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Hurricane Beryl forecast: Storm slamming Jamaica with life-threatening conditions

Hurricane Beryl is expected to produce rainfall totals of 4 to 8 inches.
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Hurricane Beryl approaches Jamaica in a satellite image over the Caribbean Sea, July 3, 2024.
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Hurricane Beryl slams into Jamaica

Scarlette and Brady Gerken, newlyweds from Ohio who were honeymooning in Jamaica as the storm hit, join the show.
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VIDEO: Hurricane Beryle slams into Jamaica
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Life and death in Gaza's 'safe zone' where food is scarce and Israel strikes without warning

Palestinian hospital authorities and witnesses say an Israeli airstrike slammed into a residential building right next to the main medical center in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis
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Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo /Jehad Alshrafi)
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Mexico evacuates sea turtle eggs from beaches as Hurricane Beryl approaches

Stung by past failures to prepare for hurricanes, the Mexican government is evacuating even sea turtle eggs from beaches ahead of Hurricane Beryl
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State employees evacuate turtle eggs from the beach to protect them from the incoming Hurricane Beryl, in Cancun, Mexico, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
July 03

US asks Haiti to prioritize electoral council amid gang violence and a humanitarian crisis

U.S. officials have asked Haiti’s prime minister to prioritize the establishment of an electoral council as the country strives to rebuild its government amid rampant gang violence
July 03
FILE - Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, left, speaks to Transitional Council President Edgard Leblanc Fils, during Conille's swearing-in ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June 3, 2024. U.S. officials asked Conille on July 2, 2024, to prioritize the establishment of an electoral council as the country strives to rebuild its government. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
July 03

These ants can perform leg amputations and know when it's needed, study says

Florida carpenter ants were observed performing surgery on each other.
July 03
Wide shot of an ant amputating an injured ant's leg.
July 03

Director of Jamaica Relief Ministries talks hurricane prep

The director of operations of the Jamaica Relief Ministries Brian Burke talks plans ahead of Hurricane Beryl.
July 03
VIDEO: Director of Jamaica Relief Ministries talks hurricane prep
July 03

Hotel Manager in Jamaica talks plans to keep guests safe from Beryl

Derek Meany, the general manager of Sandals resort, lays out preparations for keeping the resort safe.
July 03
VIDEO: Hotel Manager in Jamaica talks plans to keep guests safe from Beryl
July 03

British voters head to polls July 4th

The 14-year winning streak for the conservative party appears to be over, according to polls.
July 03
VIDEO: British voters head to polls July 4th
July 03

Slovakia's top court approves key parts of a contentious amendment of the penal code

Slovakia’s highest legal authority has ruled that key provisions of a contentious amendment of the penal code drafted by the government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico are in line with the country's constitution
July 03
FILE - Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks during a press conference with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Jan. 16, 2024. Slovakia’s highest legal authority ruled on Wednesday, July 3, 2024 that the key provisions of the recently amended penal code drafted by the government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico are in line with the Constitution. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)
July 03

In historic UK election, Conservatives face potential major defeat: Analysis

"Start Here" chats with ABC News' James Longman to break it all down.
July 03
A view of the Palace of Westminster a day before General Election, in London, Great Britain, July 3, 2024.
July 03

Newlyweds trapped in Jamaica as Hurricane Beryl forces airports to close

In anticipation of the storm, Jamaican officials shuttered three airports and reopening will be announced pending post-storm assessments.
July 03
VIDEO: Newlyweds trapped in Jamaica as Hurricane Beryl forces airports to close
July 03

Israel assassinates high ranking Hezbollah commander

Muhammad Ni’Mah Nasser is one of the most senior commanders killed since Hezbollah began firing at Israel in solidarity with Gaza on October 8th.
July 03
VIDEO: Israel assassinates high ranking Hezbollah commander
July 03

New Jersey family forced to ride out Hurricane Beryl after flight cancellations

Beryl is forecast to continue to weaken as it moves through the Caribbean Sea, but is still expected to be a major hurricane when it reaches Jamaica,
July 03
VIDEO: New Jersey family forced to ride out Hurricane Beryl after flight cancelations
July 03

Far-right National Rally candidates, including one who wore Nazi cap, scrutinized in French election

As it stands on the threshold of power in France, the far-right National Rally is facing scrutiny about some of the candidates it hopes will help it secure a ruling majority in legislative elections on Sunday
July 03
People gather at Republique plaza in a protest against the far-right, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, in Paris. French opposition parties and associations are trying to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally in next Sunday's second round of legislative elections. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
July 03

