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Network Ten won’t line up to buy Southern Cross Austereo’s network of 96 regional television signals, which have in effect been put on the market after a surprise takeover offer from rival ARN.

Palestinian refugees warned it would be forced to stop working across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday unless there were urgent fuel deliveries to the war-torn territory. «If we do not get fuel urgently, we will be forced to halt our operations in the Gaza Strip as of tomorrow night,» UNRWA said on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday. Aid agencies have sounded the alarm about the lack of fuel, which is used to power vital services in Gaza such as hospitals which are relying on generators. «Time is running out.

Louisiana highway, a combination of wildfire smoke and dense fog led to a 158-car pileup on Interstate 55. This catastrophic event has raised concerns about what meteorologists call "super fog," a phenomenon that severely impairs visibility to less than 10 feet. At least seven people died, and more than 25 others were injured in the accident, which involved multiple cars catching fire and a truck carrying a hazardous liquid. The National Weather Service has classified this kind of fog as «super fog,» a term gaining notoriety for its potential to cause massive pileups and other disasters.

Emmanuel Macron proposed on Tuesday that an international coalition fighting against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria be widened to include the fight against the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza. Macron gave no detail on how the U.S.-led coalition of dozens of countries, of which Israel is not a member, could be involved. Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Macron stressed that France and Israel shared terrorism as their «common enemy». «France is ready for the international coalition against Daesh in which we are taking part for operations in Iraq and Syria to also fight against Hamas,» he told reporters, referring to Islamic State. Macron, who warned against the risks of a regional conflict, also said the fight against Hamas «must be without mercy but not without rules». Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not directly comment on Macron's proposal but said the fight was a battle between the «axis of evil» and «the free world». «This battle is not merely our own… it's everybody's battle,» he said. The U.S-led coalition fighting Islamic State was formed in September 2014. What began as a major military operation that helped «deliver the military defeat of Daesh in Iraq and Syria», is now focusing on advising and assisting local partners, including with reconnaissance and intelligence, to ensure the group cannot reclaim lost ground, the coalition says on its website. It operates primarily in Iraq. Thirty French citizens were killed by Hamas militants in their attack on southern Israel on Oct.

Hamas loud and clear and an important issue in the world, the Israeli security forces conducted a press conference in which over 200 journalists attended the meeting on Monday. In the news conference, the Israeli side showed up for around 44 minutes of raw and unedited visuals which was gathered by IDF Personnel during the war from Hamas body camera GoPro CCTV, Hamas smartphone and local phones. Israel Securities Authority (ISA) released a video clip, purportedly showing Hamas terrorists confessing their active participation in the deadly terror attacks in southern Israel on October 7. A video file provided by ISA Communications was attached to the statements of the Hamas terrorists, involved in the October 7 attacks, during interrogation, the Authority added. In the video, the Hamas terrorists are purportedly heard saying that they were promised a stipend for taking civilian hostages from Israel to Gaza. «Whoever kidnaps a hostage and brings them to Gaza is to get a stipend of USD 10,000 and an apartment,» a Hamas terrorist is purportedly heard saying in the video. They are also heard saying that they were specifically instructed by their handlers to abduct elderly women and children. They said they were also asked to «cleanse the houses and kidnap as many prisoners as possible,» one of the terrorists said. «Her (a victim's) dog came out and I shot him,» the terrorist is heard saying further in the video, adding, «Her body was lying on the floor, I shot her too.

Lifshitz, an Israeli grandmother released by Hamas militants on Monday, is a peace activist who together with her husband helped sick Palestinians in Gaza get to hospital for years, her grandson told Reuters. The Palestinian militants said they released Lifshitz, 85, and a second woman Nurit Cooper, 79, on health grounds, after taking them and more than 200 others hostage during an Oct.

Israel's military said it was preparing for «unrelenting attacks» to dismantle Hamas while former U.S. President Barack Obama warned that «any Israeli military strategy that ignores the human costs could ultimately backfire.» The Palestinian health ministry said the Gaza death toll in two weeks of air strikes had topped 5,000. Israel pounded hundreds of targets in Gaza from the air on Monday as its soldiers fought Hamas militants during raids into the besieged Palestinian strip where civilians are trapped in harrowing conditions.

Hamas as a barbaric terrorist organisation, an Indian American Congressman has said there is a need to eliminate the terror outfit. The Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a barrage of rocket attacks in Southern Israel on October 7. The unprecedented assault triggered retaliatory strikes from the Israel Defense Forces.

