Israel pushed ahead with its plans to invade Rafah regardless of Hamas saying it will settle for a cease-fire proposal. A decide threatened Donald Trump with jail time. And the central U.S. braced for the specter of a big twister outbreak.
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Israel strikes to strike Rafah
Hamas stated Monday that it had accepted a Gaza cease-fire proposal from Egypt and Qatar, however Israel reacted coolly to the announcement and stated its deliberate assault on the southern metropolis of Rafah would proceed – regardless of clear U.S. disapproval. Palestinians had been warned to evacuate elements of Rafah as Israel started an attack sure to worsen an acute humanitarian disaster. 👉 Here’s the latest.
Judge threatens Trump with jail time
The fines aren’t working. The twelfth day of Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial started with the decide threatening the presumptive Republican presidential nominee with jail time. Judge Juan Merchan opened proceedings Monday by telling Trump that the $1,000 fines for gag order violations evidently aren’t deterring the previous president. “Going ahead,” Merchan stated, he must think about jail time.
After a dramatic begin: Former Trump Organization monetary controller Jeffrey McConney was known as to testify about his function in arranging for Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen to be reimbursed for a $130,000 fee to porn star Stormy Daniels. That fee, and Trump’s labeling of his subsequent funds to Cohen as authorized bills, is on the coronary heart of Trump’s trial for falsifying business data. 👉 Everything that occurred in court docket.
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Rare ‘excessive danger’ warning issued for tornadoes
Batten down the hatches. Forecasters issued dire warnings Monday for a big twister outbreak within the central U.S. that might impression tens of millions of individuals from Texas to the Dakotas. The outbreak of harmful climate – which might embrace sturdy tornadoes, massive hail and extreme thunderstorm gusts – “is anticipated over elements of the south-central Plains from this afternoon by means of night,” the Storm Prediction Center stated.
A uncommon warning: The Storm Prediction Center issued a warning for a “notably harmful state of affairs” by means of 11 p.m., following up on its earlier “excessive danger” warning for parts of Oklahoma and Kansas, which included the Oklahoma City metro space. ⛈️ Here’s all the things we all know.
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Rolling out the crimson carpet for the Met Gala
Wake up, magnificence! It’s almost time for the Met Gala. This yr’s Costume Institute Benefit (a.okay.a. the Met Gala), “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” begins at 6 p.m. EDT.
Iconic appears – all the time: The annual occasion held on the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City all the time meets its promise of being the most important evening in style with experimental appears, like Zendaya waving goodbye to her Disney roots in a Cinderella ball robe, to Kim Kardashian in Marilyn Monroe’s iconic “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” costume and Jared Leto “feline” himself as Karl Lagerfeld’s well-known cat Choupette. 🤩 We’ve obtained reside crimson carpet protection.
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