World View: Deadly stampede, UK elections and eSports World Cup

ABC News’ Patrick Reevell discusses the latest international headlines.
July 03
VIDEO: World View: Deadly stampede, UK elections and eSports World Cup
July 03

Election outcomes won't change its Ukraine support, says the UN General Assembly's president

The president of the U.N. General Assembly says it will keep standing up for Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty whatever the outcome of national elections across the globe this year, adding that no country has the right to invade another one
July 03
In this photo released by the Dnipro Regional Administration, Ukrainian flag waves as smoke rises after Russia's missile attack in Dnipro, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (Dnipro Regional Administration via AP)
July 03

Italy appeals court upholds conviction of 2 Americans in death of a Rome police officer but reduces sentences

Italy appeals court upholds conviction of 2 Americans in death of a Rome police officer but reduces sentences
July 03
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Jamaica braces for Hurricane Beryl

Dwayne Francis describes the current conditions in Jamaica and how the Saint Patrick’s Rangers rescue group is bracing for the storm.
July 03
VIDEO: Jamaica braces for Hurricane Beryl
July 03

Greece's governing center-right party evicts lawmaker after airport altercation over flight boarding

Greece’s governing center-right party has booted out a lawmaker and former minister who allegedly manhandled an airport worker in a failed bid to board a domestic flight he’d turned up late for
July 03
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Turkmenistan and Iran sign deal to supply gas to Iraq. Iran will build pipeline to aid delivery

Turkmenistan and Iran have signed a contract for the delivery of 10 billion cubic meters a year of Turkmen gas that Iran will then ship on to Iraq
July 03
This is a locator map for Iraq with its capital, Baghdad. (AP Photo)
July 03

Italian Premier Meloni rebukes the youth wing of her far-right party for glorifying fascism

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has admonished the youth wing of her far-right Brothers of Italy after an Italian news outlet published videos showing some of its members glorifying fascism
July 03
FILE - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks during a final media conference at the G7 in Borgo Egnazia, near Bari in southern Italy, June 15, 2024. Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has admonished youth in her far-right Brothers of Italy party to reject racism and antisemitism after an Italian news outlet published videos showing members of the party’s youth wing glorifying fascism. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)
July 03

Renowned Nazi hunter in France advises Jews to choose far right over far left in elections

France’s renowned Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld is advising voters in Sunday’s parliamentary elections that if they’re faced with a duel between Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally and a far-left competitor, they should choose the far right
July 03
Serge Klarsfeld poses in his office, Tuesday, July 2, 2024 in Paris. France's renowned Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld advised voters faced with a duel between a candidate from Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and a far-left competitor to choose the far right in Sunday's parliamentary elections runoff. Klarsfeld, a 88 year-old historian who with his wife Beate dedicated his life to bring fugitive Nazis to justice, told the Associated Press "it's very simple. Marine Le Pen is the head of a party which supports Israel and supports the Jews." (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
July 03

Polish man charged in Denmark over assault on prime minister Frederiksen

A Polish man has been charged with assaulting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen last month, his lawyer said
July 03
FILE - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. A Polishman was Wednesday, July 3, 2024, charged with assault Denmark’s Prime Minister last month, his lawyer said. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)
July 03

Ants can perform lifesaving operations: Study

Researchers have discovered ants can treat limb wounds on their peers.
July 03
Researchers have discovered ants can treat limb wounds on their peers.
July 03

Roadside bomb kills former Pakistani senator, 2 others in northwest Pakistan: Police

Police say a former senator in Pakistan has been killed when a vehicle carrying him and supporters struck a roadside bomb in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban near the Afghan border
July 03
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Deadly hurricane takes aim at Jamaica

ABC News’ Faith Abubey describes the damaging storm and how officials are planning for its aftermath.
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Bulgarian Parliament rejects new government proposed by leader of main party

Bulgaria’s Parliament has voted down a minority government proposed by the center-right GERB party, which likely will bring the country closer to new elections
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China is the runaway leader in generative AI patent applications followed by the US, the UN says

The U.N. intellectual property agency says China has requested far more patents than any other country when it comes to generative AI, with the United States a distant second
July 03
FILE - Director General the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Daren Tang speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. China has far and away requested the most patents in the world when it comes to generative AI, the U.N. intellectual property agency said Wednesday, July 3, 2024, trailed by the United States in distant second. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)
July 03

Japan's top court orders government to compensate disabled people forced to undergo sterilization

In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay suitable compensation to about a dozen victims who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law that was designed to eliminate offspring of people w...
July 03
The plaintiffs, their lawyers and supporters hold the signs reading "Winning lawsuit" outside the Supreme Court after in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Japan’s Supreme Court, in a landmark decision Wednesday, ordered the government to pay compensation to dozens of victims who were forcibly sterilized in the 1950s to 1970s under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law that was designed to eliminate offsprings of people with handicaps. (Kyodo News via AP)
July 03

