Zero's Briefs

Foreign — Israeli raids in Nabatieh: 4 dead and 20 wounded — Lebanon’s Ministry of Health reported today 4 victims in the Nabatieh district: 2 in Nabatieh al-Fawqa and 2 women in Arab Salim. The provisional toll indicates 20 wounded, including women and 3 children. The Israeli army states that it launched the raids after Hezbollah fired 2 drones toward its soldiers in the security zone it says it patrols, Naharnet reports. Among the destroyed buildings is the Ghandour Hospital in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, a 4-story facility that had been out of operation since 2019 and housed operating rooms, diagnostic equipment and laboratories; the evacuation notice for Arab Salim had been issued at 6:00, according to L’Orient Today.

Europe — Spain extends checks on arrivals from Italy until September 22 — Spain’s Ministry of the Interior has extended by 15 days the checks on travelers arriving from Italy by air and sea, moving the deadline from September 7 to September 22, as Euronews reports on the Ministerio del Interior’s communication. The checks had been introduced on August 8 under order INT/846/2026; on the first day, August 9, 199 people had been checked across 12 flights at six airports, according to a Reuters dispatch. Italy has extended its own checks on arrivals from Spain until September 15; Minister Matteo Piantedosi communicated this to his counterpart Fernando Grande-Marlaska in a phone call, dpa reports.

News — Greece, F-4 Phantom crashes during an air show — The Greek air force reported that on September 5 at 14:55 an F-4E Phantom II from the 338th squadron crashed three nautical miles from the 114th Fighter Wing, during a low-altitude maneuver as part of the Athens Flying Week at Tanagra air base, according to the statement carried by UPI. Both crew members died; there were no injuries among the thousands of spectators. 85 firefighters and 11 firefighting aircraft responded to the blaze; organizers canceled the remaining events and the causes are under review by an air force commission, Euronews reports citing official sources and public broadcaster ERT.

News — Nepal, two people pulled out alive after ten days — An electrical worker trapped in a tunnel and a woman trapped in her own home were rescued yesterday, ten days after the flash floods. The reported death toll stands at least at 1,300, put at around 1,350 in subsequent updates, according to UPI on Nepalese authorities’ communications. The news currently comes from a single source; no independent confirmation available.

Italy — Rail strike from 21:18 Monday to 21:00 Tuesday — Trenitalia today updated its notice on the national rail workers’ strike, scheduled from 21:18 on September 7 to 21:00 on September 8, with possible cancellations and changes to long-distance and regional services, as indicated by the company’s traffic information notice. The action involves staff from Gruppo FS, Trenitalia, Trenitalia Tper and Trenord; the infrastructure manager’s notice also includes Italo, published by RFI. Guaranteed service bands are planned for regional trains on weekdays from 06:00 to 09:00 and from 18:00 to 21:00.

Cinema & Entertainment — Second Golden Lion for lifetime achievement goes to Ellen Burstyn — The Biennale has awarded the American actress the second Golden Lion for lifetime achievement of the 83rd Exhibition, with the presentation set for Monday, September 7; the first had gone to George Clooney at the opening ceremony on September 2, hosted by Greta Scarano and Nicolas Maupas, according to the Venice Biennale. Today in competition: “Ga-neung-han Sa-rang” by Lee Chang-dong, a South Korean production of 164 minutes, “Woman Unknown” by May El-Toukhy and “The Echo Chamber” by Andrea Pallaoro, alongside Wim Wenders’ 3D documentary on Peter Zumthor and a masterclass by Luc Besson, as indicated by the program.

Culture — Plain of Jars, copper-alloy bells and human remains — At the Unesco site in the Laotian province of Xieng Khouang, excavations have yielded copper-alloy bells, ceramic funerary vessels, teeth and bone fragments associated with the Iron Age stone jars, elements pointing to secondary burial practices: the dead would have been buried elsewhere and later transferred, Artribune reports. The site, added to the Unesco list in 2019, holds thousands of containers up to three meters tall, and the culture of origin has not yet been established with certainty, according to Arte Passante. This newspaper had written about it on August 30.