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he nightmare continues. One year on from the horror of the 7 October massacre and the inhumane seizure of hostages, more than 40,000 lives have been destroyed after relentless bombing, war continues to spread to the wider Middle East and a ceasefire seems as far away as ever. And, yet, amid the rubble and the shattered dreams of peace, we must still look for signs of hope.

A detailed plan for a two-state solution lies gathering dust. Moving it forward will require a globally coordinated effort not just in word but in deed. Most immediately, we need to step up our efforts for a ceasefire and intensify the pressure for the release of hostages. And while today hearts are broken, our promise that we will do everything in our power to support reconstruction must be unbreakable. We may feel akin to watchers on the shore, but we must also think ahead to a time when the guns fall silent, and so we should not delay to plan for and prepare the unprecedented support required for those who have known nothing but suffering, but for whom nothing better is on offer: Gaza’s 1 million children.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 rattled the Inland Empire early Sunday morning, shaking homes and businesses and waking residents across the region.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck at 3:51 a.m. in Ontario. The epicenter was just south of Highway 60 near the Ontario International Airport, at a depth of three miles.

There were no reports of significant damage or injuries.

The quake was initially recorded as magnitude 4.3 but gradually downgraded to 4.0. According to the Geological Survey, it was followed by several small aftershocks, the strongest of which was 2.5.

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Hurricane Milton is rapidly intensifying.

On Sunday, forecasters upgraded Milton from a tropical storm to a hurricane a day earlier than anticipated. Hours later, Milton — which was projected to make landfall in Florida with Category 3 strength — is now expected to strengthen to a "major" Category 4 storm within the next two days.

The hurricane was churning in the Gulf of Mexico — about 780 miles away from Tampa — with sustained winds of 85 miles per hour, as of Sunday 8 p.m. ET.

Milton is forecast to make landfall Wednesday on the west coast of the Florida peninsula, anywhere from north of Tampa to south of Fort Myers on Florida's Gulf Coast. By then, it is anticipated to grow into a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 145 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene left a devastating and deadly trail across the Southeast, another storm is forecast to reach Florida next week — bringing threats of heavy rain, strong winds and flash flooding to the already-storm battered state.

The National Weather Service said Saturday that a tropical storm, named Milton, has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm is heading toward the west coast of the Florida Peninsula. It is forecast to strengthen rapidly into a hurricane on Sunday night and become a major hurricane as it approaches the Florida coast, according to a 5 p.m. ET update from the NWS.

Forecasters said the storm is expected to bring potentially life-threatening storm conditions, including storm surge and strong winds, starting late Tuesday or Wednesday. Meanwhile, some parts of Florida will be drenched by heavy rainfall as soon as Sunday or Monday.

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Hurricane Kirk was a Category 4 major hurricane on Thursday, and waves from the system could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions this weekend along the U.S. East Coast as well as in Bermuda, the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas, forecasters said.

Kirk was located in the central Atlantic Ocean and could strengthen even more over the next day or so, but was expected to remain away from land, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Swells generated by Kirk were expected to reach portions of the Leeward Islands on Friday, Bermuda and the Greater Antilles on Saturday, and the East Coast and the Bahamas on Sunday, the center said.

When the coal-fired turbines at this sprawling power plant north of London went silent this week, the skies above its eight giant steam stacks finally cleared — and Britain became the world’s first major economy to quit coal power.

It’s a milestone for the country that was first to harness the dirty fuel, in the 19th century. Coal powered the Industrial Revolution and the expansion of the British Empire. At the height of its reliance on coal, in the 1950s, about 96% of the United Kingdom’s electricity came from burning it.

That fell to zero Monday evening, when the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power plant, in the English Midlands, shut off its turbines after 57 years. It was the country’s last coal-fired plant.

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