Our daily trip around the world

🇨🇳🌕 China unveiled new spacesuits ahead of a planned Moon mission. The lightweight spacesuits are equipped with high-tech cameras, an operations console, and insulation to protect astronauts from the Moon’s rapid and extreme temperature shifts (from 250°F in daylight to -208°F at night). China is angling to become the second country to land astronauts on the Moon, with its first crewed mission scheduled to occur by 2030. The US is also planning to send astronauts to the lunar surface within a decade, with a targeted launch date of September 2026.

🇮🇱🇱🇧 Israel is launching targeted raids into Lebanon, potentially ahead of a ground invasion. Yesterday, Israel’s military said it had begun a “limited, localized” operation against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, but didn’t say how long it would last. Some analysts predict the move signals a larger Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon in the near future – but US officials currently believe Israel won’t escalate to a major invasion, per the New York Times. Separately, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees confirmed a top Hamas commander killed by an Israeli strike in Lebanon this week was one of its employees.

🇬🇧🏭 The UK becomes the first major world economy to stop burning coal for electricity. The UK permanently closed its last coal power station yesterday, ending the country’s 142-year streak of relying on the fossil fuel to produce electricity. The UK is now the 14th country – and first G7 member – to fully phase out the use of coal, which is widely considered the single most-damaging fossil fuel.