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A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the weekend. Here’s today’s news:
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country after thousands of protestors stormed her palace today, ending a 15-year rule. It comes after at least 90 people were killed yesterday in anti-government protests, bringing the total death toll since July to over 280. An interim government will be formed in the coming weeks. BBC News reports.
Violent anti-immigrant riots broke out in dozens of cities across the United Kingdom over the weekend, set off by a far-right disinformation campaign following a deadly stabbing rampage that killed three children at a dance class. Video footage shows demonstrators smashing windows, hurling missiles, and igniting a hotel that housed asylum seekers. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned the “far-right thuggery,” which saw at least 147 arrested. The New York Times reports; CNN reports.
Venezuela’s opposition candidate likely received more than twice as many votes as President Nicolás Maduro in the country’s election last week, according to a Washington Post review of “more than 23,000 precinct-level tally sheets collected by the opposition, a sample that represents nearly 80 percent of voting machines nationwide.” Samantha Schmidt, Steven Rich, Ana Vanessa Herrero, and María Luisa Paúl report.
Australia today raised its nationwide terror alert level to probable, citing extremism among young people who are “turning to racially or religiously inspired violence with little or no warning.” David Winning reports for the Wall Street Journal.
North Korea marked the delivery of 250 nuclear-capable missile launchers to frontline military units at a ceremony, state media reported today. Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un reportedly “called for a ceaseless expansion of his military’s nuclear program to counter perceived U.S. threats.” Kim Tong-Hyung reports for AP News.
A terrorist attack by a suicide bomber on a popular beachfront in Somalia’s capital on Saturday killed at least 32 people and wounded 60. The Islamist militant group Al Shabab claimed responsibility for the deadly assault, which started late Friday. Hussein Mohamed reports for the New York Times.
Mali said it has cut diplomatic relations with Ukraine, after a military official suggested Kyiv was involved in deadly fighting near the Algerian border last month that killed dozens of Malian soldiers and mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner group. Adam Durbin reports for BBC News.
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DEVELOPMENTS
Ukraine has received its first U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. “F-16s in Ukraine. We did it,” Zelenskyy said at a ceremony, without specifying the number of jets received. Ido Vock and James Waterhouse report for BBC News.
Ukraine’s military claimed it sank a Russian submarine in Crimean port on Friday, in what would be another significant setback for Moscow in the occupied peninsula. Radina Gigova, Maria Kostenko, and Brad Lendon report for CNN.
Ukraine’s foreign minister will visit three African countries this week in a bid to drum up support for Kyiv, the ministry said yesterday. Reuters reports.
U.S. DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday revoked the pre-trial agreement reached last week with alleged plotters of the 9/11 attacks. Austin overruled the overseer of the war court at Guantánamo Bay and assumed direct oversight over the case, effectively reviving the possibility that the accused could face a death penalty trial. Because of the stakes involved, the “responsibility for such a decision should rest with me,” Austin said in an order released by the Pentagon. Carol Rosenberg and Eric Schmitt report for the New York Times.
The Michigan secretary of state’s office is investigating a pro-Trump political action committee backed by billionaire Elon Musk for potential violations amid efforts to collect voter data. Brian Schwartz reports for CNBC.
ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH CONFLICT
Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it launched a drone attack early today on northern Israel that the Israeli military said wounded two troops and set off a fire. In a statement, Hezbollah said it targeted a military base in northern Israel in response to Israeli “attacks and assassinations” in south Lebanon. It follows both Israel and Hezbollah exchanging limited fire yesterday. AP News reports; Vivek Shankar reports for the New York Times.
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
Israeli airstrikes on two school buildings in Gaza City yesterday killed at least 30 people, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense. The IDF and the Israel Security Agency have taken responsibility for the strike, saying they were targeting “terrorists operating inside Hamas command and control centers” that were “embedded” within the schools. Kareem Khadder, Ibrahim Dahman, Eyad Kourdi, and AnneClaire Stapleton report for CNN.
An Israeli airstrike hit a tent camp inside a hospital in central Gaza, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed yesterday to 44, the Hamas-run health ministry said. Nidal Al-Mughrabi reports for Reuters.
Two people were stabbed to death and two others injured in Holon, Israel, yesterday in a suspected terrorist attack. The suspect, who the Israel Police said was a resident of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, was also pronounced dead. The New York Times reports.
ISRAEL-IRAN CONFLICT
Iran has claimed the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week was carried out by a “short-range projectile” and a “severe explosion” outside the guest house where he was staying. The claim contradicts reports that Haniyeh was killed by an explosive device that had been covertly hidden inside the guest house. Radina Gigova and Jeremy Diamond report for CNN.
Jordan’s foreign minister met Iran’s acting foreign minister in Tehran yesterday, making Ayman Safadi the first senior Jordanian official to pay an official visit to Iran in over 20 years. Amir Vahdat reports for AP News.
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR — U.S. RESPONSE
The United States will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region, the Pentagon said Friday. Defense Secretary Austin has also ordered additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers to the European and Middle East regions. A White House official yesterday said the measure is aimed at de-escalating regional tensions. Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp report for AP News; Doina Chiacu reports for Reuters.
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Vice President Kamala Harris is set to appear alongside her running mate for the first time tomorrow in Philadelphia, kicking off a cross-country tour to seven swing states over five days. Megan Lebowitz reports for NBC News.
Former President Trump’s running mate, Sen. J. D. Vance (R-OH), yesterday expressed confidence in Georgia’s election security, a contrast with Trump’s recent attacks against Republican state officials over the 2020 election. Summer Concepcion reports for NBC News.
MILITARY CONFLICT WITH THE HOUTHIS
A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck a “Liberian-flagged container ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden,” authorities said yesterday, the first attack by the group in two weeks. Jon Gambrell reports for AP News.