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INSIDERIsrael could launch a counterattack on Iran within days — but there's a key reason Netanyahu has less to fear this time
A potential attack comes in the wake of Iran's air assault on Tuesday, in which Tehran reportedly fired nearly 200 missiles at Israel.
- The Telegraph
IDF assassinates right-hand man of Hamas leader Sinwar
Israel has said it has assassinated the “right-hand man” of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
- The Independent
Trump refuses to release medical records as concerns about him being the oldest possible president grow
Trump is nearly 80-years-old, loves steak and Big Macs, was hospitalized with Covid-19, and has been shot, but has maintained his health is fine
- The Guardian
Iran braces for Israeli strikes as supreme leader calls for west to leave Middle East
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes first public appearance after attack on Israel in retaliation for Hezbollah leader’s killing
- The Telegraph
‘America will be furious and Beijing delighted’: How Starmer handed Chagos to China
Nigel Farage has claimed that “our American allies will be furious and Beijing delighted” after Sir Keir Starmer gave up the Chagos Islands.
- AFP News
'Kill him first': Israel eyes top level targets
After the killing of Hezbollah's leader in Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted Israel had "settled the score".- 'Massive degrading' - Netanyahu defended targeted killings days ago by quoting the Talmud, the central text of Judaism: "He who comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first."
- The Daily Beast
Trump’s Heartless Reaction to Pence Being in Danger Revealed in Bombshell Filing
A bombshell filing out of Donald Trump’s election subversion case was unsealed Wednesday, revealing a trove of damning allegations about how the former president acted on and around Jan. 6, 2021. Among the nastiest accusations in the 165-page document was how Trump allegedly reacted to learning from an aide that his vice president, Mike Pence, had been taken to a secure location in the U.S. Capitol for his safety. Trump’s alleged response to that news: “So what?”Read more at The Daily Beast.Get
- The Independent
Snap polls after VP debate reveal what voters think of Vance and Walz’s performances
Voters watching the debate gave their verdicts on who won and lost the vice presidential debate
- The Telegraph
Eight Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon invasion gun battle
Eight Israeli soldiers were killed fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli army said on Wednesday.
- The Guardian
Gulf leaders support Palestine – but many would not mind seeing Israel challenge Iran
The escalating Middle East conflict could create a dangerous vacuum – or an opportunity – for several states
- The Telegraph
Yazidi woman kidnapped by IS as a child 10 years ago freed from Gaza captivity
A Yazidi woman who was kidnapped by Islamic State as a child before being sent to Hamas in Gaza has been rescued after more than a decade in captivity.
- Associated Press
Vietnam condemns China for assault on its fishermen in the disputed South China Sea
Vietnam condemned China on Thursday while saying that Chinese law enforcement personnel assaulted 10 Vietnamese fishermen, damaged their fishing gear and seized about 4 tons of fish catch near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. The fishermen first reported the assault near the Chinese-controlled islands by radio on Sunday but did not identify the attackers. Three of the fishermen suffered broken limbs and the rest sustained other injuries, according to Vietnamese state media.
- The Hill
Opinion - Stop building China’s military with US tax dollars
The Department of Defense funded more than 2,000 scientific research papers with Chinese collaborators who were directly affiliated with the CCP’s defense research and industrial base.
- The Hill
Trump attorney Alina Habba expects to be hit with ‘onslaught of litigation’ before election
Trump lawyer Alina Habba said in an interview Thursday that she expects to be hit with an “onslaught of litigation” with less than 35 days until the presidential election. Habba made the remarks in the context of comments about special counsel Jack Smith’s 165-page filing that was unsealed Wednesday by a Washington, D.C., federal court.…
- The Telegraph
Iran is months from the bomb – stopping it may not be easy
Following Iran’s Tuesday-night attack on Israel – which saw the Islamic Republic launch nearly 200 missiles at Israeli territory – the question is not whether Israel will retaliate but how.
- BBC
Xi Jinping is worried about the economy - what do Chinese people think?
Two new pieces of research offer a rare glimpse into how Chinese people feel about their future.
- Fortune
Longtime China bull Ray Dalio says Beijing now has to choose between ‘beautiful deleveraging’ and economic malaise
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio says Beijing’s ‘big week’ of stimulus could be one for the history books.
- HuffPost
'You're A Mature Grown-Up': CNN Host Calls Out Trump Aide For Botching Kamala Harris' Name
Jim Acosta was clearly frustrated with Corey Lewandowski.
- Associated Press
Cambodian maid is arrested and deported by Malaysia for criticizing Cambodia leaders on social media
A Cambodian woman who worked as a maid in Malaysia has been deported to her homeland for comments she posted on social media criticizing Cambodian government leaders, in the latest example of a Southeast Asian government helping another arrest a dissident. A Cambodia prison official and an opposition activist group said Thursday that Nuon Toeun, 36, who had worked in Malaysia for several years, was arrested last week by Malaysian authorities following a request from the Cambodian government.
- Reuters
Ukraine's top commander orders defences bolstered in the east after Vuhledar falls
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged the loss of Vuhledar, saying moving troops out and preserving lives was the critical issue. The Russia-appointed governor of Donetsk region said both sides had recognised the strategic value of the town, adding that reconstruction efforts there would take time. Russian troops are steadily inching forward in different sectors in eastern Ukraine despite Kyiv's surprise incursion into Russia's western Kursk region in August that Ukraine hoped would slow the advances.