POSSIBLE RUSSIAN NUCLEAR SUB ON FIRE.

  POSSIBLE RUSSIAN NUCLEAR SUB ON FIRE.

WORLD TERRORISM

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)

GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)

ISAIAH 14:12-14
12  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14  I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)

JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.

Joel 3:2-King James Version (YOU DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - YOUR POKING GOD IN THE EYE - GOD SAYS AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH- YOU WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF -  HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION 4 BILLION DIE ON EARTH.
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

Fears of disaster as Russian nuclear submarine reports major malfunction in Mediterranean-Story by Shaun Wilson-• 11h-SEP 27,25

A Russian submarine with nuclear capability has reportedly suffered a “serious accident” in the Mediterranean Sea.The Novorossiysk, a 242ft Kilo-class submarine, is said to have surfaced above the Strait of Gibraltar yesterday (Friday).According to Russian Telegram channel VChk-OGPU, fuel is now building up in the hold, creating a risk of explosion. The channel, which is known to have contacts within Russian intelligence, told its 330,000 subscribers that crew members may be forced to pump the fuel directly into the sea.VChk-OGPU reported: “Novorossiysk, currently on combat duty in the Mediterranean Sea, is experiencing serious technical problems.“Due to damage in the fuel system, fuel is leaking directly into the hold. There are no spare parts for repairs or qualified specialists on the submarine, and the crew is unable to fix the malfunctions.“The serious accident has caused other problems as well. The accumulated fuel in the hold is an explosive hazard. The source believes the crew has no choice but to start ‘pumping out the hold’ directly into the sea.”The situation has drawn comparisons to the Kursk submarine disaster on August 12, 2000, when the Russian Oscar II submarine exploded in the Barents Sea during its first major naval exercise in a decade.That explosion was linked to leaked hydrogen peroxide colliding with a catalyst, which caused the failure of a Type 65-76A torpedo in the forward torpedo room. A second blast then ripped through the vessel, sinking the submarine and killing all 118 crew members on board.Launched in August 2014, The Novorossiyisk is part of Russia's Black Sea fleet but it not thought to have been used in the invasion against Ukraine.The diesel-electric attack submarine can stay underwater for 45 days and is manned by a crew of 52 people, and it also has capacity to carry nuclear Kalibr missiles.The vessel's sister submarine Rostov-on-Don was reportedly sank by Ukraine in August last year; and the Royal Navy has monitored the Novorossiyisk since it appeared in the English Channel in January.Defence Secretary John Healey told Parliament yesterday that a Royal Navy nuclear submarine was forced to surface next to The Novorossiyisk in November last year in order to ward it off.To receive the best stories in your inbox every day, click here to register for one or more newsletters from The Standard.

Russian FM warns of 'decisive response' to any 'aggression'

United Nations, United States, Sept 27 (AFP) Sep 27, 2025-Russia's top diplomat on Saturday warned of a "decisive response" to any "aggression" after US President Donald Trump backed calls to shoot down Russian planes that violate NATO airspace."Russia is being accused of almost planning to attack the North Atlantic alliance and the European Union countries," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the UN General Assembly."Russia has never had and does not have any such intentions. However, any aggression against my country will be met with a decisive response," he said.Several NATO countries say Russian fighter jets and drones have violated their airspace in Europe over recent weeks, accusing Moscow of testing the alliance.Asked on Tuesday whether he thought NATO states should shoot down any Russian planes that violate its airspace, Trump said: "Yes, I do."Trump had once boasted of his warm ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin and invited him last month for talks in Alaska, ending the veteran Russian leader's ostracization by the West since he ordered the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.But Trump has subsequently voiced frustration with Putin and said that Ukraine should seize back all the territory Russia has taken or even cross the border.Lavrov went out of his way still to praise Trump, who despite his public musings on Putin has yet to impose long-threatened new economic sanctions on Russia."In the approaches of the current US administration, we see a desire not only to contribute to ways to realistically resolve the Ukrainian crisis, but also a desire to develop pragmatic cooperation without adopting an ideological stance," Lavrov said.

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant off grid; Russia, Ukraine trade blame.

Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept 27 (AFP) Sep 27, 2025-The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been off the grid for four straight days, Ukraine and Russia said Saturday, blaming each other for attacks on power lines.Though blackouts at Europe's biggest nuclear power plant are frequent, due to its proximity to the front line, this one is the longest so far, which experts warn raises the risk of incidents."As a result of Russian actions, the Zaporizhzhia NPP (Nuclear Power Plant) has been without power for the fourth day," Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said on X.Russia said the power plant -- which it took control of in the first weeks of the war in 2022 -- has been receiving backup power supply since Tuesday, when it said Ukraine attacked the grid."From September 23, 2025, the power supply for the needs of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is provided by backup diesel generators," the Moscow-backed operator of the station said on Telegram.There were "sufficient" reserves of diesel to operate "for an extended period", it added, without elaborating."Emergency diesel generators are considered a last line of defence to be used only in extreme circumstances," NGO Greenpeace Ukraine said.The group claimed Moscow could use the crisis "to try and reconnect to the temporary Russian-occupied grid of Ukraine," to restart one of the reactors later.Yuri Chernichuk, the Moscow-appointed director of the power station, said in January that Zaporizhzhia could potentially provide electricity to Russian-annexed Crimea, and the southern and eastern parts of Ukraine under Russia's control, the TASS news agency reported at the time.Earlier this month, he told TASS that the process of integrating the power station to the Russian network was at its final stage.- Safety concerns -The head of the UN nuclear agency IAEA, Rafael Grossi, had been in Moscow this week for talks with President Vladimir Putin and Russia's nuclear agency Rosatom regarding safety at Zaporizhzhia.The plant's six reactors, which before the war produced around a fifth of Ukraine's electricity, have been shut down since Moscow took over.But the plant needs power to maintain cooling and safety systems, which prevent reactors from melting -- a danger that could set off a nuclear incident.Since the start of the war, Zaporizhzhia has seen multiple safety threats, including frequent nearby shelling, repeated power cuts and staff shortages.Located near the city of Enerhodar along the Dnieper river, the ZNPP is close to the front line.Both Moscow and Kyiv have repeatedly accused the other of risking a potentially devastating nuclear disaster by attacking the site.

China at UN warns of return to 'Cold War mentality'

United Nations, United States, Sept 26 (AFP) Sep 26, 2025-Chinese Premier Li Qiang warned Friday against a return to a "Cold War mentality" and defended multilateralism and free trade, in a veiled criticism of the United States from the United Nations.The Chinese premier made no explicit reference to US President Donald Trump as he addressed the UN General Assembly. But he cast the Asian power as a defender of the global order, of which Washington until recently was the chief custodian."The world has entered a new period of turbulence and transformation," Li said."Unilateralism and (the) Cold War mentality are resurfacing. The international rules and order built over the past 80 years are under serious challenge and the once effective international system is constantly disrupted," he said, adding that humanity had "once again come to a crossroads."Li criticized the imposition of tariffs, which Trump has seized on as a key tool to pressure countries, even though he has reached a truce with China."A major cause of the current global economic doldrums is the rise in unilateral and protectionist measures such as tariff hikes and the erection of walls and barriers," Li said."China has consistently opened its door wider to the world."Li said that China "hopes to work with the rest of the world to uphold the ideals of the UN."The United States and its Pacific allies have long demanded that China accept the status quo and allow freedom of navigation in the strategic South China Sea, where Beijing has myriad disputes.The Trump administration, while still critical of China, has shifted away from defending international conventions and instead has emphasized raw US power.

SKorea says North's long-range missiles at 'final stage' as warning shots fired at NK boat-by AFP Staff Writers.

New York (AFP) Sept 26, 2025-Pyongyang is at the "final stage" of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile which could hit the United States with nuclear weapons, South Korea's president said Thursday.Seoul and its Western allies have failed to stop North Korea's weapons programme and Pyongyang says it will never give up its nuclear arsenal."Whether to gain leverage in talks with the United States or to secure its own regime, North Korea has kept developing intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) capable of carrying nuclear bombs to the US," President Lee Jae Myung said during a visit to the New York Stock Exchange."It does not seem to have succeeded yet, but it is said to be at the final stage, with only the re-entry technology left and that too looks likely to be solved," he said.Since taking office in June, Lee has reversed the stance of his hawkish predecessor and vowed to improve ties with North Korea.Speaking in New York, he said that "the goal should be to freeze nuclear development, ICBM development and exports".Halting further production and development of nuclear weapons would bring "major security gains", he said.The South Korean president estimated his northern neighbour was producing enough material for "about 15 to 20 additional nuclear bombs each year"."If left unchecked, the number of nuclear bombs would keep growing each year and its ICBMs would become more advanced," he said.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ruled out denuclearisation and has strengthened military ties with Russia in recent years.Kim said this week that he was open to talks with Washington, but only if he can keep his nuclear weapons, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.

South Korea fires warning shots after boat from North enters waters.
Seoul (AFP) Sept 26, 2025 - South Korea's military fired warning shots after a North Korean vessel entered its waters, prompting the ship to retreat, Seoul said Friday.The North Korean merchant ship crossed the maritime boundary, known as the Northern Limit Line (NLL), northwest of Baengnyeong Island at around 5am (2000 GMT) on Friday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said."Our forces issued warning broadcasts and fired warning shots, after which the vessel retreated beyond our waters," the JCS said in a statement.The military added that they responded in "accordance" with procedures while "closely monitoring North Korea's movements".North Korea does not formally recognise the NLL.The incident comes two days after South Korea conducted live firing drills at the NLL.The two Koreas technically remain at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung, who took office in June, has vowed a more dovish approach towards Pyongyang compared with his hawkish predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol.Lee vowed Tuesday at the United Nations to work to end the "vicious cycle" of tensions with the North as he promised not to seek regime change.

