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GAZA: Israel&rsquo;s military said it opened fire on Tuesday to eliminate a threat posed by suspects who approached its forces in the northern Gaza Strip. Health authorities in the enclave said at least six Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire. The military said the suspects had crossed a boundary established for an initial Israeli pullback under a United States&ndash;brokered ceasefire plan, violating the agreement.Gaza&rsquo;s local health authority said Israeli forces killed six Palestinians in two separate incidents across the enclave on Tuesday. On Monday, Hamas released the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza, and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees as part of the ceasefire deal. US President Donald Trump declared the end of a two-year war that has reshaped the broader Middle East.

Israeli soldiers work on their tanks at a gathering point on the border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025 after Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Ariel 

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Israel’s military said it opened fire on Tuesday to eliminate a threat posed by suspects who approached its forces in the northern Gaza Strip. Health authorities in the enclave said at least six Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire.

Israel says it fired on Gaza suspects; six reported killed

Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won&#39;t be able to change their settings without a parent&#39;s permission, Meta announced on Tuesday.&nbsp;This means kids using teen-specific accounts will see photos and videos on Instagram that are similar to what they would see in a PG-13 movie &mdash; no sex, drugs or dangerous stunts, among others.&nbsp;&ldquo;This includes hiding or not recommending posts with strong language, certain risky stunts, and additional content that could encourage potentially harmful behaviors, such as posts showing marijuana paraphernalia,&rdquo; Meta said in a blog post Tuesday, calling the update the most significant since it introduced teen accounts last year.&nbsp;The company is also adding an even stricter setting that parents can set up for their children.&nbsp;The changes come as the social media giant faces relentless criticism over harms to children. As it seeks to add safeguards for teens, Meta has already promised it wouldn&rsquo;t show inappropriate content to teens, such as posts about self-harm, eating disorders or suicide.&nbsp;But this does not always work. A recent report, for instance, found that teen accounts researchers created were recommended age-inappropriate sexual content, including &ldquo;graphic sexual descriptions, the use of cartoons to describe demeaning sexual acts, and brief displays of nudity.&rdquo;&nbsp;In addition, Instagram also recommended a &ldquo;range of self-harm, self-injury, and body image content&rdquo; on teen accounts that the report says &ldquo;would be reasonably likely to result in adverse impacts for young people, including teenagers experiencing poor mental health, or self-harm and suicidal ideation and behaviors.&rdquo;&nbsp;Meta says the new restrictions go further than its previous safeguards. Teens will no longer be able to follow accounts that regularly share &ldquo;age-inappropriate content&rdquo; or if their name or bio contains something that isn&#39;t appropriate for teens, such as a link to an OnlyFans account.&nbsp;If teens already follow these accounts, they&rsquo;ll no longer be able to see or interact with their content, send them messages, or see their comments under anyone&rsquo;s posts, the company said. The accounts also won&rsquo;t be able to follow teens, send them private messages or comment on their posts.&nbsp;Meta said it already blocks certain search terms related to sensitive topics such as suicide and eating disorders, but the latest update will expand this to a broader range of terms, such as &ldquo;alcohol&rdquo; or &ldquo;gore&rdquo; &mdash; even if they are misspelled.&nbsp;The PG-13 update will also apply artificial intelligence chats and experiences targeted to teens, Meta said, &ldquo;meaning AIs should not give age-inappropriate responses that would feel out of place in a PG-13 movie.&rdquo;&nbsp;For parents who want an even stricter setting for their kids, Meta is also launching a &ldquo;limited content&rdquo; restriction that will block more content and remove teens&rsquo; ability to see, leave, or receive comments under posts.

Artificial Intelligence

Meta announced new safeguards on Instagram, restricting teens to PG-13 content by default. Teens will need parental approval to change settings, as the platform aims to curb exposure to sex, drugs, and harmful behaviors.

