Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declares a 'special situation on the home front'
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declares a 'special situation on the home front.'
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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’
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- CNN
Israeli military says 3 hostages were ‘most likely’ killed in November strike
The Israel Defense Forces has confirmed that three Israeli hostages whose bodies were recovered from Gaza in December were “most likely” killed as a result of an Israeli airstrike.
- Reuters
Over 100 striking Samsung workers detained by Indian police for planning march
CHENNAI (Reuters) -Police on Monday detained 104 striking workers protesting low wages at a Samsung Electronics plant in southern India as they were planning a protest march without permission, with the dispute disrupting output at the key factory for the past week. The detention marks an escalation of a strike by workers at a Samsung home appliance plant near Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu. Workers want higher wages and have stopped work at the plant that contributes roughly a third of Samsung's annual India revenue of $12 billion.
- Associated Press
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrikes kill 16 in Gaza, including 4 children, Palestinians say
Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes killed 16 people in the Gaza Strip on Monday, including five women and four children. A strike flattened a home in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing at least 10 people there, including four women and two children. Another strike on a home in Gaza City killed six people, including a woman and two children, according to the Civil Defense, first responders who operate under the Hamas-run government.
- The Telegraph
Time running out for diplomatic solution to Hezbollah conflict, Israel tells US
Israel has told the United States that hopes for a diplomatic solution to the conflict with Hezbollah are dwindling and a full-scale war is looming.
- The Telegraph
Russian glide bomb destroys Kharkiv apartment building injuring 35 people
A Russian glide bomb hit a residential apartment block in Kharkiv, destroying the top four floors and injuring at least 35 people.
- AFP News
Hamas official says group has 'high ability' to continue Gaza war despite losses
A senior Hamas official told AFP on Sunday that the Palestinian Islamist movement had ample resources to continue fighting Israel despite losses sustained over more than 11 months of war in Gaza.Hamdan said that Hamas wants "joint Palestinian rule" in Gaza, adding that Hamas officials and representatives of other Palestinian factions would meet soon in Cairo to discuss their post-war vision.
- CNN
Netanyahu warns Yemen’s Houthis face a ‘heavy price’ as missile lands in central Israel
A missile was launched from Yemen into central Israel on Sunday morning, according to the Israeli military, in a rare instance of a missile penetrating so far into the country’s territory since its war in Gaza began.
- The Independent
Police arrest over 100 striking Samsung workers and union leaders in India
Protesting workers want higher wages, better working hours, and recognition of labour union
- Associated Press
Papua New Guinea violence leaves between 20 and 50 people dead, UN official says
Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea has left between 20 and 50 people dead, a United Nations official said Monday. The fighting started days ago and is continuing in the Porgera Valley, near the site of a landslide in May estimated to have killed more than 2,000 people, according to the South Pacific island nation’s government. The U.N.'s humanitarian adviser for Papua New Guinea, Mate Bagossy, said the death toll of at least 20 as of Sunday was based on information from community members and local authorities in Enga province in the nation’s mountainous inland.
- 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.
- 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.
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Missile fired from Yemen lands in open area in central Israel and sets off air raid sirens
A long-range missile fired from Yemen landed in an open area in central Israel early Sunday, the Israeli military said, in the latest reverberation from the nearly yearlong war in Gaza.
- 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
Two Russian soldiers predict their own deaths after arguing with commanding officer
Two Russian soldiers correctly predicted their deaths after being ordered on a suicide mission as punishment for arguing with their commander.
- The Independent
Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates
Here’s what the latest polls say about the 2024 presidential election, from The Independent’s data correspondent