Hollywood director Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were found dead in their Brentwood, Los Angeles, home on Sunday, with their throats slit, according to multiple sources. Their 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, has been arrested and booked for felony murder in connection with the double homicide, which police are investigating as a possible domestic incident following an argument.

The Los Angeles Fire Department was called to the residence at approximately 3:30 PM, where they discovered the victims, and the Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery Homicide Division has taken over the investigation.

The couple’s daughter Romy, who lives across the street, is reported to have discovered the bodies. According to sources, she told police that a family member should be considered a suspect due to being “dangerous,” and police are questioning an unnamed family member.

Dispatch audio from the scene reveals Los Angeles Police Department(LAPD) called for backup at the Brentwood mansion around 3:30 PM.

Nick has previously spoken publicly about his struggles with drug addiction, which began in his early teens and led to periods of homelessness. He is in custody and being held without bail.

The investigation is ongoing.

Reiner, known for directing iconic films such as This Is Spinal Tap, Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally…, Misery, and A Few Good Men, had a long and celebrated career in Hollywood.

The 78-year-old was previously married to actress Penny Marshall, with whom he had a daughter, Tracy, whom they adopted. He married Michele Singer Reiner in 1989 after meeting on the set of When Harry Met Sally…; they had three children: Jake, Nick, and Romy.

Michele Reiner was a photographer and producer who worked on several of her husband’s projects, including Spinal Tap II: The End Continues and the 2023 documentary Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, and was an executive producer on the upcoming series *Wind River: Rising.

Tributes poured in from several Hollywood celebrities, and politicians.

In a provocative Truth Social post Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote that Reiner died “…reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS... He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!”

The post drew bipartisan criticisms on social media. However the president doubled down while speaking to reporters in the White House.

"I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a DERANGED person, as far as Trump is concerned," Trump said. "He knew it was false - that I was a friend of Russia, controlled by Russia. The Russia hoax - he was one of the people behind it. He hurt himself career-wise... He became deranged - Trump Derangement Syndrome. I was not a fan of Rob Reiner. At all. In any way, shape, or form. I thought he was very bad for our country."

Two Iowa National Guard soldiers and one U.S. civilian interpreter were killed in a terrorist attack in Palmyra, Syria, on December 13, 2025, by a lone gunman suspected to be affiliated with ISIS. The attack occurred during a key leader engagement as part of ongoing counterterrorism operations in the region, and the gunman was killed during the incident.

The attack took place near Palmyra, a historically significant site in central Syria, during a meeting aimed at expanding security cooperation between U.S. and Syrian forces.

The gunman, identified as a member of Syria’s internal security forces, was reportedly under evaluation for extremist views and was set to be fired the following day; authorities are investigating whether he was a direct ISIS member or merely espoused the group’s ideology.

Meskwaki Nation Police Chief Jeffrey Bunn confirmed that his son, Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, was one of the two Iowa National Guard members killed. The identities of the victims including Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25, were not officially released until after next of kin were notified, but the Pentagon confirmed the deaths of two soldiers and one civilian interpreter. Three other U.S. soldiers were injured, two in critical but stable condition, and one with a superficial injury.

The U.S. military emphasized that the soldiers were carrying out their mission with courage and professionalism, and the attack has prompted a renewed focus on security cooperation with Syria’s new government.

President Donald Trump vowed "very serious retaliation" against those responsible, stating the attack was an ISIS attack against the U.S. and Syria, and that Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa was "extremely angry and disturbed" by the incident.

The U.S. has approximately 1,000 troops deployed in Syria as part of the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, with 200–250 Iowa National Guard members among them, deployed since May 2025.

President Trump, in a Truth Social post and subsequent remarks, emphasized that the U.S. would hunt down and eliminate those who target Americans, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth echoing this stance on social media.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst expressed deep sorrow, calling the fallen soldiers heroes and reaffirming the strong bond within the Iowa National Guard family.

The last death of an Iowa National Guard member in service occurred in 2011 in Afghanistan, making this the first such fatality since then.

President al-Sharaa, who led the rebel forces that toppled Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, has since improved relations with the U.S., including a historic visit to Washington in November 2025, but the attack has raised concerns about the vetting of former rebel and Islamist fighters integrated into the new security forces.

At least 16 people, including one child, were killed in a mass shooting targeting a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, according to New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon.

