Hamas leader in Lebanon killed

Plus, US port workers set to go on strike.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters  Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Hezbollah says it is ready for any Israeli land invasion in Lebanon, China stocks surge in the biggest single-day rally since 2008, and US port workers are set to go on strike. Plus, Labour's private education tax leaves Britain divided. Today's Top News   People inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli attack on the city of Ain Deleb, September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher Middle East Palestinian militant group Hamas said an Israeli strike killed its leader in Lebanon, while Hezbollah says it is ready for any Israeli land invasion the country. Where does Hezbollah go from here? Our Lebanon Bureau Chief Maya Gebeily tells the Reuters World News podcast about the group's potential new leader - and how our journalists could hear the strike on its assassinated chief Hassan Nasrallah's compound. Listen now. In other news Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said he will call a general election for Oct. 27 following his victory in one of the closest ever leadership races for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Here's what to expect. Nepal began to grapple with damage wrought by deadly floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains as residents faced the task of cleaning homes and extracting their broken belongings from mud. Meanwhile in the US, cleanup and recovery efforts got under way after Hurricane Helene claimed at least 90 lives. Donald Trump railed against immigrants in the country illegally in an often-graphic speech in Pennsylvania, his fourth campaign stop in a month in what has become the presidential campaign's most hotly contested state. Mexico's new president Claudia Sheinbaum takes power this week, and her first test will be whether she continues her predecessor's marathon daily press conferences. Austria's far-right Freedom Party must seek to clear a path to power after its first ever parliamentary election victory left the anti-establishment outfit needing a partner to form a governing coalition. Business & Markets   Chinese stocks extended a blistering rally with those in the mainland headed for their best month in almost a decade, as Beijing rolled out further stimulus measures to arrest a slowdown in the broad economy. BYD has informed the Chinese regulator it is recalling nearly 97,000 electric vehicles for a manufacturing fault involving a steering control unit that could lead to fire risks, the market regulator said. US East and Gulf Coast port workers are set to go on strike at midnight with no talks currently scheduled to head off a stoppage threatening to halt container traffic from Maine to Texas and cost the economy as much as $5 billion a day. Here's what we know about the dispute and the products affected. Australian miner BHP expects the world to consume an extra 1 million metric tons of copper per year on average until 2035 due to the adoption of copper-intensive technologies, double the annual volume growth in the past 15 years. Take-up for potentially life-changing gene therapies for sickle cell disease, which cost $2 million to $3 million in the US, is proving even slower than expected, interviews with half a dozen specialists and six sickle cell patients show. Labour's move to tax private education leaves Britain divided   A student at Malvern St James Girls' School. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunket Mark Manwaring-White, 67, had been hoping to retire but a policy introduced by Britain's new Labour government means his daughter's school fees could rise by 20%. So instead, he'll keep working. The removal of a tax exemption for private schools from January is an important part of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's drive to raise revenues for expenditure on ailing public services and to plug a hole in public finances. But it's a political gamble. Read more And Finally... Giant panda 'Shin Shin' at the Ueno Zoological Garden in Tokyo. REUTERS/Issei Kato Japan's beloved elderly giant pandas Shin Shin and Ri Ri were safely returned to China, Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Garden reported on its website. The two pandas arrived at the Ueno Zoo in 2011, bringing a little lightness to the country just months after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11 of that year, and continued to draw fans of all ages over the years. Read more Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters.com Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2024 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036