden, ”, Margot Lee Shetterly, Hakeem Jeffries, Mike Johnson, Wanda Jackson, Andrew Harnik, NASA –, John Glenn, Vaughan, NASA’s, Jackson, Darden Organizations: Capitol, Darden, Advisory Committee, Aeronautics –, NASA, Langley Research Locations: Connecticut, U.S, Langley, Virginia

☆ Fed interest rate cut expected and global trail behind Hezbollah pager explosions: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Fed expected to cut key interest rateChair of the U.S. Federal Reserve Jerome Powell speaks at the U.S. Capitol in July. Bonnie Cash / Getty ImagesThe Federal Reserve is poised to cut its key interest rate for the first time since the onset of the Covid pandemic in 2020. But mixed signals from the economy have some Wall Street traders predicting it’s more likely that there will be a 0.5% cut. It’s for Prime members only, so you’ll have to sign up in time if you want to shop. And did you know that in addition to free shipping, members also get benefits like Prime Video and Grubhub+.

Persons: Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Jerome Powell, Bonnie Cash, Hsu Ching, kuang, Cristiana Bársony, Arcidiacono, Gold, “, ”, pagers, Sean ‘ Diddy ’ Combs, Combs, Mike Johnson, Trump, Donald Trump, Harris, Kamala Harris, Chuck Todd, Gisele Pelicot, Christophe Simon, I’m, don’t, Annie Hill, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: U.S . Federal, U.S, Capitol, CNBC, Fed, Consulting, Prosecutors, of, National Association of Black Journalists, Republicans, NBC, Trump, Polaris, University of North Texas Health Science, The, Getty, Amazon Locations: Lebanon, Taiwan, Iran, Israel, Hungary, Southern, of New, Springfield , Ohio, Gaza, Ohio, San Diego, Mazan, France, AFP

Hezbollah fighters at the funeral of a commander in August, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. By 2000, Israel had withdrawn from Lebanon, making Hezbollah a hero to many Lebanese. In that war, Israel rained bombs on southern Lebanon and Beirut, the capital; the fighting killed more than 1,000 Lebanese. Even some of Hezbollah’s traditionally loyal Shiite Muslim constituents in southern Lebanon are questioning the price of the current fighting. Estimates vary about just how many missiles Hezbollah has and just how sophisticated its systems are.

Persons: Israel hasn’t, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Nasrallah, Diego Ibarra Sánchez, Bashar al, Assad, Euan Ward Organizations: Hezbollah, Hamas, Palestine Liberation Organization, Credit, The New York Times, Central Intelligence Locations: Beirut, Lebanon, Gaza, Israel, Iran, Lebanese, United States, Syria

While top executives from Alphabet , Meta and Microsoft are headed to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a hearing on election threats, Elon Musk's X won't be participating. A representative for Sen. Mark R. Warner, the Democratic chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in an emailed statement that X "declined to send an appropriate witness." The hearing is titled "Foreign Threats to Elections in 2024 — Roles and Responsibilities of U.S. Tech Providers." On Wednesday, Musk shared a false story on X that claimed explosives were found in a car near Trump's planned rally in Long Island, New York. "Under X, they are absent and some of the most egregious activity has taken place" on the platform, Warner said.

Persons: Elon Musk's, Sen, Mark R, Nick Pickles, Pickles, Kent Walker, Nick Clegg, Brad Smith, Marco Rubio, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Merrick Garland, Musk, Kamala Harris, Harris, Warner Organizations: Microsoft, Capitol Hill, Warner, Democratic, Senate Intelligence, X, CNBC, U.S . Tech Providers, Republican, Social Design Agency, U.S . Department, Foreign Assets, Nassau County police, SpaceX, FAA Locations: Russian, Russia, Iran, China, Long Island , New York, Nassau County

The super PAC, Future Coalition PAC, also ran other ads that highlight the Jewish faith of Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, including ads that have leaned on antisemitic “dual loyalty” tropes about Jewish Americans. The first two clips used in the new Harris ad come from Harris’ remarks after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in July, four days after President Joe Biden announced he wouldn’t seek another term in office. The majority of the nine ZIP codes in the Harris ad campaign are represented by Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib in Congress. The Harris campaign did not comment on its ad strategy. Harris addressed the issue during remarks Tuesday at a discussion with the National Association of Black Journalists.

