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What Matters Most On Sunday, October 31, 2021

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Delegates and officials take their seats for the Procedural Opening of the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 31, 2021 (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, Pool)

‘Last-chance saloon’ for Earth: COP26 climate conference kicks off in Glasgow

By Frank Jordans

Negotiators will try to resolve issues left hanging since 2015 Paris climate accord, find ways to keep global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius this century

In this October 24, 2021 file photo, steam comes out of the chimneys of the coal-fired power station in Niederaussem, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Despite decades of climate awareness, earth is getting hotter, deadlier

By Seth Borenstein

From left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Premier Mario Draghi, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stand at the Trevi Fountain during an event for the G20 summit in Rome, October 31, 2021. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

G20 commits on carbon neutrality, but keeps terms vague

By Nicole Winfield, Karl Ritter and DAVE MCHUGH

World’s biggest economies agree to reach target ‘around mid-century,’ will end funding for foreign coal use, but without plan for phasing it out domestically

A train passes a railroad crossing surrounded by floodwaters from rain and melting snow in Nidderau near Frankfurt, Germany, on February 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Extreme weather persists, as world leaders gather at climate change summit

By Seth Borenstein

Wearing a face mask as protection against covid-19, Swedish climate activist Greta Thurnberg arrives at Central station in Glasgow, Scotland on October 30, 2021, ahead of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference to be held in the city from October 31. (Ben STANSALL / AFP)

Greta Thunberg joins hundreds of climate protesters ahead of UN talks

By AFP

Then-chief of staff of the Israeli Air Force, Brig.-Gen. Tal Kalman, discusses the changing threats against Israel during the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies' annual conference in Tel Aviv's Hilton Hotel on April 3, 2016. (The Fisher Institute)

In 1st-ever interview to Bahraini paper, IDF general threatens Iran

By Judah Ari Gross

This October 26, 2010, photo shows the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour)

Likud MK: Israel must strike Iran by year’s end if there’s no new nuke deal

An Israeli F-15 fighter jet escorts an American B-1b heavy bomber through Israeli airspace, on October 30, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF fighter jets escort American bomber through region, in tacit threat to Iran

By Judah Ari Gross

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives for a press conference at the La Nuvola conference center for the G20 summit in Rome, October 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Live updates (closed)

‘If Glasgow fails, the whole thing fails,’ says UK’s Johnson of climate summit

By Michael Bachner

As Israeli PM heads to UN summit in Scotland, British PM urges world leaders to commit to cutting carbon emissions

7:14 pm

Vandals destroy Torah scroll at George Washington University Jewish fraternity
7:02 pm

IDF kicks off month-long drill aimed at preparing for war with Hezbollah
6:44 pm

France's Macron praises G20 progress on climate

Join an elite tech training boot camp to work in the high tech industry

Israel Tech Challenge is opening additional courses to students of all ages in English as a gateway into the startup world. Learn more here

Illustrative -- The annual Pride parade in central Jerusalem on August 3, 2017 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Hackers demand $1 million to halt their leak of user info from Israeli LGBT site

Black Shadow group, believed to be criminally motivated Iranians, demands digital ransom within 48 hours; HIV status of some users of dating site already posted online

Cars and motorbikes line up to fill up at a service station in Iran's capital Tehran, on October 26, 2021, amid a nationwide disruption of the gas distribution system. (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Iran official blames Israel, US for cyberattack that crippled gas stations

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Participants fly an Israeli and pride flag at demonstration in Tel Aviv on July 22, 2018, to protest a new surrogacy law that does not include gay couples. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)

Suspected Iranian hackers publish user information from Israeli LGBT site

By AFP and ToI Staff

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Oct. 31 – How Israel thinks the next conflict will be different

Military correspondent Judah Ari Gross on the IDF simulation of a new war alongside domestic strife; and editor David Horovitz on Israeli hopes from the Glasgow climate conference

Yohanan Plesner

The climate crisis: An opportunity

Israel is small, crowded, and polluted. If we fail to act, we will see more and more damage to the country, especially to our most vulnerable populations

Elchanan Poupko

A lesson in compassion from Fauda’s Lior Raz

What could I do for someone who knew he would die soon? I knew Len loved Raz and so I decided to ask the Israeli actor for a favor

IDF soldiers in chemical protection suits hold an exercise simulating a chemical attack as part of a nationwide civil defense exercise in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, on March 20, 2007. (Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Learning from May war, IDF simulates Hezbollah battle alongside domestic strife

By Judah Ari Gross

Military, Defense Ministry lead week-long national exercise, testing response to massive barrages of rockets, precision missiles, multiple chemical attacks

Smoke rises in the countryside of Damascus, Syria, on October 30, 2021, following what Syrian state media said was an Israeli strike. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

5 pro-Iran fighters said killed in alleged Israeli strike near Damascus

By AFP and ToI Staff

Former Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes (left) to then-US president Barack Obama in the White House, on April 7, 2015; Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (right) at the Knesset, on October 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais; Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Former Obama adviser: Straightforward Bennett a ‘healthy break’ from Netanyahu