NUKEWARS-North Korea could have up to 2 tonnes of highly enriched uranium: Seoul-by AFP Staff Writers.

Seoul (AFP) Sept 25, 2025-North Korea is believed to possess up to two tonnes of highly enriched uranium, South Korea's unification minister said Thursday.The North has long been known to hold a "significant" amount of highly enriched uranium, the key material used to produce nuclear warheads, according to South Korea's defence ministry.But in a rare public confirmation, South Korea's unification minister said that "according to estimates by experts including the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) they (North Korea) currently hold around 2,000 kilogrammes of highly enriched uranium at a purity of 90 percent or higher.""Even at this very hour, North Korea's uranium centrifuges are operating at four sites," Chung Dong-young told reporters."Only five to six kg of plutonium is enough to build a single nuclear bomb," said Chung, adding that 2,000 kg of highly enriched uranium, which could be reserved solely for plutonium production, would be "enough to make an enormous number of nuclear weapons".Enriched uranium is the key ingredient for making nuclear bombs, as it can be turned into plutonium through combustion in a nuclear reactor.Enrichment must be pushed to more than 90 percent, the concentration termed weapons-grade, that is needed for the critical mass to set off the chain reaction leading to a nuclear explosion.According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 42 kilogrammes of highly enriched uranium is needed for one nuclear weapon; 2,000 kilogrammes would be enough for roughly 47 nuclear bombs."Urgent matter"Chung said that "stopping North Korea's nuclear development is an urgent matter", but argued that sanctions will not be effective and that the only solution lies in a summit between Pyongyang and Washington.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said this week that he was open to US talks provided he can keep his nuclear arsenal, according to a report by the official Korean Central News Agency.North Korea, which conducted its first nuclear test in 2006 and is under rafts of UN sanctions for its banned weapons programmes, has never publicly disclosed details of its uranium enrichment facility until last September.The country is believed to operate multiple uranium enrichment facilities, Seoul's spy agency has said, including one at its Yongbyon nuclear site, which Pyongyang purportedly decommissioned after talks -- although it later reactivated the facility in 2021.The minister also blamed the previous administration, saying that by designating the North as the "main enemy" and insisting on denuclearisation first, it had effectively allowed North Korea's nuclear capabilities "to expand without limit."South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung, who took office in June, has vowed a more dovish approach towards Pyongyang compared with his hawkish predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol.Lee vowed Tuesday at the United Nations to work to end the "vicious cycle" of tensions with the North as he promised not to seek regime change.

Germany pledges EUR35 bn for space defence against Russia, China-by AFP Staff Writers.

Berlin (AFP) Sept 25, 2025-Germany will spend 35 billion euros ($41 billion) on outer space defence by 2030, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said Thursday, citing the threat posed by Russia and China."Russia and China have in recent years rapidly expanded their capabilities for conducting warfare in space," he said."They can disrupt, jam, manipulate or even physically destroy satellites. In space, there are no borders or continents. Russia and China are our immediate neighbours there."Germany has strongly backed Ukraine in its war against Russia and, under Chancellor Friedrich Merz, vowed to massively step up military spending to help boost NATO's European capabilities.Pistorius said Germany would also build military structures "to enable us to effectively defend ourselves and deter potential adversaries in space".Germany's outer space security architecture would comprise "a resilient system of satellite constellations, ground stations, secure launch capabilities and related services" as well "cybersecurity for all space systems", he said.Berlin was also "improving our situational awareness in orbit through the use of radar, telescopes and the future deployment of space surveillance satellites".Pistorius, speaking at the Space Congress of the Federation of German Industries, said that "by 2030 alone, we plan to allocate 35 billion euros in budget funds to relevant projects".- 'Cripple entire nations' -The minister said that, broadly speaking, "outer space offers us many opportunities: from global communication to Earth observation, from weather forecasting to navigation".But he added that increasingly, nations are using space "to expand their geopolitical influence without restraint. It is a space where conflicts and threats are very real."Western countries and their rivals in China and Russia have accused each other of seeking to militarise space.US President Donald Trump has announced plans to build a futuristic anti-missile system, dubbed the "Golden Dome", which Russia views as an attempt to revive the 1990s era "Star Wars" programme.The minister said that, in the time it took him to give his speech, "a total of 39 Chinese and Russian reconnaissance satellites are overflying us", transmitting observation data in real time.China was already "conducting highly agile and dynamic manoeuvres" and Russia is "positioning its reconnaissance satellites in close proximity" to space systems of Germany and its allies, he said.Pistorius warned that any future use of space weapons could have a severe impact on modern life because "we all depend on data transmitted via satellites" for everything from communications to navigation and weather forecasts."Any attempt to disrupt this communication, any GPS jamming, any attack on satellites, affects not only the military or the space industry -- it affects millions of people."Satellite networks are an Achilles heel of modern society. Those who attack them can cripple entire nations."

Durham scientists validate superconducting wires for ITER fusion project-by Sophie Jenkins.

London, UK (SPX) Sep 25, 2025-Durham University researchers have completed one of the largest verification campaigns on superconducting materials ever undertaken, supporting the success of ITER, the world's largest fusion experiment under construction in southern France.The study, published in Superconductor Science and Technology, provides key insights into the quality of superconducting wires and the best methods to test them, ensuring ITER's powerful magnets can operate reliably at extreme conditions.Fusion, the same process that powers the Sun, promises near-limitless low-carbon energy with minimal radioactive waste. ITER aims to demonstrate fusion on an unprecedented scale, using massive superconducting magnets to confine plasma hotter than the Sun's core.Since 2011, the Durham team, led by Professor Damian Hampshire and Dr Mark Raine, has served as one of Europe's reference laboratories for ITER. They developed specialised testing procedures for superconducting wires made of Nb3Sn and Nb - Ti, both vital to the reactor's magnet system.Over the course of the programme, more than 5,500 samples were received and around 13,000 tests conducted. Nb3Sn wires required furnace heat treatment at over 650 C before measurement, adding complexity to the testing process.The team also carried out a statistical analysis of the large dataset. They showed that when Nb3Sn strands cannot be tested repeatedly due to heat treatment, results from adjacent strands tested at different laboratories can serve as reliable substitutes. This method reduces costs while maintaining accuracy and consistency."The UK leads the world in the manufacture of MRI body scanners using superconducting magnets," said Professor Hampshire. "The question is can we help lead the world with the commercialisation of Fusion Power generation using Superconducting magnets?"The findings come as investment in fusion accelerates globally. ITER targets its first plasma in 2035, while private companies push toward earlier commercialisation. Microsoft has signed a deal with Helion for fusion power by 2028, and Google has pre-ordered 200 megawatts from Commonwealth Fusion Systems for the 2030s.The UK government has pledged GBP 2.5 billion to fusion research and is developing its own prototype STEP plant in Nottinghamshire. ITER's magnets, among the strongest steady magnetic fields ever created, will depend on the superconducting strands now verified at Durham.Beyond ITER, Durham is also a lead partner in the UK's Centre for Doctoral Training in Fusion Power, preparing the next generation of experts in the field.

EU states to hold talks on 'drone wall' to protect bloc by AFP Staff Writers.

Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 25, 2025-EU countries on Friday will hold their first talks on proposals to build a "wall" of anti-drone defences, after air incursions from Russia rattled eastern members.The threat to Europe's airspace has been heightened by unidentified drone flights in recent days that have shut airports in Denmark.EU chief Ursula von der Leyen made a first call for a "drone wall" in a keynote speech earlier this month, hours after NATO shot down Russian drones in Poland.She said it should be "a European capability developed together, deployed together, and sustained together, that can respond in real time.""This is not an abstract ambition," von der Leyen said.European defence commissioner Andrius Kubilius will seek to put flesh on the hastily-drawn up proposals when he holds video talks Friday with officials from some 10 EU countries.Those involved are mostly along the EU's eastern border with Russia and Ukraine, although Denmark was added to the list after the drone incidents there.Ukraine -- which has developed a raft of capabilities to detect and shoot down Russian drone swarms more cheaply -- will also take part.EU officials concede that for now details remain vague on what the initiative could look like.The first steps will likely focus on trying to deploy more sensors along the EU's long eastern frontier, officials said.It would likely take much longer to develop an integrated system to take down the drones, they said.NATO's response to the Russian drone incursion in Poland showed up the gaps in the alliance's arsenal for tackling that threat.NATO had to use top-of-the-range fighters firing costly missiles to shoot down a handful of cheap Russian drones.The alliance has rushed more hardware to its eastern flank in the wake of the incident, but still lacks the sort of low-cost capabilities Ukraine uses.The "drone wall" proposal is part of Europe's broader push to bolster its defences in the face of the threat from Russia.Kubilius has said the programme should be one of the new flagship defence projects that the bloc is working on.EU leaders are set to debate the defence push -- and potential new initiatives -- at a summit in Copenhagen next week. 

400,000 evacuated, 3 dead as fresh storm batters Philippines.

