Israel strikes Houthis in Yemen after targeting Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon
Lebanon health ministry says 24 killed in Israeli strike near city of Sidon
Throughout the day, we've been bringing you reports of Israeli strikes on various locations in Lebanon. Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah positions.
In the last half hour, Lebanon’s health ministry has said that 24 people have been killed - and 29 injured - in a strike on Ain al-Delb, near the city of Sidon.
What is the 'Axis of Resistance' and why is it important here?
As the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies, it carries with it the potential to draw in other Iran-backed forces in the Middle East.
As we reported in the past hour, Israel says it has struck Houthi targets in Yemen.
On Saturday, an alliance of Iraqi Shia militias known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) claimed that it carried out drone attacks on Israel and the occupied Golan Heights.
Elections in Austria
A Right-Wing Populist Reaches for Power in Vienna
Aus Wien berichten Oliver Das Gupta und Walter Mayr
Cries of "Herbert! Herbert!” echo through the packed beer tent at the festival in the Upper Austrian town of Wels three weeks before the election. Some 4,500 visitors are singing "We Are One Big Family” as a beaming Herbert Kickl, the event’s star guest, strides through a sea of red and white. The snug traditional vest he is wearing seems out of place on him. The gigantic Austrian flag he is waving almost completely obscures his small, athletic figure.
Wels is friendly territory for Kickl, head of the right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). The mayor of the town is a party ally and during the pandemic, the state emerged as a stronghold of those opposed to measures implemented to stop the spread of the coronavirus – a movement of which Kickl became a prominent spokesman. He would take the stage in public squares to blast the government’s COVID strategy and instead of vaccinations, he recommended the use of a drug designed to combat parasites.
Pakistan: Gunmen kill 7 workers in Balochistan
Pakistan's Balochistan province has been rocked by a series of attacks on Punjabi workers by separatist militants. Baloch nationalist groups accuse the central government and China of stealing the province's resources.
Seven workers were shot dead in the province of Balochistan in southwestern Pakistan, police said on Sunday.
"Seven laborers were killed and one injured," said Moazzam Jah Ansari, the head of Balochistan police in the provincial capital, Quetta.
Trojan cars: Why the US fears Chinese cyberattacks on electric vehicles
The White House announced a plan this week to ban the sale or import of connected vehicles containing “specific pieces of hardware and software” that could be made in China or Russia, citing national security fears. While the threat of cyberattacks on connected vehicles is very real, the timing of the US announcement is unusual.
US authorities have said they fear that vehicles containing the components, including trucks and buses, could become Trojan horses for Chinese sabotage.
It’s the second announcement targeting electric vehicles in six months from the US government.
Washington imposed a 100% border tax on electric vehicles from China in May, an action the White House said was aimed at protecting North American jobs from the Chinese automobile industry, which is supported by state subsidies.
The Indigenous ‘watchmen’ safeguarding Peru’s isolated tribes
Protection agents risk their lives to prevent deadly contact between remote tribes coming to contact with settled communities.
On an overcast afternoon in April, Nolasco Torres and Freddy Capitan navigate their canoe along a jungle-veiled ravine. Along the route, they scrutinise the creeping understory for footprints and broken branches – telltale signs of the imminent return of isolated tribes in this cutoff region.
After rounding a bend, they steer their boat towards Nueva Vida, a tiny Indigenous hamlet hidden within Peru’s eastern Amazon, some 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the Brazil border.
Japan’s magic bullet: 60 years of the train that helped rebuild the idea of a country
Japan’s magic bullet: 60 years of the train that helped rebuild the idea of a country
Over just a few days in 1964, the launch of the shinkansen and the Tokyo Olympics trumpeted the emergence of a new economic and democratic power
At 6am on 1 October 1964, two trains set off in opposite directions in a daring experiment that would quickly turn them into symbols of Japan’s transformation from militarist pariah to global economic powerhouse.
Black-and-white footage shows smartly dressed men, women and children marvelling at the countryside whizzing past their windows, some perhaps trying to calm their nerves at being whisked along at speeds unheard of in rail travel.
Crowds gathered on platforms to watch the two trains reach their destinations, Tokyo and Osaka. Then, like now, they arrived exactly on time, at 10am, depositing their passengers after a 320-mile journey that had once taken almost seven hours but which they had just completed in four.
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