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October 18: West Bank Journalist Attack and Hurricane Trudy
In Israel and the West Bank
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is urging Israel to investigate and prosecute those responsible for an attack by Israeli settlers on an American Washington Post photojournalist and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Huckabee called the attack a “despicable act of terror.”
Separately, Israel’s government has ordered legal and security officials to find and prosecute soldiers and officers interviewed in the documentary NAZA, accusing them of harming Israel’s diplomatic and security interests. The government has also accused co-directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of treason and announced plans aimed at stripping citizenship from people who “smear” Israeli soldiers.
Hurricane Trudy approaches Mexico
Hurricane Trudy strengthened to Category 2 as it moved toward Mexico’s southwestern and west-central Pacific coast on Saturday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
In England’s health service
Yvette Cooper has announced an additional 140 million pounds for urgent care in England, including ambulances and emergency department upgrades. Cooper warned that the NHS faces a tougher winter than usual and said the money would help increase capacity.
Separately, an NHS trust says 15 staff members have been fired after accessing medical records belonging to victims of the June 2023 Nottingham attack. Valdo Calocane killed students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65. He also attempted to kill three other people.
Deaths at a Wichita sports complex
A child and an adult were killed, and several other people were injured, when a vehicle drove onto a soccer field at Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kansas, on Saturday. Police say the driver is in custody and two juveniles were inside the vehicle. Authorities have not confirmed whether the driver acted intentionally. Police said there was no further ongoing threat.
Utah’s internet age checks
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the VPN provisions of Utah’s age-verification law, finding they likely violate constitutional limits on state laws that burden people and businesses beyond state borders. The provisions required adult websites to block VPN users or determine their physical location. The court said that location requirement effectively forced sites to verify every visitor’s age, wherever they were.
Ukraine’s Starlink service
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Kyiv has evidence that the Starlink systems used by Ukraine’s military are being throttled.
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