🗺️ Axios PM: Mapping war damage

Plus: 💍 Hot new wedding gift | Friday, November 03, 2023

Open in app View in browser   Presented By Citi   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Nov 03, 2023 Happy Friday afternoon! Today's newsletter, edited by Sam Baker, is 414 words, a 2-min. read. Thanks to Carlos Cunha for the copy edit.     1 big thing: Mapping Israeli strikes Data: Damage analysis of Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite data by Corey Scher of CUNY Graduate Center and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University. Map: Will Chase/Axios At least a quarter of buildings in northern Gaza have been damaged or destroyed by Israeli strikes, Axios' Will Chase reports from a new analysis of satellite data. The analysis shows that Israel continues to strike southern Gaza, including areas along the main evacuation routes, even after urging civilians from the north to relocate there. Israeli strikes have leveled many homes and residential buildings throughout the entire Gaza Strip. Mosques and hospitals have also been damaged in the blitz. Israel has ordered more than 1.1 million people living in the northern part of the Strip to move south of Wadi Gaza. Hundreds of thousands heeded the order, but many remained, saying there's no safe place to go. Share this story.     2. Hot new wedding gift: Houses! Illustration: Maura Losch/Axios   With the cost of buying a home at historic highs, more couples are asking for help with a down payment as a wedding gift, Axios' Shauneen Miranda writes. 🏡 By the numbers: The share of couples who include "home funds" in their wedding registry has increased by 55% since 2018, according to the wedding planning and registry website The Knot. Nearly a fifth of couples who registered on the website are asking for help on a down payment for their first home, The Knot and Zillow Home Loans found. Go deeper.     A message from Citi Generative AI is at an inflection point     With AI-driven natural language processing (NLP) tools being integrated into search engines and the internet, generative AI could transform the business model of search and how we access content online. Explore in the Citi GPS Report, Generative AI.     3. Catch me up Photo: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images) 📚 Britney Spears' memoir, "The Woman in Me," sold 1.1 million copies in the U.S. in its first week. Get the details. 🏛️ A former Trump-appointed State Department official, Federico Klein, was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for assaulting police during the Jan. 6 riot, Axios' Sareen Habeshian reports. ⚖️ After testifying in New York, Eric Trump claimed to be "collateral damage" in the "witch hunt" against his father, Axios' Erin Doherty reports.     4. 🎸 Rock Hall of Fame gets more diverse Missy Elliott, George Michael and Wilie Nelson were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame today. Photos: AP The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will induct four prominent women in New York tonight — including the hall's first female hip-hop artist, Missy Elliot. But the organization has a lot of catching up to do, an Axios Visuals analysis found. 🧮 By the numbers: Since 1986, 269 male artists and 43 female artists have been nominated for the Hall of Fame's performer category. Women typically wait longer to make it into the Hall of Fame once they're inducted. Van Morrison, for example, made it in as soon as he was eligible. Joni Mitchell had to be nominated three times. Explore the data analysis.     A message from Citi Vertical farming uses 99% less land than conventional farming     The UN predicts that food production must increase by 70% by 2050 to feed the world. Vertical farming, where crops are grown indoors in stacked layers, could help. Explore this and other concepts in the Citi GPS Report, Disruptive Innovations IX.   Are you a fan of this email format? Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. Axios HQ, a powerful platform, will help you do it.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. To stop receiving this newsletter, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: