1. The Chinese military has mobilized to start massive military drills in waters surrounding Taiwan as a warning against Taiwanese pro-independence forces. China’s Eastern Theater Command announced on Monday morning that the drills will be conducted in the Taiwan Strait, as well as in the waters to the north, south and east of Taiwan. The command oversees the East China Sea, including Taiwan, among other regions. The areas of the drills nearly encircle Taiwan. 2. US President Joe Biden has congratulated Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization representing survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for winning this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Biden says, “On behalf of the United States, I congratulate them on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their historic work to ensure that nuclear weapons are never used again.”
3. The Israeli military says drone attacks by the Lebanon-based Shia Muslim group Hezbollah killed four of its soldiers. Local media say 60 others were wounded. The attack by drones on Sunday night struck a military base in Binyamina, about 30 kilometers south of Haifa in northern Israel.
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