Manila, Sept 26 (AFP) Sep 26, 2025-The Philippines evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and confirmed at least three deaths on Friday as it faced yet another tropical storm, days after it was battered by deadly Super Typhoon Ragasa.Civil defence officials in the Bicol region in the south of Luzon island said three people were killed when walls collapsed and trees were uprooted by Severe Tropical Storm Bualoi, which is sweeping west by northwest at sustained speeds of 110 kilometres (70 miles) per hour.Evacuees in one province took cover under pews as the roof of a church where they were sheltering was ripped apart by the storm.Jerome Martinez, a municipal engineer in southern Luzon's Masbate province, told AFP that the wind destroyed the door, windows and ceiling of the church at around 4:00 am."That's one of the strongest winds I've ever experienced," Martinez said, adding some children had suffered minor injuries requiring stitches."I think more people will have to evacuate still because many houses were destroyed and many roofs were blown away. They are now blocking the streets and roads," he said.Government officials also raised the death toll from Super Typhoon Ragasa, which swept across the northern Philippines this week on its way to China, to 14, with thousands still displaced.Ragasa also killed at least 14 people in Taiwan, and left 22 missing, after its torrential rains caused a barrier lake to burst.Philippine civil defence official Bernardo Alejandro told a news briefing that 400,000 people had been evacuated nationwide in the face of the new tropical storm."We are clearing many big trees and toppled electric posts because many roads are impassable," Frandell Anthony Abellera, a rescuer in Bicol's Masbate City, told AFP by phone."The rain was strong, but the wind was stronger."The Philippine weather service said Severe Tropical Storm Bualoi could regain typhoon status as it moved back out over the South China Sea early Saturday.-Public anger-Videos shared on social media and verified by AFP showed people using boats or trudging through waist-deep water to navigate flooded streets further south in the central Philippines' Visayas islands.Five fishermen were also missing in the Visayas after setting sail on Tuesday, according to coast guard station commander Kean Gaco, who said strong waves made an immediate search impossible."It is expected that there will still be strong rains in the coming hours," government weather specialist Benison J. Estareja said.Further west, Oriental Mindoro province governor Humerlito Dolor said "the entire roof" of the province's sports complex had been ripped off by Bualoi's winds.The Philippines is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year, routinely striking disaster-prone areas where millions of people live in poverty.Scientists warn that storms are becoming more powerful as the world warms due to the effects of human-driven climate change.Authorities warned on Thursday of a "high risk of life-threatening storm surge" of up to three meters (10 feet) with the coming storm.The storms come as the Philippine public seethes over a scandal involving bogus flood-control projects believed to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars.Thousands took to the streets on Sunday to vent their anger, with the peaceful demonstrations later overshadowed by street battles that saw police vehicles set ablaze and the windows of a precinct headquarters shattered.

Philippines death toll rises to 11 as storm Bualoi bears down on Vietnam.

Manila, Sept 27 (AFP) Sep 27, 2025-The death toll from Severe Tropical Storm Bualoi rose to 11 in the Philippines on Saturday as the cyclone bore down on Vietnam, authorities said.Bualoi battered small islands in the centre of the Philippines on Friday, toppling trees and power pylons, ripping roofs off homes, unleashing floods and forcing 400,000 people to evacuate.Among the worst hit was the tiny island of Biliran, where eight people died and two are missing, provincial disaster official Noel Lungay told AFP by telephone."There was widespread flooding and some roads remained under water early today," he said."Evacuees are starting to return to their homes as the weather improves," he added.The office of civil defence in Manila earlier reported three other deaths on the nearby islands of Masbate and Ticao, including two people crushed by a tree and a wall that were brought down by the strong winds.Fourteen people remain missing across the central Philippines, it said without providing details, while more than 200,000 remained inside evacuation centres across the storm's path.Bualoi came on the heels of Super Typhoon Ragasa which killed 14 people across the northern Philippines.Bualoi was tearing across the South China Sea on Saturday at typhoon strength of 120 kilometres (75 miles) an hour, the Philippines' state weather service said.It was forecast to be off the coast of central Vietnam by Sunday afternoon.The Philippines is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year, routinely striking disaster-prone areas where millions of people live in poverty.Scientists warn that storms are becoming more powerful as the world warms due to the effects of human-driven climate change.The storms come as the Philippine public seethes over a scandal involving bogus flood-control projects believed to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars.Thousands took to the streets on Sunday to vent their anger, with the peaceful demonstrations later overshadowed by street battles that saw police vehicles set ablaze, and the windows of a precinct headquarters shattered.

Hurricane Humberto grows to Category 5, could bring life-threatening surf off East Coast-Dennis Romero-Sat, September 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM EDT

