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US President Joe Biden said he was confident the upcoming presidential election would be ‘free and fair’, but he was not so confident that it would be ‘peaceful’.
US Politics
The Washington Post

Joe Biden airs concerns about election violence

US President Joe Biden said he was confident the upcoming presidential election would be ‘free and fair’, but he was not so confident that it would be ‘peaceful’.

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Students Christian Angulo and Mason Schermerhorn lost their lives in the shooting at Apalachee High School.
USA
The Washington Post

The troubling childhood of an alleged teenage school shooter

The spiralling path that led 14-year-old Colt Gray to a jail cell offers an extraordinary case study on the making of yet another young man accused of gunning down children in their classrooms and hallways.

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A man on the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border films the aftermath of a rocket attack on Sept. 21. (MUST CREDIT: Heidi Levine for The Washington Post)
Middle East
The Washington Post

Ground offensive preceded by a year of secret raids: Israel

THE WASHINGTON POST: Israel’s ongoing ground offensive in Lebanon was preceded by dozens of secret raids across the border over the past year, the Israel Defense Forces said.

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Senator JD Vance, left, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz at the vice-presidential debate at the CBS Broadcast Centre in New York.
US Politics
The Washington Post

‘Me too, man’: Walz and Vance’s weirdly gracious debate

The smiling Democrat and Republican vice-presidential candidates made a point of paying each other respect before launching biting attacks on each other’s running mates.

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In the clouds at Comme des Garcons.
Fashion
The Washington Post

What makes a great fashion designer today?

As big as fashion is — and it’s never been bigger — it’s really behind the times. Here’s what makes a really great designer in today’s world.

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The widening gap between US desires and Israeli behavior has left the administration struggling to adapt its diplomatic efforts to accommodate Netanyahu’s impulses. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on Monday.
Middle East
The Washington Post

As Israel escalates in Lebanon, US influence is limited

The widening gap between US desires and Israeli behavior has left the administration struggling to adapt its diplomatic efforts to accommodate Netanyahu’s impulses. 

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Israeli reservists on their tanks at a IDF staging area near the border of Gaza in southern Israel on May 21. MUST CREDIT: Heidi Levine for The Washington Post
World
The Washington Post

Israel eyes Lebanon offensive with lessons of past invasions

As Israel prepares for another potential ground invasion, its military and security establishment appear to have absorbed the lessons of the past.

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A woman holds a poster of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in front of the Israeli Consulate.
opinion
World
The Washington Post

Hasan Nasrallah is gone but the threat of Hezbollah remains

No one should shed any tears over the death of Hasan Nasrallah, the longtime leader of Hezbollah. He was a terrorist kingpin with the deaths of countless innocents on his hands.

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A lorry transports Israeli armoured vehicles in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon.
World
The Washington Post

White House fumes over Netanyahu ceasefire snub

The fired up Israeli PM told journalists in New York that reports that Israel had eased up on fighting in Lebanon were ‘the opposite of the truth’.

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A pretend fur coat. MUST CREDIT: Jonas Gustavsson for The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post

Prada joins the wave of women making art out of their lives

Miuccia Prada joins the revolution of women designers putting their person at the heart of their art.

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Trump is scheduled to meet this week with the president of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
US Politics
The Washington Post

Foreign leaders meet with Trump as knife-edge election nears

Foreign leaders travelling to the United States for the U.N. General Assembly have also been meeting with former president Donald Trump, as they hedge their bets in case of a Trump victory in the election.

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Russia launching its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile in a 2022 test.
World
The Washington Post

Putin’s grim nuclear threat against Ukraine and the West

The Russian President told a meeting with the Russian Security Council that ‘we reserve the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression against Russia and Belarus.’

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President Joe Biden will use his final address before world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly to once again champion the value of alliance-building.
US Politics
The Washington Post

Biden’s final UN speech to tout alliances as conflicts brew

President Joe Biden will use his final address before world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly to once again champion the value of alliance-building.

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A page from a court filing in US District Court for the Southern District of Florida shows a photo of a note that Ryan Routh allegedly left with a friend, saying, "This was an assassination attempt."
World
The Washington Post

Trump gunman’s note: ‘This was an assassination attempt’

The allegations were made in a detention hearing for Ryan Routh, the man found with a gun outside the ex-president’s golf course on September 15.

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A man watches rescuers sift through the rubble as they search for people still missing at the site of Friday's Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs.
World
The Washington Post

Why are Israel and Hezbollah fighting?

Strikes between Hezbollah and Israel have been common for decades, but the exchanges of fire over the past year, and the ongoing escalation, have raised fears of a larger war. So what is Israel’s objective?

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