Instagram says it's safeguarding teens by limiting them to PG-13 content

LAHORE: The first Test between Pakistan and South Africa was set for a thrilling conclusion after rival spinners Noman Ali and Senuran Muthusamy wrought destruction on day three in Lahore on Tuesday.&nbsp;Muthusamy took a maiden 10-wicket match haul to help bowl Pakistan out for 167 in their second innings on another day dominated by spin to give South Africa a target of 277 for victory.&nbsp;But Noman, following up his 6-112 in the first innings, dismissed captain Aiden Markram for three and Wiaan Mulder (nought) to keep the visitors down to 51-2 at the close.&nbsp;Ryan Rickelton, 29 not out, and Tony de Zorzi, unbeaten on 16, fought till stumps with South Africa needing another 226 runs.&nbsp;Pakistan need eight wickets for a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.&nbsp;With the threatening spin duo of Noman and Sajid Khan the home team will fancy their chances.&nbsp;As a gripping match approaches its climax, Muthusamy destroyed Pakistan with figures of 5-57 to add to his 6-117 while fellow spinner Simon Harmer took 4-51 as Pakistan lost their last six wickets for 17 runs.&nbsp;The hosts were fairly well placed at 150-4 but Saud Shakeel holed out for 38 off Muthusamy to trigger a collapse in the last over before tea.&nbsp;Harmer bowled Mohammad Rizwan for 14 before Muthusamy ran riot.&nbsp;He dismissed Salman Agha for four, Noman Ali for 11 and Shaheen Shah Afridi for nought to finish with match figures of 11-174, taking four wickets off 21 balls.&nbsp;Harmer ended Pakistan&#39;s sloppy batting display by removing Sajid Khan for one.&nbsp;Earlier, South Africa were dismissed for 269 an hour before lunch, conceding a lead of 109 after Pakistan&#39;s first-innings 378.&nbsp;Noman took 6-112 for his ninth haul of five wickets or more in Tests.&nbsp;With the Gaddafi Stadium taking big turn, South Africa tossed Harmer the new ball in Pakistan&#39;s second innings.&nbsp;The 36-year-old had Imam-ul-Haq stumped by wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne for nought before trapping captain Shan Masood lbw for seven.&nbsp;Muthusamy then had Abdullah Shafique for 41 and pacer Kagiso Rabada trapped Babar Azam leg-before for 42.&nbsp;Azam has now failed to score a hundred in 28 Test innings dating back to December 2022.&nbsp;Earlier, South Africa&#39;s De Zorzi resumed on 81 at the start of the day and carried the fight to Pakistan, completing his second Test century with a six and two singles off Noman.&nbsp;The left-hander finally holed out for 104 to long-on off Noman, where Shaheen Shah Afridi took a low catch, ending a 208-minute innings containing 10 fours and two sixes.&nbsp;Noman, who bowled a probing 35 overs, also removed Prenelan Subrayen for four during the session.&nbsp;Fellow spinner Sajid took the first wicket of the day when he had Muthusamy caught by Salman Agha for 11.&nbsp;He then wrapped up the innings when he bowled Rabada for nought to finish with 3-98 off 33 overs.

Cricket

Pakistan closed in on victory in the first Test at Lahore, needing eight wickets to win after Noman Ali’s superb spell put South Africa on the back foot in a spin-dominated third day.