After a slow start, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has produced back-to-back tropical cyclones expected to whip up the Atlantic Ocean and produce dangerous waves.Both Hurricane Humberto, now a top-strength Category 5 hurricane, and Tropical Depression Nine, forecast to become a hurricane on Tuesday morning, are expected to move north and parallel the Southeast and mid-Atlantic coasts.In a 5 p.m. advisory, the National Hurricane Center said Humberto surpassed the minimum threshold for Category 5 — sustained winds of at least 157 mph — by cranking 160 mph and greater winds."Humberto will likely remain a powerful major hurricane for the next several days," the hurricane center said.It was spinning roughly 350 miles north-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and moving north-northwest at 10 mph, the center said. The main concern so far for the U.S. mainland is high surf, federal forecasters indicated.Swells will first impact the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Bermuda starting Saturday night, the hurricane center said. They'll likely roll into the United States' East Coast starting Monday, it said."These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions," it said in the advisory.A federal buoy 330 nautical miles northeast of St. Martin in the Leeward Islands on Saturday posted multiple examples of waves at or above 10 feet. Buoys in waters impacted by Humberto on Saturday showed water temperatures as high as 86.7 degrees, a sign that the main fuel for a hurricane's muscle — warm water — is present in early fall.Humberto is also producing hurricane-force winds as far as 25 miles from its center, the federal forecasters said.Tropical Depression Nine-Meanwhile, Tropical Depression Nine, spinning about 200 miles northwest of the eastern tip of Cuba and moving northwest at 5 mph, is expected to rise to tropical storm status overnight, according to the hurricane center.The tropical storm category requires minimum sustained winds of 39 mph. At that point, the storm would get a name, likely Tropical Storm Imelda.The tropical depression is expected to strengthen through next week and bring the possibility of flash, urban and river flooding to the coastal Carolinas as it parallel's the East Coast on its trek north, the hurricane center said.More in U.S.Sean Penn Says Charlie Kirk Assassination Was ‘Different’ From Health Insurance CEO, Others: ‘We Need That Debate’Heavy rainfall was expected from Florida to the eastern Carolinas starting early next week, with 6 to 10 inches of precipitation possible, it said.South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster issued an emergency declaration, state emergency officials said swift-water rescue crews have been activated and the South Carolina National Guard said 150 soldiers were assigned to help with the state's storm response."The time to prepare is now," McMaster said at a news conference Saturday.National Hurricane Center forecast cones show Tropical Depression Nine keeping some distance from the East Coast as it heads north. But the possibility of landfall in South Carolina is "still a concern," John Quagliariello, National Weather Service warning coordination meteorologist said at a news conference.The storm could also stall off the coast, he said, giving it time to put more water on the ground and increasing flood danger.Tropical storm watches and warningsOn Saturday, a Nine-related tropical storm watch — which warns of serious winds, waves and surges, but which includes uncertain timing — was in in effect for Florida's Atlantic Coast from roughly Palm Coast to Daytona Beach.Tropical Depression Nine on Saturday also triggered a tropical storm warning, meaning heavy rain and potent 39- to 73-mph winds are all but assured for the central Bahamas, including Cat Island, the Exumas, Long Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador, as well as for sections of the northwestern Bahamas, including Eleuthera, New Providence, the Abacos, Berry Islands, Andros island and Grand Bahama Island, the hurricane center said.The storm was also expected to produce a 1- to 3-feet storm surge, as well as life-threatening waves in parts of the Bahamas throughout the weekend, the center said.The Bahamas Disaster Risk Management Authority in a statement Saturday urged residents of parts of the Northern Bahamas to evacuate ahead of the storm.U.S. forecasters said in an offshore waters forecast on Saturday that Tropical Depression Nine would likely be a hurricane, defined by 74 to 95 mph winds, by Tuesday morning.Fewer major storms than average-The back-to-back action, not to mention Hurricane Gabrielle, which spun over the central subtropical Atlantic earlier in the week, are enlivening an otherwise sleepy 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.Until Wednesday, the season produced a below-average number of major storms, defined as those at Category 3 or greater, despite forecasts for a season that would be more active than the average one, according to Colorado State University meteorologist and hurricane expert Philip Klotzbach.In a post Friday on X, noting Humberto's graduation to major status, Klotzbach said, "For the first time since 1935, the Atlantic’s first 3 hurricanes have all been major: Erin, Gabrielle, Humberto."This article was originally published on NBCNews.com

Sa'ar, Gafni say they back wrapping up the war-Far right, settlers urge Netanyahu to defy US and annex West Bank, not end Gaza war-After Trump rules out extending sovereignty, settler leaders stress decision is PM’s only; Ben Gvir, Smotrich warn premier as US truce plan envisions pathway to Palestinian stateBy Michael Bachner,Stav Levaton and Nava Freiberg-Today, 6:50 amSEPT 27,25

