Posted today at 4:48pm Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- At least 900 people have died and more than 2,500 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea on Saturday, Israeli authorities said. Hamas fired thousands of rockets toward Israel and an estimated 1,000 fighters crossed into the country from the neighboring Gaza Strip. Israeli officials said at least 100 civilians and soldiers have been taken hostage.

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Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Monday confirmed at least 11 Americans have been killed in the fighting in Israel, and believes more may have been taken hostage by Hamas. "It's heart wrenching," Biden said in a statement. "These families have been torn apart by inexcusable hatred and violence." Biden said his administration is aware other U.S. citizens are missing and that they are working with Israeli officials to learn more about their whereabouts, though he didn't elaborate on how many Americans are unaccounted for as the conflict rages.

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Keith Bernstein/Netflix The sixth season of  The Crown  is coming soon. On Monday, Netflix announced that part 1 of the final season of the hit series will arrive November 16 and part 2 will be available to stream starting December 14. A teaser for the upcoming season features a look back at the different actresses who have portrayed  Queen Elizabeth II  in the series:  Claire Foy  and  Olivia Colman , as well as  Imelda Staunton , who portrayed the late queen in the previous season. "It is a duty," Staunton says as Queen Elizabeth in the clip.

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Peacock Peacock has revealed that  Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie  will premiere on its platform on December 8. The announcement comes on Monday, October 9, which just so happens to be star  Tony Shalhoub 's 70th birthday. First-look images from the film have also been released. They show off Shalhoub, alongside a cast that includes  Caitlin McGee  and  James Purefoy , as he returns to solve one last case involving his beloved stepdaughter, Molly. Monk  creator  Andy Breckman , executive producer  David Hoberman  and director  Randy Zisk  said they are delighted to have made a movie version of  Monk .

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ABC News (GAZA) -- Israeli father Yoni Asher said he's been living a "nightmare" since learning Hamas militants had taken his wife and two young daughters hostage in an unprecedented surprise attack by the terrorist group on Saturday. In an emotional interview with ABC News anchor David Muir, Asher said he learned of the horrific event from watching an online video of his loved one in the back of truck surrounded by armed militants. "I recognized them immediately and I saw the video twice. The second time, I couldn't watch anymore," Asher said.

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ABC News Hundreds of people have died and thousands more are injured in Israel and Gaza after Hamas militants fired rockets from Gaza into Israel Saturday, Israeli authorities said. The Israeli Defense Forces have declared "a state of alert for war," according to a statement issued by the IDF early Saturday morning. Is there a travel advisory to Israel? The U.S. State Department is advising citizens to exercise increased caution if traveling to Israel or West Bank due to "terrorism and civil unrest," and it currently has a "do not travel" advisory for Gaza.

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ABC News As Israelis were wrapping up the seven-day-long Jewish festival of Sukkot on Saturday, the horrifying sounds of sirens echoed across Israel when thousands of missiles launched into the country by the Hamas militant group from Gaza streaked through the sky and began raining down on indiscriminate targets, sparking terror and leaving hundreds of bodies in the streets of cities and buildings decimated. The surprise attack came just after sunrise on what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would describe as a "dark day" for his country and an Israeli military official deemed "our 9/11.

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Kiara Alfonseca West Maui began reopening Sunday to visitors just two months after a wildfire devastated the town of Lahaina. The reopening did not come without outrage from some residents, many of whom signed a petition to delay the reopening as families continue to struggle to "find shelter, provide for their children's education, and cope with emotional trauma," according to the petition. Homes have been flattened and are completely inhabitable. Businesses have been decimated. Some loved ones remain unaccounted for and residents have been grieving the loss of 97 people who died in the tragedy.

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ABC News In the wake of brutal and ongoing attacks in Israel by the militant group Hamas -- which have already led to the deaths of hundreds -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said that the U.S. had pledged its "full support" to the Israeli government and engaged allies in the region to ensure they are doing everything possible to repel the attackers and prevent the violence from spilling into other parts of the Middle East. "This is a massive terrorist attack that is gunning down Israeli civilians in their towns, in their homes, and as we've seen, so graphically, literally dragging people across the border with Gaza, including a Holocaust survivor in a wheelchair, women and children," the secretary told "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos.

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ABC News Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said on Sunday that the U.S. should provide Israel with "everything that it needs to be able to take whatever actions it needs to take" in the wake of a large-scale attack by the militant group Hamas that shook the country and the region. Christie, a former New Jersey governor, told ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos that his top priorities if he were president would be engaging allies in the region, such as Jordan and Saudi Arabia, to keep the conflict from spreading and to serve as a "sounding board" to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to help him "think through the ramifications of every step they're going to take to defend themselves and to try to do the best they can to eliminate the leadership of Hamas.

