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  • On Monday at 14:00 GMT, the US military says it would start blockading Iranian ports, preventing ships from entering or leaving Iran from passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
  • In the southern town of Biyyada, Hezbollah claims that its men have attacked Israeli soldiers with "a swarm of attack drones."
  • US President Donald Trump's threat to block the Strait of Hormuz was deemed "ridiculous" by Iran's navy chief, Shahram Irani.
  • Any military ships approaching the Strait of Hormuz "will be considered a violation of the ceasefire and will be met with severe force," according to a statement released on Sunday by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
  • The speaker of Iran's parliament Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf ​ is leading the delegation that has arrived to Pakistan for talks with the United States.
  • Nawaf Salam, the prime minister of Lebanon, stated that he was working to ensure the withdrawal of Israeli forces and to put an end to the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
  • Viktor Orban, the longtime prime minister of Hungary, has conceded defeat to Peter Magyar in the country's legislative election.

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Hurricane Dorian Devastation in Pics

Hurricane Dorian, a category five hurricane, swept the Bahama islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama on 1 September 2019. At least 43 people died following the passage of Dorian that stalled over the Bahamas for nearly two days with winds of 200 mph, becoming one of the worst disasters in the nation’s history. Local residents of Marsh Harbor on Abaco Island cover a roof affected by the hurricane with tarp on 12 September,2019
Victor Macintosh, a local resident of Coopers Town on Abaco Island, receives tarp to cover his roof from International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Views of the mass destruction in Marsh Harbor on Abaco Island and the environmental impact the storm had on the pine forest between Coopers Town and Treasure Cay.
A Haitian Church in Marsh Harbor on Abaco Island serves as shelter for 47 people. It helf up to 320 during the immediate aftermath of the hurricane.

UN Photos by Mark Garten

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