UNRWA warns of worsening crisis in Lebanon

UNRWA warns of worsening crisis in Lebanon

More than one million people across Lebanon have been uprooted by ongoing and deadly Israeli airstrikes across the country, including one reported early Monday morning in a residential area of central Beirut, adding to fears of a full-scale invasion. Here’s the director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Lebanon, Dorothy Klaus. Israel meanwhile says a 'limited, localised' ground operation is underway in […]

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Ishiba becomes Japan PM

Japan is swearing in a new prime minister today. Shigeru Ishiba is beginning the role after winning the ruling party’s presidential election last week. From Tokyo, Chris Gilbert reports.

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Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir votes in the final phase of the regional election

Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir is voting in the third and final phase of its first regional election in ten years. Some 40 constituencies are voting - many from the Hindu majority regions where Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to perform well. Here's our Ishan Garg with more from New Delhi.

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US president Joseph Biden has called Hurricane Helene history-making

US president Joseph Biden has called Hurricane Helene history-making with at least ten states impacted. About 116 people have died after Helene made landfall in Florida last Thursday. It began as a category four hurricane and became the most powerful on record to hit Florida's Big Bend, before moving north into Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee. Biden, who is expected to visit communities hit by Helene later this week, says […]

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UN Security Council extends mandate of the security mission to Haiti

The United Nations Security Council has approved the extension of the Multinational Security Support mission to Haiti by another year. Last year, the council authorized the Kenyan-led international security mission to assist the Caribbean country to help restore order against the ongoing gang violence. The United States requested the mission be changed to a full blown Peacekeeping operation but China and Russia opposed the move. Jody Jacobs reports from the […]

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Biden to visit Hurricane Helene areas

US President Joseph Biden says he plans to visit areas hit by Hurricane Helene in the coming days but does not want his visit to delay getting supplies to the affected areas. More than 110 people are known to have died and at least 600 people are still missing across multiple states. Biden spoke about the effects of the storm from the White House on Monday.

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Ryan Routh pleads not guilty to attempting to assassinate Donald Trump

The man accused of plotting to kill former U.S president Donald Trump at his Florida golf course has pleaded not guilty to five counts including attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate. Prosecutors allege Ryan Routh stalked Donald Trump before setting up what they called a "sniper's nest" at the edge of his golf course in west Palm Beach, Florida. Our US correspondent Kate Fisher reports.

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Millions displaced in Lebanon

Lebanon says a million people may be displaced as Israel continues air strikes. Israel says it has also attacked military targets of the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen. Chris Watts works with the charity Future Academy in refugee camps in Lebanon. Militant group Hamas meanwhile says its leader in Lebanon, Fatah Sharif, was killed alongside his wife and two children in an Israeli strike in the south of […]

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Russia targets Kyiv in drone attack

Russia launched multiple waves of drones targeting Ukraine's capital on Monday morning. Air raid alerts lasted for over five hours as air defense units worked to intercept attacks. Reuters further reports that all the drones that Russia launched at Kyiv were either destroyed by defence systems or neutralised by electronic warfare, Serhiy Popko, the head of Kyiv's military administration said on the Telegram messaging app.

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