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ABC News The death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan has risen to over 1,023, with more than 1,600 injured, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization said Sunday. A powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country's national disaster authority said. About six villages have been destroyed and hundreds of civilians have been buried under the debris, Abdul Wahid Rayan, spokesman at the Ministry of Information and Culture in Afghanistan, said while calling for urgent help.

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ABC News Two lawmakers from opposite sides of the aisle on Sunday weighed in on the ongoing disarray in the House of Representatives, after a small group of Republicans last week booted Speaker Kevin McCarthy with Democrats' help, leaving the chamber leader-less and paralyzing one half of Congress. Washington is staring down a November deadline to fund the federal government or risk a partial shutdown. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., said on ABC's "This Week" that his party will have to make electing a new speaker a top priority.

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peng song/Getty Images (MOSCOW) -- The bodies of those individuals who died in the August plane crash that killed Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin contained "fragments of hand grenades," according to the Russian Investigative Committee tapped to look into the crash. The plane crash on Aug. 23 in the Tver region of Russia killed 10 people, including Prigozhin and Wagner Group co-founder Dmitry Utkin. "The head of the Investigative Committee reported just the other day that the bodies of those killed in the plane crash were found fragments of hand grenades," President Vladimir Putin said at the Valdai Club meeting in Sochi, Russia on Thursday.

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SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday said his administration had no choice but to build about 20 miles more southern border wall -- after he's long dismissed Donald Trump's wall as a waste of money that doesn't work to stop illegal immigration. "Money was appropriated for the border wall," Biden told reporters, referring to congressional action during the Trump administration. "I tried to get them to reappropriate -- to redirect the money. They didn't, they wouldn't.

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ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump, his sons Eric and Don Jr., and Trump Organization executives are accused by New York Attorney General Letitia James of engaging in a decade-long scheme in which they used "numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation" to inflate Trump's net worth while lowering his tax burden.

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Christopher Pike/Bloomberg via Getty Images (DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) -- A 21-year-old New York City college student who was recently sentenced to prison time in the United Arab Emirates over an altercation at a Dubai airport has been freed, an advocacy group said. Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos, a student at Lehman College in the Bronx, had been sentenced to one year in prison after being accused of "assaulting and insulting" Dubai International Airport customs officials, according to Detained in Dubai, an advocacy organization that supports foreign nationals who have been detained and prosecuted in the United Arab Emirates.

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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- A showdown on Tuesday with a breakaway faction of his own party saw House Speaker Kevin McCarthy removed as leader of the chamber -- a historic development that signals chaos to come on Capitol Hill. Hard-line Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida led the charge against McCarthy, a fellow conservative. Gaetz introduced a so-called motion to vacate late Monday after criticizing how McCarthy has handled spending and budget fights since Republicans retook majority control of the chamber and claiming McCarthy can't be trusted.

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Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris swore in Sen. Laphonza Butler to serve as California's senator on Tuesday, replacing the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Butler, whose appointment was announced by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday, was flanked by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who met with Butler on Tuesday just prior to her being sworn in, and California Sen. Alex Padilla as Harris administered the oath on the Senate floor. After her swearing in, members from both parties stood and gave a round of applause.

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Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (TAMAULIPAS, Mexico) -- Eleven people have died following a roof collapse at a church in Mexico on Sunday, according to local authorities. Everyone else has been removed from the debris, Mexican officials said Monday. The collapse, which trapped between 30 to 40 people, happened at the Iglesia Santa Cruz Church, a Catholic church in Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Mexican officials confirmed to ABC News. A baptism was being celebrated at the time with approximately 100 in attendance.

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François Duhamel / Courtesy of Netflix The 61st New York Film Festival officially begins Friday with a screening of  Todd Haynes ' latest film,  May December. Academy Award winners  Natalie Portman  and  Julianne Moore  star as Elizabeth and Gracie – the former a famous actress, the latter the controversial subject of an upcoming biopic. Elizabeth travels to Gracie's hometown to study her before taking on the role, which leads to shifting power dynamics and realizations for  Charles Melton 's Joe, Gracie's much younger husband.

