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IDF announces death of another senior Hezbollah official following Nasrallah death

Fox News Israel’s military says it has killed yet another high level member of Hezbollah with an airstrike on Sunday. The IDF says the strike killed Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of Hezbollah’s Central Council, though they did not offer details on where the strike took place. The claim comes just days after an IDF…

U.K., home of the industrial revolution, shuts its last coal-fired power plant

Washington Post Britain was a country powered by coal. Now it’s the first G-7 nation to quit it. In a matter of hours, the boilers at the Ratcliffe plant will cool to the touch. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/29/uk-last-coal-power-plant/

European officials dismiss claim world leaders ‘are laughing’ at Trump, praise his ‘strong message’

Fox News UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. — Foreign ministers from European nations with close U.S. ties reacted to Vice President Kamala Harris’ claim world leaders are “laughing” at former President Trump, dismissing the claim. During September’s presidential debate, Harris said, “World leaders are laughing at Donald Trump. I have talked with military leaders, some of whom…

Live Updates: Israel Keeps Up Strikes Against Hezbollah in Lebanon

New York Times The Israeli military said it had hit dozens of Hezbollah targets, a day after strikes near the capital killed dozens. The cross-border conflict entered a new phase when Israel assassinated Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the group, on Friday. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/29/world/israel-hezbollah-lebanon-nasrallah

Can Mainstream Media Save Itself?

New York Times A panel at the Athens Democracy Forum explores how and whether traditional news organizations can regain the influence and trust that once defined them. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/world/democracy-media-challenges.html

It was Ukraine’s ‘safe’ city. Then his whole family died.

Washington Post The deaths of Yaroslav Bazylevych’s whole family — killed in Lviv by a Russian hypersonic missile — proved there was no sanctuary from the war. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/29/lviv-family-kinzhal-yaroslav-bazylevych-ukraine-war/

Live updates: Israel continues strikes after over 1,000 killed in 2 weeks in Lebanon

Washington Post The IDF said it targeted dozens of Hezbollah targets early Sunday. Some countries urged citizens to leave Lebanon, as it braces for a possible ground invasion. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/29/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-hamas-war-news-gaza/

Israel eyes Lebanon offensive with lessons from past invasions

Washington Post Israel remembers the 2006 war against Hezbollah as a defeat. But this time, the military has had years to prepare. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/28/israel-lebanon-history/

A far-right party is looking for a historic election win in Austria

Fox News Austria’s far-right Freedom Party could win a national election for the first time when Austria votes on Sunday, tapping into voters’ anxieties about immigration, inflation, Ukraine and other concerns following recent gains for the hard right elsewhere in Europe. Herbert Kickl, a former interior minister and longtime campaign strategist who has led the…

Pope gets an earful from Belgian king and abuse victims over scandals and failures to respond

Fox News On a brutal day for Pope Francis, the king of Belgium, its prime minister and the rector of the Catholic university that invited him here all ripped into the institution he heads for a spectrum of sins: for covering up cases of clergy sex abuse and being far behind the times on embracing…