Start your week smart: One year of war, Helene recovery, new tropical storm, port strike deal, gas emissions

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• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country faces war on seven fronts and called them the “enemies of civilization.” Heavy Israeli airstrikes pounded southern Beirut overnight, with the military saying it was targeting Hezbollah. Follow live updates.
• A week after Hurricane Helene roared through, the smell of death overpowers the cool mountain air over the isolated twisting roads of devastated rural western North Carolina. Buncombe County has reported at least 72 deaths, the most in the state. Here’s how you can help.
• Communities in Florida are being urged to prepare for a potential Category 3 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico just days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in the state. Tropical Storm Milton is expected to intensify quickly.
• The deal that ended a strike by 50,000 port workers has a lot of winners and few if any losers. The agreement only covers wages, not other contract provisions, but the union returned to work Friday after a three-day stoppage while those other details are negotiated.
• The Supreme Court let stand Biden administration rules that would cut emissions of the planet-warming gas methane as well as mercury in a rare win for an environmental regulation pending before the conservative high court.

Monday
October 7 marks one year since the Hamas-led assault in southern Israel when militants killed 1,200 people and took more than 250 people hostage, leading to Israel’s war in Gaza and strikes in Lebanon.

CBS News will air its “60 Minutes” election special, but only one presidential candidate will be featured after former President Donald Trump backed out of a previously scheduled interview. Trump had committed to the interview first, followed by Vice President Kamala Harris, through campaign spokespeople, CBS said. CBS disclosed Trump’s change of plans a few hours before the network hosted a vice presidential debate between Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz last week.

And the first Monday in October means the Supreme Court begins a new term with new disputes dealing with discrimination, the storage of spent nuclear fuel and DNA testing for a death row inmate. The court also will decide whether a federal law prevents Mexico from suing gun distributors for allegedly facilitating the flow of firearms to drug cartels.

Tuesday
In what’s shaping up to be the retailing equivalent of a hip-hop rivalry, Amazon kicks off Prime Big Deal Days just after midnight on the West Coast, while rival Walmart launches its first Holiday Deals event for Walmart+ members at midnight on the East Coast.

Wendy’s will begin selling a special meal in honor of the 25th anniversary of the “SpongeBob SquarePants” animated TV series. The menu items, which will be available for a limited time, include a “Krabby Patty Kollab” cheeseburger and a “Pineapple Under the Sea” Frosty at its US and Canadian restaurants. (Editor’s note: No actual “krabs” will be harmed in the making of the meal. It’s just a regular cheeseburger but with an additional slice of cheese and a “top-secret” Krabby Kollab sauce, Wendy’s says.)

Thursday
Elon Musk is set to unveil Tesla’s autonomous robotaxi. Tesla has dubbed the event in Los Angeles “We, Robot” — a play on Isaac Asimov’s collection of science fiction short stories.

Friday
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner will be announced. In 2023, the prize was given to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all,” the Nobel Committee announced last year.

One Thing: 🎧 October 7th’s shadow
In today’s “One Thing” podcast, CNN’s Nic Robertson joins us from Tel Aviv to reflect on how the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel laid the groundwork for the escalating tensions we are seeing across the Middle East today. Listen here.

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Debris is seen in Asheville, North Carolina, on Monday, September 30. Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage there.

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Republican JD Vance, left, and Democrat Tim Walz take part in a vice presidential debate at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York on Tuesday, October 1. The matchup between Vance, the 40-year-old Ohio senator, and Walz, the 60-year-old Minnesota governor, took place in New York without a live audience.

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A union worker signs in Tuesday, October 1, at the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal complex in New Jersey. Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association went on strike Tuesday against the nation’s East and Gulf Coast ports, choking off the flow of many of America’s imports and exports. A tentative deal has been reached to end the strike, the union announced Thursday evening.

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, at center wearing the sash, is congratulated at her inauguration in Mexico City on Tuesday, October 1. She is the country’s first female president.

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The moon moves across the sun during an annular solar eclipse seen from the southeastern Pacific territory of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, on Wednesday, October 2. The eclipse was seen in parts of South America on Wednesday, creating a blazing “ring of fire” in the sky.

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Children react following an Israeli airstrike that killed at least 15 people at the Al-Faluja school, which had been serving as a shelter for displaced civilians in northern Gaza, according to the Gaza Civil Defense Authority. The Israel Defense Forces alleged that the school was being used as “a command and control center” by Hamas.

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People near the Greek village of Kallithea watch flames rise from a nearby wildfire on Sunday, September 29.

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The New York Mets celebrate in the locker room after clinching a playoff berth with a win in Atlanta on Monday, September 30.

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A woman cares for her newborn daughter, Fatima, in Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square after fleeing Israeli airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Dahiyeh on Sunday, September 29. An eerie calm fell over the Lebanese capital hours after Israeli warplanes pummeled its southern suburbs, Hezbollah’s seat of power where hundreds of thousands of civilians live.

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Racing’s Gastón Martirena, at center left in the blue and white stripes, scores his team’s fourth goal in a 4-1 victory over Athletico Paranaense on Thursday, September 26. With the win, the Argentine side advanced to the semifinals of the Copa Sudamericana.

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Former President Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, arrives in Valdosta, Georgia, to visit areas affected by Hurricane Helene on Monday, September 30.

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This aerial photo shows a sandbank on the bed of the Rio Negro in Novo Airão, Brazil, on Tuesday, October 1. Brazil is currently enduring its worst drought since records began in 1950, according to Cemaden, the country’s natural disaster monitoring center. The Rio Negro, one of the Amazon River’s biggest tributaries, is at record lows for this time of year near the city of Manaus.

