Axios

Former President Trump has referred to Venezuelan and Congolese migrants as criminals dozens of times since September 2023, an Axios analysis has found.

The big picture: In a 13-month span, Trump's speeches about migrants have become darker and apocalyptic with baseless claims the migrants have criminal records, are eating pets and could start "World War III."

Israeli airstrikes and ground operations ravaged Gaza the past year, destroying essential infrastructure and everyday life for Palestinians.

The big picture: As the war stretches on and expands to southern Lebanon, the humanitarian crisis is worsening in Gaza, where more than 41,600 Palestinians have been killed since Oct. 7, according to local health officials.

The year of war that followed the terrorist attacks of Oct. 7 has shaped the views of a generation of young people, who now see the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and America's role in it in starkly different ways than their elders.

Why it matters: "This new generation is going to go from campuses to the halls of government eventually," says Carmiel Arbit, senior fellow for Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council. "The events that followed Oct. 7 are going to have a real impact on their view of the world."

The whole world is falling in love with Moo Deng, a precocious 2-month-old pygmy hippo calf at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand.

State of play: If you can't stop consuming Moo Deng viral videos and memes, you don't have to travel halfway around the world to get your hippo fix in real life. Even though pygmy hippos are endangered, with fewer than 2,500 left in the wild, there are a few calves living in the U.S.

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security warned Friday of possible public safety threats or violence in light of the upcoming Oct. 7 anniversary of the Hamas attack.

The big picture: The announcement comes during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah and just ahead of the one-year mark of the terrorist attacks in Israel, as American Jews are contending with a record number of antisemitic hate crimes.

President Biden on Friday signaled he would oppose an Israeli strike on Iran's oil facilities as part of the Israeli response for the massive Iranian missile attack earlier this week.

Why it matters: Biden's remarks indicate that while the U.S. supports an Israeli military response against Iran, it thinks the retaliation should be measured and not open a new front in the war.

Seven & i Holdings, the Japanese owner of 7-Eleven, is weighing a sale of shares in its supermarket unit ahead of listing the business, according to Reuters.

The big picture: The convenience store giant is under activist pressure to improve earnings, and seems to be throwing its Slurpees against the wall to see what sticks.

U.S. officials say the White House wants to take advantage of Israel's massive blow to Hezbollah's leadership and infrastructure to push for an election of a new Lebanese president in the coming days.

Why it matters: Lebanon hasn't had a president for almost two years, which has increased instability and exacerbated the political and economic crisis in the country.

Boris Johnson claims that his staff found a bug in his bathroom after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used it during a visit to the British Foreign Office in 2017.

The big picture: The former U.K. prime minister was foreign secretary at the time of the incident, according to the extract from his book, "Unleashed," which was shared with the Telegraph newspaper.