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Israel continued to strike Southern Lebanon and Beirut, the capital.

The Israel Defence Forces said they have killed more than 250 members of Hezbollah since launching a ground offensive late on Monday.

Overnight the IDF struck the Masnna border crossing, which connects Lebanon with Syria,

claiming that Hezbollah was using it to transport weapons.

Earlier Aetala Ali Harmony, Iran's Supreme Leader, said that Iran's retaliation against Israel's

bombardment of Lebanon was, quote, completely legal and legitimate.

America's job report for September exceeded expectations.

The economy added 254,000 jobs. Economists had expected pay rolls to increase by 150,000. The unemployment rate fell to 4.1% from 4.2% a month earlier.

The strong figures make it more likely that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by a quarter

of a percentage point at its next meeting in November, rather than repeating the half-point cut of September.

America launched strikes against 15 hoothedy targets in Yemen, targeting what America said were, quote,

offensive military capabilities. A television network run by the Iran-backed

rebels who control much of Yemen reported that strikes hit an airport.

Since last October, the Houthis have launched hundreds of

missiles towards Israel and attacked commercial ships in the Red Sea.

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