United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the developments in Lebanon were concerning, especially given the "extremely volatile" context.

Iran's Mehr news agency reported that the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was among those injured.

Floods from Typhoon Yagi have so far claimed the lives of 226 people in Myanmar. The damage is also severely impeding urgent aid efforts.

Earlier, the US State Department said it works towards informing governments around the world about Russia's use of RT to conduct covert activities.

Shots had been fired near the Republican presidential candidate in Florida, his team said.

Jones was also heard in dozens of television commercials and the CNN broadcaster used his voice saying "This is CNN" to introduce newscasts for several years.

A worsening political crisis forced Gonzalez into hiding for the past month and an arrest warrant was issued this week for the politician on charges including attempted seizure of office and incitement to sedition.

“During the past three months of 2024, the globe has experienced the hottest June and August, the hottest day on record, and the hottest boreal summer on record,” said Copernicus's deputy director Samantha Burgess.

Among the 10 individuals and two entities sanctioned by the Treasury Department are Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief, and Elizaveta Brodskaia, the deputy editor-in-chief of RT, the Russian state-owned media network.

The White House said national security adviser Jake Sullivan addressed the issue of stability in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea and also raised concerns about Chinese support for Russia during the Russian war against Ukraine.

Pavel Durov is suspected of failing to take measures to curb the use of his platform for criminal purposes.

Israel has announced a 48-hour state of emergency as Hezbollah launches strikes from Lebanon. The Israeli military said it was also striking Hezbollah targets.

The bus, carrying 40 people, veered off the highway near a central town while traveling from the tourist city of Pokhara to the capital, Kathmandu.

Pro-Palestinian delegates said they were not allowed to speak at the DNC.

While the Islamist regime denied entry to Richard Bennet on grounds of spreading "propaganda", The UN has accused the Taliban of creating a system of "gender apartheid" in Afghanistan.

According to Gaza civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal, three Israeli rockets hit the facility in Daraj in eastern Gaza City. Israel, however, said it had only struck 'terrorists operating within a Hamas command and control center embedded within' a school, killing approximately 20. 

Thousands of police officers were deployed to London, the Metropolitan Police said.

As Imane Khelif readies for her Paris bout, the debate over her Olympic eligibility in the women's category has escalated, spurred by online hate speech and gendered disinformation.

'Whatever the apparent motivation, this is not protest. It is pure violence, and we will not tolerate attacks on mosques or our Muslim communities,' Starmer said. 'The full force of the law will be visited on all those who are identified as having taken part in these activities.'

The Interior Ministry declared an indefinite nationwide curfew from 6 pm (1200 GMT), in the first such move since the protests started.