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The Latest Breaking News from John Kirby

Biden’s Israel funding request gets scrutiny, hits early hurdle

US rights group says president’s request to Congress suggests US may ‘bankroll’ displacement of Palestinians.

Al Jazeera

UN chief Guterres says aid trickling into Gaza is ‘completely inadequate’

UN leader says that escalation will bring ‘immense suffering’ to civilians and warns of potential regional escalation.

Al Jazeera

US dismisses Putin’s claim that anti-Israel riot at Dagestan was organised by Ukraine and West

‘Classic Russian rhetoric, when something goes bad in your country, you blame somebody else’

The Independent UK

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White House says US does not support calls for Gaza ceasefire

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also ruled out ceasefire in Gaza

The Independent UK

US dismisses Putin’s claim that west was behind Dagestan antisemitic riots

US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby denies any role, saying airport mob was display of ‘hate, bigotry and intimidation, pure and simple’

The Guardian - AU

Cornell Jewish center under guard after online threats to students

Campus police sent to university center after series of antisemitic comments were posted to online message board

The Guardian - US

David Pratt: US policy in Middle East is moving in a dangerous direction

IT was late Friday when Israeli forces expanded their ground offensive in Gaza.

The National (Scotland)

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Live updates | Israel knocks out Gaza communications as protesters call for end to the war

Israel has knocked out communications in the Gaza Strip with bombardment and artillery fire

The Independent UK

Biden questioned Gaza’s death toll, so Palestinians released the names

Biden’s remarks casting doubt on the death toll in Gaza caused outrage at home and abroad, report Bel Trew from Tel Aviv, Richard Hall from New York City, and Andrew Feinberg from Washington, DC.

The Independent UK

Are the US strikes on Syria linked to Israel’s war in Gaza?

Syria is populated by a number of militias known to have strong ties to Iran

The Independent UK

Red Cross says it has sent a surgery team into Gaza, as a rocket strike hits Tel Aviv

Along with the war surgery team, six trucks ferrying medical supplies and water purification tools were allowed into Gaza, the ICRC said. And a rocket strike in Tel Aviv injures at least three people.

WEKU

Russia executing own retreating troops from bloody Ukraine battle - White House

There has been a bitter battle for the frontline town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine

Evening Standard

Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy claims equivalent of Russian brigade lost near Avdiivka; Putin warns of weapon smuggling from Ukraine – as it happened

Ukraine’s president tells British PM brigade’s worth of troops lost trying to encircle embattled city; Putin demands action on weapons trafficking

The Guardian - AU

Russia is executing its own retreating soldiers as Ukraine offensive fails, says US

US claims some of Russian casualties near Avdivvka were ’on orders of their own leaders’

The Independent UK

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Al Jazeera

US attacks facilities in Syria linked to Iran, Pentagon says

The White House earlier warned it would respond to attacks on its forces in Iraq and Syria at ‘time of our choosing’.

The Independent UK

White House says Russia is executing its own soldiers for not following orders

The White House says that Russia is executing soldiers who have failed to follow orders and threatening entire units with death if they retreat from Ukrainian artillery fire

The Independent UK

US planning for evacuation of Americans from Middle East if conflict escalates

US officials are in the early stages of drawing up plans for wider evacuations of Americans across the Middle East that would potentially be carried out if conflict between Israel and Hamas forces spills out into a wider regional conflict, the White House said on Monday.

The Independent UK

White House ditches B-52s performance amid Israel-Hamas war

The B-52s are out as entertainment for White House’s state dinner

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The Guardian - UK

UN chief ‘shocked’ by ‘misrepresentation’ of comments in row with Israel

António Guterres had said Hamas attacks had been in context of ‘years of suffocating occupation’ but denied ‘justifying acts of terror’

WEKU

Citing 'tumultuous times,' the White House is toning down a state dinner for Australia

The state visit for Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was planned months ago. But the Middle East crisis prompted the White House to change the tenor of the event.

The Independent UK

Watch: Karine Jean-Pierre and John Kirby hold White House press briefing

Watch again as Karine Jean-Pierre and John Kirby held the daily White House press briefing on Tuesday, 24 October 2023.

Al Jazeera

US says Iran ‘actively facilitating’ attacks on bases in Middle East

Washington says it will not allow threats to its interests to ‘go unchallenged’ after increase in attacks on its forces.

The Guardian - AU

UN chief calls Gaza situation ‘dire’ – as it happened

This blog has now closed. You can follow the Guardian’s continuing live coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict here.

The Guardian - US

Pentagon to send military advisers and air defense systems to Israel

Assistance comes ahead of Israel’s anticipated ground assault into Gaza but advisers will not engage in fighting, says US official

The Independent UK

Pentagon rushes defenses, advisers to Middle East as Israel's ground assault in Gaza looms

The Pentagon has sent advisers, including a Marine Corps general versed in urban warfare, to Israel to assist in its plans to conduct a ground assault in Gaza

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