Good morning. We're covering the Hezbollah leader's death and Donald Trump's sharply personal attacks against Kamala Harris. Plus, we retraced one of Mayor Eric Adams's lavish trips to Istanbul.
Israel killed Hezbollah's leader and struck YemenHezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed on Friday near Beirut, Lebanon, in an attack that Israel's military said had hit the militant group's headquarters. Nasrallah was a beacon for anti-Israel forces across the Middle East and beyond, and his death is a major blow to Hezbollah. Hezbollah and Israel's military chief of staff vowed to continue fighting, and Israel bombarded Lebanon over the weekend. Israel also expanded its targeting of Iran-backed militant groups yesterday, striking Yemen after Houthi fighters aimed missiles at Israel. At least four people were killed in the strikes in Yemen. Israel's strike on Nasrallah was the culmination of several startling moves that suggest that the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, feels unconstrained by foreign criticism, analysts say. His authorization of the strike came on the same day that foreign diplomats walked out of his speech to the U.N. General Assembly. In Iran, fissures have opened within the Iranian government over how to respond to Nasrallah's killing. Significantly, Ayatollah Khamenei signaled it would be Hezbollah, not Iran, that would be leading any response to Israel. Details: Two senior Israeli defense officials told The Times that more than 80 bombs were dropped to kill Nasrallah. A Times analysis showed that the attack destroyed at least four apartment buildings, and that the damage was most likely caused by 2,000-pound bombs. Analysis: Over almost a year of war in the Middle East, major powers have proved incapable of stopping or even significantly influencing the fighting, my colleague, Roger Cohen, writes. After the killing of Nasrallah, the Western-led attempt to broker a peace agreement between Israel and Hezbollah seems uncertain. These failures reflect a turbulent world of decentralized authority that seems likely to endure.
Trump doubled down on insulting languageDonald Trump again said that Vice President Kamala Harris was "mentally impaired" during a rally in Pennsylvania yesterday, despite criticism by members of both parties and the American Association of People with Disabilities. On Saturday, he suggested at a rally in Wisconsin that she was "mentally disabled" and had been born that way. Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina, said that he thought "the better course to take is to prosecute the case that her policies are destroying the country." Larry Hogan, a former governor of Maryland who is an anti-Trump Republican, called Trump's remarks "insulting" both to Harris and to "people that actually do have mental disabilities."
Hurricane Helene tore through the southeastern U.S.Hurricane Helene carved a devastating path from Florida's gulf coast to Tennessee, decimating some communities and killing more than 90 people across the region. We mapped the destruction, which stretched for more than 600 miles. The damage caused by Helene is severe across the region, and more than 1,270 rescuers have been deployed. Many states remain paralyzed by landslides and power outages, and officials say the death toll is likely to rise.
Last week, New York City's mayor pleaded not guilty after he was accused of accepting more than $100,000 in illegal gifts in exchange for using his political influence to help Turkey. A reporter and a photographer for The Times retraced one of Adams's lavish trips to Istanbul, during which he flew in business class on Turkish Airlines and spent a night at a $2,500-per-night luxury hotel suite — for which Adams reportedly paid only $300. Lives lived: Maggie Smith, among the most venerable British actors of her era, died on Friday at 89. Kris Kristofferson, the country singer and songwriter whose hits included "Me and Bobby McGee," died yesterday at 88.
Ta-Nehisi Coates ruminates on the power of writingTa-Nehisi Coates's breakthrough memoir, "Between the World and Me," made an immediate impact when it was published in 2015, at the fraught tail end of the Obama era, and catapulted him to prominence in the public conversation on race. Nearly 10 years later, the country and the world are in the midst of another contentious moment. Coates has returned with "The Message," a hybrid of memoir and reportage. The book consists of three journeys — to Senegal, South Carolina and the West Bank — that powerfully haunted Coates. In a video interview with The Times from his home in New York, he reckoned with his wavering faith in journalism as well as his need to keep exploring, questioning and writing. We hope you've enjoyed this newsletter, which is made possible through subscriber support. Subscribe to The New York Times.
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