For today, links to two reports: from the Cradle and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 10-27-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK, GAZA, UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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U.S. envoy warns Lebanon has ‘one last chance’ to disarm Hezbollah: report. From the Cradle. U.S. envoy Tom Barrack has issued a new threat to Lebanon — warning it to either enter direct talks with Israel and clearly commit to disarming Hezbollah, or face a new escalation, Al-Akhbar newspaper reported today. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 27  Conflicting accounts emerge after UN peacekeepers shoot down Isreali drone, by Kareem Chehayeb | AP  BEIRUT  — The Israeli army and the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon said peacekeepers shot down an Israeli drone over the weekend but gave conflicting statements about the circumstances — as Israeli strikes over Lebanon . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish.

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