Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday that “Texas is in play” for Democrats in this year’s Senate race after state Attorney General Ken Paxton beat Sen. John Cornyn in last week’s Republican primary.

The conversation shifts to the Texas Senate primary, where Ken Paxton's victory sparks GOP money concerns, and the competitive general election.

Paxton, who got a last-minute endorsement from President Trump, defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican runoff for Senate in Texas on Tuesday.

Israeli troops are moving further into Lebanon after capturing a historic fortress, despite an ongoing ceasefire.

Israeli forces have captured a strategically important fortress from the Crusades, marking the country's deepest incursion into Lebanon in more than a quarter of a century.

An Israeli military spokesman on Sunday urged the majority of residents in southern Lebanon to move north of the Zahrani River, some 40 kilometres north of the Israeli border.