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Car buyer payouts over loan scandal could be delayed

Regulators want to give more time to car dealers potentially facing a deluge of mis-selling claims.

UK economy barely grows with Budget fears blamed

The chancellor says she is "not satisfied" by the latest growth figures, which were weaker than expected.

Israel strikes Hizbollah-linked lender in Lebanon

Attacks target militant group’s economic ‘system and strongholds’ particularly those of al-Qard al-Hassan

Business - Financial Times - October 21

Israel Strikes Hezbollah-Affiliated Financial Institution in Lebanon

Branches of Al-Qard al-Hasan, which functions as Hezbollah’s de facto banking arm but also operates as an alternative bank for Lebanese, were targeted around Beirut and across the country’s south ...

World - The New York Times - October 21

Israel continues deadly strikes on Gaza, Lebanon

Israel continued striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Sunday. Strikes in Gaza also left dozens dead or missing. Debora Patta has the latest on the fighting in the Middle East.

Blasts across Lebanon as Israel targets Hezbollah banks

The Israeli military tells people in more than 20 areas in Lebanon to leave, ahead of its overnight strikes.

Blinken urges Netanyahu to seek truces in Lebanon, Gaza

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Blinken urges Netanyahu to seek truces in Lebanon, Gaza Secretary ...

Politics - The Hill - October 22

Blinken Presses Israel for Truces in Gaza and Lebanon

The U.S. secretary of state, visiting Israel, said the killing of Hamas’s leader last week could create an opening for peace, and he pushed the Israeli prime minister to allow more aid into Gaza.

World - The New York Times - October 23

How first responders in Lebanon deal with ongoing strikes

Israeli airstrikes continue to pummel Lebanon as the conflict in the Middle East escalates. Debora Patta takes a look at how first responders are handling the crisis and saving the wounded.

First responders caught in crossfire of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon

As the fighting continues in Lebanon, rescue workers risk their lives to help civilians. Hussein Fakih, who leads a team of Lebanese government rescue workers, claims they are being deliberately ...

Macron seeks to rally support for aid to Lebanon

French president’s meeting with foreign officials marks Paris’s attempt to reassert influence in its former protectorate

Business - Financial Times - October 24

Lebanon: Satellite imagery reveals intensity of Israeli bombing

Israel damaged more buildings in two weeks than in a year of fighting with Hezbollah, data shows.

Israel pushes for expanded UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon

Netanyahu government wants Unifil forces to patrol much larger area and carry out border inspections

Business - Financial Times - October 24

Paris aid conference mobilizes €1 billion for Lebanon

World - Yahoo News - October 24

Five Israeli soldiers killed in southern Lebanon

World - Yahoo News - October 24

Three journalists killed in Israeli air strike in Lebanon

Attack on journalists who were sleeping in residential compound condemned as ‘war crime’ by Lebanese minister

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Israel is ethnically cleansing in Gaza, Jordan charges

Jordan confronted Secretary of State Antony Blinken with a stark and unwelcome assessment: Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinians from northern Gaza.

Israeli strike kills three journalists in southeast Lebanon

The Beirut-based pan-Arab network Al-Mayadeen TV said two of its journalists were killed and Hezbollah-owned broadcaster Al-Manar said one of its camera operators was also killed in an Israeli ...

Lebanon placed on global money-laundering ‘grey list’

Financial Action Task Force decision comes after political inaction and could complicate remittance payments

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Israel Pummels Gaza and Lebanon With Hundreds of Deadly Airstrikes

Gaza’s health ministry reported that dozens of people had been killed in a residential area of Khan Younis, as Israel launched a barrage of attacks across the region on Friday.

World - The New York Times - October 25

Israeli Strike Kills 3 Journalists in Southern Lebanon

The three worked for Lebanese news organizations, their employers said. Lebanon’s health ministry said they had been staying in a residence housing journalists.

World - The New York Times - October 26

Hizbollah appoints new leader after Nasrallah assassination

At least 60 people killed in Lebanon and dozens in Gaza in latest Israeli bombardments

Business - Financial Times - October 29

Lebanon's Hezbollah names replacement for slain former leader

Naim Qassem is a founding member of Hezbollah and has been the party's deputy secretary general since the early 1990's.

Israel warns entire Lebanon city of Baalbek to evacuate

Israel's military has issued an evacuation warning for the city of Baalbek in Lebanon, the Associated Press reports. This comes as more details emerge about a new Hezbollah leader. CBS News' Holly ...

Israel Orders Residents of Baalbek in Eastern Lebanon to Evacuate

Israel’s military warned civilians to leave Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley via three routes. The city had largely been spared Israeli bombardment until this week.

World - The New York Times - October 30