2 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Air raid sirens in Tel Aviv after Hezbollah says it targeted city; Blinken lands in Israel

Israeli military said about 20 rockets were fired with many intercepted; US secretary of state arrives for talks with Israeli leadersSee all our Middle East coverageAt least 13 people were killed and 57 others injured in an Israeli airstrike on Monday near Hariri hospital, Beirut’s main government hospital, the health ministry said, revising upwards its initial death toll of four (see opening summary for more details).Another 57 people were injured in the strike near Lebanon’s biggest public hospital, located a few kilometres from the city centre, the health ministry said.All our neighbours have assured us that they won’t allow their soil or airspace to be used against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Bank of America exec stripped of his role after death of Green Beret employee who worked 100 hours per week

A Bank of America executive was recently removed from overseeing a key division following the death of a junior banker earlier this year who worked 100-hour weeks.

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11 hours ago Child among four killed after airstrike hits Lebanon's biggest hospital: Deaths come hours after IDF said Hezbollah was hiding $100millions under another clinic

Israel's bombardment of Lebanon has displaced more than 1.2million people multiple times, according to the country's authorities.

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15 hours ago The New York Liberty show investment in women’s sports is simply good business

Five years after playing before crowds of 2,000 fans in White Plains, the Liberty completed a stunning turnaround with a first WNBA title. And the future looks brighter than everFrom the earliest days of the Women’s National Basketball Association, it seemed like winning a championship was only a matter of time for the New York Liberty. A glamour franchise by default, they first reached the doorstep of a title during the league’s inaugural season back in 1997, falling to the Houston Comets in a championship game that was wiped from the headlines within hours by the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. That was the first of five times New York tripped at the final hurdle, including last season’s crushing defeat to the Las Vegas Aces on their home floor. As the years became decades, much li...

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18 hours ago What's next for Death Row man Robert Roberson who escaped lethal injection at 11th hour

Robert Roberson was set to be killed by the state of Texas last week, but narrowly escaped after a group of lawmakers intervened on his behalf just 90 minutes before he was to be killed

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19 hours ago Middle East crisis live: dozens of Palestinians reportedly killed in northern Gaza; Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon, officials say

Palestinian news agency says at 29 killed, including children, in northern Gaza Strip; Lebanese health ministry reports multiple deaths across countryIsraeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced people on Monday as they deepened their operations in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and medics said.They also rounded up men and ordered women to leave the camp, they said. Continue reading...

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20 hours ago Last chance to stream Netflix horror film viewers are describing as 'nightmare fuel'

Ethan Hawke stars as a child killer in the film which viewers are calling 'truly disturbing' and his performance has earned rave reviews

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21 hours ago Rioter dies in prison after being jailed for two years for violent disorder after screaming at police, shouting racist abuse and calling asylum seekers 'child killers' during anti

Peter Lynch, 61, died on Saturday night at HMP Moorland near Doncaster, in south Yorkshire. He was serving a two year and eight months prison term after being jailed in August.

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21 hours ago Moment Japanese police chief bows and begs ex boxer for forgiveness over 'unspeakable mental distress' of being kept on death row for 50 years before his dramatic acquittal aged 88

Mr Hakamada had initially pleaded not guilty to stabbing four people to death in 1966, but confessed after 264 hours of intense and often violent interrogation

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