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With just two months until arguably the most consequential election in his political life, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is asking himself what could prove to be a decisive question: Will he get the endorsement of U.S. President Donald Trump? Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving leader, is struggling in his campaign. Recent polls suggest that his coalition of right-wing, religious, and ultra-nationalist parties may fail to get enough seats for a majority in parliament. Losing power would mean an inability to manipulate a justice system that has Netanyahu on trial for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. With just two months until…

Claim: CNN’s Pamela Brown went aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in summer 2026. Rating: Context Brown went aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln for several days starting in early July, as confirmed by the Department of Defense, Brown and videos of her broadcasts from the ship. Following reports in August of deteriorating conditions aboard the Lincoln in August, Brown summarized her experience on the Lincoln as “something messier than a single narrative” where sailors reported “genuine hardship alongside genuine resilience.” In August 2026, national attention turned to the USS Abraham Lincoln, the aircraft carrier deployed to the waters around Iran since…

Russian forces have launched ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the border region, killing at least nine people and wounding 33 others, officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confronted a wave of domestic political turmoil.Explosions rang out across several districts of Kyiv early Thursday, shaking buildings and setting off car alarms, according to the Kyiv Independent, a Ukrainian news outlet.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe blasts hit the Sviatoshynskyi, Solomianskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts.In the Solomianskyi district, a nine-storey residential building collapsed and caught fire following the attack, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. He said…

All the Ukrainian-born PoWs we interviewed came from areas occupied since 2014 and almost all joined the Russian army voluntarily.But one man from Donetsk region told us he had been forced to fight.His eyes darted around as he talked, unsure who he could trust.One official tally, citing “intelligence”, suggests more than 50,000 Ukrainians have been conscripted against their will in occupied areas. Others put the figure far higher.This man told us that when the Russians invaded, his family had stayed, not through any political or national allegiance but because Donetsk was their home.Now, his only ambition was to get back…

pros and cons Pros Display gets plenty bright for outdoor use.Slimmer build than ever, yet still durable and functional.Creative AI features. Cons Middling battery life.Camera hardware is a step below conventional phones.Tensor G6 falls behind in raw GPU performance. more buying choices Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.When I tested the Pixel 9 Pro Fold two years ago, I applauded Google for going back to the drawing board and building out a true successor to the flawed Pixel Fold. When I tested the Pixel 10 Pro Fold a year later, I wondered if the company was starting to…

Japanese cloud and data center service provider Sakura Internet disclosed that hackers accessed its sales management system, where customer contract and membership information is stored. In an update today to the initial notification from Monday, the company says the incident may have impacted up to 1,360,563 member accounts. However, as the investigation continues, the exact number of affected accounts remains to be determined. Sakura Internet is a major Japanese digital infrastructure company providing web hosting, VPS, public cloud, data-center, and GPU computing services. It has been selected as a domestic provider for Japan’s Government Cloud program, making it a strategic…

Bitcoin (BTC) saw its highest levels since the start of June after Wednesday’s Wall Street open as markets reacted to a US government liquidity move.Key points:Bitcoin spikes 6% on the day to hit $69,749, its highest level since June 2.The US Treasury plans to at least double the maximum size of debt buyback operations to $4 billion. This might fuel a broader risk-asset rally.A lack of stablecoin liquidity on exchanges means that BTC price upside remains limited, says Bitfinex. Stablecoin liquidity has decreased by $14 billion since May.Bitcoin surges as US bond yields fall on buyback planData from TradingView showed…

Vaping could lead to health harms in children and young people and should be made “less attractive” to them, doctors have said.The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has reviewed about 81 studies into vaping and said it is linked to higher rates of breathing problems and evidence of harm in babies whose mothers used vapes while pregnant.The review said vaping should not be seen as a “harmless part of growing up”. The RCPCH is calling on the UK government to go further in its proposals to place new restrictions around the sale of vapes and suggests limiting…

This summer could be the hottest, driest and deadliest in English history. Successive heatwaves have so far claimed almost 3,000 lives. Nearly three-quarters of England and all of Wales is in drought, while key reservoirs are parched. Across this brown and stickily unpleasant land, from Grimsby down to St Ives, hosepipe bans are in force, while music festivals are staged not on green fields but in giant dust bowls.Just how bad is it? I asked a leading climate scientist.“This is as good as it’s going to get,” said Hayley Fowler, a professor at Newcastle University. “It will only get hotter.”A…

Claim: A summer 2026 UNICEF report “dismantled” the “lie” that there is or was a famine in Gaza. Rating: Context A July 2026 UNICEF report found the acute child malnutrition rate had recently dropped in Gaza, but largely because of humanitarian aid assistance. UNICEF said food insecurity remains high in Gaza and that malnutrition rates could rise again without sustained peace and humanitarian aid. This report does not contradict an August 2025 determination by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, of which UNICEF is a technical partner, that Gaza was officially suffering a famine at that time. In August 2026,…