Oct 28 Watch 10:39 Hurricane Melissa slams into Jamaica as a Category 5 with 185 mph winds By Geoff Bennett, William Brangham, Winston Wilde, Zeba Warsi Jamaica is suffering extensive damage from the devastating force of Hurricane Melissa. It's just the second Atlantic storm ever to make landfall with winds up to 185 mph. William Brangham reports and Geoff Bennett discusses the impact and rescue efforts… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 3:50 Gaza ceasefire tested as Israel launches strikes after it says Hamas attacked soldiers By Amna Nawaz, Nick Schifrin In Gaza, there was another test of a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered what he called "powerful strikes" in Gaza after Israel said Hamas shot at Israeli soldiers in the south of the territory. Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 5:05 News Wrap: U.S. strikes alleged drug boats in Pacific, killing at least 14 In our news wrap Tuesday, the U.S. said it carried out three strikes that killed at least 14 on alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific, President Trump is heading to South Korea where he'll meet with China's President Xi,… Continue watching
Oct 28 Huge raid on Rio gang leaves at least 10 people dead and 80 under arrest By Diarlei Rodrigues, Eléonore Hughes, Associated Press Authorities said the operation included officers in helicopters and armored vehicles and targeted the notorious Red Command in the sprawling low-income favelas of Complexo de Alemao and Penha. Continue reading
Oct 28 Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from curbing emissions to reducing human suffering By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press Gates wrote a new 17-page memo hoping to have an impact on next month’s United Nations climate change conference in Brazil. He’s urging world leaders to ask whether the little money designated for climate is being spent on the right… Continue reading
Oct 28 Plane flying tourists to Kenya’s Maasai Mara crashes, killing 11 By Evelyne Musambi, Associated Press A small plane carrying 10 foreign tourists has crashed in Kenya, killing them and the pilot. Continue reading
Oct 28 U.S. attempted to lure Maduro’s pilot into betraying the Venezuelan leader By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press A federal agent had a daring plan: persuade Nicolas Maduro's chief pilot to surreptitiously divert the Venezuelan president’s plane to a place where U.S. authorities could nab the strongman. Continue reading
Oct 28 Ceasefire tested as Israel and Hamas exchange fire and blame in Gaza By Wafaa Shurafa, Renata Brito, Associated Press The Israeli army launched a barrage of attacks in Gaza on Tuesday as tensions with Hamas grew two weeks into a fragile ceasefire, and the militant group responded by saying it would delay handing over the body of a hostage. Continue reading
Oct 28 U.S. launches strikes on 4 alleged drug-running boats in the eastern Pacific, killing 14 By Konstantin Toropin, Associated Press Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that the U.S. military has carried out strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean on four boats accused of carrying drugs, killing 14 people and leaving one survivor in the deadliest single day since the… Continue reading
Oct 28 Trump bonds with Japan’s new prime minister, unveils major Japanese investment projects in the U.S. By Josh Boak, Chris Megerian, Associated Press Sanae Takaichi, who became the country's first female prime minister only days ago, talked baseball, stationed a Ford F-150 truck outside their meeting and greeted Trump with, by his estimation, a firm handshake. Continue reading