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Israeli strikes in eastern Lebanon have killed 40 people, according to the country's health ministry. The strikes also wounded 53 more people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley on Wednesday, as Israel's operation against the Hezbollah militant group continues.The Israeli military has not commented.More than 3,000 people have been killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon in the past year, but most deaths have happened over the past six weeks as violence between the Iran-backed militants and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) escalated.Late on Wednesday and earlier on Thursday, further strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs, after the Israeli military ordered residents to evacuate several locations.This morning, one large airstrike hit a site next to Lebanon's only international ...

Spanish authorities have shared dramatic footage of a raid on a property linked to the seizing of 13 tonnes of cocaine, in what they described as the biggest anti-narcotics operation in the country's history.Officials found bricks of drugs hidden in a shipment of bananas in a container from Ecuador at the port of Algeciras in southern Spain last month, police said yesterday. The haul, described as the second largest anti-narcotics operation in the EU, had an eyewatering street value of £659m, according to 2022 mean prices from the European Union Drugs Agency.The whole price is estimated to have been at £387.5m.The cargo container had sailed from Guayaquil, Ecuador. X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other...

US President Joe Biden is expected to address the nation this afternoon after Donald Trump was elected as his successor in an extraordinary political comeback.Mr Biden, who was replaced by vice president Kamala Harris as the Democrats' presidential candidate over concerns about his mental fitness, will speak at 4pm (UK time), the White House said on Thursday. He has already issued a statement in which he said Ms Harris "stepped up and led a historic campaign" that "embodied what's possible when guided by a strong moral compass and a clear vision for a nation".US election latest: Trump to select team in daysBut later today will be the first time the country will hear from the president in person. Mr Biden called Mr Trump after his emphatic victory in the US presidential election on Wednesda...

The UK has sanctioned a Russian military officer accused of helping poison former double agent Sergei Skripal with novichok in Salisbury.The Foreign Office has imposed 56 new sanctions on people and entities linked to Russia, including those in the Wagner mercenary group that operates unofficially on Vladimir Putin's behalf, and companies based in China, Turkey and central Asia supplying parts to Russia. Denis Sergeev, who the Met Police charged over the attempted murder of double agent Mr Skripal, has been sanctioned under the chemical weapons sanctions regime.Politics latest: Trump victory dominates European leaders' summit"Sergeev provided support in the preparation and use of the chemical weapon novichok in Salisbury...and provided a coordinating role in London on the weekend of the at...