'Far too many civilians have suffered,' Biden says as Israel marks one year since 7 October attacks
Israel carrying out 'targeted strike' in Beirut, IDF says
We've just reported that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says 135 missiles have been fired into Israel by Hezbollah today.
The IDF has also announced in the last hour that it's carrying out a "targeted strike" in Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut with a strong Hezbollah presence.
A Lebanese security official tells the AFP news agency that Israel is striking near Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport.
We'll bring you more details as we get them.
Summary
A year on from Hamas's 7 October attacks, US President Joe Biden says "far too many civilians have suffered far too much during this year of conflict"
Biden says he will "not stop working to achieve a ceasefire deal in Gaza", as Israel, Hamas, and Hezbollah all launch fresh assaults
People across Israel and the world are remembering last year's 7 October attacks, in which Hamas killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostage
Pakistan bans Pashtun group as government cracks down on dissent
Protests have been broken up with violence and opposition politicians from Imran Khan’s party arrested
Mon 7 Oct 2024 13.03 BST
Pakistani authorities have unleashed a draconian crackdown on dissent, breaking up opposition protests with violence and mass arrests and banning a movement to promote the rights of the ethnic Pashtun community under terrorism laws.
Hundreds of riot police fired teargas and charged with batons as supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party of the incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan, gathered to protest over the weekend in the cities of Islamabad and Lahore.
Dozens of PTI figures, including prominent leaders and lawyers, were arrested and hundreds more were charged under terrorism laws, with Khan among those named.
Philippines, S. Korea boost ties amid threats from neighbors
The presidents of South Korea and the Philippines have elevated their status to a 'strategic partnership.' The decision came after increasing security threats from China and North Korea.
South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol was on a state visit to the Philippines on Monday, announcing alongside President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that their two countries were upgrading their ties.
The pair said the relationship was now a 'strategic partnership', a move that includes broader defense and security cooperation.
Tunisia's Kais Saied poised for landslide election victory after crackdown on opposition
Tunisia's incumbent President Kais Saied is set to win the presidential election with 89.2 percent of the vote, exit polls revealed on Sunday, despite a low turnout. Rights groups fear his re-election, following a sweeping power grab, will further entrench his authoritarian rule in the country that once symbolised the Arab Spring uprisings.
Tunisia's incumbent President Kais Saied is set to win the country's presidential election with 89.2 percent support despite a low turnout, according to exit polls broadcast on national television Sunday after polls closed.
Saied, 66, is expected to win by a landslide, routing his challengers -- imprisoned rival Ayachi Zammel, who was set to collect 6.9 percent of the vote, and Zouhair Maghzaoui, with 3.9 percent, said independent polling group Sigma Conseil.
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Only 27.7 percent of voters turned out to cast their ballots, it said. Over 58 percent were men, and 65 percent aged between 36 and 60.
‘It was a massive thing’ to be England’s first Black football player, says Viv Anderson
The weather was so cold, the frozen pitch so hard, that Viv Anderson doubts the match would be played today.
Indeed, the stubborn frost – as firm as concrete in some corners of the pitch – prompted England’s players to wear rubber-soled cleats, rather than metal studs, for parts of the game. Yet despite the atrocious conditions, the fixture went ahead as planned, and after 90 minutes of less-than-inspiring football, England had beaten Czechoslovakia 1-0 at Wembley Stadium.
More importantly, however, was the fact that Anderson had made history as the first Black player to represent the England national team. This was more than 40 years ago, but even today, it is an accolade that the former Nottingham Forest, Manchester United and Arsenal defender carries with pride.
Russian court sentences 72-year-old American for fighting for Ukraine
Steven James Hubbard given six years and 10 months in prison, but family cast doubt on his reported confession
Mon 7 Oct 2024 12.08 BST
A Russian court has sentenced a 72-year-old American citizen, Stephen James Hubbard, to six years and 10 months in prison after convicting him in a closed-door trial of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine.
Investigators said Hubbard, a native of Michigan, was paid $1,000 (£760) a month to serve in a Ukrainian territorial defence unit in the eastern city of Izyum, where he had been living since 2014.
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