Web Stories Thursday, October 9

Tom BennettJerusalem,Alice CuddyTel Aviv,Yolande KnellRe’im andRushdi AbualoufGaza correspondentAFP via Getty ImagesSome paid their respects at the site of the Nova Music Festival, where more than 370 people were killed and dozens more taken back to Gaza as hostagesIsraelis have gathered across the country to mark two years since the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023, as negotiations continued in Egypt over an end to the war in Gaza.The attack saw over 1,200 people killed and…

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Paralympic champion Brock Whiston won gold in the women’s SM8 200m individual medley as Great Britain set a new world record at the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore.Whiston backed up her Paralympic title from 12 months ago with a season’s best time of two minutes 40.25 seconds, albeit five…

France’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has resigned, less than a day after his cabinet was unveiled. “The conditions were not fulfilled for me to carry on as prime minister,” Lecornu said on Monday morning, and criticised the unwillingness by political parties to reach compromises.The Elysée palace made the announcement after…

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Will GrantMexico, Central America and Cuba correspondentAFP via Getty ImagesTourism is a vital component of the Cuban economyWhen US President Barack Obama stepped off Air Force One onto Cuban soil in 2016, he was one of around four million visitors to the island that year.A record high at the time,…

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BBCThis article is no longer being updated. A new version of the mortgage calculator is available here. Mortgage interest rates have risen sharply over the past six months after years of historic lows.As higher interest rates will mean higher mortgage payments, experts say more people are at risk of falling…