Author: BBC

Israel believes that Iran poses an existential threat as evidenced by Tehran’s rhetoric, its build-up of proxy forces sworn to Israel’s destruction, its funding and arming of Palestinian groups including Hamas and of the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah, and what it believes is Iran’s secret pursuit of nuclear weapons, though Iran denies seeking to build a nuclear bomb. Source link

Olivia Jenkins named her jewellery brand after her mother who died of cancer in 2017. Source link

Sunset Boulevard, Stranger Things and Dear England are among the Olivier Award-nominated productions. Source link

Inspector Amy Scott singlehandedly pursued and killed a man in Sydney after he fatally stabbed six people. Source link

“If you abandon any pretence at subscribing to international humanitarian law and even commonly accepted humanitarian norms, then there is a sound military rationale for double-tap attacks because you target high-profile targets,” says Keir Giles, director of the Conflict Studies Research Centre, a British think-tank. Source link

Sirens were activated in Jerusalem at around 01:45 local time (23:45 BST). Loud explosions were heard with the air defence systems shooting down objects over the city, and multiple interceptions lit up the night sky. Iran has launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel in a retaliatory attack, the Israeli military has said. Source link

Joel Cauchi, 40, fatally stabbed five women and a man at Westfield Bondi Junction mall on Saturday. Source link

It comes as Iran launches a wave of drones at Israel, after threatening Israel with a reprisal attack. Source link

A cable car cabin collided with a broken pole on Friday evening, killing one person and injuring 10 others. Dozens of passengers were stranded in mid-air overnight.Footage released by the Turkish Defence Ministry shows a stranded cable car passenger hoisted into a military helicopter on Saturday.Seven helicopters and more than 500 rescuers, including specialist mountaineers, helped rescue the passengers, the Turkish interior ministry said in a social media post.An investigation into the accident has been opened, the justice ministry said. Source link

For many years, Israel has waged what it calls the “war between wars” – strikes on arms shipments, installations, and routes in Syria said to be used by Iranian operatives and their allies, including their most prized and powerful proxy, Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia. But in recent months it has upped the ante, exploiting opportunities for targeted assassinations during these turbocharged tensions of the Gaza war. Source link