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Thousands of soldiers and police go into the Mexican resort city ravaged by a powerful hurricane. Source link

The American actor was best known for playing Chandler Bing in the hit ’90s TV sitcom Friends. Source link

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The former US vice president makes the announcement during a Republican Jewish Coalition event. Source link

Relatives want to know whether a ground operation endangers the well-being of 229 hostages held by Hamas. Source link

But the communications blackout means it’s very hard to find out exactly what’s going on. For example I have spoken to the UN who have been able to communicate with their main office in the south over a satellite phone, but as there is no internal communication, they can’t connect with their area offices that

Video released by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) appears to show dozens of Israeli tanks and military vehicles in Gaza. Israel’s military has said it is expanding its ground operations and that overnight “around a hundred fighter jets” were used to bombard the Gaza Strip. The IDF did not specify where in Gaza the footage

Israeli warplanes have carried out heavy airstrikes on Gaza overnight and into the morning, with huge explosions seen in the territory, while also announcing that its ground forces were “expanding operations”. Meanwhile, internet and electricity has gone down in Gaza, with about 2.3 million people living there being cut off from the outside world. BBC

The Palestinian Red Crescent says people cannot call the emergency 101 number due to the outage. Source link

Police say the suspect in a Lewiston, Maine shooting, where 18 people were killed, has been found dead. Source link

A people smuggler in Quetta, who arranges illegal routes out of Pakistan, is explaining his business model to an undercover BBC journalist. For 2.5m Pakistani rupees ($9000; £7,500), a young man can arrive in Europe “safe and sound” in approximately three weeks, he says, by crossing the border into Iran on foot and then travelling

Israel said on Friday evening that its ground forces were “expanding operations”, as strikes on Gaza intensified. Rockets were also fired from within the Gaza Strip. Communication and power networks went down at around the same time, meaning residents in Gaza could not be contacted. Video by Alex Smith. Source link

Streets were empty, stores and schools were closed as the search continued for the Maine shooting suspect. Source link

Ivanka Trump will have to testify in business fraud case against her father and brothers, a New York judge rules Source link

Sharone Lifschitz is calling on the Israeli government to prioritise the release of hostages held by Hamas. Source link

The power operator says electricity supplies have been curtailed as a result of “limited gas supply”. Source link

Hundreds of law enforcement personnel are part of the search as towns remain under shelter in place orders. Source link