The attack occurred during the "Chanukah by the Sea" event marking the start of the eight-day Jewish festival, at Archer Park, a grassed area just north of the Bondi Pavilion, shortly after 6:47 pm local time, with over 1,000 people present at the beach event. It has been declared a terrorist incident by Australian officials.

Two gunmen, identified as a father and son, opened fire using long firearms; the 50-year-old father was shot and killed by police at the scene, while his 24-year-old son, Naveed Akram, a Pakistani national based in Sydney, was hospitalized in critical but stable condition.

A bystander, identified as fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, was hailed as a hero for tackling and disarming one of the gunmen in video footage recorded during the attack. He was praised by NSW Premier Chris Minns.

The man's cousin, Mustafa al-Ahmad, told Australia's News 7 that Ahmed was shot once in the arm and once in the shoulder. The injuries came when the second gunman fired on Ahmed after he tackled the first man.

"He's a hero. One hundred percent a hero. Once we saw on social media, he's one hundred percent a hero," Mustafa told the outlet.

Police discovered two active improvised explosive devices in a vehicle linked to the deceased gunman, which were safely removed by a bomb disposal unit. And multiple properties were raided, including a home in Bonnyrigg and an Airbnb in Campsie.

The 50-year-old suspect was a licensed firearm holder with six guns legally registered to him, and police found six additional firearms at the scene. One of the suspects, the 24-year-old son, was reportedly known to Australia’s domestic intelligence agency, ASIO, but had not been deemed an immediate threat prior to the attack.

"There was very little knowledge of either of these men by the authorities," Lanyon said. "The person was determined to be entitled to have a firearms license and…the person had a firearms license for a number of years for which there were no incidents."

Among the victims was Rabbi Eli Schlanger, assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi and a key organizer of the event, who had faced criticisms in the past for his support for Israel Defense Force(IDF) during their genociadal war in Gaza. He was identified by the Chabad organization and confirmed by multiple sources.

At least 42 people were injured, including 42 hospitalizations reported by NSW Health Minister Ryan Park, with seven in critical condition and two police officers among the injured.

The attack has drawn widespread condemnation from international leaders, including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who called it an "act of evil antisemitism," and King Charles III, who described it as a "dreadful antisemitic terrorist attack."

"An attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian and every Australian tonight will be, like me, devastated on this attack on our way of life," Albanese said at a press conference. "There is no place for this hate, violence and terrorism in our nation. Let me be clear. We will eradicate it."

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmersaid in an X post: "As we light the Chanukiah, our thoughts and prayers are with those murdered in the terrorist attack on Bondi beach today, their loved ones and the whole Jewish community. Light will always win over darkness."

Israeli President Isaac Herzog acknowledged the attack while speaking at an event in Jerusalem recognizing immigrants' extraordinary achievements on Sunday.

"At these very moments, our sisters and brothers in Sydney, Australia, have been attacked by vile terrorists in a very cruel attack on Jews who went to light the first candle of Chanukah on Bondi Beach," Herzog said. "Our hearts go out to them. The heart of the entire nation of Israel misses a beat at this very moment, as we pray for the recovery of the wounded, we pray for them and we pray for those who lost their lives."

Israeli officials were quick to lay blame for the deadly shooting in Sydney, Australia, at the feet of the nation's government, saying it had ignored "countless warning signs" of antisemitism.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced criticism online for suggesting that governments should clamp down on free speech to fight antisemitism. Critics argue that his genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza is the main cause of rising anti-Israel sentiment especially among Muslims. The PM had also initially lied about the identity of the hero who tackled one of the gunman, claiming he's a jew.

"We saw an action of a brave man – turns out a Muslim brave man, and I salute him – that stopped one of these terrorists from killing innocent Jews. But it requires the action of your government, which you are not taking," Netanyahu said at the meeting. "And you have to, because history will not forgive hesitation and weakness. It will honor action and strength.

In remarks to reporters at the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump praised al Ahmed: "And in Australia, you probably read, it's been a very, very brave person, actually, who went and attacked frontally one of the shooters and saved a lot of lives. A very brave person who's right now in the hospital, pretty seriously wounded. So I have great respect to that man."

The incident marks a significant escalation in anti-Israel sentiment in Australia, which has seen a rise in hate incidents since the war in Gaza began in 2023.

Investigation of Sunday's attack is ongoing, with police saying no further suspects are at large.