Start your week smart: Hezbollah leader killed, Helene aftermath, Iranian hackers, SpaceX mission, Maggie Smith

CNN’s 5 Things brings you all the news you need to start your week smart.

Today is a big day for Planet Earth as we welcome a “mini-moon” into our neighborhood! A newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and orbit our world until November 25, according to astronomers. Then the space rock will return to an orbit around the sun. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. • The Middle East is on edge after Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Israel continued to launch airstrikes on Lebanon and mulled a ground incursion while claiming it killed another senior figure in the militant group. Iran vowed to retaliate. Follow live updates.• Hurricane Helene tore through multiple states, killing at least 62 people, knocking out power to millions and trapping families in floodwaters. In hard-hit North Carolina, days of unrelenting flooding have turned roads into waterways, left many without basic necessities and overloaded state resources.• Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was among the figures that Iranian hackers sought to impersonate as part of their efforts to target people associated with Donald Trump. US federal prosecutors unsealed criminal charges against three Iranian government-linked hackers.• A SpaceX mission due to unite the Boeing Starliner astronauts with the spacecraft that will bring them home has taken flight. NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have now been on the International Space Station more than 100 days longer than expected.• Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain’s best-known actresses whose long career ranged from starring opposite Laurence Olivier in “Othello” on stage and screen, to roles in “Harry Potter” and “Downton Abbey,” died at 89. MondayThe Department of Education’s Fresh Start student loan program, which offers special benefits for borrowers with missed or late payments, comes to an end. About 10 million borrowers were past due on their payments as of January, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office. That adds up to $290 billion in outstanding loans. With the expiration of the temporary program, delinquent borrowers can be reported to credit bureaus, which could lower their credit scores. TuesdayLongshore workers at ports from Maine to Texas are set to walk off the job in what could become the most disruptive strike to the US economy in decades. The strike could stop the flow of a wide variety of goods at most cargo ports on the East and Gulf coasts — everything from bananas to European wine and liquor, along with clothing, toys, household goods and European autos. Also affected could be parts needed to keep US factories operating, and potentially the workers in those plants. Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance and his Democratic counterpart — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — will have their first and likely only debate on CBS News. CNN will simulcast CBS’ debate live from New York City and provide pre-debate coverage and post-debate analysis.