Israel says strike on Beirut killed senior Hezbollah commander
Rocket interceptions seen - and heard - overhead in Israel's north
Paul Adams
Diplomatic correspondent, reporting from northern Israel
For the second time in the last few hours, Israel’s air defences have intercepted rockets over Kiryat Bialik, a suburb of the northern city of Haifa.
White puffs of smoke are visible above a shopping mall, its windows briefly rattled.
Some customers ran for the nearby shelter. Others ignored security guards and carried on eating their lunch.
Summary
Lebanon's health ministry says six people have been killed, and 15 injured, after an Israeli air strike in the capital Beirut
More than 550 people in Lebanon have been killed, including 50 children, in Israeli strikes since Monday, the ministry says
Thousands are fleeing southern Lebanon, with families crammed into cars and closed schools being used as makeshift shelters
Man confessing on TV to mother’s murder starts media ethics row in Italy
Tue 24 Sep 2024 13.55 BST
The broadcast of a TV interview in which a man confessed to a news reporter that he had murdered his mother has caused a row over media ethics in Italy.
Lorenzo Carbone, 50, made the confession outside his home in Spezzano di Fiorano, a town in the province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region, during the interview aired on the Mediaset talkshow Pomeriggio5 on Monday afternoon.
Visibly distressed, he replied to questions from the reporter Fabio Giuffrida. Carbone said his mother had been living with dementia and that he “couldn’t take it any longer”. “I strangled her, I don’t know why I did it. Every now and then she made me angry as she kept repeating herself.”
'Monumental step' as Thai king signs same-sex marriage into law
King Maha Vajiralongkorn gave royal assent to the new law, passed by parliament in June, which will take effect in 120 days -- meaning the first weddings are expected to take place in January.
Activists hailed a "monumental step" as Thailand becomes only the third place in Asia where same-sex couples can tie the knot, after Taiwan and Nepal.
Court in Argentina orders the arrest of Venezuela's president and his right-hand man
A federal court in Argentina on Monday ordered the “immediate” arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello for alleged crimes against humanity committed against dissidents.
The court order came in response to an appeal by Argentine prosecutor Carlos Stornelli after a previous ruling dismissed the complaint against both Venezuelan leaders.
Federal court members Pablo Bertuzzi, Leopoldo Bruglia and Mariano Llorens ordered that “the arrest warrants for Nicolás Maduro and Diosdado Cabello be executed immediately, and that their international arrest should be ordered via Interpol for the purposes of extradition to the Argentine Republic,” according to the resolution.
Japan to Alaska: What’s behind Russia-China joint military drills?
Russia and China have ramped up their joint drills since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.
Japan has accused Russia of violating its airspace with a patrol plane. On Monday, Japanese fighter jets issued a warning to the Russian military over radio signal before firing flares at a Russian plane that had entered its airspace.
Japan’s Defence Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters: “A Russian Il-38 patrol aircraft has violated our airspace over our territorial waters north of Rebun Island, Hokkaido, on three occasions.”
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