Netanyahu denies being warned of impending Hamas attack 10 days before October 7 - ABC News

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he will sue a newspaper following reports that he ignored an advance warning about the October 7 Hamas attack. • The prime minister's office described the report as a "sinister plot with clear political timing" linked to the left's election campaign.

• Austria's legislative committee approved a planned €15,000 tax allowance for working pensioners on Thursday. • The digital identity system ID Austria has now reached nearly 6.3 million registrations.

• Gender Equality and Family Minister nominee Rep. Yong Hye-in announced Thursday that she will keep her parliamentary seat if she is appointed to the cabinet. • Yong denied allegations regarding her husband's pay, stating he earned an average monthly salary of 2.5 million won over six years while working for the Basic Income Party.

• Federal prosecutors filed documents Tuesday arguing that a funding freeze by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department and related media coverage do not justify dismissing the case against former contractors Davidson and Sasha Charlemagne. • Defense attorneys David Cattie and Pamela Lynn Colon claimed that public statements linking their clients to the VIHFA bid process created a presumption of prejudice.

• Trust in official U.S. election results fell to 34% from 40% in 2024, according to a recent poll. • Approximately 60% of American adults report having little or no trust in federal government information regarding immigration, abortion, foreign policy, and elections.

• A new poll finds that Americans are increasingly skeptical of federal government information regarding politics, foreign affairs, and the environment. • Majorities of respondents now report having little or no trust in government data concerning these specific issues.

• Canada, France, and the U.K. banned trade with Israeli settlements on September 9, 2026. • U.S. forces bombed five Iranian tankers while Iran retaliated by firing missiles at a U.S. base in Jordan.

• European Parliament members recently debated conflicting strategies for managing the migration crisis in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa. • Czech MEP Tomas Svetechovsky called for increased police presence, while German MEP Birgit Sippel advocated for solidarity and defended Spain's current approach.

• Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas recently urged the European Union to take firm action against Morocco to prevent the Spanish exclave from collapsing. • Vivas accused the Moroccan government of pursuing a "harassment policy" designed to suffocate the city.

• Several European nations are updating employment laws in 2025 to address geopolitical disruptions and new pay transparency directives. • Belgium has partially implemented these transparency rules in its French region, while Finland, the Netherlands, and Sweden have proposed drafts for full implementation.

• Spain's far-right party Vox is leveraging a migration crisis in Ceuta to push an anti-migration agenda ahead of the 2027 elections. • Over 50,000 people in Madrid recently shouted slogans such as "Expulsion of invaders" to demonstrate their support for these views.