Oct 28 Watch 6:00 News Wrap: Israel’s parliament votes to bar UNRWA from working there In our news wrap Monday, Israel's parliament voted to bar the UN agency for Palestinian refugees from working in Israel, U.S. officials say North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to Russia to help Moscow's war effort in Ukraine, protests erupted… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 8:18 U.S. cybersecurity officials warn of foreign efforts to sow doubt and chaos around election By Nick Schifrin, Sonia Kopelev From disinformation to hacking and leaking, America’s adversaries have never been this busy before an election. U.S. intelligence officials have detailed Russian disinformation, Iranian hacking and leaking efforts and a Chinese focus on congressional candidates critical of Beijing. Nick Schifrin… Continue watching
Oct 28 Israel passes laws restricting a UN agency that has been a lifeline for Gaza By Melanie Lidman, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Together, the laws would effectively sever ties with the U.N. agency, strip it of legal immunities and restrict its ability to support Palestinians in east Jerusalem and the West Bank. Continue reading
Oct 28 Course of Ukraine’s fight against Russia hangs on outcome of U.S. election By Samya Kullab, Associated Press The decisions of the next U.S. president will determine the trajectory of Ukraine's fight against Russia’s invasion. Continue reading
Oct 28 North Korea has sent about 10,000 soldiers to Russia to fight in Ukraine, Pentagon says By Lorne Cook, Tara Copp, Associated Press It comes after NATO said some of the North Korean troops have already been deployed in the Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push back a Ukrainian incursion. Continue reading
Oct 28 Republic of Georgia’s president accuses Russia of election meddling, urges the West to back protests By Emma Burrows, Associated Press President Salome Zourabichvili, who refused to recognize the official results, says the South Caucasus nation has fallen victim to Russian pressure aimed at derailing its plans to join the European Union. Continue reading
Oct 28 At least 43,000 Palestinians killed, more than half women and children, in war in Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry says By Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press The Gaza Health Ministry also said at least 101,110 people have been wounded since the war started on Oct. 7, 2023. Continue reading
Oct 27 Uruguay votes in election with two moderate candidates, living up to its reputation for political stability By Nayara Batschke, Isabel DeBre, Associated Press Voters in the small South American nation of Uruguay picked a new president Sunday in a race between two moderates that defied regional trends of bitter division and democratic erosion. Continue reading
Oct 27 Georgian president calls for protests after pro-Russia ruling party declares election victory By Emma Burrows, Associated Press Georgia’s president said Sunday she did not recognize the results of this weekend’s parliamentary vote, which election officials say was won by the ruling party, adding that the country fell victim to a “Russian special operation” aimed at moving it… Continue reading
Oct 27 Satellite images show damage from Israeli strikes at 2 secretive Iranian military bases By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past have linked to Tehran's onetime nuclear weapons program and at another base tied to its ballistic missile program, satellite… Continue reading