Israeli strikes on central Beirut killed 18 people and wounded at least 92 as a Lebanese security source said at least one senior Hezbollah figure was targeted in the attacks.
Hurricane Milton has now ploughed into the Atlantic Ocean after cutting a destructive path across Florida that spawned tornados, killed at least 10 people and left millions without power.
Hurricane Milton is marching across central Florida in the US, whipping up deadly tornadoes, destroying homes and knocking out power to nearly 2 million customers.
UK water companies must return a total of $336 million to customers after missed environmental targets, the latest penalty slapped on an industry at the centre of a scandal over dirty rivers.
An expanding Hurricane Milton churned toward Florida's Gulf Coast where more than 1 million people were ordered to evacuate, and where "catastrophic damage" is expected.
Hezbollah has fired rockets at Israel's third-largest city Haifa and Israel looked poised to expand its offensive into Lebanon, one year after the devastating Hamas attack on Israel.
From Yoda's cane to Clint Eastwood's coat in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, hundreds of items will go under the hammer next month in a sale of movie and TV memorabilia.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday returned to the rural Pennsylvania site where he was nearly assassinated, rallying a large crowd in the critical battleground state.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in major cities around the world on Saturday demanding an end to bloodshed in Gaza and the wider Middle East.
The death of Alberto Fujimori, the deeply divisive former Peruvian president, comes amid a resurgence of interest in the former strongman — both from supporters and detractors.
Tens of thousands of North Carolina residents remain without running water days after Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida and carved a deadly, destructive path through much of the US Southeast.
A further 500 airline seats for Australians, permanent residents and their immediate families have been secured across two flights out of Lebanon to Cyprus as conflict escalates in the region.
A Russian guided bomb has struck a five-storey apartment block in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, starting fires and injuring at least 10 people, officials said.
Israel has bombed central Beirut, killing at least six people, after its forces suffered their deadliest day on the Lebanese front in a year of clashes against Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.