The World in Brief from The Economist

President Joe Biden said that America would not support an attack by Israel on Iran’s nuclear sites, as Israel weighs a response following Tuesday’s missile attack.

Heavy fighting in southern Lebanon; Russia captures key Ukrainian town, and more

Iran declared its attack on Israel to be over, barring further provocations. It said that its barrage of more than 180 missiles on Monday was retaliation for the assassinations of the leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas. Also, J.D. Vance and Tim Walz, America’s vice-presidential hopefuls, went head to head in a televised debate.

Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, said that Iran “will pay” after it fired around 200 missiles towards Israel.

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Israel said its troops had crossed into southern Lebanon in “limited, localized and targeted raids” against Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group. Also, The annual inflation rate in the euro zone dropped to 1.8% in September, according to a preliminary estimate.

Israel said its troops had crossed into southern Lebanon in “limited, localised and targeted raids” against Hizbullah, an Iran-backed militant group.

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