Settler leaders and far-right government ministers renewed public pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex parts of the West Bank and not end the war in Gaza without the total military defeat of Hamas, in an attempt to counteract American pressure on both issues.US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday that “I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank. I will not allow it. It’s not going to happen,” comments that were rejected by right-wing Israeli lawmakers.And the Trump administration has drafted a 21-point plan, obtained by The Times of Israel, to end the war and free all the hostages, while encouraging Palestinians to remain in the Strip, removing Hamas from power, and creating a pathway toward a future Palestinian state.US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff said Wednesday he expected a breakthrough related to Gaza in the coming days. Witkoff noted that Trump had presented his ideas during a meeting with Arab and Islamic countries on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly earlier in the week.But the plan’s creation of a potential pathway to a future Palestinian state could well be a red line for Netanyahu, who has long campaigned on having prevented a two-state solution. The premier told the UN General Assembly on Friday: “Giving the Palestinians a state one mile from Jerusalem after October 7th is like giving Al-Qaeda a state one mile from New York City after September 11th. This is sheer madness. It’s insane, and we won’t do it… Israel will not allow you to shove a terror state down our throats.”Ahead of Netanyahu’s meeting with Trump on Monday, the premier and his team are expecting that Israel will have to make “painful and significant” concessions under the American plan, Channel 12 news reported Saturday, without citing sources.These include concessions that would “contradict Israel’s stated policy and the decisions taken by the cabinet in recent weeks,” particularly regarding the plan’s call for the gradual expansion of Palestinian Authority involvement in postwar Gaza, according to the network.The report added that the US was currently exerting “heavy pressure” on Qatar to push Hamas to agree to the details of Trump’s plan in the coming days, in an effort to shift the diplomatic demands entirely onto Netanyahu and Israel.The Kan public broadcaster reported that Netanyahu had voiced dissatisfaction to Trump advisers with some of the plan’s provisions, particularly the one envisioning an eventual role for the Palestinian Authority in ruling Gaza.The outlet added, however, that sources close to the premier had said the majority of the plan is acceptable to Israel, and that a final agreement can be reached.In an apparent attempt to counteract the external pressure, far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said on X Saturday that Netanyahu “has no mandate to end the war without the complete defeat of Hamas.Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, according to Channel 12, laid out three key demands in relation to the Trump peace plan: that there be no role for the Palestinian Authority in governing Gaza or the West Bank; that Hamas be completely dismantled and disarmed; and that Israel annex parts of the West Bank without recognizing a Palestinian state.Smotrich, who heads the Religious Zionism party, has long opposed Palestinian statehood and has pressed for extending Israeli sovereignty over parts of the West Bank and Gaza, where he has called for renewed Israeli settlement.Some other politicians allied with the premier, however, stressed the need to wrap up the almost two-year war.Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar tweeted that, while he trusts Netanyahu to “represent Israel’s interests in the talks with President Trump,” he also believes that “the distinct Israeli interest is to end the war and achieve its goals.”Degel Hatorah faction chief Moshe Gafni of the United Torah Judaism party, which has left the government and coalition but isn’t acting to topple the government, said his faction supports “ending the war and returning the hostages.”Opposition Leader Yair Lapid reiterated his longtime point that he is willing to give Netanyahu’s government a safety net in order to reach a hostage deal and end the war even if Ben Gvir and Smotrich threaten to bring down the government over the matter.Meanwhile, the Yesha Council settlement umbrella group was sending an “emergency delegation” to the United States to meet Netanyahu before the latter’s meeting with Trump.The West Bank mayors, council heads and other officials were set to tell the premier that the territory should be under full Israeli sovereignty, and that the decision was his alone, despite Trump’s remark that he wouldn’t allow annexation.“Only sovereignty in Judea and Samaria is victory,” said Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan in a statement by the Yesha Council, using the biblical name of the West Bank. “Disagreements can also happen between friends, and Netanyahu is precisely the one who can stand up and tell the United States that this is what is good for the nation of Israel.”“We strengthen the prime minister in the face of the heavy pressure,” said Ariel Mayor Yair Chetboun. “The decision whether to extend sovereignty is in his hands alone, not in anyone else’s.

”Emirati FM: Palestinian state should be without terrorists-Arab leaders decry Gaza ‘genocide,’ urge Palestinian state in impassioned UN speeches-‘The Middle East is at the point of implosion,’ warns Egypt’s foreign minister, as Riyadh castigates international community for inaction over the past two years of war-By ToI Staff Today, 2:47 am-SEP 27,25

