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new video loaded: ‘No End in Sight’: Evacuated Israeli City Braces for Possible War With HezbollahtranscriptBacktranscript‘No End in Sight’: Evacuated Israeli City Braces for Possible War With HezbollahAs tensions escalated on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon after Oct. 7, Israel evacuated tens of thousands of residents from the region, including from Kiryat Shmona, a town with 24,000 people. Months later, evacuees remain in limbo, and the mayor insists they cannot return until Hezbollah militants are pushed back.On the Lebanon-Israel border, an almost daily exchange of missile fire that started on October 7 threatens to trigger a larger war. And communities…

Germany’s top court on Tuesday stripped a neo-Nazi party of the right to public financing and the tax advantages normally extended to political organizations, a decision that could provide a blueprint for government efforts to head off a resurgence of the far right.Although the party, Die Heimat, which means the Homeland, was already too small to receive public funding, the case was closely watched because it could have implications for countering the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, a far more popular far-right party.“Today’s decision by the Federal Constitutional Court sends out a clear signal: Our democratic state does not fund…

This is getting awkward. German tennis star Alexander Zverev, who is due to stand trial on domestic violence charges in May, has been betting that an elimination from the Australian Open will save the sport from becoming a Something no one wants to talk about.The world number six then managed to escape a tense decider and five-set battles every other day to avoid defeat. Zverev, 26, raised his arms. He answered friendly questions from a tennis celebrity – questions that never hinted at the charges and the upcoming trial in Berlin. That’s what happened today (Monday), as Zverev won the…

This is a season of firsts for Dominic Sessa — a wondrous Cinderella moment on the threshold of further adventures in fame. Not yet two weeks out from the Golden Globes, when the 21-year-old actor sauntered onto the red carpet — tousle-haired in a Saint Laurent suit, his black silk shirt unbuttoned, his eyes hidden behind dark shades — unleashing a million online stans, he arrived in Paris for his first time at the fashion shows.It has been a virtual eye blink since Mr. Sessa was in Santa Monica, Calif., to receive the Critics Choice Award for best young actor…

Netflix reached a multibillion-dollar, 10-year deal for exclusive rights to W.W.E.’s flagship weekly wrestling show “Raw,” as the streaming giant broadens its offerings with more live content.The deal will bring “Raw” to Netflix starting in January 2025, Netflix and TKO Group, W.W.E.’s parent company, said in a statement. Netflix will also own the rights to stream W.W.E.’s other shows and specials outside of the United States.The agreement will cost Netflix more than $5 billion and will last for 10 years, with an option to extend an additional 10 years or opt out after five, TKO Group said in a regulatory…

Berish Strauch, a plastic surgeon whose pioneering procedures and devices to reattach or replace vital body parts included one of the first toe-to-thumb transplants, a device to reverse vasectomies and, perhaps most notably, the first inflatable penile prosthesis, died on Dec. 24 in Greenwich, Conn. He was 90.His daughter, Laurie Strauch Weiss, said the cause of his death, in a hospital, was respiratory failure.Beginning in the late 1960s, Dr. Strauch was at the forefront of a revolution in plastic surgery, in particular microsurgery, in which doctors use microscopes and precision instruments to sew together minuscule blood vessels, nerves and ligaments,…

The musician Jose (Luis) Vasquez of the post-punk band the Soft Moon, John (Juan) Mendez, the D.J. known as Silent Servant, and a third person were found unresponsive at a loft apartment in downtown Los Angeles last week and were pronounced dead, according to their representatives and the authorities in Los Angeles.Vasquez’s death was announced in a post on the band’s Facebook page on Friday. Records kept by the Los Angeles County Coroner show that Jose Vasquez, 44, died at a residence the day before, Jan. 18.Triangle Agency, which represents Mendez, confirmed his death to the electronic music platform Resident…

Israel’s military said on Tuesday that it had encircled the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, part of a push that has resulted in intense fighting and bombardments in an area packed with civilians who have fled their homes in other parts of the territory.The Israeli military described the area as a “significant stronghold” of Hamas’s Khan Younis brigade and said that it had killed dozens of Hamas fighters over the previous 24 hours. The military’s claims could not be independently verified.Israeli forces “targeted terrorist cells carrying R.P.G.s near the troops, those launching anti-tank missiles, and terror operatives who…

The United States and Britain carried out large-scale military strikes on Monday against eight sites in Yemen controlled by Houthi militants, according to the two countries. The strikes signaled that the Biden administration intends to wage a sustained and, at least for now, open-ended campaign against the Iran-backed group that has disrupted traffic in vital international sea lanes.The strikes — the eighth in nearly two weeks — hit multiple targets at each site, and were bigger and broader than a recent series of more limited attacks against individual Houthi missiles that the Americans said popped up on short notice. Those…

Nick Dunlap made PGA Tour history by winning the American Express in La Quinta, Calif., on Sunday, becoming the first amateur to win on tour in 33 years. . He trailed five-time Tour winner and Ryder Cup veteran Sam Burns on the back nine before clawing his way back. The final three holes were 29 under. Here’s what you need to know: Dunlap, 20, is a sophomore at Alabama. Dunlap became the first player since Phil Mickelson in 1991 to win on the PGA Tour before turning pro, and he will have two years left when he decides to leave…