A portrait of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah sits amid destruction in a area targeted overnight by Israeli airstrikes in Saksakiyeh on September 26, 2024. Mahmoud Zayyat | Afp | Getty Images The potential successor to slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been out of contact since Friday, a Lebanese security source said on Saturday, after an … Read more
Getty Images At least four hospitals in Lebanon announced on Friday that they were suspending work because of Israeli strikes, while a Hezbollah-affiliated health organisation said that 11 paramedics had been killed in the past 24 hours. The four closures capped two weeks of Israeli strikes on hospitals and healthcare workers in Lebanon that have … Read more
Dolly Parton sings ‘Helene’ as she pledges $1m in hurricane relief Music icon Dolly Parton has announced she will make a personal donation of $1m (£762,000) towards disaster recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Speaking at an event in her home state of Tennessee on Friday, the 78-year-old said the money would come … Read more
Moments after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Greg Smith told the BBC he had seen the gunman on the roof of a nearby building and tried alerting police. BBC North America Correspondent Gary O’Donoghue returned to Butler to speak to Smith about that day in July. Smith remembers thinking in bewilderment … Read more
A pedestrians looks at residential properties displayed for sale in the window of an estate agents’ in Windsor, west of London. Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — Lower mortgage rates are sparking an uptick in the U.K. housing market, following a surge in the pace of home sales last month, data showed. … Read more
Japanese 10,000 yen banknotes arranged in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. Shoko Takayasu, Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Despite dovish comments from Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba leading to a sharp plunge in the yen, market analysts aren’t budging from their Bank of Japan policy expectations for the longer term. The yen … Read more
A chemical fire in a BioLab sends dangerous sulfur acid clouds in the air, and caused mandatory evacuations in Conyers GA, United States on September 30, 2024. Peter Zay | Anadolu | Getty Images Haze and a chlorine odor are likely to descend upon Atlanta on Thursday as officials struggle to contain the fallout from a … Read more
Outgoing First Lady Melania Trump listens as her husband Outgoing US President Donald Trump addresses guests at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 20, 2021. Alex Edelman | Afp | Getty Images Republican former first lady Melania Trump on Thursday appeared to express strong support for abortion rights, potentially exposing a stark division with … Read more
Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns alongside former Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) in Ripon, Wisconsin, U.S., October 3, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Republican former Rep. Liz Cheney hit the campaign trail with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday in Ripon, Wisconsin, part of a coordinated effort by the Harris … Read more
An aerial picture taken on September 28, 2024, shows storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Valdosta, Georgia. John Falchetto | Afp | Getty Images The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene across the southeastern United States could cost upwards of $34 billion, according to early estimates from Moody’s Analytics. And due to the … Read more