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Latest News LIVE Updates: Israel presses forward on two fronts, reports eight combat deaths as fears of wider war mount

Israel pressed forward on two fronts on Wednesday, pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah that left eight Israeli soldiers dead and conducting strikes in Gaza that killed dozens, including children. As Israel vowed to retaliate for Iran`s ballistic missile attack a day earlier, the region braced for further escalation. Iran, which backs both Hezbollah and the Hamas militants who run the Gaza Strip, launched dozens of missiles into Israel on Tuesday night, another escalation in a tit-for-tat cycle that is pushing the Middle East closer to a regional war. Israel warned that the attack would have "repercussions".

Latest News LIVE Updates: Thane crime branch arrests two accused in Badlapur sexual assault case

The Thane crime branch has arrested two individuals in connection with the Badlapur sexual assault case. The president and secretary of the school, Uday Kotwal and Tushar Apte respectively, where two minor girls were sexually assaulted by a sweeper, were apprehended in Karjat, according to officials. The arrests came a day after the Bombay High Court rejected Kotwal and Apte`s anticipatory bail pleas. The main accused in the case, Akshay Shinde, was killed in a police encounter earlier in September.

Latest News LIVE Updates: Trump `resorted to crimes` after losing 2020 election in failed bid to cling to power, say Prosecutors

Donald Trump "resorted to crimes" after losing the 2020 election, federal prosecutors said in a court filing unsealed on Wednesday that argues that the former president is not entitled to immunity from prosecution over his failed bid to remain in power. The filing was submitted by special counsel Jack Smith`s team following a Supreme Court opinion that conferred broad immunity on former presidents for official acts they take in office, narrowing the scope of the prosecution charging Trump with conspiring to overturn the results of the election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

Latest News LIVE Updates: The BJP aims to bring around 15 to 20 MLAs, MPs, and district office bearers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to camp in the city after Navratri and do grassroots level canvassing in migrant pockets to attract new North Indian voters.