Also read: Israel-Hamas war: ‘Ignoring human costs could…’ Obama warns Israel on actions in Gaza Israel is preparing a large-scale ground operation in an environment in which Hamas militants have had years to prepare tunnel networks and set traps throughout northern Gaza's dense urban blocks. More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, mostly civilians who died in the initial Hamas rampage into southern Israel on 7th October.

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Screenwriters Guild of Israel has criticized the Writers Guild of America for failing to comment on the October 7 attacks in southern Israel by the Hamas terrorist organization, which resulted in the killing of around 1,400 people, the majority of whom were civilians. “It's sad that the professional writers' guild can't find the courage to speak out against the terrorist group that is holding 200 hostages right now. Some of the hostages are toddlers and babies who were taken from their cribs while their mothers were raped in the same room.

The U.S. prosecution team has issued a formal request to the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, seeking to preclude the defense from introducing arguments or evidence concerning the current value of specific investments in the trial against Samuel Bankman-Fried, the erstwhile CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. This request follows allegations that Bankman-Fried misappropriated FTX customer deposits for a substantial investment in the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, an investment whose value might have significantly appreciated amid recent fundraising endeavors by Anthropic.

1 per cent week-on-week gains for the last two weeks, on the possibility of supply disruption in the Middle East — the world's biggest oil-supplying region — if the conflict were to spread. Back home, on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), crude oil futures due for a November 17 expiry, were last trading 2.08 per cent lower at ₹7,213 per bbl, having swung between ₹7,213 and ₹7,343 per bbl during the session so far, against a previous close of ₹7,366 per barrel. Also Read: Domestic crude oil production at 2.4 MMT in September, imports rise 6.1% YoY: PPAC -The intensification of diplomatic efforts to prevent the Israel-Hamas conflict from further escalation could have calmed oil prices on Monday.

Hamas attack on October 7, The Times of Israel reported. In an interview with Radio 103FM, he stated, «Of course I also bear responsibility. I served as prime minister for 12 months.

Gaza early Monday, including in areas where Palestinian civilians have been told to seek refuge, after another small aid shipment was allowed into the besieged Hamas-ruled territory. Israel is widely expected to launch a ground offensive in Gaza following Hamas' brutal October 7 rampage into southern Israeli communities. Tanks and troops have been massed at the Gaza border, and Israel says it has stepped up airstrikes in order to reduce the risk to troops in the next stages.

Gaza City to flee south because it was safer, 18-year-old Dima Al-Lamdani's family prayed they would escape relentless air strikes. But days later, Lamdani was left to identify the bodies of her relatives at a makeshift morgue in the southern city of Khan Younis. She said she lost her parents, seven siblings and four members of her uncle's family in an Israeli air strike. «They told us to evacuate your place and go to Khan Younis because it is safe… They betrayed us and bombed us,» she said. She said her family and that of her uncle travelled in two cars across Gaza, which has faced the heaviest bombardment after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack into Israel on Oct. 7, killing about 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages. Lamdani's family was staying at a temporary shelter in Khan Younis when she said: «At 4.30 a.m.

China's blue-chip share index closed at its lowest level in four-and-a-half years on Monday, with investors dumping tech sector stocks and others as global market jitters compounded lingering worries over domestic economic health. The CSI300 Index fell 1% to its lowest closing level since February 2019.

Indian Railways is set to operate nearly 300 special trains, making a total of 4,480 trips, in order to cater to the increased demand during the festive season, including Durga Puja, Diwali, and Chhath. The announcement of 283 special trains was made by Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. According to the details shared by the minister, South Central Railway will run 58 trains, making a total of 404 trips.

Gaza with air strikes early on Monday and its aircraft struck southern Lebanon overnight, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a meeting of his top generals and his war cabinet to assess the escalating conflict. Israel's attacks concentrated on the Gaza Strip's centre and north, Palestinian media reported. A strike on a house near the Jabalia refugee camp, in northern Gaza, killed several Palestinians and wounded others, according to media reports.

Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Sunday that the United States expects the Israel-Hamas war to escalate through involvement by proxies of Iran, and they asserted that the Biden administration is prepared to respond if American personnel or armed forces become the target of any such hostilities. «This is not what we want, not what we're looking for.

Japan's yen took the spotlight in Asia on Monday, circling the 150-per-dollar level in a tug of war between investors betting on a further rise in dollar yields and those expecting Japanese authorities will intervene in markets. The week kicks off with growing worries about the Middle East conflict as Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes early on Monday, extending a two-week bombardment that began after an Oct. 7 rampage by Islamist group Hamas on southern Israeli communities, and as the United Statese dispatched more military assets to the region. U.S.