Israel and Hezbollah report clashes near Lebanese border as air strikes hit Beirut
Smoke rises over Beirut after latest strikes
Images shared with us in the past hour and a half show smoke rising over Beirut, following a strike in the south of the city.
We earlier reported that the strike appeared to have hit the Burj el Brajneh area, which is close to the airport:
Summary
Israel and Hezbollah report more fighting in southern Lebanon, as Israel's ground offensive continues
Hezbollah claims it repelled an Israeli offensive overnight, with fighting "ongoing" on Saturday, while Israel says it's carrying out "targeted" raids
More Israeli air strikes hit Beirut after the Israeli military warned people in a southern suburb to evacuate
Failing Gaza: Pro-Israel bias uncovered behind the lens of Western media
Journalists at CNN and the BBC expose the inner workings of their newsrooms, a year into Israel’s war on Gaza.
Names marked with an asterisk* have been changed to protect identities.
Ten journalists who have covered the war on Gaza for two of the world’s leading news networks, CNN and the BBC, have revealed the inner workings of those outlets’ newsrooms from October 7 onward, alleging pro-Israel bias in coverage, systematic double standards and frequent violations of journalistic principles.
In several cases, they accused senior newsroom figures of failing to hold Israeli officials to account and of interfering in reporting to downplay Israeli atrocities. In one instance at CNN, false Israeli propaganda was put on air despite advance warnings from staff members.
Arab spring dreams in ruins as Tunisia goes to polls against backdrop of repression
Critics of incumbent Kais Saied say he has increasingly bent the country’s institutions to his will
Tunisia will hold a presidential election on Sunday against the backdrop of a crackdown on dissent and human rights violations committed against undocumented migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
The incumbent, Kais Saied, whose most prominent critics are behind bars, is expected to sail to an easy win after a campaign with few rallies and public debates, marking a significant step back for a country that long prided itself as the birthplace of the Arab spring uprisings of 2011.
Only 11% of the electorate of 9 million voted in December’s local elections. Similarly low voter turnout this weekend would provide a hint of disapproval with Saied’s tenure so far.
Haiti: Gang opens fire killing at least 70 people
Members of the "Gran Grif" gang wielded assault rifles and massacred dozens of people near Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, forcing thousands to flee.
The government in Haiti has deployed teams of anti-gang police after gunmen carried out a mass shooting through a town near Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, killing at least 70 people and forcing over 6,000 to flee.
"This odious crime against defenseless women, men and children is not only an attack against victims but against the entire Haitian nation," Prime Minister Garry Conille said on X, adding that security forces were reinforcing the area.
Massacre in Burkina Faso left 600 dead, double previous estimates, according to French security assessment
Up to 600 people were shot dead in a matter of hours by al Qaeda-linked militants in an August attack on a town in Burkina Faso, according to a French government security assessment that nearly doubles the death toll cited in earlier reports. The new figure would make the assault, in which civilians were shot dead as they dug trenches to defend the remote town of Barsalogho, one of the deadliest single attacks in Africa in recent decades.
Militants from Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), an al Qaeda affiliate based in Mali and active in Burkina Faso, opened fire methodically as they swept into the outskirts of Barsalogho on motorcycles and shot down villagers, who lay helpless in the freshly upturned dirt of the trench, according to several videos of the August 24 attack posted by pro-JNIM accounts on social media. Many of the dead were women and children, and the footage is punctuated by the sound of automatic gunfire and screams of victims as they are shot while apparently trying to play dead.
Mother despairs over N Korea-abducted daughter on her 60th birthday
The mother of Megumi Yokota, an iconic victim among Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, is growing increasingly despondent over the prospects of reuniting with her daughter, whose 60th birthday was Saturday.
"I'm saddened whenever her birthday comes around as it reminds me of the reality I'm in," said Sakie Yokota, 88, in a recent interview with Kyodo News, while lamenting how the abduction issue was not extensively debated in the lead-up to Shigeru Ishiba becoming Japan's new prime minister last Tuesday.
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