Morning news brief: US State Department announces five additions to global terrorist list and more

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You can alsoread aboutBrazil's President Bolsonaro abusing top judge andIsrael striking Hamas sites in Gaza in response to fire balloons. Also check out a report, which saysknife attacker on Tokyo commuter train wanted to kill 'happy women'.

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The State Department announced the addition of five alleged Islamist militants to its Specially Designated Global Terrorist list, requiring the blocking of any ownership or interests in USproperties they hold.The designations also expose to possible USsanctions individuals or foreign financial institutions who engage in certain transactions with the five.

Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro ignored calls to drop his feud with the Supreme Court and abused one of its justicesamid rising tensions over his unfounded claims the nation's voting system is vulnerable to fraud. Speaking to supporters, he insulted Luis Roberto Barroso, the top court justice who also heads the Supreme Electoral Court.

Israeli aircraft bombed Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave, Israel's military said.There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the strike that targeted what the military said was a rocket launching site and a compound belonging to Hamas.

The man alleged to have wounded 10 people in a knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train told police he became incensed when he saw women who "looked happy" and wanted to kill them, Japanese media reported. Police arrested the 36-year-old man in another part of Tokyo after he slashed and stabbed people in the attack on a train.

Much of the surge is concentrated in the southeastern state ofFlorida, where some school districts are defying an order by the Republican governor forbidding mask mandates, in the latest political twist in the health crisis.

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