Israel launched powerful attacks on Lebanon on Wednesday, killing at least 250 people, according to the country's Ministry of Health. Iran says the new attacks are a violation of the ceasefire with the United States but Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists the temporary agreement does not include Hezbollah. NBC’s Matt Bradley reports for TODAY.

Rescue workers search for people after an Israeli attack hit a residential building in the Corniche al Mazraa neighborhood on April 8, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Olivia has been detained for months at the sprawling Dilley center in Texas. She has lost 20lbs, and wakes up every day with a headache Each day in detention feels like 48 hours for Olivia. The 19-year-old asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas for more than four months. Continue reading...

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Revealed: JDL 613 Brotherhood has platformed a convicted terrorist and its video recordings display an obsessive antipathy to New York’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A man who has been charged with plotting to firebomb a pro-Palestine activist’s home is tied to a group whose leaders support violence against Palestinians and have platformed a convicted terrorist who fundraises for a violent settler movement in the occupied Wes

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Divisions between Washington and European capitals fuels concern over US commitment to peace deal As a ceasefire was declared in the Middle East, Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought to draw attention to the war in his own country, posting on social media that Ukraine had consistently pushed for a ceasefire in the war “being waged by Russia here, in Europe”. Efforts to end the war in Ukraine have largely stalled since the Iran war began, with trilateral talks between Kyiv, Moscow and Washington, which had

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Wildlife film pioneer has died aged 74 ‘immersed in nature and surrounded by friends’, his representatives have said An award-winning wildlife cameraman renowned for his work with David Attenborough has died aged 74 while trekking in Nepal. Doug Allan, described as a “true pioneer” of wildlife film-making, won several Bafta and Emmy awards and was principal camera operator on a number of BBC series including Planet Earth, Frozen Planet and The Blue Planet. Continue reading...