Israel announces 'total' blockade on Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
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Corporations are paying for worker abuse audits that are ‘designed to fail’, say insiders (www.theguardian.com)
US and allies warn militant group Hezbollah against escalating Hamas-Israel conflict (www.cnn.com)
The US and its allies are warning the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah against escalating the conflict in Israel as the US prepositions military assets to deter a potential widening of the war, multiple US officials and people briefed on the discussions tell CNN....
Zelenskyy visits NATO to ask for more equipment ahead of winter (www.euronews.com)
Ukraine’s President unexpectedly visited the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday morning where defence ministers from the military alliance are gathering for a meeting....
UK gas prices soar as Finland makes worrying claim about pipeline leak (www.independent.co.uk)
Finnish and Swedish publications cited sources claiming that the pipeline was not damaged naturally....
Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei Trolls Israel in Unprecedented Hebrew Tweet (www.newsweek.com)
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has taken aim at Israel over social media in a first-ever Hebrew-language message posted on X, formerly Twitter, as the country continues to battle with a comprehensive attack launched by Hamas over the weekend....
Israel formally declares war against Hamas as it battles to push militants off its soil (www.cnn.com)
Israel formally declared war on Hamas on Sunday, setting the stage for a major military operation in Gaza as fighting rages on Israeli soil. The declaration comes after Hamas, an Islamist militant group, launched a surprise assault this weekend that has so far killed over 600 Israelis....
Germany announces new defense aid for Ukraine worth $1.1 bln (www.reuters.com)
Germany on Tuesday unveiled a fresh support package for Ukraine worth around 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion), its defence ministry said, adding the programme covered air defense, weapons and ground vehicles....
Hamas blindsides Israel with most serious attack in a generation (www.bbc.com)
Israel was taken by surprise by the most ambitious operation Hamas has ever launched from Gaza....
Do not get involved in Israel crisis, top U.S. general warns Iran (www.reuters.com)
The United States’ top general on Monday warned Iran not to get involved in the crisis in Israel and said he did not want the conflict to the broaden, as Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired a salvo of rockets onto northern Israel...
A Chinese Australian journalist detained for 3 years in China returns to Australia (apnews.com)
Chinese developer Country Garden says it can't meet debt payment deadlines after sales slump (apnews.com)
Israel fires back after Syrian shells land in Israeli territory -military (www.reuters.com)
JERUSALEM, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Israeli troops fired artillery and mortar shells toward Syria on Tuesday after a number of shells launched from its northern neighbour landed in open areas on Israeli territory, Israel’s military said....
Chinese censors block ‘Tiananmen’ image of athletes hugging (www.theguardian.com)
‘Murdered in cold blood’: stories emerge of Israelis killed at Gaza border (www.theguardian.com)
Friends and relatives say Hamas killed a grandmother, parents protecting their children, and an entire family during raids...
A Palestine official had the perfect response to those claiming Corbyn ‘refused to condemn Hamas’ (www.thecanary.co)
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‘Plastic air pollution’: Microplastics in clouds could be exacerbating climate change, study says (www.euronews.com)
The presence of tiny plastics in clouds risks the contamination of ‘everything we eat and drink’, researchers say....
Israel-Palestine war: UK home secretary says waving Palestinian flag could be an offence (www.middleeasteye.net)
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Afghanistan hit by second earthquake in days (www.bbc.com)
Dozens of Malaysians rescued in Peru after being trafficked to commit online fraud (www.theguardian.com)
Several more people arrested over a far-right German plot to launch a coup and kidnap a minister (apnews.com)
Israel prepares ground offensive; Biden pledges support after Hamas attacks (www.reuters.com)
'It smells of death here': Surveying the scenes of atrocities in Kfar Aza (www.i24news.tv)
No one could expect the horrors seen by the Israeli first responders, of about at least 40 babies being taken out on gurneys, some with heads chopped off
How Hamas breached Israel’s ‘Iron Wall’ (www.washingtonpost.com)
Israel Bombs Egypt Border Crossing It Had Touted as an Escape Route for Besieged Palestinians (www.msn.com)
Israeli planes bombed the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Tuesday, even as an Israeli military spokesman encouraged Palestinians to use the border post to flee to safety....