Israeli army mobilises two reserve brigades to Lebanon border
The Israeli army says it has mobilised two reserve brigades to increase “the level of readiness in the northern arena” as it keeps striking neighbouring Lebanon.
It said in a statement that the 6th and 228th Brigades were “mobilized for combat as part of the northern campaign in recent days”.
- Israel has dismissed global calls for a ceasefire with Hezbollah and continues a bombing campaign that has killed more than 700 people in Lebanon since Monday.
- At least 25 people have been killed since dawn, according to the Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad.
São Paulo election ‘a horror show’ as candidates trade blows and insults
Fri 27 Sep 2024 12.30 BST
São Paulo election ‘a horror show’ as candidates trade blows and insults
Two televised debates ahead of 6 October mayoral election turn physically violent, with participants treated in hospital
Brazilians call overcast São Paulo their country’s “land of drizzle”.
But in recent months it has been raining punches not precipitation as Latin America’s largest city endures what observers call the most violent and unruly election in its history.
Physical violence has meant two recent debates ahead of the 6 October mayoral election ended with participants being treated in hospital and questioned by police.
War over water in Central Asia's Ferghana Valley
The Ferghana Valley is a green oasis in the middle of the dry grasslands of Central Asia. Located in between Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, the region concentrates all the water resources for a territory home to 15 million people. But for decades now, the land has been the scene of a new conflict: a war over water.
In recent years, violent clashes have been increasing on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Around the water reservoirs, the Kyrgyz army has deployed a special unit, and shots are fired against Tajiks who attempt to access the area. Dozens of clashes have erupted, with the deadliest occurring in 2022, when 36 people were killed. With water becoming a scarce resource – an issue worsened by melting glaciers – locals in border villages take matters into their own hands, with cases of looting and houses being burnt down.
Russia rattles the nuclear sabre again, as Ukraine devastates its munitions
Russia has tailored its nuclear response doctrine to the specific threat of the long-range attacks it faces from Ukraine, even as Kyiv’s forces demonstrated during the past week the devastating effect such attacks can have on Moscow’s conventional war effort.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently “outlined the approaches” to a new edition of the Fundamentals of State Policy on nuclear weapons use, wrote his right-hand man, deputy head of the National Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, on Telegram on Wednesday.
Tesla home checks on workers on sick leave defended by boss in Germany
Fri 27 Sep 2024 11.10 BST
The boss of a Tesla factory has defended the decision to send managers to the homes of workers on long-term sick leave.
In recent weeks, a director of Tesla’s electric car plant in Germany sent managers to check up on about two dozen employees who have continued to be paid while being on sick leave over the past nine months.
André Thierig, the plant’s manufacturing director, said the home visits were common practice in the industry and that the company simply wanted to “appeal to the employees’ work ethic”.
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