Inside Story

Is­rael is block­ing es­sen­tial sup­plies while de­stroy­ing neigh­bour­hoods in re­lent­less bomb­ing.

Mo­tion for hu­man­i­tar­i­an cease­fire de­bat­ed at UN pre­cise­ly the same time as Is­rael launched its fiercest at­tacks yet.

The Lebanese armed group has ex­changed fire with the Is­raeli mil­i­tary.

The shoot­ing of a po­lice of­fi­cer leads to a siege at a monastery where three at­tack­ers are killed.

The Russ­ian naval head­quar­ters in Sev­astopol is one of Moscow’s most im­por­tant bases.

Cap­tives have been ex­changed by both sides and $6bn of frozen Iran­ian funds re­leased.

World Health Or­ga­ni­za­tion records 1.4 mil­lion new in­fec­tions dur­ing July and Au­gust, up 80 per­cent from pre­vi­ous month.

Chi­na is in prime po­si­tion for elec­tric ve­hi­cle man­u­fac­ture – but seen as a threat by the EU and US.

North Ko­rea’s Kim Jong Un has pledged his full and un­con­di­tion­al sup­port for Rus­sia’s leader.

Search mis­sions still try­ing to reach re­mote ar­eas in the moun­tains.