Gaza hospitals say large-scale campaign to vaccinate against polio has begun in the war-ravaged territory
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza hospitals say large-scale campaign to vaccinate against polio has begun in the war-ravaged territory.
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The GuardianNetanyahu tells Houthis they will pay ‘heavy price’ as missile hits Israel
Rebel group claims what would be first missile to have landed in Israel from Yemen, but no reports of casualties
- Evening Standard
Ballistic missile launched by Houthis from 1,000 miles away hits central Israel for first time
Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned the Houthis will pay a ‘heavy price’
- Reuters
Georgia's most powerful man suggests an apology for 2008 war with Russia
Georgia's most powerful man, Bidzina Ivanishvili, suggested that the South Caucasus country could apologise to Ossetians for the 2008 war with Russia that led to Moscow recognising two rebel Georgian regions, Georgian media reported. Russia recognised South Ossetia and another breakaway region, Abkhazia, as independent states after Russian troops repelled a Georgian attempt to retake South Ossetia in a five-day war in 2008. Ivanishvili, a billionaire ex-prime minister who is the lead candidate of the ruling Georgian Dream party in an Oct. 26 election, said the "criminal regime" of former President Mikheil Saakashvili triggered the war on the orders of foreign powers, according to Georgian public broadcaster 1TV.
- The Telegraph
Isis commander tipped to become global leader killed in Iraq raid
A top Isis commander tipped to become the group’s new global leader was killed in one of the largest US counter-terror operations in years.
- The Guardian
UN employee shot dead by Israeli sniper in occupied West Bank
Military claims the sanitation worker had been throwing explosive devices at its troops from the roof of his home in the el Far’a camp
- The Guardian
Israel’s prime target: the hunt for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar
Motivated pursuers using advanced technology and brute force have yet to pin down their cautious quarry. Would his death or capture stop the war?
- Associated Press
Iraqi and US forces kill a top IS commander and other militants in joint operation
Iraqi forces and American troops have killed a senior commander with the Islamic State group who was wanted by the United States, as well as several other prominent militants, Iraq's military said on Friday. The operation in Iraq's western Anbar province began in late August, the Iraqi military said, and involved also members of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service and Iraq’s air force.
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UN official says staff fear they are 'a target' as Israel hits Gaza shelters
A senior UN official said Saturday that teachers and other UN staff working in Gaza fear they are now targets after an Israeli air strike hit a school-turned-shelter in the territory this week."One colleague said that they're not wearing the UNRWA vest anymore because they feel that that turns them into a target," UNRWA senior deputy director Sam Rose told AFP on Saturday after visiting the shelter in Nuseirat.
- Associated Press
A missile fired by Yemen's rebels lands in Israel and triggers sirens at international airport
Israel hinted that it would respond militarily. There were no reports of casualties or major damage, but Israeli media aired footage showing people racing to shelters in Ben Gurion International Airport. A fire could be seen in a rural area of central Israel, and local media showed images of what appeared to be a fragment from an interceptor that landed on an escalator in a train station in the central town of Modiin.
- The Guardian
Saudi Arabia calls for more pressure on Iran as Houthi threat grows
Diplomat says ‘pinprick bombings’ by west insufficient to constrain supply of weapons to group in Yemen
- Associated Press
An American activist killed by Israeli fire is buried in Turkey as Israel strikes Gaza
A Turkish-American activist who was killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank was laid to rest on Saturday in her hometown in Turkey with thousands lining the streets and anti-Israeli feelings in the country rising from a conflict that threatens to spread across the region. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old woman from Seattle, was shot dead Sept. 6 by an Israeli soldier during a demonstration against Israeli West Bank settlements, according to an Israeli protester who witnessed the shooting. Thousands of people lined the streets in the Turkish coastal town of Didim on the Aegean Sea, as Eygi was buried in a coffin draped in a Turkish flag, which was taken from her family home.
- CNN
‘We no longer study.’ Gaza’s children lose out on school, as Israel’s war disrupts a year of education
Multicolored posters, white streamers and Palestinian flags made of paper decorate a tent in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. School rucksacks stuffed with clothes, small pillows and floral blankets are strewn on the floor.
- CNN
Israeli airstrike on Gaza school sheltering displaced people kills at least 18, including UN staff, Palestinian officials say
At least 18 people, including United Nations staff, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a UN school-turned-shelter in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza on Wednesday, according to the Gaza Civil Defense and hospital officials. At least 44 others were injured, they said.
- AFP News
Turkey to bury activist shot in West Bank
Mourners will gather in southwest Turkey Saturday for the funeral of a US-Turkish activist shot dead while protesting Israeli settlements in the West Bank.Israeli settlements, where about 490,000 people live in the West Bank, are illegal under international law.
- The Telegraph
Taylor Swift’s endorsement backfires on Kamala Harris
Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris appears to have backfired, according to a poll.
- The Telegraph
Piano teacher poured bleach on partner and tried to sever his penis after being refused sex
A pianist poured bleach over her partner and almost severed his penis when he refused to have sex with her, a court heard.
- BuzzFeed
People Are Sharing Telltale Signs That Someone Grew Up Poor, And They're Spot On
"I never saw it as strange until my husband asked why I was doing that."
- Reuters
Pope criticizes Harris and Trump, tells US Catholics to choose 'lesser evil'
Pope Francis on Friday criticized both former U.S. President Donald Trump over his plan to deport millions of immigrants and Vice President Kamala Harris over her stance supporting abortion rights. Asked about the U.S. presidential election on his flight back to Rome from Singapore, the pope said not welcoming migrants is a "grave" sin, and likened having an abortion to an "assassination". He said U.S. Catholics would have to "choose the lesser evil" when they vote in November, without elaborating.
- Hypebae
Natasha Zinko SS25 Is Just What the Doctor Ordered
Natasha Zinko came to London Fashion Week with a message: "Nature messes with me, I don't have any...
- The Independent
‘Clearly chicken you weirdo’: People respond to JD Vance sharing video he claims shows migrants grilling cats
The “gotcha” footage posted online by Vance may not be the slam dunk he apparently hoped it would be