Lebanon reports at least 182 killed as Israel bombards south
Israeli warnings and air strikes on Lebanon raise fears of regional escalation into full-scale war.
Israeli air raids on southern Lebanon have killed at least 182 people and wounded 727, according to Lebanese health officials.
The Israeli army said on Monday that it had launched more than 300 air raids at sites used by the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah. The increased hostilities raise further fears of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah or even a wider regional conflagration.
Amazon, Tesla and Meta among world’s top companies undermining democracy – report
Mon 23 Sep 2024 13.39 BST
Some of the world’s largest companies have been accused of undermining democracy across the world by financially backing far-right political movements, funding and exacerbating the climate crisis, and violating trade union rights and human rights in a report published on Monday by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).
Amazon, Tesla, Meta, ExxonMobil, Blackstone, Vanguard and Glencore are the corporations included in the report. The companies’ lobbying arms are attempting to shape global policy at the United Nations Summit of the Future in New York City on 22 and 23 September.
Far-right gains in east Germany could deal blow to economy
After elections in Thuringia and Saxony, the far-right AfD party has again massively gained in a poll in eastern Germany. Now the second-strongest force in Brandenburg, their success causes concerns among businesses.
Even though incumbent state premier Dietmar Woidke of the Social Democrats won the Brandenburg elections by a small margin, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) won just shy of 29.2% of the votes. That made the far-right party the second-strongest in the Brandenburg state assembly behind the Social Democrats (SPD), who won 30.9%.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard bans communication devices after Hezbollah pager explosions
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has banned the use of pagers and other communication devices after the deadly attacks last week targeting its ally Hezbollah in Lebanon, security officials said. One official said a large-scale operation is underway by the IRGC to inspect all devices, not just communication equipment.
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has ordered all members to stop using any type of communication devices after thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon blew up in deadly attacks last week, two senior Iranian security officials told Reuters.
One of the security officials said a large-scale operation is underway by the IRGC to inspect all devices, not just communication equipment. He said most of these devices were either homemade or imported from China and Russia.
Search goes on for 7 missing after floods hit Noto Peninsula
By Natsuko Fukue
Heavy rain that triggered floods and landslides on the Noto Peninsula recovering from an earthquake this year killed at least seven people and left seven missing, local media reported Monday.
Public broadcaster NHK and other outlets said seven were dead, while a fire department official told AFP that one had died and six were "in a state of cardio-respiratory arrest", a term used in Japan before a feared death can be confirmed by a doctor.
The regional government in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast said the status of seven people was unknown.
US proposes ban on smart cars with Chinese and Russian tech
The US Commerce Department on Monday will propose a ban on the sale or import of smart vehicles that use specific Chinese or Russian technology because of national security concerns, according to US officials.
A US government investigation that began in February found a range of national security risks from embedded software and hardware from China and Russia in US vehicles, including the possibility of remote sabotage by hacking and the collection of personal data on drivers, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo told reporters Sunday in a conference call.
“In extreme situations, a foreign adversary could shut down or take control of all their vehicles operating in the United States, all at the same time, causing crashes (or) blocking roads,” she said.
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