 October 2, 2024 |
Good morning. We’re covering Iran firing missiles into Israel and the U.S. vice-presidential debate.
Plus: In a lawsuit, words matter.
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| Israel’s air defense system intercepted many of the Iranian missiles, the military said. Amir Cohen/Reuters |
Iran launched about 180 missiles at Israel
Iran fired several waves of ballistic missiles at Israel yesterday, raising the likelihood of a direct all-out war between two of the Middle East’s most powerful militaries. There were no reports of casualties in Israel. A Palestinian man was killed by falling shrapnel in the occupied West Bank.
Iran fired about 180 missiles during its assault, the Israeli military said. Many of the missiles were intercepted by the country’s air defense system, while some fell in central and southern Israel. The U.S. said that its naval destroyers also assisted in shooting down inbound missiles.
“Iran made a big mistake tonight — and it will pay for it,” Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, said in a statement yesterday. He vowed to strike back.
Mohammad Bagheri, Iran’s top military officer, said on state television that the missiles had targeted three military bases and the headquarters of Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service. He said that Iran deliberately did not attack civilian targets and infrastructure. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps said that the attack was in retaliation for recent assassinations: Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in July in Tehran, and Israel killed Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, last week.
Analysis: The damage Israel has inflicted on Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militia, has stripped Tehran of much of its deterrence against a wider Israeli attack, security experts and former officials said.
In Lebanon: Minutes after the missile attack, the Israeli military said in a statement that it was striking Hezbollah targets in Beirut. Lebanese health officials said that 55 people had been killed and 156 wounded across the country yesterday. Here’s a map of Israel’s invasion.
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| Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Senator JD Vance of Ohio both had their mics cut at one point during the vice-presidential debate. Kenny Holston/The New York Times |
Vance and Walz face off for the first time
Senator JD Vance of Ohio and Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota clashed in a vice-presidential debate that pitted Vance’s well-honed, television-friendly style against Walz’s aw-shucks approach that was at times nervous and halting.
The two candidates juggled detailed questions on foreign policy, climate change and immigration during the first half-hour. Neither candidate seemed to land the kind of viral knockout blow that could make a debate memorable, but they both generally accomplished the golden measure of a vice-presidential debate: Do no harm to your running mate.
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| Striking workers at the port in Newark. Bryan Anselm for The New York Times |
Port workers went on strike in the U.S.
For the first time in nearly 50 years, port workers on the East and Gulf Coasts of the U.S. went on strike, a move that will cut off most trade through some of the busiest U.S. ports and could send a chill through the economy.
Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association union, which represents roughly 45,000 workers, started setting up pickets after 11th-hour talks failed over an agreement on wage increases and the use of new technology in the ports. Experts say that a short strike would cause little lasting damage but that a weekslong stoppage could lead to shortages, higher prices and even layoffs.
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| President Claudia Sheinbaum with the presidential sash during her inauguration on Tuesday in Mexico City. Luis Antonio Rojas for The New York Times |
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SPORTS NEWS |
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| Juan Soto and Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees in May. Jim McIsaac/Getty Images |
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MORNING READ |
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| Jimmy Carter at his home in Plains, Ga., in 2017. Dustin Chambers for The New York Times |
Jimmy Carter turned 100 yesterday, making him the longest-lived U.S. president in history. But he holds another, less noticed distinction: the most prolific author of any president in a century. Carter has written or co-written 32 books, 20 of which became Times best sellers.
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| Richard Gadd, left, as Donny and Jessica Gunning as Martha in “Baby Reindeer.” Ed Miller/Netflix, via Associated Press |
In ‘Baby Reindeer’ lawsuit, words matter
“Baby Reindeer,” the award-winning Netflix show that follows a comedian dealing with a stalker, begins with a statement: “This is a true story.” A defamation lawsuit against Netflix may boil down to the semantics of that line.
Fiona Harvey has claimed to be the inspiration for the show’s stalker, Martha Scott, and sued Netflix. She said she had experienced panic attacks and faced abuse since the show was released in April. The show does not identify Harvey as the inspiration behind Martha, but according to the lawsuit, online sleuths quickly found Harvey using old social media posts and inundated her with threatening messages.
The show’s creator, Richard Gadd, has said the story is based on his own real-life experience with a stalker. Netflix has defended the series and its depiction of Gadd’s experience. Harvey’s lawyer said a trial would ”vindicate her rights and mistreatment by Netflix.”
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That’s it for today’s briefing. See you tomorrow. — Justin
P.S. The word “” appeared for the first time in The Times yesterday.
Reach Justin and the team at briefing@nytimes.com.
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