Indonesia dismisses its chief election commissioner over sexual assault

Indonesia’s electoral commission has fired its chairman after finding him guilty of sexual assault following a complaint by an employee
July 03
FILE - Chairman of the General Election Commission Hasyim Asyari announces the results of Feb. 14 presidential and legislative elections at the commission's office in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 20, 2024. The chief of Indonesia’s electoral commission is dismissed from the post after an ethics council found him guilty Wednesday of sexual abuse. The General Election Commission chairman Hasyim Asyari committed the ethical violation of a sexual abuse complaint lodged by a woman against him on April 18. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)
July 03

International headlines from ABC News

Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
July 03
Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
July 03

Arrest warrant lifted for Maddie McCann suspect, but he will stay in prison for other conviction

An arrest warrant for a man who is also a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann has been lifted by a German court in an ongoing trial over several unrelated sexual offenses he is alleged to have committed in Portugal between ...
July 03
FILE - Christian B. arrives at the start of his trial, at Braunschweig district court, in Brunswick, Germany, on Feb. 16, 2024. An arrest warrant against a man who is also a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann has been lifted by a German court in an ongoing trial over several unrelated sexual offenses he is alleged to have committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017. However, the 47-year-old German, who has been identified by media as Christian Bruckner, will remain jailed because he is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in Germany for a rape he committed in Portugal in 2005. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)
July 03

Extremists attack a wedding ceremony in Mali and kill at least 21

Residents say an armed group attacked a wedding ceremony in central Mali and killed at least 21 people
July 03
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Italy appeals court upholds conviction of 2 Americans in death of policeman but reduces sentences

An Italian appeals court has upheld the convictions of two American men in the killing of an Italian plainclothes police officer during a botched sting operation but reduced their sentences
July 03
Andrea Varriale, top left, colleague of Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police officer Mario Cerciello Rega, and Paolo Cerciello Rega, his brother, attend the appeal trial of Gabriel Natale-Hjorth and Finnegan Lee Elder where they are accused of slaying the Carabinieri paramilitary police officer in Rome, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo/ Alessandra Tarantino)
July 03

EU commission approves Lufthansa purchase of long-troubled Italian airline ITA, with conditions

The European Commission has approved Lufthansa’s takeover of Italian airline ITA with conditions to protect competition
July 03
From left, ITA President Angelo Turicchi, Italian Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, and Lufthansa's CEO Carsten Spohr pose for a photo after a press conference where they explained the Lufthansa - ITA deal in Rome, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)
July 03

Israeli strike kills another senior Hezbollah commander as diplomats scramble for calm in Lebanon

An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon has killed a senior Hezbollah commander as tensions continue to boil
July 03
This picture released by Hezbollah media relations office, shows a portrait of Hezbollah commander Mohammad Naameh Nasser, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike that hit his car, in the southern costal town of Tyre, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. The strike took place as global diplomatic efforts have intensified in recent weeks to prevent escalating clashes between Hezbollah and the Israeli military from spiralling into an all-out war that could possibly lead to a direct confrontation between Israel and Iran. (Hezbollah Media Relations Office via AP)
July 03

The big bet on the UK election is not who will be prime minister

Britain's general election is a big event for political gamblers
July 03
Leon Blackman, Spokesperson for Oddschecker, displays a diagram to show how betting has changed over time at the general election, in London, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Britain's general election is a big event for political gamblers. Betting on Thursday's election is expected to generate tens of millions of pounds in bets though the biggest event is a bit of a snooze. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
July 03

AP PHOTOS: Voters will deliver judgment on Conservative government in UK national election

Voters in the United Kingdom will cast ballots in a national election on Thursday, passing judgment on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s 20 months in office — and the four Conservative prime ministers before him. Polls, commentators and politicians all suggest that the left-of-center opposition Labour Party has a strong lead over the Conservatives, who have been in power for 14 years.
July 03
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks at the Mercure Maidstone Great Danes Hotel while on the General Election campaign trail, in in Maidstone, England, Monday, June 24, 2024. United Kingdom voters will cast ballots in a national election Thursday, passing judgment on Sunak’s 20 months in office, and on the four Conservative prime ministers before him. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)
July 03

South African police find body of former high jump world champ Freitag, who was shot

