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Israel and Lebanon are due to hold talks in Washington on Tuesday, though a ceasefire remains a distant prospect. Israel says it will not discuss any halt to the fighting with Hezbollah, which it considers the main obstacle to peace. The meeting will mark the first formal contact between the two countries, which have no diplomatic relations. Meanwhile, Lebanese authorities say Israeli strikes have killed more than 1,950 people, including over 350 on the first day of the US-Iran ceasefire alone.

Russia has continued to pound Ukraine in the hours leading up to a 36-hour pause in its war of aggression. Three Ukrainians were killed overnight and dozens were injured in drone attacks on Odesa, Poltava and Sumy.

There's trouble at the top of Europe's largest economy as a dispute over fuel price relief for consumers intensifies. Meanwhile, figures appear to show a significant rise in the number of rapes. DW has the latest.

Hard rock enthusiast Sanae Takaichi beamed as she met the rockers in her Tokyo office.

Finance minister is favourite to win on Sunday as incumbent Talon will step down after leading the country for 10 years.

The mishap occurred as a tarp was pulled off a bronze figure immortalising Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki.

Opposition leaders are chiding Modi's government for India's "ruined" foreign policy as rival Pakistan hosts peace talks between the US and Iran. Meanwhile, Modi is campaigning in West Bengal ahead of polls. DW has more.

The US arch would be over 50% taller than the famous Arc de Triomphe in Paris, according to the official plans. The US president has described the project as "the GREATEST and MOST BEAUTIFUL Triumphal Arch" in the world.

She has now placed herself squarely into the Epstein story and at odds with the administration, which wants to end the investigation.

The congressman is a leading Democratic candidate who is now facing calls to drop out of the race.

Legal action follows war of words with Sentebale chair after Duke of Sussex’s resignation as patron The Duke of Sussex is being sued by Sentebale in the latest twist in the bitter fallout over the African charity he co-founded. The charity has lodged papers in London’s high court over defamation claims naming Prince Harry and the former Sentebale trustee Mark Dyer as defendants. Continue reading...

The men, sent to the southern African country in July, have been denied in-person counsel for nine months Four men deported by the US to Eswatini and denied in-person legal counsel for nine months while detained in a maximum security prison have the right to see a local lawyer, Eswatini’s supreme court ruled. The men, from Cambodia, Cuba, Vietnam and Yemen, were sent to the small southern African country, formerly known as Swaziland, in July despite having no connection to the country, as part