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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in one of Beirut’s southern suburbs early on 1 October, 2024. Photo: AFP Israel's widely expected ground invasion of Lebanon appears to be getting under way as its military says troops had begun 'limited' raids against Hezbollah targets in the border area. The military said in a statement that its targets were located in villages close to the border that posed "an immediate threat to Israeli communities in northern Israel." It said the air force and artillery were supporting ground forces with "precise strikes." Local residents in the Lebanese border town of Aita al-Shaab reported heavy shelling and the sound of helicopters and drones overhead. Israel told the US it planned to launch a ground incursion into L...

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in one of Beirut’s southern suburbs early on 1 October, 2024. Photo: AFP Lebanese have troops have pulled back from the border with Israel as a ground invasion by Israel looks imminent. Israeli strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs, a security source said, with a Reuters reporter witnessing a flash of light and a series of loud blasts about an hour after the Israeli military warned residents to evacuate areas near buildings it said contained Hezbollah infrastructure south of the Lebanese capital. Israel has told the US it plans to launch a ground incursion into Lebanon, multiple reports from the US say. And a US official who spoke on condition of anonymity told Reuters the positioning of Israeli troops sugges...

Men on a four wheeler pass a storm damaged house along Mill Creek in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Old Fort, North Carolina. Photo: SEAN RAYFORD/Getty Images via AFP More than 100 people are dead and millions without power in the southeastern United States, following Hurricane Helene. Homes were destroyed and many people were still missing as the search, and cleanup, continues. Here are some images of what unfolded: Boats piled up in front of homes after Hurricane Helene hit Treasure Island, Florida. Photo: JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP Bo Hester assesses damages to his house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida. Photo: AFP/ Chandan Khanna Storm damaged cars sit along Mill Creek in the aftermath of Hurric...

By Jamie Tram, ABC Brad Pitt and George Clooney in 'Wolfs'. Photo: Supplied / Apple TV+ Review - It's been 16 years since Burn After Reading, the last time George Clooney and Brad Pitt were glimpsed together on-screen - and even then, without spoiling, they only shared the briefest of unfortunate encounters. In fact, despite being two of the biggest actors of their generation, they haven't appeared in another movie together outside of Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's trilogy, an unrivalled feat of virtuosic cool and effortless ingenuity that defined their movie star personas. So it's something of a big deal that Clooney and Pitt have been re-united in Wolfs, the latest Apple TV+ original film, with director Jon Watts (Spider-Man: No Way Home) at the helm. It's the kind of event that you'd...

By Marco Bello and Maria Alejandra Cardona, Reuters Storm damaged cars sit along Mill Creek in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Old Fort, North Carolina. Photo: SEAN RAYFORD/Getty Images via AFP Emergency responders in North Carolina were racing overnight to try to reach people who remain unaccounted for three days after Hurricane Helene ripped through the southeastern United States, killing more than 100 people, wiping out communications and leaving millions without power. In mountainous, hard-hit Bumcombe County, which includes the city of Asheville, 35 people have died, the county sheriff said at a news briefing on Monday. The county will begin distributing food and water later in the day to residents, after some supplies were airlifted to the region that has been largely isol...