Pakistan fancy chances as spinners run riot in South Africa Test

CAIRO/JERUSALEM: Hamas fighters tightened their grip in Gaza on Tuesday after carrying out public executions, defying Israel&#39;s assertion that war cannot end under US President Donald Trump&#39;s plan until the militants are disarmed. In a stark assertion of the group&#39;s return, fighters executed men they accused of collaborating with Israeli forces. In one video circulated late on Monday, Hamas fighters dragged seven men into a circle of people in Gaza City, forced them to their knees and shot them from behind. A Hamas source confirmed the authenticity of the video. Gaza residents said fighters were increasingly visible on Tuesday, deploying along routes needed for aid deliveries. Palestinian security sources say dozens of people have been killed in clashes between Hamas fighters and rivals in recent days. Although Israeli troops have withdrawn from urban areas in Gaza under the ceasefire that began last week, drone fire killed five people as they went to check on houses in a suburb east of Gaza City and an air strike killed one person and injured another near Khan Younis, Gaza health authorities said. Hamas accused Israel of violating the ceasefire. The Israeli military said it had fired on people who crossed truce lines and approached its forces after ignoring calls to turn back. Trump proclaims historic dawn but hurdles remain&nbsp; Hamas&#39; resumption of power in Gaza and continued flashes of violence underscore the daunting hurdles facing efforts to move Trump&#39;s ceasefire plan towards a longer-term resolution of the conflict. While Trump proclaimed the &quot;historic dawn of a new Middle East&quot; to Israel&#39;s parliament on Monday, some of the most difficult elements of his plan have yet to be negotiated to resolve issues that wrecked previous efforts to end the war. Israeli forces remain entrenched across much of Gaza after their partial pullback inside the tiny, crowded territory. Promised increases in aid deliveries have not yet materialised for a population of 2.2 million people, many facing famine. A summit co-hosted by Trump in Egypt on Monday ended with no public announcement of major progress towards establishing an international military force for Gaza, or a new governing body. The remains of at least 23 dead hostages remain in Gaza. Hamas asserts control Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has consistently maintained that the war cannot end until Hamas gives up its weapons and ceases to control Gaza, a demand that the fighters have rejected, torpedoing all previous peace efforts. When Hamas fighters appeared in the streets during the last ceasefire in January-March, Israel abandoned the truce and called off negotiations on an end to the war. But Trump, having announced that the war is now over, said on Monday Hamas still had a temporary green light to keep order. &quot;They do want to stop the problems, and they&#39;ve been open about it, and we gave them approval for a period of time,&quot; he said. Hamas sources told Reuters on Tuesday the group would tolerate no more violations of order in Gaza and would target collaborators, armed looters and drug dealers. The group, though greatly weakened after two years of pummelling Israeli bombardment and ground incursions, has been gradually reasserting itself with remaining fighters moving back onto the streets since the ceasefire took hold over the weekend. The group, which has governed Gaza since 2007, also deployed hundreds of workers to start rubble clearing key routes needed to access damaged or destroyed housing and to repair broken water pipes. Road clearance and security provision will also be needed for increased aid delivery. Hamas says hundreds of policemen were killed by Israel while protecting aid routes during the war. Israel said it was targeting Hamas fighters. Aid and hostages The ceasefire has stopped two years of devastating warfare in Gaza triggered by the October 7, 2023 attack in which Hamas-led gunmen killed around 1,200 people and seized 251 hostages according to Israeli tallies. Israel&#39;s military campaign in Gaza killed nearly 68,000 people according to local health authorities, with thousands more feared dead under the rubble. Gaza&#39;s Civil Defence Service said 250 bodies had been recovered since the truce began. Swathes of Gaza are in ruins and the global hunger monitor said in August there was famine in the territory. Reuters video on Tuesday showed people clearing debris from streets and an aid truck moving through a market protected by armed men sitting on top. UNICEF spokeswoman Tess Ingram said that while aid was getting into Gaza with tents, tarpaulin sheets, winter clothes, family hygiene kits and other critical items, she hoped for a significant increase later this week. In Israel, after Monday&#39;s jubilation at the return of the last 20 living hostages, families of those declared dead awaited word from Israeli authorities on the fate of their loved ones. The Israeli military said on Tuesday that the bodies of four hostages handed over by Hamas the previous day had been identified. One of them was a Nepalese student, the military said. This leaves 23 hostages in Gaza formally declared dead, plus one whose fate is undetermined. Some families fear their loved ones&#39; remains will be lost forever in the rubble of Gaza. A special international task force is meant to help locate bodies which Hamas is not able to find.

Palestinians sit next to a tent, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, October 14, 2025. (Reuters)

Hamas fighters tighten grip in Gaza, clouding future of ceasefire

LONDON: An Afghan national was jailed for five years on Tuesday after he was found guilty of making a threat to kill Nigel Farage, the leader of the populist Reform UK party which leads opinion polls in Britain. Fayaz Khan was last week convicted by a jury at London&#39;s Southwark Crown Court of a single count of making a threat to kill Farage in a TikTok video posted in October 2024. Prosecutors said Khan posted a video in response to one by Farage, in which Khan &ndash; who has an AK-47 assault rifle tattooed on his face &ndash; said &quot;pop, pop, pop&quot; while making gun gestures. Khan had denied making a threat to kill, telling police after his arrest the video was not a genuine threat. Farage gave evidence that he was &quot;genuinely worried&quot; about Khan&#39;s threat, describing the video as &quot;chilling&quot;. Farage sat in the public gallery as Judge Karen Steyn sentenced Khan to five years for making a threat to kill and a separate charge of attempting to enter Britain illegally, to which he had previously pleaded guilty. Khan shouted at both the judge and Farage after he was sentenced, telling Farage: &quot;You want to be prime minister ... you fucked my life.&quot;

Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s Reform UK party, arrives to attend the sentencing of Fayaz Khan, who was earlier found guilty of making a threat in a TikTok video to kill Farage, at Southwark Crown Court in London, Britain, October 14, 2025. (Reuters)

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Fayaz Khan was last week convicted by a jury at London's Southwark Crown Court of a single count of making a threat to kill Farage in a TikTok video posted in October 2024.

Afghan man jailed for threating anti-migrant leader Nigel Farage in TikTok video

GENEVA: European and Arab nations, Canada and the US appear willing to contribute to the estimated $70 billion needed to rebuild Gaza, a UN official said on Tuesday, adding that the two-year war there had produced rubble equal to 13 times the pyramids of Giza. Jaco Cilliers, an official at the United Nations Development Programme, said Israel&#39;s war against Hamas had generated at least 55 million tons of rubble and that it could take decades for Gaza to fully recover. &quot;We&#39;ve heard very positive news from a number of our partners, including European partners... Canada&quot; regarding their willingness to help, he told a press conference, adding that there were also discussions with the United States. Since a ceasefire deal came into effect in Gaza, large numbers of Palestinians have returned to the ruins of their homes in the coastal territory. Huge swathes of Gaza have been reduced to a wasteland by Israeli bombardment over two years that killed some 68,000 people, according to Gaza health authorities. A large part of the destruction is in Gaza City, scene of some of the fiercest fighting. About 83% of all building structures there have been damaged, according to the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT). UNDP said it had already cleared some 81,000 tons of rubble from the Gaza Strip and was continuing to do so. Israel launched its offensive after Hamas-led militants attacked the country on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under the ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees, as US President Donald Trump declared the end of the two-year-long war.

Palestinians carry belongings past destroyed buildings in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP)

European and Arab countries, along with Canada and the US, have expressed willingness to support Gaza’s $70 billion reconstruction following two years of conflict that devastated infrastructure and caused heavy casualties.

