Hamas names new leader
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Yahya Sinwar’s appointment follows the assassination of his predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh

Hamas has named Yahya Sinwar as the new leader of its political wing, replacing Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last week. The appointment was announced in a brief statement by the Palestinian militant group on Tuesday.

Sinwar has served as the group’s leader inside Gaza since 2017. Israel believes him to be the architect of the October 7, 2023 incursion into southern Israel, in which Hamas killed some 1,200 people and took over 250 hostage.The attack sparked the current war in Gaza, which has so far killed almost 40,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry.

Israeli officials believe that Sinwar has been hiding in Hamas’s network of tunnels beneath Gaza since the massacre that he allegedly orchestrated 10 months ago.

Immediately after the Hamas statement, Foreign Minister Israel Katz called for Sinwar t...

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Harris officially becomes Democratic presidential nominee
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The party held an unusually early vote, solidifying Kamala Harris their candidate for the 2024 US election

US Vice President Kamala Harris has officially accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for the 2024 election, along with her running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, party officials announced on Tuesday.

This comes just two weeks after Harris announced she was joining the race, and less than half a day after she named Walz as her pick for the vice presidency.

Aside from Harris, no challengers met the threshold of support necessary to contend for the party nomination ahead of the July 27 deadline.

At a five-day “virtual roll call” that concluded on Monday, 99% of participating delegates supported the Harris-Walz nomination, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) said in a statement.

Traditionally, Democratic candidates officially announce their nominations, and give acceptance s...

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JUST IN: Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake Rattles Southern California

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A magnitude 5.3 earthquake rattled Southern California Tuesday evening.

PSNI officer who ‘celebrated’ Armagh football win ‘blown out of proportion’
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Sinn Fein’s John O’Dowd said the officer has done more for the community than ‘any glossy brochure’.

'Evil' lorry driver jailed for beating and ridiculing three children
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David Daly (37), of Castle Park, Dooradoyle, Limerick, was described in court as a cruel and 'evil' man who beat and ridiculed three children

US actor Bob Newhart dies aged 94 following ‘series of short illnesses’
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He died at home in Los Angeles, according to his publicist.