Weekly News Roundup – Week 38

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Monday 16th September 2024

Israeli airstrikes reportedly killed at least 16 in Gaza. (DW)

Central Europe flooding leaves 16 dead in Romania, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Austria. (AP)

At least two die as wildfires hit Portugal; the EU sends help. (Reuters)

Ukraine invites the UN and ICRC to Russia’s Kursk region. (Reuters)

Germany brings back border checks to curb migration, but experts question the impact. (Reuters)

The suspect in the Trump assassination attempt may have lain in wait for 12 hours. (Reuters)

Tuesday 17th September 2024

Hezbollah was hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least nine people and injured thousands. (AP)

Two dead in Russian shelling of Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, the governor says. (Reuters)

Palestinian poll finds big drop-in support for the Oct. 7 attack. (Reuters)

Flooding death toll rises to 21 in Central Europe as more areas are on alert. (Al Jazeera)

At least 226 people were killed in Myanmar flooding from Typhoon Yagi. (Al Jazeera)

Scotland agrees to host the Commonwealth Games in 2026. (BBC News)

Wednesday 18th September 2024

Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a new phase of war. (AP)

UN demands Israel end ‘unlawful’ presence in Palestinian territories within 12 months. (Reuters)

Blast from an attack on a Russian arms depot picked up on earthquake monitors. (The Guardian)

Peru declares state of emergency in regions scorched by forest fires. (Reuters)

A ten-year-old Japanese boy dies after stabbing in China. (BBC News)

Thursday 19th September 2024

Israel warned the US that an operation in Lebanon was coming but gave no details. (AP)

Six Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank’s Qabatiya. (Reuters)

Israel violated the global child rights treaty in Gaza, the UN committee says. (Reuters)

Police say one person has been killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing in Rotterdam. (AP)

Iranian hackers sent stolen Trump campaign info to Biden campaign associates, the FBI says. (NBC News)

Friday 20th September 2024

Israeli air attack on Beirut kills 14 as cross-border fire intensifies. (Al Jazeera)

More than 70 were killed in the Mali attack. (Al Jazeera)

A Russian-held Zaporizhzhia plant says Ukraine staged a nearby drone attack. (Reuters)

EU’s von der Leyen announces a 35-billion-euro loan in Kyiv visit. (Reuters)

Saturday 21st September 2024

At least 45 were killed in an Israeli strike on a suburb in Lebanon’s Beirut. (Al Jazeera)

A Russian strike on an apartment block in Kharkiv injures 21. (Reuters)

At least 50 people were killed in the Iran coal mine blast, reports state media. (Al Jazeera)

Four people were killed and at least 17 others injured in a shooting in Birmingham, Alabama. (ABC News)

France unveils a more right-wing government after the deadlock. (Reuters)

Sunday 22nd September 2024

Dozens are killed in Mexico as rivals fight for control of the Sinaloa cartel. (Al Jazeera)

Israel raids and shuts down Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah in the West Bank. (AP)

A left-leaning leader wins the Sri Lankan election in a political paradigm shift. (BBC News)

The death toll from the pager explosion reached 42 people, with more than 3,500 injured. (The Guardian)

At least 45 people have been killed in an Israeli strike in a suburb of Beirut. (Al Jazeera)

Hezbollah targets a base near Haifa after an Israeli strike in Beirut killed 37, including a top commander. (AP)

Seven are killed as Israel strikes a Gaza school sheltering displaced people. (Al Jazeera)

Russian forces make a new strike on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia, killing one. (Reuters)

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