Morning Digest: Hezbollah chief Nasrallah targeted in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon; U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer backs India’s bid for permanent UNSC seat, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on September 28, 2024

Leading Israeli television networks reported that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was the target of a massive Israeli air strike in a Beirut suburb. The airstrikes followed soon after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.N. General Assembly. “Target of the strike: Nasrallah. The IDF (Israeli military) is checking whether the secretary-general of Hezbollah was in the building in the heart of Dahiyeh (that was hit),” Channel 12 reported.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined the leaders of the United States and France in backing India’s bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to make it a more representative body that is not “paralysed by politics”.

‘Bangladeshi infiltration’ is changing demography of a Jharkhand region: ST panel

In a report submitted to the Union Home Ministry, the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has now asserted that “Bangladeshi infiltration” is taking place in Jharkhand’s Santhal Pargana region and that the demography of the region has changed significantly due to this reason, officials of the Commission have said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met former U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday (September 27, 2024) morning in New York after simmering tensions between the two politicians over divergent views on resolving the Russia-Ukraine war. The recent U.S. assistance to Ukraine had cast doubt on whether the meeting would take place.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly criticised Indian government actions in Kashmir, drawing a parallel between Jammu and Kashmir and Palestine. “Similarly, like the people of Palestine, the people of Jammu and Kashmir too, have struggled for a century for their freedom and right to self determination,” he said, accusing India of reneging on its commitments to implement U.N. Security Council resolutions.

The Congress’ central leadership rebuked a Himachal Pradesh Minister for saying that street vendors will have to mandatorily display their names and reveal their identity, reiterating that no Congressman is allowed to go against the party’s policies and ideologies.