From CNN, I'm Faiz Jamil with the 5 Things you need to Know for Thursday, September 26th.

'The international community is stepping up diplomatic efforts as the situation across the Israel-Lebanon border continues to deteriorate. After an intense gathering at the U.N. General Assembly last night. The U.S. and some of its allies have called for a 21 day cease fire between Israel and Hezbollah. The two sides have yet to agree to the plan, but U.S. officials say both parties were familiar with the proposal and voiced optimism, knowing it would be revealed publicly. But as CNN's Paula Hancocks explains, the negotiations will take place as things are moving quickly on the ground.

It does seem a very tall order to be able to push this cease fire through, especially as we are now hearing more direct suggestions from the Israeli military that there will be a ground incursion into southern Lebanon. The IDF saying that the aerial bombardments on Hezbollah targets over the past week has been to allow a ground offensive to go ahead. We also know that the IDF has called up two reserve brigades to the area as well. Another suggestion that at least the preparations are in place. But potentially the political will is there as well.

Sources tell CNN that New York's mayor, Eric Adams, has been indicted on at least one federal criminal charge. This follows a month long federal investigation by the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan. It was reportedly looking into Adams connection to Turkish officials and businessmen and campaign donations he received. The charges haven't been made public yet, and the mayor's continuing to deny any wrongdoing.

These charges would be entirely false based on lies, but they would not be surprise. I always knew that if I stood my ground, all of you, that I would be a target and a target. I became.

Hurricane Helene is now forecast to reach catastrophic Category four strength by the time it makes landfall in Florida later today. That's according to the National Hurricane Center. CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar joins us now with more on what kind of impact Helene will have.

Yes, Faiz. Helene, it's set to become a significant storm for the U.S. with dangerous storm surge, flooding and hazardous winds. Helene is forecast to strengthen to a Category four hurricane today. But it will also be moving very fast at landfall. This means it will be able to make it pretty far inland before weakening to a tropical storm. This means cities like Atlanta, Greenville, Spartanburg and Nashville, which are all hundreds of miles away from the ocean, will receive substantial impacts from Helene, not just the cities on the coastline.

Thousands of Florida residents have already been forced to evacuate, and nearly the entire state is under alerts as the storm threatens to unleash flooding, rainfall, damaging winds and life threatening storm surge.

Four countries have announced action against the Taliban today following a moving address from Meryl Streep.

Today in Kabul, a female cat has more freedoms than a woman. A cat may go sit on her front stoop and feel the sun on her face.

The award winning actress criticized the Taliban while speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York yesterday, highlighting the harsh conditions imposed on women and girls in Afghanistan. As Streep's words ricocheted around social media today, Australia, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands accused the hardline Islamist group of violating a convention against discrimination of women. With Australia's foreign minister saying the four countries will take action.

The world's longest serving death row inmate has just been declared innocent. That's next.

The world's longest serving death row prisoner has been acquitted after more than five decades of wrongful imprisonment. Public broadcaster NHK says 88 year old Iwao Hakamada was sentenced to death by a Japanese court in 1968 for the murder of a family, largely based on what the court says was a forced confession and planted evidence. But recently, new DNA evidence led to a retrial, which ultimately cleared his name. Although his supporters applaud the acquittal, the good news likely won't register with the man himself after decades of imprisonment. His mental health has declined with his sister, who has long campaigned for his innocence, saying he's, quote, "living in his own world."

That's all for now. I'll be back with our next episode, which drops at 9 a.m. Eastern.