Representatives of Middle Eastern countries roundly condemned Israel as they took the floor at the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Saturday, accusing the Jewish state of committing acts of “genocide” in the Gaza Strip and calling for an independent Palestinian state.Representing Cairo was Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, who focused the bulk of his speech on Egypt’s neighbor to the east, heavily criticizing it for the destruction in Gaza as well as for its military action further afield.Jerusalem, he said, has an “extremist ideology” and is bent on destabilizing the region and contravening the purpose of the UN The Middle East is at the point of implosion,” he warned, pointing to Israel’s “wanton aggression” as the cause of regional instability.“Our Palestinian brothers and sisters and falling victim to the most heinous Israeli actions,” he bewailed. “It’s a war — a wanton, unjust war waged against defenseless civilians, for a sin they did not commit, driven by an extremist ideology.”Israel’s war in Gaza, which is on the cusp of its third year, was sparked by the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led invasion of southern Israel, in which some 1,200 people were killed and 251 were seized as hostages.In the 24 months since, the Hamas-run health ministry — whose figures cannot be verified and which does not differentiate between combatants and civilians — says that more than 65,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed.Abdelatty declared that “the continued Israeli occupation, the genocide transpiring today in the Gaza Strip, depriving the Palestinian people of their legitimate rights, most notably the right to establish its independent state… hollows out any narrative of peace and security in the region.”“Israel cannot be secure when others are not secure,” said the Egyptian foreign minister. “The region cannot see stability without an independent State of Palestine.”Setting his sights on the wider region, Abdelatty condemned Israel’s recent strike targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar, and accused it of violating Lebanon’s and Syria’s sovereignty with repeated airstrikes within their borders.“It is of utmost importance to respect the territorial integrity of Syria and Lebanon,” said the Egyptian foreign minister.Reflecting briefly on Egypt’s momentous 1979 peace treaty with Israel, and Cairo’s status as the first country in the region to have signed such an agreement with Jerusalem, Abdelatty lamented that his country had “a vision for achieving peace in the region” but that this vision was “now at risk.”The United Arab Emirates, one of the most recent countries to establish ties with Israel, having done so through the 2020 Abraham Accords agreement, also focused on Israel in a speech delivered by Foreign Minister Lana Nusseibeh.Unlike Abdelatty, however, Nusseibeh stopped short of accusing Israel of genocide, and dedicated a portion of her speech to condemning the taking of hostages.Still, she condemned Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip, stressing that “nothing can justify targeting tens of thousands of civilians or besieging them or starving them and forcibly displacing them.”“Nor,” she said, “can anything excuse the pursuit of unacceptable expansionist ambitions, including the threat of annexing the West Bank.”“There is no justification for the taking of hostages or the targeting of civilians in conflict,” she said, appearing to refer indirectly to the abduction of 251 people at the hands of Hamas and other Gazan terror groups on October 7, 2023. Of that number, 47 are still held hostage, and Hamas is also holding the body of a soldier killed in Gaza in 2014.“We emphasize the need to protect the hostages as per international humanitarian law,” said Nusseibeh.She also fiercely condemned Israel’s attack in Doha, which she called “treacherous and reprehensible,” and said constituted a “flagrant violation of its territorial integrity and of the security of the Arabian Gulf region.”“Aggression will not bring stability to the region,” she stressed.Like her Egyptian counterpart, she called for the establishment of a Palestinian state “living side by side with Israel in security, peace and prosperity,” but said that the conditions for its establishment should include “restricting the use of weapons.”A future two-state outcome should have “no place for terrorists and extremist groups,” she said.Riyadh demands ‘just and lasting’ solution to conflict-Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan — whose country does not have any relations with Israel and which has conditioned any normalization agreement on the implementation of the two-state solution — did not hold back in a speech that also focused heavily on Israel.Near the start of his address, Prince Faisal lamented “the suffering of the Palestinian people and the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” before turning to condemn “the brutal and unchecked practices of the occupying forces, including starvation, forced displacement and systematic killing.”All this, he said, was being done “in complete disregard of the historic and legal rights of the Palestinian people, with an aim to erase their legitimate rights.”Calling for the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, he highlighted his country’s own efforts to that end. Saudi Arabia and France recently co-chaired a conference on the two-state solution, at which a string of Western nations announced they were recognizing a Palestinian state.“It is time to find a just and lasting solution to the Palestinian issue,” the minister declared. “Military escalation will not achieve peace and security.”In a somewhat less direct manner than Egypt’s Abdelatty, Faisal suggested that Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip could amount to “genocide” — a charge which Israel has strongly rejected.“The failure of the international community to take firm action to end the Israeli aggression and violations will only cause further instability and insecurity regionally and globally,” he said. “Such inaction will have great consequences and will escalate war crimes and acts of genocide.”Like other speakers, he condemned Israel’s attack in Qatar, which appears to have failed to kill any of the senior Hamas leaders it had targeted, and instead killed five more junior members of the terror group, and a member of Qatar’s security forces.Calls to sanction Israel-Also speaking Saturday at the General Assembly, Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi dedicated a portion of his speech to the war raging in Gaza, and called for the UN to place sanctions on Israel.“For too long, this conflict has persisted, the suffering has grown unbearable, and the time has come to end the occupation, to undo the injustice, and to restore the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people through the implementation of the two-state solution,” he said.Praising the string of Western countries that have recognized an independent Palestinian state in recent days, al-Busaidi urged them not to stop there.Instead, he urged the international community “to adopt measures that limit the Israeli government’s ability to continue its policy of genocide, destruction, and illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories, and its ongoing policy of starvation and blockade against the Palestinian people and the obstruction of humanitarian assistance.”“We call for imposing sanctions on Israel in response to its blatant violations of international law and its unlawful encroachments on the sovereignty of states,” he demanded.