Persons: Kamala Harris ’, Harris, Harris sympathizing, Harris ’, Doug Emhoff, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, wouldn’t, “, ” Harris, ”, Biden, Rashida Tlaib, Tlaib, hasn’t Organizations: Google, Biden, GOP, Israel, Future Coalition PAC, Israeli, Democratic Rep, Palestinian, Democratic National Convention, NBC News, White, National Security, National Association of Black Journalists Locations: Detroit, Gaza, Snapchat, Dearborn, Eastern, American, Israel, Congress, Palestinian American, Chicago

Days after returning to Earth, the four civilian crew members of the Polaris Dawn mission opened up about their experience seeing the planet from orbit, floating in weightlessness and conducting the world’s first all-civilian spacewalk. “The perfection of what you’re looking at is just awe-inspiring,” Poteet said, recalling the views of sunrises and sunsets out the window of their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. The crew spent two-and-a-half years training for the Polaris Dawn mission, which included choreographing and rehearsing each step of the spacewalk. (The crew members also raised money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital during their time in orbit.) He said the larger goal for both SpaceX and the Polaris program is to eventually make humans a multiplanetary species.

Persons: NBC’s Lester Holt, Jared Isaacman, Scott “ Kidd ” Poteet, Sarah Gillis, Anna Menon —, ” Poteet, Lester Holt, Isaacman, ” Isaacman, “, Gillis, “ It’s, ”, Poteet, Menon, choreographing, Jude Children’s, Van Allen Organizations: Polaris, NBC, Air Force, SpaceX, St, Jude Children’s Research Hospital Locations: Gulf of Mexico, Florida

A month and a half into its offensive into Russia’s western Kursk region, the Ukrainian Army faces difficult decisions over where best to commit its limited forces. Moscow’s troops have begun counterattacking in the area, reclaiming a few villages and threatening Ukraine’s ability to hold onto the territory it has seized. At the same time, Ukraine and Russia are engaged in air assaults, targeting each other’s military bases and energy infrastructure as each side tries to degrade the other’s capacity to sustain the war effort. Russia has begun to counterattack in Kursk. In the past few weeks, the front line had been somewhat stable in the Kursk region, which Ukraine first invaded on Aug. 6.

Persons: — Organizations: Ukrainian Army, Moscow Locations: Kursk, Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv

☆ A secretive Russian submarine unit could sabotage the subsea network of cables that powers the internet
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewRussia's threat to the subsea cables the West relies on for the internet is growing more acute amid surveillance from a specialist undersea sabotage unit, a NATO official said. "Allies have long warned of the risk that Russian spy ships and sabotage vessels patrolling subsea cable routes could pose to critical underwater infrastructure." Known by its Russian acronym, GUGI, the unit's goal is to surveil and possibly destroy the undersea cables the West relies on for the internet. But as the world has become more dependent on internet data, the potential for disruption caused by sabotage has become greater. Sybille Reuter via Getty imagesThere is already evidence that Russian units may have tampered with undersea cables, with experts saying that Russian units likely played a role in the disappearance of miles of the cables near Lofoten off the coast of Norway in 2021.

Persons: —, Dmitry Medvedev, Sidharth, GUGI, Kaushal, Sybille Reuter, Mark Cancian Organizations: Service, NATO, Business, Russia's General Staff, Directorate, Allies, CNN, General Staff, Research, Pentagon, Russia, Russian Ministry of Defense, Getty, CSIS, Atlantic Council Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Europe, North America, Lofoten, Norway, NATO, Washington ,

