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In late 2024, a small group of radical Israeli settlers briefly crossed into Lebanon and established an outpost. The group was led by the Uri Tzafon Movement, a religious Zionist organisation that has staged events demanding the Jewish settlement of southern Lebanon. This vision is shared by the Nachala settler movement. A video on its website presents a pioneering spirit of Jews building, developing and settling the West Bank. Backed by Daniella Weiss, the godmother of the Zionist colonisation project, Nachala also advocates Jewish settlement in Gaza, Lebanon and beyond. “Jewish settlement is the only thing that will bring about…

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Revolution Medicines — The biotech stock rallied 13% on the release of positive trial data for daraxonrasib, a drug aimed at treating pancreatic cancer. The company plans to begin a phase 3 trial in the fourth quarter based on the latest findings. Delta Air Lines — The airline fell more than 3% after the company reiterated its third-quarter earnings per share guidance. Delta sees a profit between $1.25 per share and $1.75 per share. Micron Technology — Shares of the semiconductor manufacturer jumped more than 9% after Citi reiterated its buy…

In this photo illustration a virtual friend is seen on the screen of an iPhone on April 30, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Federal Trade Commission on Thursday announced it is issuing orders to seven companies including OpenAI, Alphabet, Meta, xAI and Snap to understand how their artificial intelligence chatbots potentially negatively affect children and teenagers.The federal agency said AI chatbots may be used to simulate human-like communication and intrapersonal relationships with users, and that it wants to understand what steps these companies have taken to “evaluate the safety of these chatbots when acting as…

It is a sobering thought, but in previous World Cup qualification campaigns, Brazil would have needed to go through a playoff to secure their place in the tournament. With the expansion to 48 teams, they made it through relatively comfortably, but there’s a lot of work ahead, and not much time in which to do it.Carlo Ancelotti only has friendlies in October, November and March before naming his squad. The arrival of the Italian manager has strengthened Brazil’s defense, with just one goal — a VAR-awarded penalty — scored against them in the past four games.Getting the attack to click…

New Nottingham Forest boss Ange Postecoglou has joked that he will have to win a trophy in his first year in charge to remain in the job.At Tottenham, Postecoglou famously declared that he “always wins things” in his second year, and he delivered on his promise as he led the club to Europa League glory last season. But despite ending Spurs’ 17-year trophy drought, Postecoglou was sacked after the club’s worst-ever Premier League season as they finished 17th. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sky Sports News reporter Anton Toloui explains why Forest have appointed Ange…

A federal judge has issued a nationwide block on a Trump administration directive that prevented children in the U.S. illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program.Head Start associations in several states filed suit against the policy change by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The ruling by a federal judge in Washington state on Thursday comes after a coalition of 21 Democratic attorney generals succeeded in temporarily halting the policy’s implementation within their own states.With the new ruling, the policy is now on hold across the country.In July, HHS proposed a rule reinterpretation to…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Facing those seeking to oust him from office, Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver warned Missouri lawmakers on Thursday that a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump is reopening decades-old racial divisions in Kansas City. Cleaver flew from the nation’s Capitol to Missouri’s statehouse in what he acknowledged was a likely quixotic attempt to stop a Republican plan that would dramatically reshape his Kansas City district to give the GOP a better shot at winning one more seat in next year’s election. Missouri’s Senate is expected to give final approval to the plan as soon…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Provisions of a Florida law restricting the state’s process for getting citizens’ initiatives on the ballot can go into effect, a federal appeals court has decided. The decision issued Tuesday overrules a lower court’s order that blocked portions of the law from being enforced while the legal challenge brought by grassroots campaigners plays out. Known as H.B. 1205, the law sets new limits on how many petitions Florida voters can collect in their effort to get a constitutional amendment on the state’s ballot, a provision punishable by a felony if voters violate it. The measure also…

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in a state that has permissive gun laws and allows firearms to be concealed or openly carried without a permit in most instances, experts said.Investigators said a high-powered, bolt-action rifle that might have been used in the attack was found hidden in a towel in a wooded area near Utah Valley University.Clark Aposhian, a firearms instructor and chair of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, said there is nothing in Utah’s permissive gun policies that would somehow make it easier for an assassin to kill Kirk, who was speaking outdoors to students.“No law allows…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands gathered at the Slovak capital on Thursday to protest a meeting between populist Prime Minister Robert Fico and Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an escalation of previous protests against Fico’s pro-Russia stance. The government’s planned austerity measures also drew condemnation from protesters.The latest wave of protests was fueled by a trip by Fico to China where he again met Putin, along with other authoritarian leaders. Fico traveled to Beijing for a military parade hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.Fico was the only head…