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Middle East tensions
Israeli military warns several Lebanese communities near the border to evacuate
The Israeli military has warned people to evacuate nearly two dozen Lebanese border communities hours after launching what it said was a limited ground incursion against the Hezbollah militant group.
- by Matthew Lee, Samy Magdy, Abby Sewell, Julia Frankel and Bassem Mroue
Opinion & Perspectives
Most Australians want Harris to beat Trump. But what does she want for Australia?
The Harris disposition fits our foreign policy needs. The Trump disposition does not.
Michael Fullilove
Lowy Institute executive director
Why Iran’s impotence has been exposed, and Netanyahu’s the big winner
The new campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon is just one part of Israel’s sweeping offensive against Iran and its proxy militias like Hamas in Gaza and the Houthis in Yemen.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Normally, ‘veep’ debates don’t really matter. This time it does
American politics will have another split-screen moment this week as Tim Walz debates J.D. Vance in the vice-presidential debate.
Nick Bryant
Journalist and author
North America
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Most Australians want Harris to beat Trump. But what does she want for Australia?
The Harris disposition fits our foreign policy needs. The Trump disposition does not.
- by Michael Fullilove
Polling
US Votes 2024
Harris v Trump: Could we see a 270-268 election? Polls say it’s possible
As Hillary Clinton can attest, a modest but clear lead is not a guarantee of victory. But this year, neither Harris nor Trump can claim even that.
- by Nate Cohn
Europe
Asia
School bus fire in Thailand kills at least 23
The school bus was carrying more than 40 students and teachers on a field trip when it caught fire in the outskirts of Bangkok, police said.
- by Napat Wesshasartar and Panarat Thepgumpanat
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Asylum seekers
No maps, no GPS, no training: How 44 people survived being turned back in the Timor Sea
Many members of the group tried to reach Australia after seeing a TikTok video promising them high wages. They never made it.
- by Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
To surname or not to surname? That is the question dividing Japan
- by Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya
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Gunmen kill at least six in Tel Aviv just before Iran’s missile attack
Israel’s hardline Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich claimed the attackers came from the West Bank city of Hebron.
- by Steven Scheer
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Middle East tensions
Israeli military warns several Lebanese communities near the border to evacuate
- by Matthew Lee, Samy Magdy, Abby Sewell, Julia Frankel and Bassem Mroue
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Middle East tensions
Can Israel’s Iron Dome withstand Hezbollah’s rockets?
- by Jackson Graham and Angus Holland
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel strikes inner-city Beirut, bombs Houthi targets in Yemen
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