Assassination

The trial had been scheduled to begin on September 8. Mangione, who pleaded guilty last week to separate federal charges, has pleaded not guilty to the state charges.

The unclaimed attacks have not been linked, but they come as rival power centers compete for influence and the US seeks to reunify Libya’s divided institutions.

The US intelligence community has long assessed that Iran wants to retaliate for Trump’s killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in 2020.

Calls to free Yigal Amir cross a fundamental democratic line. Israel must never rehabilitate the man who tried to determine its future through murder.

A well-known lawyer in his 50s was shot dead in his office near Rishon Lezion's Golden Mall in an apparent targeted killing, as police launched a search for the suspect and opened an investigation.

He also shot and wounded state Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette at their home a few miles away.

Prosecutors say Muhammad Awad repeatedly tried to contact Hamas, researched explosives, and considered using a drone or guided missile to attack National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

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"What the Iranians are saying and doing is nothing that they haven't been doing for 47 years," Huckabee explained. "This is a longstanding 'death to America' chant they've had."

The defendants allegedly planned to murder US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, US officials, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, billionaire Elon Musk and "other high value targets."