The World in Brief from The Economist

Turkey’s defence ministry said it “destroyed” at least 30 Kurdistan Workers’ Party militant targets in airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.

Hizbullah fired rockets at Tel Aviv for the second day in a row, as Antony Blinken concluded his visit to Israel. Also, Donald Trump accused Britain’s ruling Labour Party of interfering in America’s presidential election.

The Israel Defence Forces confirmed they had killed the likely new leader of Hizbullah in an airstrike earlier this month.

Blinken meets Netanyahu; Israel arrests would-be assassins, and more

America’s secretary of state, Antony Blinken, arrived in Israel. Also, Iran’s foreign minister said it would “respond in kind” to an Israeli attack.

Israel said it hit around 300 targets in Lebanon in the past 24 hours.

Israel hits hundreds of targets in Lebanon; Trump leads in our forecast model, and more

For the first time in two months Donald Trump has taken the lead in our US election model, which now gives him a 54 in 100 chance of winning the election. Also, Moldova’s president blamed “foreign forces” for an “assault” on democracy after preliminary results in two important votes.