An Israeli airstrike kills 18 members of a family in Gaza as mediators hope for a cease-fire
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in Gaza has killed at least 18 people, all from the same family. Saturday’s strike came hours after officials from the United States, Egypt and Qatar wrapped up two days of cease-fire talks with a message of hope that a deal could be reached. They expect to work out implementation details next week in Cairo. Health authorities say the Palestinian death toll in the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas has passed 40,000. The fighting has devastated Gaza, where aid and health workers fear a possible polio outbreak.
The pro-Palestinian ‘uncommitted’ movement is at an impasse with top Democrats as the DNC begins
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Supporters of the “uncommitted” protest-vote movement sparked by dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war could play a large role in the Democratic National Convention, with raucous protests expected outside and potentially inside the Chicago arena. Kamala Harris and her campaign have spent weeks meeting with people involved in the movement in hopes of alleviating tensions. The meetings included a previously unreported sit-down between Harris and the mayor of Dearborn, Michigan. Many of the leaders in the “uncommitted” movement have expressed cautious optimism towards Harris’ campaign. But they maintain that she and the campaign haven’t met their demands before the convention. They include multiple speaking slots for movement members.
As political convention comes to Chicago, residents, leaders and activists vie for the spotlight
CHICAGO (AP) — As the American city that has hosted more political conventions than any other, Chicago has pretty much seen it all. Presidential candidates have been made official in Chicago more than two dozen times since Abraham Lincoln in 1860, including the infamous 1968 convention where police clashed with protesters and Bill Clinton’s 1996 renomination. Now the nation’s third-largest city is back on the global political stage as it hosts the Democratic National Convention starting Monday, with city leaders, residents and activists each hoping to claim time in the spotlight and shape the city’s reputation.
Hurricane Ernesto moves through Bermuda as a category 1 storm
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Ernesto has made landfall on the tiny British Atlantic territory of Bermuda as residents continue to hunker down. The hurricane is now exhibiting a large rain-free center region that is just about to move past Bermuda, according to the National Hurricane Center. The eye has expanded and Ernesto has slowed down, though the second half of the storm is set to move over Bermuda Saturday afternoon. The wide category 1 storm has maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph). Hurricane-strength winds are expected to continue until Saturday afternoon, with tropical storm-strength winds continuing well into Sunday, the Bermuda government said.
Immigrants prepare for new Biden protections with excitement and concern
MIAMI (AP) — A new Biden administration program will allow some spouses of U.S. citizens living in the U.S. illegally to gain legal status without leaving the country. As many as 500,000 people in the country without permanent legal status who are married to U.S. citizens may qualify under the program launching Monday. News of the program set off a flurry of activity nationwide as couples checked if they were eligible. Immigrant groups are trying to help people understand the policy and battle misinformation. But the excitement has been tempered with concern over whether the program will face legal challenges and what happens if Donald Trump becomes president. He’s pledged to deport millions of immigrants in the country illegally.
Congo’s humanitarian crisis helped mpox spiral again into a global health emergency
GOMA, Congo (AP) — A humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo is contributing to mpox outbreaks there and elsewhere in Africa that have been deemed a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. Congo has recorded more than 96% of the world’s mpox cases this year, and the new variant that was discovered in the country’s east this year has been detected in four other African countries where mpox was never reported before. Sweden reported its first case this week. One expert says the Congo crisis, where millions have been displaced by conflict and are out of the reach of health services, has almost every possible complication when it comes to stopping an outbreak.
What to know as India’s medics and women protest the rape and killing of a doctor
NEW DELHI (AP) — Anger at the Indian government’s failure to deter rising violence against women has fueled protests by medics and women’s groups across Indian cities after a trainee doctor was raped and killed last week. On Saturday, medical workers began a countrywide strike. Police discovered the bloodied body of a 31-year-old trainee doctor on Aug. 9 at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in eastern Kolkata city. A police volunteer working at the hospital has been detained in connection with the crime. The protests — mostly led by women — demand a safer working environment.
Strategist who ran DeSantis’ ill-fated bid is working with Musk to help organize voters for Trump
Donald Trump’s campaign is largely leaving paid canvassing and get-out-the-vote efforts to outside groups like America PAC, funded in part by Elon Musk. To run the group, Musk has turned to veterans of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ failed presidential bid. DeSantis’ old campaign manager, Generra Peck, has close ties to Musk, according to people familiar with the matter. She is said to have overruled internal objections to have DeSantis launch his campaign by holding a conversation with Musk on what was then still called Twitter. The platform crashed repeatedly, spoiling the start of his campaign. That experience underscores the risks of the Trump campaign outsourcing a core function to a coterie of untested groups that operate independently.
Sudan’s paramilitary fighters killed 85 people in an attack on a central village, residents say
CAIRO (AP) — Fighters from Sudan’s paramilitary group have rampaged through a central village, looting and burning and killing at least 85 people, including women and children. The latest atrocity in the country’s 18-month conflict was reported Saturday by authorities and residents. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began attacking Galgani in the central province of Sennar late in July. Sudan’s Foreign Ministry says they opened fire on unarmed residents on Thursday after they resisted attempts to abduct and sexually assault women and girls. The RSF has been repeatedly accused of massacres, rapes and other gross violations across the country since the civil war started in April last year.
An Israeli strike in Lebanon kills 10 and triggers response from Hezbollah as tensions simmer
NABATIEH, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s Health Ministry says an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon has killed at least 10 Syrian nationals including a woman and her two children. The strike early Saturday in Wadi al-Kfour in Nabatieh province is among the deadliest in Lebanon since the Hezbollah militant group and Israeli military started trading strikes on Oct. 8, a day after Hamas attacked southern Israel and sparked the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Hezbollah says it will stop its attacks once a cease-fire is reached in the Gaza Strip. Hezbollah said later Saturday it retaliated with a volley of rockets at the northern Israeli community of Ayelet HaShahar. The Israeli military said no injuries were reported but the strikes ignited multiple fires.
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