Israel pounds Beirut after truce push

Plus, US says 8,000 North Korean troops in Russia's Kursk.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters  Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Israel pounds Beirut's southern suburbs after truce push, residents on Native American reservations face hurdles to voting, and the US has received information that indicates that there are 8,000 North Korean troops in Russia's Kursk region. Plus, a gallery of our top pictures of the month. Today's Top News   April Ignacio leads an election ballot presentation event on the Tohono O'odham Nation reservation in Sells, Arizona. October 22, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Hals US election Native Americans could be an important demographic in the Nov. 5 presidential election. Tom Hals tells the daily Reuters World News podcast some of the difficulties faced by Native American voters who live on reservations - tune in for more. False claims about voter fraud in Pennsylvania have raised concerns that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may once again seek to overturn the vote there or in other battleground states likely to determine the winner next Tuesday. While fake videos of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris spread across social media but fail to capture much interest, state officials are girding for what they consider a far more dangerous deception days before the U.S. presidential election - deepfake robocalls. In other news Israel pounded Beirut's southern suburbs with a series of powerful airstrikes after issuing evacuation orders to residents, in the first such strikes in days targeting the dense urban area, Reuters witnesses said. The US has received information that indicates that "right now" there are 8,000 North Korean troops in Russia's Kursk region, deputy US Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood told the Security Council. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy blasted his allies' response to Russia's deployment of North Korean troops for the war in Ukraine. Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat after preliminary results showed his party had lost its parliamentary majority in this week's election, ending nearly six decades in power. New Delhi topped charts as the world's most polluted city after revelers defying a ban on firecrackers to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, helped drive air quality to hazardous levels. The death toll from devastating flash floods in eastern Spain climbed to 158, with rescue teams still searching for those missing in what could become Europe's worst storm-related disaster in over five decades. Business & Markets   The Fearless Girl statue is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange, July 3, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo  Hedge funds and other investors are searching for trades that profit from a win by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, but also offer limited downside in the event of a victory by Vice President Kamala Harris. Asia's manufacturing activity stagnated in October as a rebound in China failed to give much of a boost to regional factories, private surveys showed, a discouraging sign for policymakers bracing for a potential escalation of US-China trade tensions. An Asia-based supply chain is manufacturing and exporting cheaper copies of Ozempic across the world, Reuters has found, driven by a spike in global demand for the drug. Top Chinese research institutions linked to the People's Liberation Army have used Meta's publicly available Llama model to develop an AI tool for potential military applications, according to academic papers and analysts. Intel's upbeat revenue projections masked a sore point for the embattled company: chips touted for artificial intelligence have not lived up to sales expectations. British government borrowing costs headed for their biggest weekly jump in over a year, while the pound faced its longest stretch of weekly losses in six years as Labour's tax-and-spend budget ignited concerns over inflation and growth. Amazon's push to offer more everyday essentials like toothpaste is hurting its average selling prices, but it is also a guard against rivals such as Temu and Shein that offer rock bottom prices on goods they ship from China. The week ahead Voters in the United States are heading to the polls on Tuesday to pick their next president in a too-close-to-call election pitching Republican Donald Trump against Democrat Kamala Harris. Who will be at the helm of the world's biggest economy will have wide-ranging consequences for financial markets, global trade, with China and Europe in focus, and monetary policy, with interest-rate setting meetings at the Fed, as well as in Britain, Australia and Brazil scheduled for the coming week. Here's all you need to know about the week ahead. Daylight saving time 2024: When do clocks change and how did it start?   The Grand Central Terminal Clock is pictured in the Main Concourse inside Grand Central Terminal train station, in Manhattan, in New York, U.S., May 27, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File photo Daylight saving time, a practice affecting almost 400 million people across North America, is once again in the spotlight as debates over its necessity continue. This twice-a-year ritual of adjusting clocks forward in spring and back in autumn has been ingrained in American, Canadian and Cuban life for more than a century. However, recent legislative proposals and shifting public sentiment are prompting a reevaluation of its relevance in today's society. Read the explainer Pictures of the month: October A female jaguar bites an alligator at Encontro das Aguas State Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil, October 10. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes A selection of our top photography from around the world in October 2024. View gallery Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters.com Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2024 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036