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Mohammed Afif killed in first Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in more than a month, official saysHere are some images from the scene in Beirut, where an Israeli strike is believed to have killed Hezbollah spokesperson Mohammed Afif:Sunday’s strike by Israel killed one person – reported to be Hezbollah spokesperson Mohammed Afif – and injured three, according to the Lebanon health ministry. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/17/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-strike-hezbollah-beirut-mohammed-afif Author : Claire Phipps Publish date : 2024-11-17 13:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Attack in Beit Lahiya follows reports of deadly attacks elsewhere in territory as Israel also strikes targets in Lebanon Dozens of Palestinians have been killed or injured by an Israeli strike on a multistorey residential building in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, local medics and officials in the territory have said.The government media office in Gaza, which is run by Hamas, put the number of those killed at 72. It said the strike on Sunday morning hit a residential building that housed six families. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/17/dozens-reported-killed-israeli-airstrike-residential-building-north-gaza Author : Jason Burke in Jerusalem Publish date : 2024-11-17 12:11:00

Margaret Hodge and Andrew Mitchell criticise ‘dither and delay’ that they say protects corruption and conflictOpen registers are only way to stop dirty moneyThe UK’s offshore financial centres must fall in behind plans to stop “dirty money” by publishing registers of corporate ownership, leading political campaigners have said, as Labour pledged not to cave in to lobbying designed to weaken the proposals.Labour’s Dame Margaret Hodge and the Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell hit out at “dither and delay”, ahead of this week’s summit between UK government officials and overseas territories, such as the British Virgin Islands (BVIs) and Cayman Islands, in

Brown bears, introduced into Trentino province 20 years ago, have begun to clash with the local human populationFranca Gherardini used to cherish the sublime views from her home in Caldes, a village surrounded by forests on the slopes of the Brenta Dolomites in northern Italy’s Trentino province.But now she tries to shut out the scene as much as possible, rolling down the window canopy in the morning to avoid looking towards the area where her son, Andrea Papi, 26, was killed by a bear. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/17/how-fatal-bear-attack-led-italian-comune-rally-against-rewilding Author : Angela Giuffrida in Caldes Publish date : 2024-11-17