UN says countries are willing to help fund Gaza's $70 bln reconstruction

PARIS: British singer-songwriting legend Sting finds the multiple genres and streaming platforms of the modern music scene &quot;quite odd&quot;, but still believes in the power of song to unite people. In an interview with AFP, the 74-year-old with 17 Grammy Awards and sales of over 100 million albums also spoke about his worries about AI as a tool for repression, as well as politicians &quot;whose idea is to separate us all&quot;. The former frontman of The Police was speaking in Paris ahead of the French debut of his partly biographical musical &quot;The Last Ship&quot;, which is set in his hometown of Wallsend in northeast England. It tells the story of the decline of shipbuilding on the River Tyne and is intended as a tribute to the working-class area that Sting left to pursue his music career. <h2 style="line-height: 2;">Why did you go back to your roots for this show?&nbsp;</h2>My entire life has been about escaping from what was offered to me. At a certain point, I realised that what I was given as a child was very valuable: a community, a family, a town with a purpose, and that had been taken away. My way of repaying the debt to my community was to tell a story of an industry that was shut down by the government, and the betrayal, but also to weave in a love story. I also think it&#39;s about many universal problems we face in society. Many communities are losing work because of technology, AI, and so I think it&#39;s highly relevant to what&#39;s going on politically. It&#39;s an act of resistance for people, and I think we need to resist what&#39;s happening. So the play is a kind of political statement. <h2 style="line-height: 2;">Can music and art be a form of resistance?&nbsp;</h2>I think art is a machine for empathy, where we can see the world through other people&#39;s eyes, you can step into someone else&#39;s shoes and see their point of view. That is very valuable because there are politicians in the world at the moment whose idea is to separate us all, to say: &#39;You belong to this club and you can&#39;t come in here.&#39; That separation is not useful for society. It&#39;s certainly not good for peace. So I think art has a place in fighting against that trend. This is why these politicians want to get rid of art, and education, and science, and diplomacy. All of these things I personally value, and I think art is my way of contributing to that feeling. <h2 style="line-height: 2;">Why do you place so much value on work?&nbsp;</h2>Human beings need to do something with their hands. I&#39;m very lucky. I use my hands every day to play the bass. I think human beings need to build things, to make things, to feel dignity, the sense of self. I&#39;m lucky that I&#39;m just enjoying myself. But it&#39;s work. It&#39;s hard work. But I would do it for nothing. I would do it for no money.&nbsp;Like a fish has to swim, I have to sing. <h2 style="line-height: 2;">How do you feel about what the music industry has become?&nbsp;</h2>What I believe now is that there are separate ecologies in music. Whereas before, the number one song in France or England, everybody knew it. Now there are so many genres and so many different streaming systems. It&#39;s quite odd. I&#39;m lucky in that I came up at a time when it was a monoculture. Everybody knows The Police. So I still trade on that. I&#39;m famous because of that. But now you can be successful in a niche and nowhere else. It&#39;s not better or worse, it&#39;s just different. <h2 style="line-height: 2;">Are you worried about AI and the music industry?</h2>I&#39;m not afraid, yet. I think it produces an interesting facsimile, but it does not feel emotion. So what can it really give us? It can give us a trick. A mirror. I think there&#39;s a way of using it for medical research. But to actually produce art that we&#39;d want to see or listen to, I&#39;m not sure. I&#39;m worried more politically about what AI can do, the harm, in the wrong hands. Leaders who will use it for increased surveillance of society. It&#39;s a very useful tool to keep people observed and controlled. I fear that more than I fear an artistic invasion of my life.

Entertainment

The 74-year-old with 17 Grammy Awards and sales of over 100 million albums speaks about his worries about AI as a tool for repression, as well as politicians "whose idea is to separate us all".

Sting finds fractured modern music scene 'quite odd'

NEW DELHI: The UN peacekeeping chief warned Tuesday that the &quot;indispensable&quot; role played by peacekeepers was facing challenges due to budget cuts, as funding shortfalls translate into troop reductions. &quot;We do not have a choice but to implement these reductions, which are due to the partial non-payment by some states,&quot; Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix told representatives from 32 UN troop-contributing countries. &quot;The international community is divided,&quot; he said in New Delhi. &quot;As a result, the appetite for collective responses to crises is diminishing.&quot; Shortfall in budget&nbsp;UN officials said earlier this month there was 16&ndash;17% shortfall in the peacekeeping budget, largely linked to US aid cuts. As a result, a 25% troop reduction will be spread across nine of the 11 peacekeeping missions. The United States was expected to contribute $1.3 billion of the $5.4 billion budget for 2025-2026 peacekeeping operations. But it has told the United Nations it will only pay around half that amount, or $682 million, which includes $85 million for a new international anti-gang mission in Haiti that was not in the original budget. Slashed foreign aid&nbsp;President Donald Trump has long claimed that international institutions have taken advantage of the United States and has slashed foreign aid. Lacroix emphasized the achievements of peacekeepers over the decades. &quot;The list, as we know, is very long of countries which successfully reached stability with the support of peacekeeping,&quot; he said. &lsquo;Indispensable&rsquo; role&nbsp;&quot;They make the difference between life and death for hundreds of thousands of civilians. They monitor ceasefires. They help build national key capabilities. Their role is indispensable.&quot; Despite the budget cuts, the overall security landscape has &quot;deteriorated&quot;, he added, demanding more of the truncated force. &quot;We&#39;re facing emerging drivers of conflict such as the impact of climate change, the role of international global terrorism and... the negative aspect of digital technology.&quot;

Americas

UN officials said earlier this month there was 16–17% shortfall in the budget, largely linked to US cuts; as a result, 25% troop reduction will be spread across nine of the 11 peacekeeping missions.

