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Our top stories. An Israeli attack killed at least 21 people in I2, a town in Northern Lebanon,

according to the Lebanese Red Cross.

It is the first time the Israel Defence Forces has struck a Christian majority town since beginning its ground operation in Lebanon.

Meanwhile the IDF continued to attack southern Lebanon

where it claimed to have killed a Hezbollah commander.

Earlier the European Union condemned Israel's attacks on United Nations peacekeepers in southern

Lebanon that have injured five people in recent days.

Joseph Burrell, the EU's foreign policy chief,

said that attacking UN personnel was, quote,

completely unacceptable.

The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded jointly to Simon Johnson, James Robinson,

and Darren Asymoglu for their research on global inequality.

The Trio's work has shed light on the link between colonization and prosperity

and the and

strong Democratic institutions for country's success.

The Noble Committee lauded the researchers for their innovative approach to studying, quote,

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