by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, October 22.
- What Peak Oil Tells Us About Climate Goals
- UN committee deadlocked on climate disaster recovery fund
- Ukraine’s Slow Advance Challenges Kyiv, Allies (“The country’s counteroffensive hasn’t achieved a breakthrough, and global attention is shifting to the conflict in the Middle East.”)
- UN finds further evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine (“Report points to ‘wilful killing, torture, rape and other sexual violence, and the deportation of children to the Russian Federation’”)
- Ukrainians prepare firewood and candles to brace for a winter of Russian strikes on the energy grid
- Ukraine war: Why Kyiv’s Dnipro east bank gain could be significant
- Ukraine fears drone shortages due to China restrictions
- Ukraine Recap: Russian Strike on Kharkiv Mail Center Kills Six
- Inside the Commando Raids Unnerving Russia in Crimea (“The lightning assaults are part of a larger campaign using drones and missiles to degrade Russian forces and demoralize the public.”)
- Moscow’s man in Africa: Yevgeny Prigozhin and the collapse of the French empire (“Before his sudden demise, the shadowy Wagner Group leader helped unravel 60 years of French domination in Africa’)
- CNN Investigates: Forensic analysis of images and videos suggests rocket caused Gaza hospital blast, not Israeli airstrike
- Video Analysis Shows Gaza Hospital Hit by Failed Rocket Meant for Israel
- US dispatches Mideast military assets, Israel pounds Gaza, targets in Syria, Lebanon
- Israel strikes Gaza, Syria and West Bank as war against Hamas threatens to ignite other fronts
- Netanyahu’s Attack on Democracy Left Israel Unprepared (“The prime minister brought about a situation in which all the options are bad.”)
- The week the world tried to stop Gaza spinning out of control
- Netanyahu told to ‘quit now’ as ex-leaders pin blame on dysfunctional government (Netanyahu should be in prison for multiple reasons.)
- 7 influential accounts are warping Israel-Hamas news on X, researchers find (Elon Musk is a disaster, as some of us predicted when he was talking about buying Twitter.)
- AP visual analysis: Rocket from Gaza appeared to go astray, likely caused deadly hospital explosion
- Senior official: US, European countries pushing Israel to delay Gaza ground offensive
- Scoop: Israel says it found Hamas files with instructions for making cyanide-based weapon
- GOP Presidential Candidates Unite Around Calls to Deport Pro-Palestine Students (“Trump deems U.S. student protests against the Israel-Hamas war ‘pro-jihadist demonstrations,’ and Republicans start falling in line.”)
- US Sends More Warships, Anti-Missile Batteries to Middle East
- Egypt Is Courted on All Sides as Pivotal to Gaza Refugees’ Fate
- Egypt’s Gaza Summit Highlights Calls for Two-State Solution
- How Two American Hostages Were Set Free From Gaza
- Egypt’s border crossing opens to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Gaza
- Israel Latest: Army Warns Of Wider War As Lebanon Tensions Spike
- 20 trucks of aid come into Gaza, but no passage for foreign nationals seeking to leave
- Biden’s Israel Policy Gets Put to the Test (“The President’s attempt to get food and medicine into Gaza will reveal whether his support for Israel can also protect Palestinian civilians.”)
- The Simmering Lebanese Front in Israel’s War (“A series of tit-for-tat exchanges between Hezbollah fighters and the Israeli Army risks blowing the Gaza offensive into a regional conflict.”)
- How Biden Bigfooted Bibi (“The American president has captured Israeli hearts. Can he rein in the Israeli government?”)
- Australia PM to visit China, reaches deal to resolve WTO wine dispute (“With election Sunday, populist Javier Milei vows to abolish central bank, loosen gun laws, legalize sale of human organs” Totally insane, just like Trump.)
- ‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president
- Argentines Choose President Amid Economic Crisis: What to Watch
- As Europe applauds Poland’s election results, civil rights groups prepare to fight
- A seasonal viral stew is brewing with flu, RSV, COVID and more
- America’s Downtowns Are Empty. Fixing Them Will Be Expensive.
- Rooftop solar is about to get a lot more popular, thanks to rising electricity rates
- GOP ditches Jordan and scrambles for Speaker: Five takeaways
- Speaker fiasco lays bare ungovernable dysfunction of House Republicans
- GOP lawmaker urges Republicans to sign unity pledge to back eventual Speaker nominee
- Concerns about Jordan’s election denialism flare during failed bid for speaker
- The GOP’s speaker chaos is a blessing in disguise (“The House impasse was precipitated by both radicalization and division within the Republican Party. Narrow majorities in the House have enabled right-wing radicals to disable the governing system. Normal progressives and normal conservatives, in alliance with politicians closer to the center, are discovering a shared interest in keeping the nihilist right far from the levers of power.”)
- SNL’s Trump Skewers ‘Loser’ Jim Jordan: ‘You’re No Fun!’
- Tom Emmer Didn’t Help Trump Steal the 2020 Election. It’s Payback Time. (Other than that, though, Emmer is far right on pretty much every issue – climate science denier, 100% pro-gun and anti-reproductive-freedom, etc.)
- Biden, Senate Democrats see fundraising edge in third quarter
- Back-to-back plea deals pose grave legal threat to Donald Trump
- Chesebro attorney argues client never believed Trump’s ‘big lie’ of election fraud
- Sidney Powell was Trump’s biggest ‘fighter.’ Now she’s a big threat.
- Inside the meeting of Republican electors who sought to thwart Biden’s election win in Georgia
- Haley threatens to overtake DeSantis as Trump alternative, sending sparks flying
- Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll found dead outside her home (Horrible and disturbing.)
- Police are searching for motive in the death of the Detroit synagogue leader who was found with multiple stab wounds
- The vehicle has been found but the suspect still missing in the fatal shooting of a Maryland judge (Also horrible and disturbing.)
- Highlights From the New WaPo/Schar Virginia Poll: Dems Lead (47%-43% Among RVs, 47%-45% Among LVs), “But we can’t take anything for granted” (Youngkin’s net approval rating, while positive, is at best “meh” compared to other VA governor’s…)
- Va. voters focused on education, but less on trans students, poll finds
- Va. is rolling out widespread school tutoring. Here’s how local districts are doing it.
- Video: VA Del. Rodney Willett (D) Releases New Ad “Bankrolled” Highlighting Riley Shaia (R)’s Support From Anti-Abortion Extremists
- Is VA Del. Buddy Fowler (R) Possibly Violating Both Campaign Finance and Elections Law? (“In sum, there are serious questions about the legality of Del. Fowler’s candidacy for Virginia House District 59 arising from documentation provided by Del. Fowler himself”)
- Independent review of UVa shooting completed
- Some Virginia Beach council members want a deeper look at city festival sponsorships
- D.C.-area forecast: A ton of sun this week with steadily warming temperatures
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