West Bank Lockdown, Typhoon Champi, & Most Walkable Cities

Adam Rogers
October 24, 2026

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Hebron sealed off and preparations for a full West Bank closure Friday after two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others near the city. Soldiers killed both attackers.
The restrictions close gates and checkpoints connecting Palestinian villages to major roads. Netanyahu also announced plans to evacuate neighborhoods where the attackers lived and conduct house-to-house searches. He compared the planned operation to earlier military campaigns that displaced residents and destroyed buildings in northern West Bank refugee camps.
The escalation comes four days before Israel’s election. Netanyahu has campaigned on confronting Iran and Palestinian militants while asking voters to let him “finish the job.” Polls suggest neither his bloc nor his main rival’s has enough support to secure a parliamentary majority.

Senior health adviser Calley Means resigned Thursday amid reported frustration over delays to the food-policy changes he championed through the Make America Healthy Again movement. The Kennedy ally had pushed reforms to dietary guidelines and food additives. Although Reuters reported that White House delays contributed to his departure, Means offered no public explanation and praised Trump and Kennedy in his announcement. (More)

South Korea proposed military talks with North Korea Friday after a September land-mine blast injured three South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone. Seoul says disagreements over the border’s exact location increase the risk of accidental clashes. It wants the two sides to jointly verify the boundary and restore military communication lines to help prevent further incidents. (More)

Mark Zuckerberg struck a deal allowing him to sell new nonvoting Meta shares to cover a potential California wealth-tax bill without surrendering voting control. The proposed one-time 5% tax goes before voters November 3 and could cost him more than $11 billion. In exchange for the arrangement, he committed to remaining in California for eight years. (More)

Romania blamed Russia for a drone strike that sank a cargo ship just outside its Black Sea territorial waters Friday. Rescuers saved nine people and recovered one body as the search continued for three missing sailors. The sinking follows a surge in attacks on commercial shipping near Romania and Bulgaria that prompted NATO to announce additional patrol aircraft and drones. (More)

Typhoon Champi shut schools and businesses across much of Taiwan Friday as heavy rain and powerful winds toppled trees and disrupted hundreds of flights. Authorities reported one death and at least 350 injuries while more than 4,300 people were evacuated. Thousands of homes lost electricity as the storm swept past northeastern Taiwan and officials warned that dangerous conditions would continue overnight. (More)

The search for the next James Bond is reaching screen tests in London this weekend. “Slow Horses” actor Jack Lowden and “Masters of the Air” star Callum Turner are among those expected to audition while Jacob Elordi is not. (More)

Brazil approved a constitutional amendment replacing its six-day workweek with two weekly rest days and gradually reducing the maximum working week from 44 to 40 hours. (More)

A 12-year-old Arizona girl collected nearly 30,000 diapers for Nourish Phoenix through a growing annual drive that began after she started volunteering with the nonprofit at seven. (More)

Strangers rallied to help an 86-year-old Texas man finish a 62-foot boat he began building in 1987 so he can finally get it onto the water. (More)

A Texas barber returned $128,514 found atop an ATM after alerting police, who traced the cash back to Bank of America. (More)

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