Hello. Today we keep monitoring the situation at Israel's northern border, parts of which have been declared a "closed military zone" by the country's forces. Israel told its US ally it was planning a limited ground incursion into neighbouring Lebanon to target Hezbollah. Three years after the Taliban overtook Afghanistan, my colleagues speak to officials defending the judicial reform they say is based on Sharia law - and to a woman who saw no choice but to flee the country after her divorce was annulled. Also in your newsletter: Coal, Mozart, and dinosaurs.

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Israel tells US it plans a limited ground incursion into Lebanon

Israel's defence minister said troops were prepared to use forces "from the air, sea, and land" to target Hezbollah. Credit: EPA

Israel has told the US it plans to launch a limited ground incursion into Lebanon as soon as Monday, a US official said. Israel's defence minister earlier implied the army was prepared to use forces "from the air, sea, and land" to target Hezbollah.

What have been the signs of an upcoming ground operation?

They have been building for several days. Israeli tanks have been massing close to the Lebanese border, reservists have been called up (still, in relatively small numbers) and Israel’s top general has told troops to prepare to operate inside Hezbollah strongholds. So far, there are no signs of Israeli armour crossing the border. But Israel clearly wants Hezbollah to think that a ground invasion is coming.

What's changed since the last ground war in 2006?

A lot. For a start, the Israeli military is a lot more capable and equipped with far better intelligence than it had when it went charging into south Lebanon 18 years ago. It is also facing an enemy that has just had most of its leadership assassinated, its communications sabotaged and large numbers of its weapons and ammo dumps destroyed by air strikes. But thousands of Hezbollah fighters remain, and they will likely retain some powerful and sophisticated weapons like Russian-made anti-tank missiles that can take on an Israeli Merkava IV tank.

What's the mood in Lebanon on Monday night?

The country faces a tense wait. Hezbollah's number two, Naim Qassem, made his first public speech since Nasrallah’s assassination. Fighters, he said, were ready to confront any ground invasion, and Israel would not achieve its goals. He was, unsurprisingly, defiant. Already exhausted, Lebanon fears what may come next. Hospitals are already under pressure with the sheer number of casualties from Israeli attacks, and an estimated one million people have already been displaced.

• The latest: Israel's military has declared parts of its northern border a "closed military zone". Follow our live page for more updates.

• Hezbollah's succession: After Hassan Nasrallah's death over the weekend, Hashem Safieddine is rumoured in Lebanese media as his potential successor. Here's more about him.

• Watch: Carine Torbey reports on the Israeli strike hitting the heart of Beirut which killed members of a Palestinian militant group.

THE BIG PICTURE

The end of the British coal era

The UK's last coal plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station near Nottingham, ends operations on Monday. Credit: PA Media

The UK was the birthplace of coal-powered electricity, when Thomas Edison built in 1882 the first plant using the fossil fuel synonymous with the industrial revolution. It is also the first major economy to give it up today, shutting its last power plant to end its 142-year reliance on the highly-polluting source of energy. 

• Afterlife: It's not clear yet what the last British coal power station will become. But one option for decommissioned plants is to turn them into battery storage sites. Here's how it works.

And finally... in Canada

The skull of a plant-eating dinosaur known as Big Sam has been unearthed near Grand Prairie in Northern Alberta. The 600lb (272kg) Pachyrinosaurus head is the biggest discovered in Pipestone Creek, believed to be one of North America's richest bone beds. Take a look.