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The Baltimore Orioles’ Heston Kjerstad runs the bases after hitting a solo home run against Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Randy Dobnak during a game in Minneapolis on Sunday, September 29.

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Cassandra Randall, right, is hugged by Jessica Downey inside a Maddie’s Market after Hurricane Helene flooded the grocery store in Steinhatchee, Florida, on Friday, September 27. Randall’s mother-in-law manages the store.

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Chinese flags are hung in a residential building in Hong Kong to mark the 75th National Day of the People’s Republic of China on Tuesday, October 1.

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President Joe Biden attends a White House ceremony celebrating the US Olympic and Paralympic teams on Monday, September 30.

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Pope Francis holds a cross during Mass at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, on Sunday, September 29.

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Friends help Sam Soughail, third from left, clear out his Casablanca Cigar Bar in Asheville, North Carolina, on Tuesday, October 1. The business was damaged by Hurricane Helene.

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People watch the annular solar eclipse at the Tahai Ceremonial Complex on Easter Island, which is in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, on Wednesday, October 2.

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Alabama’s Zabien Brown (No. 2) celebrates with teammates after a late interception that sealed the team’s 41-34 victory over Georgia on Saturday, September 28. With the win, Alabama moved to No. 1 in the Associated Press poll.

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Young Palestinians in Ramallah, West Bank, inspect a fallen projectile on Tuesday, October 1, after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel in response to the killings of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other Iran-backed militants. The Israel Defense Forces said it intercepted many of the missiles, but some landed on the ground in Israel and the occupied West Bank.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams attends a news conference in the City Hall rotunda on Tuesday, October 1. Last week, Adams pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges after prosecutors accused him of using his power and influence to garner free trips, luxury hotel stays and questionable campaign donations.

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Bishops attend a Mass led by Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday, October 2.

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Margaret Jagdfeld, 4, covers her ears as alumni of Mankato West High School, where vice presidential candidate Tim Walz formerly taught, cheer for Walz at a debate watch party in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Tuesday, October 1.

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Smoke billows from a fire at the BioLab facility in Conyers, Georgia, on Sunday, September 29. The fire caused a chemical reaction that prompted 17,000 people to evacuate the area around the plant. Air quality surveys conducted by state and federal agencies “revealed the harmful irritant chlorine” coming from the facility, county officials said in a news release Monday morning.

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Police in Lisbon, Portugal, detain a woman that was protesting Sunday, September 29, against a demonstration called by the far-right party Chega against “uncontrolled immigration.”

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This aerial photo, taken on Sunday, September 29, shows farmers collecting water lilies in Uttar Satla, a Bangladeshi village.

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A man sits inside a concrete pipe meant for municipal use after his shelter was swept away by flooding in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, October 1.

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People hold portraits and sing Ukraine’s national anthem as they commemorate the country’s Defenders Day in the capital of Kyiv on Tuesday, October 1. The holiday honors the country’s veterans and war dead. The observance has held particular importance in the last two years given Russia’s invasion.

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Children are silhouetted against the sky at sunset as they walk in Shawnee Mission Park in Shawnee, Kansas, on Thursday, September 26.

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Oakland Athletics pitcher Michel Otañez takes dirt from the pitcher’s mound after the final game played at the Oakland Coliseum on Thursday, September 26. The team is moving after 57 seasons. It will be relocating to West Sacramento, California, next season, before a permanent move to Las Vegas.

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TV and streaming
“Have I Got News for You” delivers comic observations from the satirical to the surreal through the lens of a new quiz show. Hosted by Emmy nominee Roy Wood Jr. and with acclaimed comedians Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black serving as team captains, the series serves up a smart take on the news of the week through games that test panelists’ knowledge of current events. You can watch “Have I Got News for You” on Saturdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CNN and again on Sundays on Max. (Max and CNN are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.)

In theaters
It might seem crazy what I’m about to say … but a new movie called “Piece by Piece” tells the story of musician Pharrell Williams’ life with Lego pieces. It opens on Friday.

“The Apprentice” follows a young Donald Trump as he builds his real-estate business in 1970s and ’80s New York with the helping hand of infamous lawyer Roy Cohn. Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong star as Trump and Cohn.

At 11:30 p.m. on October 11, 1975, the first episode of “Saturday Night Live” aired on NBC. “Saturday Night” recounts the final 90 minutes of chaos behind the scenes leading up to that first broadcast. “Saturday Night” also opens on Friday, which happens to be October 11.

At a glance …
In the baseball playoffs, the Yankees and Guardians won their American League Division Series openers. Over in the National League, the Mets and Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in their respective series.

In the WNBA playoffs, the Las Vegas Aces staved off elimination and kept their three-peat hopes alive with a win against the New York Liberty. Meanwhile, the Minnesota Lynx face the Connecticut Sun in Game 4 of their semifinal series today.

It’s already Week 5 of the NFL season! Here are five things to know.

The puck drops on a new NHL season on Tuesday. Opening day will feature a trio of matchups: St. Louis at Seattle, Boston at Florida and Chicago at Utah.

For more of your favorite sports, head on over to CNN Sports as well as Bleacher Report, which — like CNN — is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.

Looking for a challenge to start your week? Take CNN’s news quiz to see how much you remember from the week that was! So far, 47% of fellow quiz fans have gotten eight or more questions right. How will you fare?

‘Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down’
Singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson passed away last week at the age of 88. Over a career that spanned five decades, the Grammy-winning country music artist wrote several classics, including “Help Me Make it Through the Night,” “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down.” (Click here to view)