An excerpt from a new book shortly to be published by Michael Cohen, former lawyer to US President Donald Trump, describes how Trump demanded that his "fixers" played with data in order to boost his financial status, as quoted by NBC. "Mr Trump wanted to be higher in the Forbes 500 list," Cohen writes, "and the way to do that – he would just come up with a number. He"d say, "I"m worth $8bn," "I"m worth $10bn," and our job was then to take the assets and to figure how you"re going to back that $10bn number that he wants to be."

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and senior figures from the Health Ministry have entered isolation, after being exposed to a confirmed coronavirus carrier.Those entering isolation in addition to Edelstein include: Deputy Health Minister MK Yoav Kish director-general of the Health Ministry Prof. Hezi Levy head of the Minister's headquarters Kobi Tzoref the Health Ministry's legal adviser, attorney Uri Shwartz Prof. Ran Blitzer General (Res.) Ronni Numa, the Health Ministry's liaison to the haredi community.

A man aged around 60 has died after being attacked by a great white shark while surfing off Australia's Gold Coast, Newsweek reports.He was found floating face-down, and attempts to save his life failed due to the extent of the injuries to his leg."It was a pretty severe attack and the ambulance and paramedics were here and did what they could, but it was to no avail," Chief Lifeguard Warren Young said told ABC News.

Due to the Ingoing heatwave experienced in virtually all parts of the country, the Parks and Nature Authority has announced that hiking trails in the Judean Desert will remain closed for the time being.

The UK government's response to the coronavirus pandemic is likely to have cost the country around £210bn ($273bn) from January, 2020 up until the beginning of August, The Guardian reports, citing an official civil service source.This is equivalent to almost a quarter of the government's yearly budget for public services, welfare payments, and infrastructure investment.

Video-sharing site TikTok has come under attack for failing to remove footage showing a man committing suicide, the BBC reports.The clip originated in Facebook and has also appeared In Twitter and Instagram.Facebook told the BBC that, "We removed the original video from Facebook last month, In the day it was streamed."One parent, whose daughter was traumatized after watching the clip, unaware of its content, said that it had appeared within the recommended clips In TikTok's "For You" section.

US official says progress has been made in efforts to negotiate maritime borders between Israel and Lebanon.

Even if State allows Temple Mount ascent In Shabbat, blowing shofar and taking lulav In Shabbat are forbidden, Rabbi Dov Lior rules.