Ben Rhodes tells podcast he appreciates that Israel’s new PM is ‘candid’ about his views, welcomes leaders who don’t seek ‘a public fight to help their politics back home’

The remains of an alleged Iranian drone that was downed over northern Israel, parts of which fell in a fish pond in Kibbutz Maoz Haim, on May 14, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel said to have provided intel on Iranian drones before latest US sanctions

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Yamina MK Amichai Chikli at the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Rebel Yamina MK says won’t vote for budget, as both sides try to woo abstentions

Chikli claims party hasn’t sought his backing; opposition reportedly using bill for new hospital to convince Ra’am MK not to vote for budget; coalition wants Joint List to abstain

Proposal: Probe to be held secretly with findings classified

Gantz submits formal proposal for government inquiry into murky submarine deal

By Judah Ari Gross

Vote on the investigation into the purchase of naval vessels from German shipbuilder Thyssenkrupp to be held only after budget passes, to avoid threat to coalition

Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks at an event celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords, in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on October 11, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks at an event celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords, in the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on October 11, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Gantz planning series of moves to strengthen PA’s economy — TV

Defense Minister Benny Gantz attends a memorial ceremony for former prime minister Itzhak Rabin's assassination, at the president's residence in Jerusalem, on October 18, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Defense Minister Gantz held covert security meetings in Singapore

By Emanuel Fabian and Tal Schneider

Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis (right), head of public health services at the Health Ministry, at a press conference in Jerusalem on August 29, 2021, alongside Nachman Ash, director-general of the Health Ministry. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Top health officials condemn death threats against public health chief

Ministry director points finger at anti-vaccination activists; virus czar pans wider public’s attitude toward officials fighting outbreak

Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, head of public health services at the Health Ministry, attends a press conference about coronavirus, in Jerusalem, on August 29, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Top health official given security detail after death threats

Medics and police officers are seen at the scene of a deadly shooting, in the northern city of Kiryat Motzkin, on October 30, 2021; Insert: Shumi Iskov. (Courtesy)

Senior underworld boss killed in suspected double murder in northern Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

Leader of so-called Georgian mafia and son found shot dead in a vehicle in Kiryat Motzkin

Nissim Shitrit (L) and Avi Edri in undated photos (Courtesy)

2 more arrested in cold-case murders from ’80s, ’90s linked to Hasidic cult

The scene where a man was stabbed to death in his home in Beit Shemesh, October 30, 2021 (Screen grab)

17-year-old remanded over fatal stabbing of his father in Beit Shemesh

Palestinian children play in the water as the sun sets over the beach of Gaza City, June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Photo essay

One sea, worlds apart: Summer days at the beach in Tel Aviv and Gaza

By AP

Photographers capture shared reality, as well as the differences, of those who live just 70 kilometers apart on the Mediterranean coast

Illustrative: A woman dressed as a witch dances in front of the fire during the Walpurgis night in Erfurt, Germany, April 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Season of the Jewitch: The occultists reviving Jewish witchcraft and folklore

By Rachel Román

More Headlines

View of the nuclear reactor in Dimona, southern Israel, August 13, 2016. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Detailed images of sensitive Israeli sites, including nuclear plant, now online

In this undated and unknown location photo, the new leader of Taliban fighters, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada poses for a portrait. (Afghan Islamic Press via AP)

Taliban supreme leader makes first public appearance since 2016

By AFP

Fatal flawFacebook’s new Meta handle means ‘dead’ in Hebrew

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A man waves the Sudanese national flag as he chants slogans during a protest in Khartoum, Sudan, on October 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

Sudan’s security forces shoot dead 2 anti-coup protesters — doctors

US President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of the opening session of the G20 summit at the La Nuvola conference center, in Rome, on October 30, 2021. (Erin Schaff/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden to meet with Erdogan, discuss ways for US and Turkey to avoid crises

By AP and ToI Staff

Sudanese anti-coup protesters wave the national flag as they gather in a street in the capital Khartoum, on October 30, 2021, to express their support for the country's democratic transition which a military takeover and deadly crackdown derailed. (AFP)

Sudan’s FM refuses to negotiate with coup leaders, says country ‘under arrest’

By Bassem Aboualabass

Thousands of runners take part in the annual marathon in Jerusalem, October 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israelis conquer Jerusalem Marathon, as coronavirus keeps field local

By Stuart Winer

A picture shows the Kuwaiti Embassy in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on October 30, 2021. (Anwar Amro/AFP)

Kuwait expels Lebanese envoy over Yemen war criticism, following Saudis, Bahrain

By Bassam Mroue

In this file photo taken on June 22, 2021 US actor Alec Baldwin attends DreamWorks Animation's 'The Boss Baby: Family Business' premiere at SVA Theatre in New York City. (Angela Weiss/AFP)

‘She was my friend’: Alec Baldwin breaks silence on fatal shooting

By AP

Illustrative photo of a clock. (Shutterstock)

Clocks in Israel turn back as daylight savings ends

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