Storm Isha Brings Strong Winds and Gusts Across Britain

Storm Isha Brings Strong Winds and Gusts Across Britain

Britain was under strong wind warnings, including a tornado watch, as a winter storm swept over the country on Sunday, bringing potential “danger to life” in some areas, the authorities said. The Meteorological Office, Britain’s national weather service, issued a rarely used warning concerning the storm, Isha. Wind gusts between 59 and 79 miles per…

Deep Under Gaza, Israel Shows Evidence Hostages Were Held in Tunnels

Deep Under Gaza, Israel Shows Evidence Hostages Were Held in Tunnels

In a subterranean compound deep below Khan Younis, a Hamas stronghold in the southern Gaza Strip, the five cells with barred doors that the Israeli military says held hostages abducted from Israel had clearly been constructed long in advance. The tunnel builders even paid some attention to décor: The tiled walls of a small kitchenette…

Deadly Blast Hits Market in Russia-Held Donetsk, Ukraine, Officials Say

Deadly Blast Hits Market in Russia-Held Donetsk, Ukraine, Officials Say

At least 25 people were killed on Sunday when artillery shells hit a market in Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine occupied by Russian forces, the pro-Moscow head of the region said, blaming Ukrainian forces for the strike. If confirmed, the episode would be one of the most serious in recent months involving civilians in…

Netanyahu Again Rebuffs Biden Over Palestinian State

Netanyahu Again Rebuffs Biden Over Palestinian State

He loved to play basketball with his friends. He dreamed of studying business administration to help his family’s stores. He enjoyed taking care of his younger siblings and was “very polite, very respectful, very intelligent,” according to his mosque’s president. Then, suddenly, a bullet to his head ended everything. A Palestinian-American teenager was killed by…

Deep Under Gaza, Evidence of Cells and Hostages, Israel Says

Deep Under Gaza, Evidence of Cells and Hostages, Israel Says

In a subterranean compound deep below Khan Younis, a Hamas stronghold in the southern Gaza Strip, the five cells with barred doors that the Israeli military says held hostages abducted from Israel had clearly been constructed long in advance. The tunnel builders even paid some attention to décor: The tiled walls of a small kitchenette…

In France, a Conviction for Police Brutality, but Little Expectation of Change

In France, a Conviction for Police Brutality, but Little Expectation of Change

When a French police officer was found guilty on Friday of assaulting Théo Luhaka, a 22-year-old Black man, during a 2017 identity check that led to his arrest, lawyers on both sides left the courthouse claiming victory in one of France’s most publicized cases of police abuse. Mr. Luhaka, now 29, was officially recognized as…

‘No End in Sight’: Evacuated Israeli City Braces for Possible War With Hezbollah

‘No End in Sight’: Evacuated Israeli City Braces for Possible War With Hezbollah

new video loaded: ‘No End in Sight’: Evacuated Israeli City Braces for Possible War With Hezbollah transcript Back transcript ‘No End in Sight’: Evacuated Israeli City Braces for Possible War With Hezbollah As tensions escalated on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon after Oct. 7, Israel evacuated tens of thousands of residents from the region, including…

A Plant That Flowers Underground Is New to Science, but Not to Borneo

A Plant That Flowers Underground Is New to Science, but Not to Borneo

As a group of European botanists prepared to travel across Borneo by motorboat and four-wheel-drive vehicles, they heard about a species of palm with an extremely rare quirk. It flowers underground. The palm, Pinanga subterranea, is one of 74 plants that scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London named as new to science…

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