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CISA Alert
Apple Releases Security Updates for iOS and iPadOS

BBC News
Biden cannot escape Trump's shadow in border crisis

The Associated Press
Impeachments and forced removals from office emerge as partisan weapons

The Associated Press
Biden faces GOP criticism as Hamas attack thrusts him into Mideast crisis

Reuters News Agency
New COVID shots still hard to find for some Americans

BBC News
HotSat-1: UK spacecraft maps heat variations across Earth

The Observer
Poland’s TV’s ‘propaganda’ under scrutiny as bitterly polarised election looms

Reuters News Agency
Any new Armenia conflict would be France's fault, Azerbaijan's president says

BBC News
Life in Timbuktu and Gao under siege by Islamist fighters

The Associated Press
US will send a carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean in support of Israel

Reuters News Agency
Israel, Hezbollah exchange artillery, rocket fire

The Washington Post
As its death toll rises to 600, Israel declares war

BBC News
Israeli forces fight to drive out Hamas militants and free hostages

Ha’aretz
Israel: At Least 700 Israelis Killed, 2,000 Wounded

Ha’aretz
Reports estimate Israel will launch ground attack in Gaza within 48 hours

Reuters News Agency
Conflict threatens to spiral as Israel pounds Gaza - More

France 24
Hamas surprise attack a ‘historic failure’ for Israeli intelligence services

The Associated Press
An Israeli airstrike kills 19 members of the same family in a southern Gaza refugee camp

Reuters News Agency
What is the Palestinian group Hamas? - More

Ha’aretz
U.S. Sending Aircraft Carrier, Destroyer, Munitions to Help 'Protect the Israeli People'

The Washington Post
The rush to map underground fungi networks before they’re gone

Reuters News Agency
Afghan earthquakes kill 2,053

The Washington Post
Diego Garcia: They were deported to build a U.S. naval base. Now they want reparations.

Reuters News Agency
Two killed by avalanches on Tibet’s Shishapangma as 50 were climbing

The Observer
Tired, broke and eager for change, New Zealand expected to shift right at coming election

The Associated Press
Drought in Brazil’s Amazon is sharpening fears for the future

The Observer
Lost ‘holy grail’ film of life in Brazil’s Amazon 100 years ago resurfaces

The Associated Press
Some GOP candidates propose acts of war against Mexico to stop fentanyl

Le Figaro
Un projet de film sur l’implosion du submersible touristique Titan

Agence de presse Reuters
Les États-Unis prêts à apporter tout soutien à Israël, déclare Biden

Radio-Canada
Pas d’action du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU au terme d'une première rencontre d'urgence

Agence de presse Reuters
Une dizaine de blessés dans une attaque russe contre Kherson

Agence de presse Reuters
La France serait responsable d'une escalade, estime Aliev

Agence de presse Reuters
Deux Israéliens et un Egyptien abattus à Alexandrie

Agence France-Presse
Turquie : une nouvelle église pour Istanbul, la première en 100 ans de république

Radio-Canada
1100 morts : Les combats entre le Hamas et Israël se poursuivent - Plus

France 24
Israël évacue ses résidents autour de Gaza - Plus

Agence de presse Reuters
Le bilan des frappes à Gaza grimpe à 313 morts

Agence de presse Reuters
Dans le sud d'Israël, les récits de survivants terrorisés

France 24
Israël : « une faillite historique » des services de renseignement israéliens - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Plus de 2000 morts dans un puissant séisme en Afghanistan - Plus - Plus - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Inde : au moins 77 morts après le débordement d'un lac dans l'Himalaya

Agence de presse Reuters
Birmanie : La Cour suprême rejette l'appel d'Aung San Suu Kyi

Agence France-Presse
Guatemala: huit personnes tuées dans une fusillade

International Commentary

Amir Tibon | Ha’aretz
My 62-year-old Dad Fought Hamas Terrorists to Free My Family

Michael Cohen | The Observer
The Republican party is at last paying the price of its Faustian pact with Trump

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
Donald Trump Is Any Defense Attorney’s Nightmare

Manuel Roig-Franzia | The Washington Post
What’s it like to be prosecuted by Jack Smith?

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Olivia Nuzzi | Intelligencer
Do Any of These People Stand a Chance Against Trump?

p>Amos Harel | Ha’aretz
Four Bad Options Face Israel in the Gaza Strip

Peter Beaumont | The Observer
Israel attack is Hamas imposing itself on wider Middle East diplomacy

Editorial Board | The Washington Post
A Hamas attack on Israel terrifies — and clarifies

Bethan McKernan | The Observer
Civilians will pay price for biggest challenge to Israel since 1973

Daniel Byman and Alexander Palmer | Foreign Affairs
What the Hamas Attack Means for Israel: Netanyahu Has Nothing but Bad Options - More

Daniel Byman and Alexander Palmer | Foreign Policy
What You Need to Know About the Israel-Hamas Violence

Max Boot | The Washington Post
This is Israel’s 9/11. The consequences will be dangerous — and unforeseeable.

John Naughton | The Observer
Encryption services are sending the right message to the quantum codebreakers

Tim Fist and Paul Scharre | Foreign Policy
The Cloud Can Solve America’s AI Problems - More

Charles L. Glaser, James M. Acton, and Steve Fetter | Foreign Affairs
The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Can Deter Both China and Russia

Gaia Vince | The Observer
A hotter world forcing people on the move needs vision

Barbara Ellen | The Observer
Once shamed, forever a slut: Give up girls, you’re doomed to stay in the internet spotlight

Peter A. Petri and Michael Plummer | The Brookings Institution
The UK’s Indo-Pacific tilt and the CPTPP’s prospects

Jens Schneider | The Guardian
Your next excuse is on platform 5 – German train travel has become an experience worthy of Kafka

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