Conditions rapidly deteriorated in the southeastern Bahamas early Wednesday as Hurricane Irene approached on a path that will rake the island chain before heading toward the United States, the National Hurricane Center said.

Israeli warplanes struck several times Wednesday and early Thursday along the country’s border with Gaza, killing three people and wounding several others, medical sources told CNN.

Durham’s attempt to regain the County Championship that they won in 2008 and 2009 may not be over but it has grown significantly more difficult after Nottinghamshire, sent them home with a third defeat in four matches

Steven Davies hit his first century of the season to keep Surrey in control on the second day of the Division Two clash against bottom-of-the-table Leicestershire at Grace Road