'Indispensable' peacekeeping operations threatened by cuts, UN warns

NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase will directly invest up to $10 billion in US companies with crucial ties to national security. The investment plan revealed Monday will focus on four areas: supply chain and advanced manufacturing in critical minerals, pharmaceutical precursors and robotics; defense and aerospace; energy independence, with investments in battery storage and grid resilience; and strategic technologies, including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and quantum computing. The investment is part of the bank&#39;s Security and Resiliency Initiative, a $1.5 trillion, 10-year plan to facilitate, finance, and invest in industries critical to national security. &ldquo;It has become painfully clear that the United States has allowed itself to become too reliant on unreliable sources of critical minerals, products, and manufacturing &ndash; all of which are essential for our national security,&rdquo; Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon said in a statement. &ldquo;Our security is predicated on the strength and resiliency of America&rsquo;s economy. America needs more speed and investment.&rdquo; This summer, JPMorgan helped put together a deal under which the Defense Department agreed to invest $400 million in US rare earth company MP Materials. The bank is also providing financing for MP Materials&rsquo; second magnet-producing factory in the US. The nation&#39;s largest bank plans to finance approximately $1 trillion over the next decade in support of clients in these industries. JPMorgan Chase is looking to increase this amount by up to $500 billion, or a 50% increase, with additional resources and capital. &ldquo;America needs more speed and investment,&rdquo; Dimon said. &quot;It also needs to remove obstacles that stand in the way: excessive regulations, bureaucratic delay, partisan gridlock, and an education system not aligned to the skills we need.&rdquo; JPMorgan says that it serves 34,000 mid-sized companies and more than 90% of the Fortune 500. It plans to hire more bankers, investment professionals, and other experts to help address its investment plan. It will also establish an external advisory council comprising leaders from both the public and private sectors to guide the long-term strategy.

FILE - The logo for JPMorgan Chase & Co. appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Aug. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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Business

The investment is part of the bank's Security and Resiliency Initiative to facilitate, finance, and invest in industries critical to national security.

JPMorgan to invest up to $10 billion in US companies with ties to national security

TOKYO: Japan&#39;s top opposition parties were set to hold high-stakes discussions Tuesday, aiming to find a unified candidate for prime minister and oust the ruling party from power. The talks come after the ruling coalition collapsed last week, putting in peril Sanae Takaichi&#39;s bid to become the country&#39;s first woman premier. Japan was in political limbo over whether the opposition bloc would unite after junior partner Komeito quit its 26-year alliance with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). A union would give the opposition group enough votes to name a prime minister and block Takaichi, who was elected as LDP president just over a week ago but needs lawmakers&#39; approval to become premier. Yuichiro Tamaki, president of the Democratic Party for the People (DPP) -- the third largest opposition group in the lower house -- said the secretaries general of three main opposition parties will meet Tuesday evening to explore a possible union. However, he cautioned that their policies diverge significantly in crucial areas, including national defence and the use of nuclear energy. &quot;If we were to join together in a coalition government, alignment on fundamental policies would be essential,&quot; he told a press conference. &quot;If there&#39;s no alignment, the administration will be volatile,&quot; said Tamaki, who said last week he would be willing to stand as prime minister. DPP&#39;s secretary general was also expected to meet with his counterpart from the LDP and its former partner Komeito. The LDP named Takaichi as its new leader earlier this month, seemingly putting her on track to rise to the premiership. Although she could still win if opposition parties disagree on an alternative candidate, Komeito&#39;s exit from the coalition due to a slush fund scandal within the LDP has plunged Japan into a new political crisis. The LDP still occupies over 40 percent of the powerful 465-seat lower house but lacks the majority it needs to name a prime minister on its own. The largest opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) has said it was willing to name Tamaki or the leader of another opposition party as the premier in order to kick the LDP out of power. Yoshihiko Noda, head of the CDP, has said that &quot;this is a once-in-a-decade chance for a change of government&quot;.

Asia

Japan faces political turmoil as opposition parties meet to unite and block Sanae Takaichi’s premiership after the ruling coalition collapsed, threatening the Liberal Democratic Party’s hold on power amid deep policy divisions.

Israel says it fired on Gaza suspects; six reported killed

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