The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles, the State Department announced Tuesday.

Congress was notified of the impending sale, which includes more than 50 F-15 fighter jets, Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, or AMRAAMs, 120 mm tank ammunition and high explosive mortars and tactical vehicles and comes at a time of intense concern that Israel may become involved in a wider Middle East war.

Lebanese authorities have evacuated prisoners from police stations in Beirut’s southern suburbs and southern Lebanon to other parts of the country out of concerns about possible war with Israel, judicial and security officials said.

The officials say about 220 prisoners were moved. It comes amid concerns that the ongoing exchange of cross-border fire between Israeli troops and members of the Lebanon-based militant Hezbollah group might expand after Israel killed a top Hezbollah official last month. Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate.

Qatar will seek to convince Hamas to participate in Thursday’s peace talks over the war in Gaza, a U.S. State Department official said.

Hamas has so far declined to agree to take part in ceasefire negotiations, which take place amid fears that tensions between Israel and Iran could escalate following Israel’s killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh.

Palestinian militants have fired two rockets from the Gaza Strip and one of them landed in the sea off central Israel. The other projectile did not cross into Israeli territory, Israel's military said.

Hamas’ armed wing said it fired two rockets at Tel Aviv, located on the coast in central Israel.

Tropical Storm Ernesto battered the northeast Caribbean on Tuesday as it took aim at Puerto Rico, where officials shuttered schools and government agencies.

The storm was located about 300 miles (480 kilometers) east-southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday morning. It had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph) and was moving west at 18 mph (30 kph).

The Russian army is intensifying its attacks in eastern Ukraine, military authorities said Tuesday, even as the Kremlin's forces try to check a stunning weeklong incursion into Russia by Kyiv's troops.

Ukraine's General Staff said Tuesday that over the previous 24 hours Russian troops launched 52 assaults in the area of Pokrovsk, a town in Ukraine's Donetsk region that is close to the front line. That's roughly double the number of daily attacks there a week ago.

Global shares traded mostly higher Tuesday, as the Tokyo benchmark bounced back and calmed after last week's plunge.

France's CAC 40 edged up nearly 0.2% in early trading to 7,263.55, while Germany's DAX rose 0.3% to 17,778.44. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.1% to 8,201.62. U.S. shares were set to drift higher with Dow futures rising 0.3% to 39,593.00. S&P 500 futures added 0.4% to 5,391.75.

The Premier League rarely stands still.

For the 2024-25 season starting on Friday, there are five newly hired managers, around $1.6 billion worth of new players (and counting), new offside technology, updated financial regulations and a tweaked match schedule.

Argentina striker Julian Alvarez joined Atletico Madrid from Manchester City in a deal reportedly worth more than $103 million on Monday, ending his trophy-laden two-year spell at the English champions.

City manager Pep Guardiola said last week that Alvarez told him he wanted to leave for a new challenge.

A look at five young players who could break through in the Premier League this season:

JAMES McATEE (Manchester City)