| The three parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's ruling coalition are likely to end up the biggest losers in Sunday's elections in the eastern regions of Saxony and Thuringia, a worrying outcome for them with the next national vote due in just over a year. The far-right Alternative for Germany could become the strongest party in both regions and a new far-left movement, which also wants to curb immigration, is expected to perform strongly as well, highlighting how the political center is crumbling in some areas of Europe's biggest economy. International concern is growing over the spread of violence from Israel's large military operation in the occupied West Bank mounted in parallel to the almost 11-month-old war with Hamas in Gaza, another Palestinian territory. Israel also remains in a tense standoff with Lebanon-based Hezbollah, the most powerful of Iran's allied militia groups.  An Israeli raid in the Nur Shams Palestinian refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday. Photographer: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes' clash with Elon Musk spread across the billionaire's companies as the judge vowed to shut down X and blocked Starlink bank accounts as part of his campaign to combat fake news and hate speech. Musk and right-wingers including former President Jair Bolsonaro say Moraes is overstepping his bounds and undermining free expression in Latin America's largest economy. African vaccine manufacturers are preparing to make mpox shots as a lethal outbreak of the disease spreads across the continent. Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is working to ensure that it avoids mistakes that cost lives during the Covid-19 pandemic, starting with the slow acquisition of immunizations. While the continent has dealt with mpox since the 1970s, it didn't receive vaccines for an outbreak in 2022 as the infectious illness moved around the world. Coffee cargoes are flooding the European Union as traders stock up on beans ahead of new environmental rules that kick in at the end of the year. The EU's Deforestation Regulation will require importers into the bloc to prove that commodities such as coffee, beef, cocoa and timber don't contribute to destroying forest land. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy proposed holding a summit aimed at ending the war with Russia in India during a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, sources say. Iranian-backed Houthi militants released footage showing masked individuals boarding and setting off bombs on the Sounion, the Greek-flagged tanker that is awaiting salvage after being attacked in the Red Sea. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. pushed for deeper security and economic ties with Vietnam during a visit by its defense chief to Manila, as the two Southeast Asian nations contend with lingering tensions with China. Typhoon Shanshan, which struck southern Japan this week with heavy rain and strong winds, was likely intensified by climate change, according to a study from Imperial College London. | 
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