Good morning. We're covering attacks by Israel and Hezbollah and a deadly stabbing in Germany. Plus: Finland's sauna diplomacy.
Israel and Hezbollah moved to talks of containmentAfter Israel's military and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah fired back and forth over the weekend in one of the largest cross-border barrages since the war in Gaza began, both sides quickly claimed victories of sorts. By yesterday morning, the two sides were employing the language of containment. Hezbollah announced that it had completed the "first stage" of its attack to avenge the assassination of a senior commander, Fuad Shukr, and appeared to be calling it a day. Israel's defense minister, Yoav Gallant, said that he had spoken with the U.S. secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin, and that they had "discussed the importance of avoiding regional escalation," according to a statement. But tensions are still high in the Middle East, and escalation remains a possibility, experts say. The Israeli military said it was continuing to strike Hezbollah launchers in southern Lebanon. And Iran, Hezbollah's patron, has made unresolved threats toward Israel, which it blames for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of its ally Hamas, while he was in Tehran. For more: For now, the exchange of attacks fell short of the major escalation that many had feared after Shukr was killed. This timeline shows how the attack unfolded. Elsewhere in the war:
Stabbing in Germany may be linked to the Islamic StateA stabbing attack on Friday that left three people dead at a local festival in the western German city of Solingen is being treated as terrorism, German prosecutors said. The suspect in the attack, a 26-year-old man from Syria, was living in a refugee shelter a few hundred yards from where it took place, the police said yesterday. He was wearing bloodstained clothes when he turned himself in late on Saturday night. The federal prosecutor's office said it believed the suspect had joined the Islamic State "at an undeterminable" time before the attack. Context: The far-right Alternative for Germany party, which is poised to make significant gains in three state elections next month, was quick to react. Before the suspect's identity was confirmed, one of the party's leaders called for changes to "migration and security policy." In France: A suspect has been detained in connection with an attack on a synagogue in southern France on Saturday morning. It is being investigated as a terrorist act, the authorities said. 🇺🇸 U.S. ELECTION 2024 The presidential election is less than 80 days away. This is what we're watching.
Democrats announced a flood of donationsAfter a mostly quiet weekend on both sides, Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential campaign said that $82 million poured in during the Democratic National Convention last week. After Harris's speech on Thursday night, her campaign had its "best fund-raising hour since launch day," the campaign's chair said. Here's the latest. As Harris's campaign flaunted its growing war chest, Senator JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican Party's vice-presidential nominee, took aim at two of the Democrats' leading lines of attacks. He denied that tariffs imposed under former President Donald Trump had raised prices for Americans, though data shows they did, and maintained that they had brought a significant number of jobs back to the U.S., though data shows they didn't. Here's what else to know:
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The Diplomatic Sauna SocietySome diplomats meet for martinis. Others mingle at state dinners or casual receptions. The Finns — who have 5.5 million people and around three million saunas — strip off and assemble in the sauna. "We have a golden rule that whatever happens in the sauna stays in the sauna," said Mikko Hautala, the ambassador of Finland to the U.S. "We try to make sure there is full trust and confidence." For the past 16 years, Finnish diplomats in Washington have invited influential people to experience the sauna together as a means of networking. The Diplomatic Sauna Society, as the gatherings are now called, is now a coveted invitation. (Similar setups exist in Finnish embassies around the world, including in Berlin and London.) We hope you've enjoyed this newsletter, which is made possible through subscriber support. Subscribe to The New York Times.
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