1. According to the Jerusalem Post, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that a future war can begin with an attack by enemy missiles on Israeli Defense Forces headquarters in Tel Aviv, or a cyber attack on Israel's traffic light system.

2. According to the Daily Mail, Iran has accused four workers of trying to sabotage its nuclear power programme, tacitly blaming Israel for the plot.

3. According to Reuters, four people were killed and hundreds of thousands evacuated after Typhoon Fitow hit eastern China, destroying houses and farmlands and closing ports and airports.

4. According to the Times of Israel, Israeli and Palestinian officials held another round of negotiations in Jerusalem on Monday, where they agreed to honor an American request to increase the pace of talks.

5. According to the Christian Post, British magistrates looking to remove the option of swearing an oath on the Bible from the court are finding opposition in the face of church leaders who say such a move would seek to further remove religion from society.

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