Leo Sands

• Middle East

Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched a lightning assault against pro-Assad forces in Aleppo. Here’s who else is fighting in Syria’s civil war.

• Science

The footprints are the first clear evidence that the two hominin species shared a habitat, raising questions about whether their interactions shaped human evolution.

• National

Susan Lorincz was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury in August after shooting Ajike Owens in the chest through a locked door in Ocala, Florida.

• Middle East conflict

Hussam Abu Safiya said earlier that Kamal Adwan Hospital had been attacked seven times in a day. Also, the body of missing rabbi Zvi Kogan was found in the UAE.

• Asia

The fire spread rapidly through makeshift homes in Manila’s Tondo district, an official said, displacing 1,000 families. “It’s like you lit up a box of matches.”

• Middle East conflict

Rabbi Zvi Kogan, 28, was living in Abu Dhabi with his wife as a representative of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.

• Style

Hayden, who voiced Bart Simpson’s nerdy sidekick Milhouse Van Houten, Jimbo Jones and others, said she is leaving the show to pursue other opportunities.

President Joe Biden agreed to provide antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine as Russian troops advance. The weapon is banned in over 160 countries.

• World

The Biden administration gave Ukraine permission to use the powerful guided-missile system inside Russian territory, reversing previous restrictions.