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Socialist New York City mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani reaffirmed on Sunday his intention to raise property taxes in what he described as “richer and whiter neighborhoods,” maintaining that billionaires should not exist in society.
Mamdani, labeled by one wealthy opponent as “the Fidel Castro of New York,” defended his tax-the-wealthy platform as not racially motivated—even as it focuses on white homeowners in particular areas.
“That is just a description of what we see right now. It’s not driven by race. It’s more of an assessment of what neighborhoods are being under-taxed versus over-taxed,” Mamdani told NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”

Recent satellite images reveal ongoing activity and fresh evidence of significant damage at Iran’s underground Fordow uranium enrichment facility following last week’s Israeli and U.S. airstrikes. The site was struck by Israeli forces on June 23, just one day after the U.S. conducted airstrikes using bunker-buster bombs. High-resolution imagery from Maxar Technologies shows an excavator and several personnel near the northern shaft on the ridge above the underground complex. A crane is also seen operating at the entrance to the shaft, with multiple vehicles parked along an access path built to reach the site. Maxar’s photos also show the complete destruction of a facility north of the main compound, surrounded by impact craters and a cloud of dust.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel on Sunday of deliberately sabotaging international efforts to bring about a ceasefire and end the ongoing war in Gaza. His comments were conveyed to the United States in an official message, expressing frustration with what he described as Israel’s escalating military actions.
According to a statement from Abbas’s spokesman, the Palestinian leader issued a warning regarding what he called an Israeli “threat” to evacuate additional residents from Gaza. Abbas claimed this was a precursor to “a new and destructive military operation.”

In the aftermath of twelve harrowing days of war, many voices encourage us to be gentle with ourselves, to ease slowly back into routine. But perhaps that isn’t the point at all. As a people — Am Yisrael — we witnessed nissim. The entire world saw them. The numbers, the outcomes, they defy logic. An enemy with an arsenal nearly matching our entire country, one that could have crushed us in an instant, did not. Our lives were shaken: schools shuttered, travel paralyzed, families huddled in safe rooms. Plans were upended without warning. But is the message of those days simply to pick up where we left off? It is like a woman who endures a long, high-risk pregnancy. There are sleepless nights, frightening medical opinions, whispered tefillos. Then, she delivers a healthy child.

Famed investor Warren Buffett is donating $6 billion worth of his company’s stock to five foundations, bringing the total he has given to them since 2006 to roughly $60 billion, based on their value when received. Buffett said late Friday that the shares of Berkshire Hathaway will be delivered on Monday. Berkshire Hathaway owns Geico, Dairy Queen and a range of other businesses, and Buffett is donating nearly 12.4 million of the Class B shares of its stock. Those shares have a lower and easier-to-digest price tag than the company’s original Class A shares, and each of the B shares was worth $485.68 at their most recent close on Friday. The largest tranche is going to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, which will receive 9.4 million shares.

The British government acknowledged Saturday that the incoming chief of MI6, Blaise Metreweli, had a paternal grandfather who was a Nazi spy known for his brutal wartime collaboration — but stressed that Metreweli had no personal connection to him. Metreweli, who is set to become the first woman to lead the Secret Intelligence Service on October 1, was revealed earlier this week to be the granddaughter of Constantine Dobrowolski, a Ukrainian who defected from the Red Army during World War II and became a key Nazi informant in occupied Ukraine. According to archival documents uncovered in Freiburg, Germany, and reported by the Daily Mail, Dobrowolski was known to Nazi commanders as “The Butcher” or “Agent No.

On Sunday evening, the Mossad posted a message on its official X account, taking aim at several high-ranking Iranian officials: IRGC Commander Mohammad Pakpour, Iran’s military chief Abdolrahim Mousavi, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
The Israeli intelligence agency wrote that it “conducted a thorough review of the page’s followers and was not surprised to find that the honorable gentlemen Pakpour, Mousavi, and Araghchi are among our most loyal viewers.”
The post also pointed out that these officials make efforts to conceal their activity. “Of course, they use their ‘secondary’ phones, and two of them even utilize private internet connections.”
The message continued with a tongue-in-cheek remark: “As a token of appreciation, we are also following them.”

Chrysler is voluntarily recalling some of its 2022-2025 Pacifica and Voyager vehicles to replace their side curtain airbags, if needed. The recall potentially affects 250,651 vehicles, and it’s because some side curtain airbags may not hold enough pressure during deployment to limit the risk for passengers during certain types of crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The administration said it’s due to improperly sealed seams, and dealers will inspect and replace the side curtain airbags, as necessary, free of charge. Chrysler’s parent company said it’s not aware of any related injuries or accidents, but it’s urging customers to follow the instructions on their recall notices. (AP)