Eight Israeli soldiers die in fighting
Guerrilla forces ambush IDF troops sent into Lebanon to dismantle tunnel network.
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Russians take town after year-long battle
Ukraine withdrew its troops from the town of Vuhledar in the Donetsk region on Wednesday.
Starmer repays gig cash (but keeps suits and specs)
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has repaid £6000 worth of hospitality and gifts he received since entering No 10 but kept more than £40,000 worth of suits, dresses and football tickets.
Three wars and one choice: Which will Israel fight first?
Young IDF soldiers are facing their first of many battles on the Israel-Lebanon border.
Tehran ‘could have nuclear bomb in six months’: IAEA director
A former IAEA deputy director says the country could have nuclear weapons ready by April and the missiles fired at Israel could be used to deliver them.
Hezbollah lies low as incursion under way
The Israel Defence Forces say their first overt ground operations in Lebanon for 18 years will root out Hezbollah’s missile launchers from tunnels near the border.
Tehran lashed out at existential threat
Iran has confirmed that Tuesday night’s missile barrage was in direct response to Israel’s attacks on Hezbollah, ending the paralysis that seemed to have struck the regime.
Pink Floyd sell catalogue for nearly $600m
The $A581 million deal is understood to include the band’s recorded music as well as their name and the artists’ ‘likeness’.
Iron Dome – and perhaps a warning – averts disaster
When Israel strikes, there is no warning. The first that anyone in the unit block above Hezbollah’s command bunker would have known of the bombs that killed Hassan Nasrallah, would also have been the last. Israel, though, is better prepared.
AI has the potential to ‘cure all human diseases’
Google’s Sir Demis Hassabis insists the technology will be ‘incredibly positive’ for the world and have general human cognitive abilities within 10 years.
Who’ll be Japan’s PM: the hawk, nepo baby or would-be Thatcher?
Japan’s next PM could be the first woman elected to the role, the youngest man to be leader or an MP distrusted as an outsider. Each of the three frontrunners would be deeply divisive.
Buckle up, this is going to be a close one
Polls point to an incredibly narrow race but they badly underestimated Donald Trump’s white working-class support in 2016.
How death rocks: no sex, no drugs and definitely no Vicious
Sex Pistol Sid Vicious didn’t merit a mention when he died – nor did Buddy Holly. Now the colourful lives and deaths of pop stars are a staple of its pages, writes The Times obituary editor.
Lensman launched iconic model Twiggy
Barry Lategan’s 1966 photo shoot with a 16-year-old who would become known as Twiggy produced an image that defined an era.
Starmer: I accepted free accommodation in £18m penthouse
Keir Starmer says parents would understand that he moved into a penthouse worth more than £20,000 in rent during the general election campaign so his son could study for his GCSEs.
Star-Spangled Banner’s boozy, bawdy past revealed
A historian from Newcastle University has charted how the tune made its way from the Anacreontic Society to baseball games and rodeos.
Fish join forces with octopuses to hunt food but get a sucker punch if they slack off
New observations of the two species co-operating in search of prey suggest both are more clever than we thought.
Starmer’s honeymoon is over: Reality puts the mockers on Labour’s celebration party
Behind the scenes at the Labour Party conference, Keir Starmer’s judgment – and Downing Street’s grip on the agenda – are being called into question. Cabinet ministers are seething over the PM’s freebies as No. 10 descends into bitter infighting.
Donald’s women woes show in poll
A big gender divide was shown in YouGov polling, with just 39 per cent of women saying they intended to vote for the Republican nominee.
Erik Menendez attacks Ryan Murphy over portrayal of parent murders
Convicted killer says Netflix series Monsters twists reality and ignores the abuse suffered by him and his brother Lyle at the hands of their father.
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