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‘Deeply disturbing’: WHO loses touch with staff as medics say Gaza hospital raided by Israel | World News
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‘Deeply disturbing’: WHO loses touch with staff as medics say Gaza hospital raided by Israel | World News

Reports of an Israeli raid on a hospital in northern Gaza are "deeply disturbing", the head of the World Health Organisation has said.The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital last night after it was fired upon by tanks, Palestinian officials and medics at the facility have said. Meanwhile, in southern Gaza strikes killed at least 38 people, many of them children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.Raid reports 'deeply disturbing'Nursing director Eid Sabbah told the Reuters news agency the hospital's oxygen stores were hit before troops raided the building and ordered staff and patients to leave. He spoke of the "terrorising of civilians, the injured and children".The IDF said it has been conducting operations in the area of the hospital "based on intelligenc...
Former Abercrombie & Fitch chief executive Mike Jeffries pleads not guilty to sex trafficking
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Former Abercrombie & Fitch chief executive Mike Jeffries pleads not guilty to sex trafficking

Former Abercrombie & Fitch chief executive Mike Jeffries. Photo: AFP / SPENCER PLATT Mike Jeffries, the former longtime chief executive of Abercrombie & Fitch, pleaded not guilty to charges he ran an international sex trafficking scheme while leading the clothing retailer. Jeffries, 80, who led Abercrombie from 1992 to 2014, entered his plea to one count of sex trafficking and 15 counts of prostitution before US Magistrate Judge Steven Tiscione in Central Islip, New York, in that state's Suffolk County. Brian Bieber, a lawyer for Jeffries, entered the plea on his client's behalf. Jeffries wore a navy blue blazer and light gray shirt, with no tie, to his arraignment. He will remain free on $10 million bond, but subjected to home confinement with GPS monitoring. Jeffries posted hi...
Scale of retaliation will dictate whether Iran and Israel are on a path to all-out war | World News
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Scale of retaliation will dictate whether Iran and Israel are on a path to all-out war | World News

An announcement by Israel that it is only striking military targets in Iran is key.The world has been bracing for an Israeli retaliation against the Iranian regime ever since Iran's military launched a barrage of more than 180 ballistic missiles at Israel more than three weeks ago in response to Israeli attacks against its proxy forces in the region. The Israeli government had vowed a "hard" response. There had been speculation that this could include the targeting of Iranian nuclear sites, energy infrastructure or even the country's leadership.Middle East latest: IDF confirms airstrikes on TehranHowever, if the attack is restricted to purely military targets, then - depending on the scale of the damage - it could provide an opportunity for a de-escalation in a tit-for-tat missile war that...
Israel hits back at Iran with strikes on military targets
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Israel hits back at Iran with strikes on military targets

This screen grab taken from a handout video released by the Israeli army on 26 October 2024, shows military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari calling on the Israeli people to be "alert and vigilant" as it carries out strikes on military targets in Iran. Photo: AFP / Supplied Israel hit back at Iran early on Saturday, saying its military was conducting strikes against military targets, as Iranian media reported multiple explosions in the capital Tehran and at nearby bases. The Middle East has been on edge in anticipation of Israeli retaliation for a ballistic-missile barrage carried out by Iran on 1 October, in which around 200 missiles were fired at Israel, Iran's second direct attack on Israel in six months. Those strikes, which Iran said targeted Israeli military facilities, came a...
NASA astronaut in hospital with undisclosed medical condition after extended mission | Science, Climate & Tech News
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NASA astronaut in hospital with undisclosed medical condition after extended mission | Science, Climate & Tech News

An astronaut was taken to hospital shortly after returning to Earth from an extended mission on the International Space Station.The astronaut, who NASA did not name for privacy reasons, is suffering from an undisclosed medical issue. NASA initially said the entire crew was flown to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola hospital out of precaution, but did not specify whether all or some of the crew had been experiencing issues.The other three crew members have left the hospital and returned to Houston, the space agency said.NASA said: "The one astronaut who remains at Ascension is in stable condition under observation as a precautionary measure." Astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin splashed down in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft ...
Grateful Dead bassist and founding member Phil Lesh has died at 84
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Grateful Dead bassist and founding member Phil Lesh has died at 84

Phil Lesh Photo: AFP / GETTY IMAGES / CORY SCHWARTZ Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of iconic rock band Grateful Dead, has died. He was 84. The news was announced on Lesh's verified Instagram, which said he died "peacefully" on Saturday morning. "He was surrounded by his family and full of love. Phil brought immense joy to everyone around him and leaves behind a legacy of music and love," the announcement on social media read. "We request that you respect the Lesh family's privacy at this time." CNN has reached out to a representative for the Grateful Dead. No cause of death was immediately available, but the Associated Press reported that Lesh had previously survived prostate cancer, bladder cancer and a liver transplant in 1998 brought on by a hepatitis C infection and years of...
Iran: Explosions heard in Tehran as Israel confirms strikes | World News
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Iran: Explosions heard in Tehran as Israel confirms strikes | World News

Several loud explosions have been heard in Iran's capital Tehran and Israel has confirmed it has launched strikes on military targets.The Israeli military said it is conducting "precise strikes" on military targets in Iran in response to what it called "the continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against Israel". An Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) statement added: "Like every other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and the duty to respond."Reports in the US said the White House was warned shortly before the strikes began.Israel has been planning a response to a ballistic-missile barrage carried out by Iran on 1 October - Tehran's second direct attack on Israel in six months. Iranian authorities have warned Israel against launching an attack, saying any strik...
Deadly Israeli strike on journalists in Lebanon prompts global condemnation
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Deadly Israeli strike on journalists in Lebanon prompts global condemnation

A car marked "Press" at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area where a number of journalists were located in the southern Lebanese village of Hasbaya on 25 October 2024. Photo: AFP / ALI HANKIR Three journalists were killed in Lebanon by an Israeli strike, their colleagues said, drawing condemnation from rights advocates about the number of reporters who have lost their lives in the region over the past year. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it "strongly condemned" the attack, urging the international community to "stop Israel's long-standing pattern of impunity in journalist killings." Israel did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It has previously denied deliberately attacking journalists. The last year has been the deadliest period for jo...
Biden says U.S. Indigenous boarding school system was ‘a sin on our soul’ – National
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Biden says U.S. Indigenous boarding school system was ‘a sin on our soul’ – National

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for the “sin” of a government-run boarding school system that for decades forcibly separated children from their parents, calling it a “blot on American history” in his first presidential visit to Indian Country. “It’s a sin on our soul,” said Biden, his voice full of anger and emotion. “Quite frankly, there’s no excuse that this apology took 50 years to make.”It was a moment of both contrition and frustration as the president sought to recognize one of the “most horrific chapters” in the national story. Biden spoke of the abuses and deaths of Native children that resulted from the federal government’s policies, noting that “while darkness can hide much, it erases nothing” and that great nations “must know the good,...
Where have North Korean troops been seen in Russia? | World News
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Where have North Korean troops been seen in Russia? | World News

While North Korea has been supplying weapons to Russia for some time, the arrival of troops is a major escalation in its involvement in the war of Ukraine. The first official evidence of large numbers of North Korean troops entering Russia was provided by the South Korean government, who last week published a press release outlining the increasingly close military cooperation between the two states. Image: A map of sites in the Russian far east linked to the reported presence of North Korean soldiers According to the press release, an initial contingent of 1,500 North Korean special forces troops were transported on Russian naval ships to the port city of Vladivostok.The South Koreans provided two high-resolution satellite...