Media reports say South African police have discovered the body of former high jump world champion Jacques Freitag after he went missing last month
July 03
FILE - Jacques Freitag of South Africa waves his national flag after he won the Men's high jump event at the World Athletics Championships, at the Stade de France in Saint Denis, north of Paris, Monday, Aug. 25, 2003. Local media is reporting that South African police have discovered the body of former high jump world champion Jacques Freitag after he went missing last month. The reports said the 42-year-old, who won the 2003 world title in Paris and competed at the 2004 Olympics, had been shot. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)
July 03

Russian missiles and drones strike eastern Ukraine's Dnipro in an attack that kills 5

Authorities say a Russian missile and drone attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro has killed five civilians and injured 47 others
July 03
In this photo released by the Dnipro Regional Administration, Ukrainian flag waves as smoke rises after Russia's missile attack in Dnipro, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (Dnipro Regional Administration via AP)
July 03

Tunisia sets elections for October. The increasingly authoritarian president hasn't said he'll run

Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian leader has scheduled the next presidential election for October without saying whether he will seek a second term
July 03
FILE - Supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied stage a demonstration on Avenue Habib Bourguiba in support of the president's measures and against foreign interference, in the capital Tunis, Sunday, May 19, 2024. Tunisia presidency says the North African country will hold its next presidential elections on Oct. 6. Its increasingly authoritarian President Kais Saied has yet to announce if he will seek a second term after five tumultuous years of leading Tunisia, once seen as a model of democracy for the Arab world. (AP Photo/Anis Mili, File)
July 03

Cancer-stricken Belarusian political prisoner is released after authoritarian president's promise

A prominent Belarusian opposition politician who is suffering from a severe form of cancer has been released from prison, three years after his arrest in the authoritarian country’s crackdown on dissent
July 03
FILE - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a joint statement with Russian President Vladimir Putin following talks at the Palace of Independence in Minsk, Belarus, on May 24, 2024. Lukashenko will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. as his nation becomes a full member of the group. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
July 03

New Dutch leader pledges to cut immigration; opposition vows to root out racists

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof is pledging to work hard at cutting immigration, one of his new goverment’s main aims
July 03
Prime Minister Dick Schoof arrives for a cabinet meeting of the new government in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. The Netherlands has a different prime minister for the first time in 14 years as Dutch King Willem-Alexander swore in the country’s new government Tuesday, more than seven months after elections dominated by a far-right, anti-Islam party. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
July 03

Thousands pay respects to renowned Albanian writer Ismail Kadare at his state funeral

Thousands of people have paid their last respects to Ismail Kadare in a state funeral in Tirana Wednesday, with a minute’s silence held nationwide in memory of the renowned Albanian novelist and poet who died earlier this week
July 03
FILE - Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare arrives at the Elysee Palace to receive the France's Legion d'Honneur medal by French President Francois Hollande, in Paris, on May 30, 2016. Renowned Albanian novelist Kadare has died after being rushed to a hospital in the Albanian capital, his publishing editor said on Monday. He was 88. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
July 03

Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage; even witnesses to such weddings will be punished

A bill that bans child marriage in Sierra Leone has been signed into law
July 03
July 03

The Latest | Israel kills a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon; group retaliates with rocket attacks

Israel killed a senior commander in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, the second top field leader killed in less than a month
July 03
Israeli police arrest a woman outside a shopping mall following a stabbing attack in Karmiel, northern Israel, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. One person was killed and one person wounded in a stabbing attack at a shopping mall in what Israeli police say was a terrorist attack. The police say the assailant was killed. They did not provide the name or nationality of the attacker. (AP Photo/Rami Shlush)
July 03

Sudan's RSF paramilitary group advances toward key humanitarian port

The conflict has triggered a hunger crisis, international organizations said.
July 03
People fleeing the town of Singa, the capital of Sudan's southeastern Sennar state, arrive in Gedaref in the east of the war-torn country on June 30, 2024.
July 03

Missing nuts and bolts caused last year's deadly construction elevator accident in Sweden

A construction elevator that killed five people when it collapsed last year in Stockholm was missing the bolts that were supposed to hold its mast together
July 03
FILE - Swedish police arrive at the site where a construction elevator crashed to the ground on a building site seriously injuring several people in Sundbyberg, north of Stockholm, Sweden, Monday Dec. 11, 2023. Missing screw and nut assemblies was the cause of a fatal accident last year when five people were killed inside a construction site elevator that crashed to the ground in Stockholm, authorities said Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency via AP, File)
July 03

Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades

A settlement tracking group says Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades
July 03
Mourners pray over the bodies wrapped with Islamic Jihad flags, of four Palestinians who were killed by an Israeli airstrike late Tuesday, during their funeral in the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams, near Tulkarem, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Palestinian health officials say four Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike in a refugee camp in the northern West Bank late Tuesday. Israel's military said an aircraft struck a group of militants who were planting explosives in Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)