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<article data-history-node-id="447577" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/morning-update-622" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/morning-update-622" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Morning update</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Good morning Middle East Eye readers,</p> <p>If you're just joining us, here are key developments from across the region:</p> <p>•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Houthis&nbsp;take control of Yemen's Red Sea coast, seize Perim Island in the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait.</p> <p>•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Iraq ordered the closure of the Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran as a precautionary measure after the latest drone attacks on Saudi Arabia.</p> <p>•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian has said Iran’s resistance to the US and Israel was rooted in its opposition to bullying and its support for the oppressed people.</p> <p>•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The Muslim World League and Bahrain have condemned the drone attacks originating from Iraq on the East-West pipeline in Saudi Arabia.</p> <p>•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;US forces have redirected 99 commercial vessels as of 11 September as part of its ongoing naval blockade of Iran.</p> <p>•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The US has asked tankers travelling through the Strait of Hormuz to sail only at specific times to guarantee military protection after Iran stepped up attacks on ships travelling at night.</p> <p>•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, has said the Strait of Hormuz remains and will remain under Iran’s full control.</p> <p>•&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Nearly 500 refugees, including women and children, from Yemen have arrived in Djibouti’s coastal city of Obock.<br> &nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Saddle Lake Cree Nation says it aims to defy Premier Danielle Smith’s government by establishing a safe haven for gender-affirming medical care — contrary to provincial law.

Bob Brown says Australia cannot keep expanding fossil fuel production while denying its share of responsibility for the mounting human toll of climate change.

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<article data-history-node-id="447218" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-lebanon-have-killed-nearly-9000-2023" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-lebanon-have-killed-nearly-9000-2023" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed nearly 9,000 since 2023</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed 8,920 people and wounded 30,595 others since October 2023, according to the Lebanese health ministry.</p> <p>The ministry said on Wednesday that the Israeli military had killed 135 healthcare workers in 179 attacks on ambulance crews since 2 March.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Two women killed in an air attack on Arab Salim, and two people killed in strike on Nabatieh al-Fawqa.

<article data-history-node-id="447219" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-step-raids-across-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-step-raids-across-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers step up raids across the West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli settlers carried out a series of attacks and provocations across the occupied West Bank overnight into Sunday morning, under heavy protection from Israeli forces, according to Palestinian media.</p> <p>In Bethlehem, dozens of settlers raided the Solomon’s Pools tourist area as Israeli forces deployed heavily around the site.</p> <p>In Ramallah, settlers gathered near a Palestinian school in al-Mughayyir as the new academic year began, raising fear and tension among students and teachers.</p> <p>In Nablus, settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles and blocked roads, while in Hebron they prevented residents and shepherds from reaching their land and grazing livestock.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Israeli forces and settlers have continued to besiege three homes in Ras al-Ain, south of Nablus, for a 29th consecutive day, preventing their residents from entering or leaving.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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