☆ Biden’s national security team has no imminent plans to present an updated ceasefire proposal
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Mj Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Washington CNN —Joe Biden’s national security advisers have no imminent plans to present the president with an updated proposal in the Israel-Hamas war ceasefire negotiations, two senior administration officials told CNN – the latest indication that talks to end the conflict have seriously stalled. Some US officials had indicated in recent weeks that a so-called bridging proposal was being finalized for Biden’s approval before being shared with the other mediators involved in the ceasefire talks, such as Qatar and Egypt. The recent execution of six hostages in Gaza – including one Israeli American – infuriated administration officials who have been intimately involved in the talks. Meanwhile, there has also been growing skepticism in Washington about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political willingness to end the war. Facilitating an end to the Israel-Hamas war before he leaves office is one of the most important foreign policy priorities for Biden.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Yahya Sinwar, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Israel, John Kirby, “, ”, ” Kirby, Antony Blinken Organizations: Washington CNN, CNN, Hamas, Israeli, Biden, National Security, American Locations: Israel, Qatar, Egypt, Gaza, American, Washington

☆ US military completes withdrawal from Niger
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The US military completed its withdrawal from Niger on Sunday, US Africa Command announced in a news release. The US had previously said that the withdrawal would be complete by September 15. The withdrawal comes months after Niger’s military government — which took power in a coup in 2023 — ended an agreement signed with the US that allowed military personnel and civilian staff from the Department of Defense to operate in Niger. A Niger military spokesman said in March that the agreement “is not only profoundly unfair in its substance but it also does not meet the aspirations and interests of the Nigerien people.”The announcement was made just days after a US delegation visited Niger in March. Those concerns were only furthered when, weeks after Niger announced the end of its military agreement with the US, Russian forces were operating out of the same military base as US troops in the country.

Persons: Sabrina Singh, ” AFRICOM, ”, —, Major Amadou Abdramane, Michael Langley, Celeste Wallander, “, ” Abdramane, Singh, Russia “, ” Langley, Chris Maier Organizations: CNN, Africa Command, Air Base, US, Pentagon, U.S . Africa, Department of Defense, US Special Forces, ” CNN, US Africa Command, American, Russian Federation, Niger, Islamic State, US Department of Defense, Nigerien Ministry of National Defense Locations: Niger, Niamey, Agadez, U.S, Nigerien, Russia, Africa, Russian, al Qaeda

A SpaceX capsule carrying four private citizens splashed down off the coast of Florida before dawn 3:36 a.m. The five-day Polaris Dawn flight marked the fifth private mission for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule. This meant that all four members of the Polaris Dawn mission wore spacesuits during the spacewalk, and the entire capsule was depressurized to vacuum conditions. He was part of the first all-civilian SpaceX mission to orbit in 2021 and funded the Polaris Dawn mission, his second spaceflight, for an undisclosed sum. The Polaris Dawn flight was designed to test new technologies and procedures for future long-duration missions.

Persons: Jared Isaacman, Scott “ Kidd ” Poteet, Sarah Gillis, Anna Menon, ” operatators, Isaacman, Gillis, Van Allen Organizations: SpaceX, Air Force, Polaris, Polaris Dawn Locations: Florida, Tortugas , Florida, Gulf of Mexico

☆ Video: See all-civilian Polaris crew emerge from capsule after successful splash-down
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Jackie Castillo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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“We have war, no schools… Yet the children are eager to learn,” Al Ghoul told CNN. Oula Al Ghoul, a Palestinian teacher, has established a makeshift classroom for displaced children in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. Israel’s bombing campaign has destroyed 123 schools and universities in Gaza, according to the Government Media Office (GMO) there. Several Palestinian children told CNN that days spent learning have been replaced by a struggle for survival. She told CNN on Friday that she had registered for her university course last fall – just before the hostilities erupted.

Persons: Oula Al Ghoul, ” Al Ghoul, Al Ghoul, “, ”, Raghad Ezzat, –, ” Israel, jerry, clamoring, Sajid, ” Maryam Shtawi, Antonio Guterres, Mohammad Masoud, ‘, Khan Younis, Liz Allcock, ” Allcock, “ I’ve, Ramadan Abed Organizations: CNN, United Nations ’, UNICEF, Government Media Office, UN, IDF, Hamas, Ministry of Health, Schools, UNRWA, Gaza Civil Defense, Aid, MAP, Reuters Locations: Deir al, Gaza, Palestinian, Beit Lahia, Israel, Al, Deir Al

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