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Morphew Family via AP (SALIDA, Colo.) -- The remains of Suzanne Morphew, a Colorado mother of two who went missing in 2020, have been found, authorities said. Human remains located on Sept. 22 during an unrelated search in the town of Moffat in Saguache County were positively identified as Suzanne Morphew on Wednesday, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said. "Specific information about the location and the state of the remains are being withheld at this time," the agency said. Suzanne Morphew was reported missing from her home in Chaffee County on May 10, 2020, which was Mother's Day, after she never returned home from a bike ride, the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office said at the time.

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Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (BATON ROUGE, La.) -- A Baton Rouge police deputy chief was placed on leave a week after his son, an officer with the department, was arrested for allegedly tasing and handcuffing a suspect, according to a source familiar with the situation. Troy Lawrence Sr. was placed on administrative leave while the department looks into the use of force claims against the BRPD, the source said. The police department faces several lawsuits over the treatment of detainees, including at a now-shuttered police warehouse that officers allegedly called the "brave cave," according to complaints made against the department.

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Sean Rayford/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- A district judge has denied former President Donald Trump's effort to have her recuse herself from presiding over his federal election interference case. Washington, D.C., District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected the argument from Trump's legal team regarding statements she made during her sentencing of pro-Trump rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021. In an October 2022 hearing cited by Trump's attorneys, Judge Chutkan described the Capitol assault as "nothing less than an attempt to violently overthrow the government" by Trump's supporters, who "were there in fealty, in loyalty, to one man.

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Courtesy of Besa Pinchotti (WASHINGTON) -- As the nation nears another government shutdown, military families face an uncertain financial future where they may not receive a paycheck unless a spending deal passes in time. Besa Pinchotti is chief executive officer of the National Military Family Association. Her husband, Dave, is a veteran of the Marine Corps and currently a civilian employed by the Air Force; his paycheck could be affected or cut by the shutdown, if it happens. "I have no idea if my husband will get a paycheck," Pinchotti told ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott.

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Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- House Republicans on Thursday will hold the first public hearing in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The hearing before the House Oversight Committee will start at 10 a.m. ET and will feature four witnesses, three called by Republicans. Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said the focus will be to present findings from months of GOP-led investigations -- with the overall goal of explaining why an inquiry is warranted. He claims House Republicans have "uncovered an overwhelming amount of evidence showing President Joe Biden abused his public office for his family's financial gain.

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Getty Images While the competition for content in the streaming world can be cutthroat, many of the major platforms are now united — for better representation versus lawmakers in Washington, D.C. Axios first reported the creation of the Streaming Innovation Alliance, which brings together Disney+, Netflix, Paramount+, Warner Bros. Discovery's Max, Comcast's Peacock and others. CEO and chair of the Motion Picture Association Charles Rivkin brought the companies together. The SIA was created to be a united front for the streamers "when the industry faces new regulatory threats," according to the publication.

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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (DETROIT) -- With national attention drawn toward the United Auto Workers amid their strike, and as 75% of Americans back them in their negotiations, according to Gallup polling published in August, the 2024 presidential front-runners are increasingly angling to boost their ties to workers. Donald Trump plans to skip the second Republican presidential debate on Wednesday to instead court unionized employees with remarks outside Detroit. President Joe Biden joined the picket line in Michigan just a day before.

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Apple So far, the exact plot of Matthew Vaughn 's spy thriller Argylle is as mysterious as the movie's subject matter, and a new teaser to the Universal film does nothing to clear up the mystery. "Once you discover the secret, don't let the cat out of the bag," a female voice says, as we see a cute gray Scottish Fold cat in a fancy carrier, next to a discarded smoking gun, a tube of lipstick and a fountain pen. We're then treated to footage of Oscar winner Sam Rockwell next to Bryce Dallas Howard , tossing said cat from a roof and the feline using its righting reflex to, presumably, land safely on its feet.

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Hulu From the creators of Queer Eye and actress and activist Kristen Stewart , the trailer for Living For The Dead has just been summoned by Hulu. "Think … Gay Scooby-Doo ," the ad copy says of the series, in which "five fabulous, queer ghost hunters criss-cross the country, helping the living by healing the dead." Included are Alex , a tech guru, Juju , the "resident witch," and Logan , a medium. "As they explore some of the world's most infamous haunted locations, they'll shed light on those not seen and illuminate untold stories," the producers tease.

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VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) -- A suspect is sought in the murder of a 26-year-old founder of a tech company who was found dead with "blunt-force trauma wounds" in a Baltimore apartment building, police said. Police found Pava LaPere dead after responding to a call for service midday Monday at an apartment complex in the 300 block of West Franklin Street, the Baltimore Police Department said in a statement, which opened a homicide investigation. Baltimore police announced Tuesday evening they have issued an arrest warrant for her murder.

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