Israeli military intercepts "aerial target" and carries out more raids in Lebanon
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The latest on Israel’s attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon
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Hezbollah hits back: Israel’s military said more than 100 projectiles were fired overnight from Lebanon into Israel. Hezbollah said some of its rockets targeted the Ramat David air base and the Israeli arms manufacturer RAFAEL.
Israeli strikes on Lebanon: The salvo comes after Israel carried out some of its most intense strikes on Lebanon against Hezbollah since the October 7 attacks. The Israeli military struck thousands of launchers Saturday after it said it uncovered plans for a Hezbollah rocket attack.
IDF raids Al Jazeera: Al Jazeera has broadcast live footage of Israeli soldiers raiding its offices in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, and ordering its closure for 45 days.
Deadly Beirut attack: At least 45 people have been killed, including high-level commanders of Hezbollah, in an Israeli strike on southern Beirut. The attack flattened a multistory residential building in a Hezbollah stronghold
Israeli military intercepts "aerial target" and carries out more raids in Lebanon
The Israeli military says it intercepted an aerial target that crossed into Israeli territory from the east early Sunday.
The interception followed a heavy barrage of rockets from southern Lebanon overnight. About 85 were fired around 6:30 a.m. local time (11:30p ET Saturday), after approximately 20 were fired earlier, the military said
Following sirens in the southern Golan area, the air force “successfully intercepted a suspicious aerial target that crossed into Israeli territory from the east. Rocket and missile sirens sounded following the possibility of fallen shrapnel from the interception. No damage or injuries were
The IDF added that fighter jets continued to strike “dozens of Hezbollah terror targets, including launchers and military structures in dozens of areas in southern Lebanon” on Sunday, after reporting 290 strikes since Saturday, some of the most intense since the October 7 attacks.
Al Jazeera broadcasts footage of Israeli military raiding Ramallah office
Al Jazeera has broadcast live footage of Israeli soldiers raiding its offices in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, and ordering its closure for 45 days.
The footage showed the network’s bureau chief Walid Omary and staff members live on air as Israeli soldiers entered.
Video broadcast by Al Jazeera showed one soldier informing Omary of a military order to close Al Jazeera’s office for 45 days. The soldier then told Omary that staff members need to leave the office immediately
Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah has been operational for decades. It became even more essential for the network after Israel shut down its Jerusalem office and seized some of its communication equipment in May, prompting condemnation from the United Nations and rights groups over what they said were Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s moves to restrict press freedoms.
After Al Jazeera staff had left the Ramallah office, live footage showed Omary and others in the street outside, as the journalist said soldiers had taken over the office and were confiscating materials.
Shortly after, as Israeli soldiers approached Omary, the live video feed was cut, and Omary was heard saying that soldiers had taken the camera and broadcast equipment the team were using.
CNN has contacted Al Jazeera and Israel’s military for comment.
Under the Oslo Peace Accords, the Palestinian Authority has responsibility for security in “Area A” of the occupied West Bank, which includes Ramallah.
IIndia Pledges $7.5 Million To Combat Cervical Cancer In Indo-Pacific Region
The Quad Cancer Moonshot is a "groundbreaking partnership" to save lives in the Indo-Pacific region by combating cervical cancer.
To strengthen the fight against cervical cancer, India has pledged a grant of USD 7.5 million to the testing, screening, and diagnosis of the disease in the Indo-Pacific region.
Addressing the Cancer Moonshot event hosted by US President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the Quad Leaders' Summit in Delaware on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the initiative would go a long way in providing affordable, accessible and quality health care to people in Indo-Pacific countries.
The Quad Cancer Moonshot is a "groundbreaking partnership" to save lives in the Indo-Pacific region by combating cervical cancer. Through the initiative, the Quad countries comprising India, the US, Japan and Australia have committed to work together to address gaps in the cervical cancer care and treatment ecosystem in the Indo-Pacific countries.
As India's contribution to the Cancer Moonshot initiative, Modi announced the dedication of a grant of USD 7.5 million to cancer testing, screening, and diagnostics in the Indo-Pacific region.
"India is ready to share its experience and expertise," he said, asserting that the grant was made under India's vision of 'One Earth, One Heath'.
The prime minister also announced that India will provide support for radiotherapy treatment and capacity building for cancer prevention in the Indo-Pacific.
He also said that Indo-Pacific countries will be benefiting from the supply of 40 million doses of vaccine from India under GAVI, an international organisation created in 2000 to improve access to new and underused vaccines for children living in the world's poorest countries, and QUAD programmes.
When the Quad acts, it is not just for nations, it is for the people. This is the true essence of our human-centric approach," Modi said.
The prime minister also underlined that India has developed a cervical cancer vaccine and is working on an AI-based treatment protocol for the disease.
India has offered technical assistance to interested countries in the Indo-Pacific region on DPI for cancer screening, care and continuum through its USD 10 million contribution to the Global Initiative on Digital Health.
According to a fact sheet issued by the White House on Saturday, the Quad Cancer Moonshot will serve to strengthen the overall cancer-care ecosystem in the Indo-Pacific by improving health infrastructure, expanding research collaborations, building data systems, and providing greater support for cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and care.
Scandinavian Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Live Mouse Found In Meal
Airlines usually have strict restrictions about rodents on board, since they can chew through electrical wiring.
A Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flight from Oslo, Norway to Malaga, Spain was forced to make an emergency landing in Copenhagen, Denmark after a passenger discovered a live mouse in their in-flight meal. As a precautionary measure, the aircraft was diverted on Wednesday. According to SAS spokesperson Oystein Schmidt, the safety of passengers and crew prompted the diversion. Upon landing, the plane underwent a thorough inspection to locate the mouse, BBC reported.
According to the BBC, airlines usually have strict restrictions about rodents on board, since they can chew through electrical wiring.
Airline spokesperson Oystein Schmidt said, ''This is something that happens extremely rarely. We have established procedures for such situations, which also include a review with our suppliers to ensure this does not happen again.''
One passenger, Jarle Borrestad, wrote on Facebook: ''Believe it or not. A lady next to me at SAS opened the food and jumped a mouse out. Now we have turned around and landed at CPH [Copenhagen Airport] for flight changes.”
This incident follows another rodent-related disruption last week, where a train service in southern England was stopped mid-journey due to two squirrels refusing to leave the carriage.
A Great Western Railway spokesperson said: "We can confirm that the 0854 Reading to Gatwick was terminated at Redhill after a couple of squirrels boarded the train at Gomshall without tickets, breaching railway byeclaws. We attempted to remove them at Redhill, but one refused to leave and was returned to Reading to bring an end to this nutty tail."
Sri Lanka presidential election goes to historic second count
No election in Sri Lanka has ever progressed to the second round of counting, as single candidates have always emerged as clear winners based on first-preference votes
The latest results showed Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party's broader front National People’s Power (NPP) had won 39.52% of the votes counted.
International observers arrive in Sri Lanka for presidential election monitoring
The National Election Commission has assured that all necessary measures have been taken to ensure the safety and security of the observers, with local police stations being duly informed of their presence and responsibilities
A couple walks past an election poster showing a portrait of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, September 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP
A group of election observers from the European Union and the Commonwealth have arrived in Sri Lanka to monitor the presidential election on Saturday (September 21, 2024).
A total of 116 representatives from various international election observation organisations have arrived in Sri Lanka to monitor the upcoming presidential election, the Newsfirst news portal reported on Friday (September 20, 2024)
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